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US, Wisconsin—Birth Records, Pre-1907 [M3GF-429]

Janet Holdstock
Janet Holdstock ✭
April 21 in Indexing

When they ask for the mother's maiden name, would that include her first and last name since it doesn't say "Maiden surname"?

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  • barbaragailsmith1
    barbaragailsmith1 ✭✭✭
    April 21

    This is the dictionary definition of a maiden name: "the surname that a married woman used from birth, prior to its being legally changed at marriage." Her first name isn't part of her maiden name. I see a lot of indexers put the first and last names, but that's incorrect. If you look at the example of how to index these in the Proj. Instructions, it show to only use that last name.

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  • Janet Holdstock
    Janet Holdstock ✭
    April 22

    Thank you.

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