Manaia---thanks for the note. This particular alias turned out to be very important to me. I had baptism records for 3 Josepha Slawik's, all within a few years of each other and all from either Boronow or Dembowa Gora which are less than 2 miles apart. The alias confirmed my thoughts that I wanted the one from Dembowa Gora. Genealogy is a lot like "Cold Case Files". Have a great day......charles manaia alofa <manaiaalofa@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello Charles: Interesting... I'd have thought her birth name would be Josepha Boron SLAWIK meaning she carried both surnames if there were no male issues or there were but died at an early age. When alias is applied I would think Josepha chooses to use SLAWIK (now) instead of BORON. "Learn something new every day" - Thanks! .... Regards, --Manaia ++++ --- charles chase wrote: > Elyssa, et al: > > In a baptismal record for Caroline Polk, baptized > 20 Nov, 1845, it shows her parents as Franz Polk and > Josepha Boron alias Slawik. In this case, the Boron > is indicating the maiden name of Jospha's mother, > where the surname of her father is Slawik. > > charles chase > > Elyssa Kowalinski wrote: > Dear Jim, > > Regarding 'nee vs alias' for the Poznan Project, > what Lukasz is wanting is any other name in the > marriage record that can be attributed to the bride. > You'll see stuff like 'Marianna Malecka nata (or > procreata/de > gente/geb./geboren/de familia etc) Kresinska', write > 'Malecka' in the surname column and 'nata (etc) > Kresinska' in the 'maiden name/alias' column. You > may see things like 'Marianna Malecka nata Kresinska > 1.voto Kujawa', in > this case again put 'Malecka' in the surname column > and 'nata Kresinska 1.voto Kujawa' in the > maiden/alias column (1.voto literally means 'first > marriage (also 2.voto, 3.voto etc)). > > If the bride has something like 'Marianna Malecka > alias Kresinska', put 'Malecka' in the surname > column and 'alias Kresinska' in the maiden/alias > column. Noting the difference between a previously > married surname and an alias > is important for accurate searches. > > Sometimes a widowed or divorced bride's original > surname isn't written after her name, you'll get > something like 'Marianna Malecka' marked as a widow > or divorcee with her father's name being 'Joannes > Kresinski'. In this case, > Lukasz wants us to write 'Malecka' in the surname > column and 'nee Kresinska' in the maiden/alias > column so that the bride will come up in a > 'Kresinska' search. If only the mother's name is > written instead of a father's I > usually write the mother's surname with a > questionmark in the 'nee maidenname' column, if > there is a difference in the widow/div. and mother's > surnames. > > Whew! Feel free to email me if you've got any other > questions. :) > > Cheers, > Elyssa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message