Susan, here is the definition of Alias copied exactly as written in Langenscheidt "Pocket Latin Dictionary" : Alias. adv. 1 at another time; alias...alias at one time...at another time; 2 elsewhere in another way. This is the famous yellow pocket book series of language dictionaries used in schools. Barnes & Noble sell them for various languages. Jack -----Original Message----- From: Susan Daily [mailto:cullivans@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:56 PM To: IRL-LEITRIM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEITRIM] Understanding church death record naming If a Catholic church record states the following: 9 May 1858 obiit Brigida Cooke alias Kilkenny in anno sua aetatis 49. Gubs. Does that mean it is likely the woman who died was born with the name Brigid Cooke and married a Kilkenny, or is it the other way around? (I've been taking it to mean the former.) Thank you, Susan ==== IRL-LEITRIM Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, to change from L to D or from D to L, to contact the list administrator, to search the list's archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-LEITRIM.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx