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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 17 Send Message	louey0	Report	20 Aug 2007 23:18
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 17 Send Message	Thats brill, thanks,
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 10,204 Send Message	KempinaPartyhat	Report	20 Aug 2007 23:18
	maiden name hun ....and you hunt GR by maiden name too!!
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 26,281 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	20 Aug 2007 23:18
	Women are generally recorded with their maiden name. If they marry again, I might record in their notes which name they used to marry....usually the 1st marriage surname. Gwyn
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	20 Aug 2007 23:18
	Always the maiden name for women. Kath. x
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Mumsy	Report	20 Aug 2007 23:16
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Put the Maiden name. Mumsy.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 17 Send Message	louey0	Report	20 Aug 2007 23:13
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 17 Send Message	Quite new to all this, so please tell me when you put down a wife and mother in a tree do you put her married name or maiden? Hope I am posting in the correct thread! Thanks Louise