Hi All; This is from another list to which I belong; I thought it would be helpful to some in their searches. Good luck, Nova B. Ontario, Canada [Another good one from Pam, in Indiana. Thanks, Pam. Sally] Genealogy: To help your research, here are 10 things you may not know about women’s maiden names This week’s column could be called “the top ten things you don't know about women’s maiden names.” These are taken from The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women’s Genealogy by Christina Kassabian Schaefer, published by the Genealogical Publishing Company. 1. French women often used their maiden names on official records and legal documents. 2. Married women from Scandinavian countries customarily kept their maiden names, but should also be looked for under their husband’s surname. 3. In the American colonial period, Dutch marriage contracts allowed women to preserve their maiden names and their individual legal status. But, after 1690the Dutch colonists began adopting the English tradition of using the husband’s surname. 4. In Europe, German and Polish Catholic women’s deaths were recorded using only their maiden names not their married names. 5. Spanish surnames are often dual names taken from the paternal name combined with the maternal name. Married Hispanic women always used their maiden names on legal documents. In other records, they should be searched for under both their maiden name and their husband’s legal name. The word “de” (for “spouse of”) may precede their husband’s surname when added to their own. 6. Italian women used their maiden names on legal documents and in official records. 7. Jewish family names ending with -s or -es are matronymic-derived from the name of a mother or wife. 8. Quaker women often used their maiden name as a middle name after marriage 9. Scottish widows went back to using their maiden names after the death of their husbands. 10. In parts of Wales, up to present times, it was a custom for some women to retain their maiden names after marriage. Using this information when looking for female ancestors can assist family researchers in finding the “hidden half” of their families.   __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To post a message send to: ACADIAN-FRENCH-CANADIAN@rootsweb.com AFC list archives are located at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=acadian-french-canadian If you prefer to receive posts in digest format please contact the list administrator. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-FRENCH-CANADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I would restate number 9 to say that Scottish women also used their maiden names while their husbands were still living - a custom which began to change during the 19th century (or perhaps a bit earlier) but has not entirely disappeared. The following examples are from my research and so are very limited in scope but clearly prove the point. 1. Abstracts of numerous 15th-18th century charters, sasines, bonds, etc. name couples as, for example, "John Lyn and Janet Montgomerie his wife" or "Hugh Lin, burgess of Irvine, and Jean Cuninghame his wife." 2. Testaments list women by their maiden names as late as 1848; for example, the 1848 testament of "Margaret Hamilton, spouse of Jame Muir, farmer at Annisland." 3. Gravestones list women by their maiden names even as late as 1935: "Grace C. Syme, wife of James Lynn," Saltcoats Cemetery, Ayrshire. Loretta Lynn Layman -----Original Message----- From: irl-co-donegal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-co-donegal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Uncharted Families Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 01:27 To: irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com; IRL-DONEGAL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL] 10 things you may not know about women’s maiden names Hi All; This is from another list to which I belong; I thought it would be helpful to some in their searches. Nova B. Ontario, Canada 9. Scottish widows went back to using their maiden names after the death of their husbands.   __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To post a message send to: ACADIAN-FRENCH-CANADIAN@rootsweb.com AFC list archives are located at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=acadian-french-canadian If you prefer to receive posts in digest format please contact the list administrator. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-FRENCH-CANADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CO-DONEGAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I agree with this as my GGGG Grandmother Margaret McDonald was tried and convicted at Glasgow under this, her maiden name in 1812,despite her husband John Waddell being convicted of the same crimes. She appears as Margaret McDonald on the convict shipping list although it was noted she was ux John Waddell. Jeanette Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loretta" <lynneage@house-of-lynn.com> To: <irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com>; <IRL-DONEGAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL]10 things you may not know about women's maiden names I would restate number 9 to say that Scottish women also used their maiden names while their husbands were still living - a custom which began to change during the 19th century (or perhaps a bit earlier) but has not entirely disappeared. The following examples are from my research and so are very limited in scope but clearly prove the point. 1. Abstracts of numerous 15th-18th century charters, sasines, bonds, etc. name couples as, for example, "John Lyn and Janet Montgomerie his wife" or "Hugh Lin, burgess of Irvine, and Jean Cuninghame his wife." 2. Testaments list women by their maiden names as late as 1848; for example, the 1848 testament of "Margaret Hamilton, spouse of Jame Muir, farmer at Annisland." 3. Gravestones list women by their maiden names even as late as 1935: "Grace C. Syme, wife of James Lynn," Saltcoats Cemetery, Ayrshire. Loretta Lynn Layman -----Original Message----- From: irl-co-donegal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-co-donegal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Uncharted Families Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 01:27 To: irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com; IRL-DONEGAL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL] 10 things you may not know about women's maiden names Hi All; This is from another list to which I belong; I thought it would be helpful to some in their searches. Nova B. Ontario, Canada 9. Scottish widows went back to using their maiden names after the death of their husbands. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To post a message send to: ACADIAN-FRENCH-CANADIAN@rootsweb.com AFC list archives are located at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=acadian-french-canadian If you prefer to receive posts in digest format please contact the list administrator. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-FRENCH-CANADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CO-DONEGAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CO-DONEGAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message