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Help[Facts] Re: Thanks you!: about Lilou
in reply to a message by Lumia
Thank you so much for this detailed research! It is wonderful to have your expertise for advice on the board.
The possibility of names being changed after birth is always one that has to be kept in mind when investigating when a name was first introduced, isn't it? I am always a bit wary of using the information from the Social Security Death Index in the USA for this, because by the time a person dies, the name they normally go by could be very different from the name their parents gave them at birth. Plus people who officially register births do sometimes make errors. :)
Are you able to get data from INSEE that shows every name given in France in a certain year, even those used only once? That's fantastic if you can. I am hoping to finally be able to obtain such a listing from the state of Nebraska in the USA again for 2007 births; they have not been able to send me such a complete list since 2003.
The possibility of names being changed after birth is always one that has to be kept in mind when investigating when a name was first introduced, isn't it? I am always a bit wary of using the information from the Social Security Death Index in the USA for this, because by the time a person dies, the name they normally go by could be very different from the name their parents gave them at birth. Plus people who officially register births do sometimes make errors. :)
Are you able to get data from INSEE that shows every name given in France in a certain year, even those used only once? That's fantastic if you can. I am hoping to finally be able to obtain such a listing from the state of Nebraska in the USA again for 2007 births; they have not been able to send me such a complete list since 2003.
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