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Entering an unkown surname

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Fatblokeonabike

Fatblokeonabike Report 28 Sep 2013 11:17

When I come to enter an unknown surname as I have no maiden name how do I get around this.

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 28 Sep 2013 11:30

Hi Kevin, if you`re referring to an old marriage record where only the wife`s first name is given.
Just enter, Unknown.

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 28 Sep 2013 12:27

Hi Fatblokeonabike......... :-D :-D

Welcome to the boards.

If you let us know who/what you are looking for........maybe we can help you out.

Prickles. :-)

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Fatblokeonabike

Fatblokeonabike Report 28 Sep 2013 12:28

Sorry I should of said when you get the information from the census most of the time the wife appears as her partners name and if you can’t find a marriage you don’t get a maiden name so this can course a bloke.

kevin

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 28 Sep 2013 12:34

Hi Kevin

If you post the details on the "Find Ancestors" board......members might be able to find a marriage for you.

Good luck......Prickles.

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Island

Island Report 28 Sep 2013 14:07

Put the mans name in the search box and the womans first name in as 'first name of spouse.

Have you tried variations of his name?

failing that....... give us some names and places :-D

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jax

jax Report 28 Sep 2013 14:16

There is also the chance they never married....in that case, if they had children you would need to purchase one of their birth certs

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Potty

Potty Report 28 Sep 2013 16:01

I usually use a woman's married name until I find her maiden name. When I started, I used "unknown" but ended up with loads of unknowns and quite a few had the same first name so very confusing!

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 28 Sep 2013 16:51

Have you tried a death certificate it often contains maiden names

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Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson

jax

jax Report 28 Sep 2013 17:34

I thought the maiden name (if known) was only on more recent death certs...not 100+ years ago

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Sep 2013 22:01

maiden name was not on English and Welsh death certificates

and I didn't know that they were on there now?


In any case, the information on a death certificate is only what the informant knows and can be very wrong!

The only information on a death certificate that you cane be sure is correct is the following ...............

date and place of death
cause of death
last know address of deceased (if different from place of death)
name and address of doctor and/or coroner
name, address and relationship of informant


Everything else is only what the deceased has told people .......... ie, hearsay

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 28 Sep 2013 22:41

I'm not sure when it started, Sylvia, but my mother died in 1981 and her maiden name is on the certificate.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Sep 2013 22:51

My mum died in 1961, and her maiden name is not on the certificate.

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 29 Sep 2013 16:52

A little bit of googling - it started, in England/Wales in 1969. :-) :-)

jax

jax Report 29 Sep 2013 17:03

That's what I thought Andysmum same time as date of birth's were added,,,,I do have two relatives that died in 1969 not seen the death certs as my parents have them...I know both have d.o.b although one is wrong by 3 years

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