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First-name mismatch across foreign documents in Belgium
A first name that shifts from one record to another is not a small spelling whim. It is a reading break that has to be tamed cleanly.
Understand the processMissing given name or different order?
Link to this sectionCompare all given names, initials and their order on each document. Flag an additional name, a patronymic in another field and an abbreviation separately. Prepare a table of document, issuer and exact spelling to ask whether an explanation or a replacement record is needed.
Preserve the records and ask the issuer to correct them
Link to this sectionOur advice: retain every version unchanged, with its date and issuer. Tell the recipient and translator about the discrepancy and ask what evidence or correction is acceptable. Translation should make differences understandable, not silently rewrite a name or date to make records match.
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