which name do i use?

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Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 2,571 Send Message	Clitheroelass	Report	30 May 2004 17:23
	a relative in my tree was widow before she married again do i put her down in maiden name or her first marraige name. thanks tracy
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 63,071 Send Message	AnninGlos	Report	30 May 2004 17:40
	If you are putting her down as marrying someone in your tree, I would write it as for example John Smith m Mary Jones (formerly Brown). Jones being her former married name and Brown her maiden name. i don't know if that is the correct was to do it but it is how i wuld do it. Ann Glos
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Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 2,571 Send Message	Clitheroelass	Report	30 May 2004 17:55
	hi ann thanks for that, was stating to confuse myself. tracy
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Crista	Report	31 May 2004 07:56
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Tracy, I'd say you should use the name on their birth certificarte. That's the general convention. Crista
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 2,571 Send Message	Clitheroelass	Report	31 May 2004 08:36
	hi crista I think thats what i will do then put her 1st married name in her details thanks tracy