On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:51:39 +1000 "Jules" <jules.18@bigpond.com> wrote: Hello Jules, > Can anyone advise as to whether a widow who is marrying for the 2nd > time (around the 1840's) would use her maiden name or her surname > from her 1st marriage on her marriage certificate?? Thanks for any > help given Jules She should have been married using her name from the previous marriage. Obviously, with her father's surname being different, it is then obvious she was previously married. Even then, under 'Condition', it should say "widow". -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" The public wants what the public gets Going Underground - The Jam