married or maiden name???

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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 3 Send Message	Peter	Report	23 Sep 2004 17:17
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 3 Send Message	when people eneter a wife/ mother etc do you put her as the married or maiden name?? i can see advantages of both... i cant find a way of putting the other name in.... what do you people do???? please help, im a neewbie!!!!
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 11,301 Send Message	Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256	Report	23 Sep 2004 17:46
	You should always put everyone under the name they were born with - then you can add spouses or put name changes in later. Well, that's what the books tell you anyway and that's what I do!!! Maz. XX
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 701 Send Message	Carole	Report	23 Sep 2004 18:28
	Definitely maiden name. If you don't know it yet, mark it as unknown until you find out! The married name becomes obvious when you add the marriage. Carole
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 1,669 Send Message	Twinkle	Report	23 Sep 2004 19:11
	Maiden, always. Uusally programmes will display 'Mary Smith born 1850'. This implies that Smith was the surname at birth. When you search for a birth record you don't usually look under the married name.