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