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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 470 Send Message	CelticShiv	Report	28 Oct 2003 17:43
	When you bring up names on FreeBMD and they have a middle name also. I have one question which name is the first name which is the middle. In other words is the first one after the surname the first name and the second the middle name.
	Researching: Ashford-Smith, Smith, Clarke - England and Scotland, Anderson & Marr - Midlothian & East Lothian, Bennett - Devonport, Catleugh & Shiells - East Lothian, Cullen & Dowling - Waterford, Ireland, Littlejohns - Plymouth & London, Mansfield - Benfleet & St Pancras, Michelin - London, Newlands - Midlothian & Fife, Paterson - Canongate, Midlothian, Paulin - Northumberland, Rutherford - Roxburghshire, Taylor - East Lothian & Berwickshire, Thomson - Leith & Muthill, Thorney - Herefordshire, Small - Northumberland,
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Michele	Report	28 Oct 2003 17:44
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	yes you have it the right way round. michele in Haslemere
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2 364 Send Message	Carol	Report	28 Oct 2003 17:45
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2 364 Send Message	As far as I know, the first name comes after the surname, then the second name, or just as it is in the GRO indices.