Thanks for your support everyone. Scott you explained it very well. Thank you. My remark was not a political statement and it never entered my mind that it would be taken that way. Many people have had problems researching women when their maiden name isn't given. It become almost impossible if their first name isn't given either. Trish Hackett Nicola -------Original Message------- From: Scott Barvian <[email protected]> Sent: 04/15/03 01:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Fwd: 1968 Article > > Trish was commenting on the fact that even as recently as the late 1960's, newspapers tended to refer to married women (if their husband was alive) as "Mrs. Homer Simpson" for example. Anyone who tries to use such old information in their research knows how frustrating it can be not to find the wife's first name, or even both names as is usually done today (e.g. "Mrs. Marge (Homer) Simpson"). That's all. (I think.) Scott in Phoenix p.s. Continued thanks to Trish for posting the "Remember When" articles. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Stedman Willett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Fwd: 1968 Article > Did I miss something? > ==== NYWYOMIN Mailing List ==== Visit the Wyoming Co. GenWEb <a target=_blank href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin">http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin</a> >