Genealogy Chat

Yes, Jess and I have found one thing to disagree on!!!! HOWEVER, I am only talking about Certificates...... I have never seen the word nee on a certificate. I have only ever seen the words formerly or late used as descriptions for previous names. ''late'' has always been the word used to describe a previous name a woman has had, but NOT her maiden name ''formerly'' has always been used to describe the woman's maiden name (REMEMBER I am only talking IN MY EXPERIENCE....when I say ''always'' I mean on all the certs I have ever SEEN!!!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, if I lady was born Jones, married a Mr Smith, was widowed, then married a Mr Taylor, birth certs I might expect would read: Jane Smith formerly Jones (on a birth cert for a child from the first marriage) Jane Taylor, late Smith, formerly Jones (on a birth cert from the second marriage) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jess, found any nice properties yet????? Merry (41¼)

thank you all very much it was on a birth certificate i found it will have a good search to day thanks lorraine

Hello, I have come across this too this week. Someone in NZ is searching some records for me to see if I am correct. On her son's birth certificate the mother is down as Webb (formerly Loundon). Even though her father is Matthews which I did presume was her maiden name, I think Loundon was her maiden name as can find no trace of a marriage to a Loundon anywhere. My mother in law is on a certificate I have as Bloomfield (formerly Maycock) which was her maiden name. Happy hunting. Pam.

My fourpenn'oth: nee is from the French, meaning born and is used exclusively for a woman's maiden name. It is not, as far as I am aware, ever used on a certificate. I have never seen a cert with nee on. All my certs have formerly on them with the woman's maiden name. nell

Are you referring to the mother's name on a birth cert? If so all the certs. I have where it is the woman's first marriage her maiden name is 'formerly'. e.g. Mary SMITH formerly JONES. If she was previously married to Mr BROWN it shows as: Mary SMITH late BROWN formerly JONES. Glen.

i have 3 marriage certificates where the ladys name is given as one name - formally - another name, in all three cases the formally name was their maiden name, the other name was a married name, as they were all widows and had been amrried previously. in each case i found their original marriages and checked that the formally name was indeed their maiden a nane, and it was. Does that make sence? there may be other uses of the phrase but in my 3 cases it did mean the same as nee

Lorraine Is it on a BMD certificate? Sue

thanks jess, i know to look at someone ive been researching in a different angle now. many thanks lorraine

Merry and i 'agree to disagree' on this one - better get this right now... i think that 'formerly ' suggests it is NOT the NEE name. although i guess it depends on the person entering the info. I'd lean towards NOT the Nee name until proved otherwise, ie not take it for granted that they are one and the same. I'm off out in a short while - househunting -yuck- but what is your predicament? can anyone help? jess

hi can the word formerly and nee mean the same, or is formerly definatly married before. OMG the anwser to this could mean a lot more searching. thankyou