Female Maiden Names?

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Member Since: April 2013 Posts: 1 Send Message	John	Report	7 Apr 2013 14:26
Member Since: April 2013 Posts: 1 Send Message	Hi, I'm looking for tips on how to find the maiden names of female ancestors? Actual marriage certificates would help, but that would mean searching individual Parish records. Does this have to be done physically, or is there an easier way? Thanks John S
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	7 Apr 2013 14:44
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	Hi John, welcome to the boards. What time period are you looking at? After 1911 the woman's maiden name is shown on the GRO index. Between 1837 and 1911 then you can often work it out from GRO index as long as the names aren't too common. Before 1837 then it's parish records but, depending where, they may be on-line. Of course, there is also FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ Do you want to give us an example.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,513 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	8 Apr 2013 09:44
	Time-scale? Location?
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	8 Apr 2013 13:08
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	Seeing as John is brand new to the site I've sent a pm with the basics of how the boards work.