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Ancestry problem
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Madmeg | Report | 15 Feb 2010 15:16 |
Another point - if you don't use her maiden name, nobody will be able to work out whether the children are hers or not. |
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susiwong | Report | 15 Feb 2010 14:43 |
Hi Marion, |
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wisechild | Report | 15 Feb 2010 13:59 |
That´s a good idea Heather. I did try putting it in brackets, but Ancestry won´t accept that either. |
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Heather | Report | 15 Feb 2010 13:26 |
As others have said it is the maiden name you should enter - however in these circs I sometimes put the first married name in as a middle name. |
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MargaretM | Report | 15 Feb 2010 12:20 |
Always identify a woman by her maiden name, it's who she is. You can always add another marriage for her to show that she was previously married. |
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brummiejan | Report | 15 Feb 2010 07:59 |
It really does make sense - think of the name as identifying who she is historically. The married name is meaningless, it's like if she decided to just start calling herself something else - you would still refer to her by her real name. Changing name on marriage is just a tradition in this country, and a convenient thing to do. |
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wisechild | Report | 15 Feb 2010 07:47 |
Thank you all for your help. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 14 Feb 2010 17:09 |
Yes, I was just about to say the same. You always enter a woman by her maiden name. So, Ancestry is correct. |
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brummiejan | Report | 14 Feb 2010 17:05 |
Hang on, just realised what you are trying to do! The correct entry is her maiden name - the name she married under doesn't matter, it is her original name you need as this identifies the person. |
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brummiejan | Report | 14 Feb 2010 17:03 |
I haven't tried this lately, but I'm sure it protests then you can click something to continue anyway - this also has happened to me when surname is the same. Just double-check, might have changed. |
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wisechild | Report | 14 Feb 2010 16:11 |
Thanks Kathleen. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 14 Feb 2010 16:06 |
I'm not sure about Ancestry because I don't have my tree on there - but on most family tree programs you use a female's maiden name and if she was married before you add an extra spouse to her, which then explains that she had another surname. |
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wisechild | Report | 14 Feb 2010 15:51 |
Several of my male ancesters married widows, but when I try to show the wife on Ancestry it won´t accept her previous married surname because it isn´t the same as her father´s . |