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What name do I use for a women that became a nun? Her birth name, or the name she has as a nun?

loriannejones1
loriannejones1 ✭
June 24, 2022 edited July 13, 2024 in Family Tree

Her grave and death sources list her as Sister Mary Henrietta. Her early years as Johanna, or Hannah

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    June 24, 2022 Answer ✓

    The usual guideline is to enter her birth name in the Vitals box and add the name she took as a nun as an alternate name under Other Information, but the capability exists in Family Tree to do it the other way around, with Sister Mary Henrietta in the Vitals box and Johanna and/or Hannah as her birth name under Other. Which way you choose is really up to you (and to whoever else has an interest in her).

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  • loriannejones1
    loriannejones1 ✭
    June 30, 2022

    Thank you!

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