Thank You Elyssa, I've been transcribing for the Posen Marriage Project and I was never quite sure what the alias was .. best ...Jim In a message dated 10/31/2007 1:32:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, kermit@ihug.com.au writes: Hi Jim, In the marriage records, 'nee' only appears for women who have been married before, it is the name they had before they were first married. Aliases can be for both sexes, and are for other names that the person has been known by previously, sometimes it's their mother's surname (if they were born out of wedlock), sometimes it's a stepfather's name, sometimes it's a shortened (or lengthened) form of the same surname, sometimes it's a previous version (like if a Polish Rybarczyk changed their name to the German Fischer (both words mean 'fisher' in English). Regards, Elyssa > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:58:52 EDT > From: Jamespiech@aol.com > Subject: [PBS] Difference between Nee & Alias > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > In a Polish Marriage Record what is the difference between nee (born) and > alias (???) > > Thank You ........Jim Piechorowski > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com