If I'm filing papers according to surname, would it make more sense to file a document for a married woman under her married name or maiden name??? I'm leaning towards the married name because that's the one that the document has on it, but then she's in my genealogy program with her maiden name (although the married name is quickly discernible).

I make copies and file under both "C'est moi" <NOSPAMsherdh@excite.com> wrote in message news:Xns9197B36EE724BTansyRagwortNetscape@209.142.136.250... > If I'm filing papers according to surname, would it make more sense to > file a document for a married woman under her married name or maiden > name??? > > I'm leaning towards the married name because that's the one that the > document has on it, but then she's in my genealogy program with her > maiden name (although the married name is quickly discernible).

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:35:29 GMT, "C'est moi" <NOSPAMsherdh@excite.com> wrote: >If I'm filing papers according to surname, would it make more sense to >file a document for a married woman under her married name or maiden >name??? > >I'm leaning towards the married name because that's the one that the >document has on it, but then she's in my genealogy program with her >maiden name (although the married name is quickly discernible). ** As a woman may marry several times, and so have several married surnames, the maiden surname is usually the best option. Indeed, in Scotland a woman has always been known by her maiden surname in rural parishes (baptism record will say of parents "John Brown and his spouse Jane Smith", and even today Scottish gravestones will say "Jane Smith, widow of John Brown", so that makes it easy for you to identify her in other records. All the Scottish certificates give a woman's maiden surname, so again she is identifiable that way from the certificate. In England and other countries, life is not so simple! Gordon. Gordon Johnson's website: <www.kinhelp.co.uk> with genealogical help plus pre-1700 genealogical indexes.

In the recent past, C'est moi wrote: >If I'm filing papers according to surname, would it make more sense to >file a document for a married woman under her married name or maiden >name??? I file by family unit, not person. That doesn't answer your question, however, as a woman is a daughter in her folk's family and a wife and mother in her family > so that question does come up from time to time. Things that tie the daughter to the father, I tend to file in her father's family stuff... stuff that ties to her adult life, husband, and kids, I'll place in her own family's stuff. Course, some documents have many names on them, connecting various families and could impact both > so multiple copying can sometimes handle that; and/or cross-referencing. Norris EMail: Norris Taylor <nmt1@ix.netcom.com> Genealogy Home Page: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/index.html New England Home Page: http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/index.html