I wrote what I was thinking-not what anyone would understand obviously....I MEANT that they don't CALL it a 'maiden' name....and YES the name a woman is born with in Italy is her L E G A L name throughout her lifetime. --- JF <falcoNOSPAM@zip.com.au> wrote: > On 31 May 2002 17:29:40 -0600, > nicola1902@yahoo.com (Margie Papa) > wrote: > Not only > did > >it have her 'birth' name--Italians and many > other > >nationalities don't have maiden names -that is > an > >american thing---but it had the names of her > >parents in Italy!! > > I'm sorry, but this doesn't make any sense! > Why wouldn't women have a maiden (surname) name? > > Regards > JF > > P.S. > In Italy women get to keep their maiden name > throughout their married life! > > > > > > > > >--- Vince <vpicozzi@NOSPAMblueyonder.co.uk> > wrote: > >> I am having a problem in trying to find out my > >> great grand mother's maiden > >> name. > >> On her son's birth certificate it is recorded > as > >> Gottimarty but on another > >> certificate it is recorded as Cadamatia. > Bearing > >> in mind the fact that she > >> could not read or write I imagine that the > >> English registrar wrote down what > >> he thought he heard when confronted with an > >> unusual name in a thick Italian > >> accent. > >> I have tried researching these names with no > >> success. > >> Can anybody make any suggestion to what her > name > >> might of been. > >> The only other information I have is that she > may > >> of came from the Genoa > >> region of Italy. > >> > >> Many thanks > >> Vince > >> > >> > >> > >> ============================== > >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion > >> online genealogy records, go to: > >> > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > >http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com