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Maiden or married

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Louise

Louise Report 6 Feb 2008 17:26

can someone tell me??....when inputting grand parents and great grabd parents etc do i use the maiden name or the married name?

Sue in Somerset

Sue in Somerset Report 6 Feb 2008 17:27

Always the birth name.

Sue

Heather

Heather Report 6 Feb 2008 18:58

Def the maiden name otherwise you will get totally confused!

Merlin38

Merlin38 Report 6 Feb 2008 19:48

Absolutely. If you don't know the maiden name, use the standard (Mother). Don't try my trick and use Dunno, because you dunno the maiden name. Have had a number of Hot Matches, but thankfully no hopeful contacts, so far. . . .