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Re: The look of your family tree
« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 07:22 BST (UK) »


I suppose that take into account those women who may have been adopted and so her birth name would change....
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Re: The look of your family tree
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 08:19 BST (UK) »
??? Surely a women's name at birth is their maiden name?

That's what I always thought, although I see one definition is it is the name that she is known by before her marriage. In most cases that would be the same as her name at birth.

A maiden name is "the name in which a woman first contracted a marriage " ..... so in most cases it will be the same as her birth name, but not always.

That is the definition used by GRO for all registration purposes.

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Re: The look of your family tree
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 08:26 BST (UK) »
Thanks Antony - you learn something new everyday on RootsChat.
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Re: The look of your family tree
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 09:15 BST (UK) »
Yes I always use the birth name no matter how many times people marry. I've noticed in some people's trees they have put married names but may be they've added something and not realised the surname has changed due to the record added and they have n't realised. Although have to be wary as they may be cousins who have married or surname the same by chance. If you go down the DNA route as well, it may cause you difficulties if you have n't got correct surnames on!
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Re: The look of your family tree
« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 09:36 BST (UK) »
If I don't (yet?!) know the maiden name of a female, I enter them with the married surname in brackets - so, Sue (Smith).

Those with unknown names are much easier to spot!
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Re: The look of your family tree
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 09:52 BST (UK) »
If I don't (yet?!) know the maiden name of a female, I enter them with the married surname in brackets - so, Sue (Smith).

Those with unknown names are much easier to spot!

That is what I do too ;D
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Re: The look of your family tree
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 14:01 BST (UK) »
If I don't (yet?!) know the maiden name of a female, I enter them with the married surname in brackets - so, Sue (Smith).

Those with unknown names are much easier to spot!

That is what I do too ;D

Me too! it reminds me I still have to look for their marriage, and when you list everyone in your tree alphabetically all the bracketed surname appear together so they're easy to find.
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Re: The look of your family tree
« Reply #25 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 14:05 BST (UK) »
Great minds think alike! ;D ;D
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