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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 663 Send Message	Juliana	Report	6 Jan 2005 19:41
	Ive been able to trace back relatives to around 1803, but how sure can we be when doing this, especially when ordering birth certificates as they dont show the mother's maiden name until 1911. Juliana xx
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	6 Jan 2005 19:43
	Hi, The actual birth certs do have mothers' maiden names they just don't appear in the index. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 663 Send Message	Juliana	Report	6 Jan 2005 19:51
	Ah thank you, didnt realise!!!! Juliana x
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	6 Jan 2005 21:29
	Yes, I think Juliana must mean birth certs with refs on 1837online. Before that date you have to look in the Parish Records and it may have the mothers name if you are lucky. However, if it doesnt and you know the family lived in the same parish for a long time, you could trace back through the parish records to find the marriage of the parents and so on.