Change of name - Help required.

[Helenw52]

BTW - I was told that I could get a print out (Not the certificate) of the Birth Certificate. How do you get that from BDM? What difference would it be to the certificate?

[Helenw52]

Have had advice re Deceased on Birth Certificate. BDM Notarise the Death on the Birth Certificate - to prevent fraud.

[mckha489]

BTW - I was told that I could get a print out (Not the certificate) of the Birth Certificate. How do you get that from BDM? What difference would it be to the certificate?

The option for printout is right above (or below) the option for the certificate on the bdm ordering page
The print out costs less (slightly)
The print out contains all the information supplied / recorded in the register.
The certificate does not.
Also, the image of the printout comes by email. So faster.

The NZ BDM site says

“What is a printout?

Generally a scanned image of the record.
It is in a typed format for an event from 1998.
It is also typed for earlier records which have been updated or corrected.
What is a certificate?

An official document containing registered information.
A certificate contains less information than a printout.”

[Helenw52]

Thanks for the reply - I'll know for next time.

[Helenw52]

Had confirmation from Hawera Genealogy group regarding my Uncle's change of name, from Moy to Chong. However, haven't found any evidence of an official name change ie via Deed Poll. Would this have to have been done, in order for him to go about his daily life, like get married, vote etc. If so, where should I be looking for this? Also another mystery. It appears as if he returned to NZ at the age of 8, with his Mother, in 1939. I can't find him ever leaving NZ.  Also he was enrolled at primary school from 1937 to 1944.

[Lucy2]

Had confirmation from Hawera Genealogy group regarding my Uncle's change of name, from Moy to Chong. However, haven't found any evidence of an official name change ie via Deed Poll. Would this have to have been done, in order for him to go about his daily life, like get married, vote etc. If so, where should I be looking for this? Also another mystery. It appears as if he returned to NZ at the age of 8, with his Mother, in 1939. I can't find him ever leaving NZ.  Also he was enrolled at primary school from 1937 to 1944.

Hi Helen

No, he would not be required to change his name by Deed Poll.   

It was back then, (as long as a name change was not as a result of say, concealing criminal activity), simply a case of being able to prove that his (new) chosen name, was the name by which he was commonly known.    [That "law" apparently still stands to this day.]

   ~  Lu

Edited to add :   Just re-reading earlier in this thread where his name was probably changed at an early age when his father became his legal guardian.   So in effect, his name change by the time he reached adulthood, was long established anyway.

[Helenw52]

Thanks Lu - I shall stop looking for a name change then. Just the question of whether he did go to China remains. I'll focus on that for the moment.

[Lucy2]

Also another mystery. It appears as if he returned to NZ at the age of 8, with his Mother, in 1939. I can't find him ever leaving NZ.  Also he was enrolled at primary school from 1937 to 1944.

Hi Helen

Leaving New Zealand :  Not a lot of published lists for departures unfortunately.

If you knew precisely where he was travelling to, then there may be passenger arrival lists available at that place.

1939 :   * Have you already found a listing of his arrival into NZ at this time ??   

   ~  Lu

[Helenw52]

Yes, I have found his arrival date back to NZ. But it appears that he didn't leave with his family. I already have the list  for when the family left, but he is not with them.