That's what I had thought as well... I just can't find the marriages to prove it. On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Patricia Hennessy <[email protected]> wrote: > Shirley, > I have found it to be the married name of the woman, widowed when being > married. > Hope this helps some..........Patsy Hennessy > > Grandfather's letters WWII > http://www.lettersfrombeauly.com > Genealogy, Cemetery Research > Gloucester County, New Brunswick > http://www.bathurstgen.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S. Olfert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 11:41 AM > Subject: [ NB ] What does "Alias" mean? > > > > Hi List, > > > > What does "Alias" mean on a vital record? Could it mean a first > marriage? > > For example, on a death record for a Martha ROSS, it shows maiden name > > HAYWARD and in brackets "alias MIDNIGHT". > > (Midnight is a surname). > > > > Shirley > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List Announcements can be found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >