Roy Stockdill wrote: > Actually, if I may be slightly pedantic, the mother's maiden name appears > in the GRO birth indexes from the July-September quarter of 1911 > onwards and the spouse's name appears in the marriage indexes from > the January-March quarter of 1912. I can never remember exactly when it was but knew they both there after 1912 :) One day, *when* the DoVE project comes online, it won't matter becaue the spouse's surname and mother's maiden name will be in the indexes from 1837 on.

From: Firebird <sparrer@gmail.com> > Roy Stockdill wrote: > > > > Actually, if I may be slightly pedantic, the mother's maiden name > > appears in the GRO birth indexes from the July-September quarter of > > 1911 onwards and the spouse's name appears in the marriage indexes > > from the January-March quarter of 1912. > > I can never remember exactly when it was but knew they both there > after 1912 :) > > One day, *when* the DoVE project comes online, it won't matter becaue > the spouse's surname and mother's maiden name will be in the indexes > from 1837 on.> IF it ever comes online! It is admitted to be already 12 months behind schedule. Oh happy day when it happens! My great worry is whether it will allow access to the full re-indexed records from 1837 right up to the present day or whether there will be some restrictions, i.e. as with the Scottish GRO indexes at ScotlandsPeople which has no births under 100 years old, marriages under 75 years old and deaths under 50 years old. I cannot recall whether anything has been said about this. If it imposes such restrictions, then the value of the re-indexing will be substantially impaired, especially since the original volumes are now being removed from the FRC. -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE