From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/7/26 16:25:39, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:   
   > On 2025-07-26 13:55:59 +0000, J. P. Gilliver said:   
   >   
   >> On 2025/7/25 18:0:27, Peter Johnson wrote:   
      
   []   
      
   >>> Post circa1950 research is rendered almost impossible by the use of   
   >>> middle name initials by the GRO.   
      
   [tale of woe re passport applications]   
      
   had closed.   
   >   
   I sympathise with your having to deal with idiots about a change _they_   
   had made. But I don't see that change - regrettable though I agree it is   
   - being a _major_ impediment to genealogical research.   
      
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