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*Parish registers of burials follow the convention. | *Parish registers of burials follow the convention. | ||
*Subsequently to 1842, when deaths are registered, registration is indexed in the wife's maiden name, her surname at the tme of her death, '''''and any other surname(s) by which she has been known. | *Subsequently to 1842, when deaths are registered, registration is indexed in the wife's maiden name, her surname at the tme of her death, '''''and any other surname(s) by which she has been known. '''''To put it mildly, for a family historian this is an absolute Godsend. | ||
*Official records of court (eg contracts of property, wills) followed the convention until very recently, but in modern times the formulation is more likely to be '''''married name, née maiden name''''' (and '''''formerly former surname''''' where this is applicable). | *Official records of court (eg contracts of property, wills) followed the convention until very recently, but in modern times the formulation is more likely to be '''''married name, née maiden name''''' (and '''''formerly former surname''''' where this is applicable). | ||
*The one place where the wife's surname is ''almost'' guaranteed to be her husband's is in the 1841-1911 Censuses. Even there, in some cases the wife gives her maiden name, and the enumerator records it as such. | *The one place where the wife's surname is ''almost'' guaranteed to be her husband's is in the 1841-1911 Censuses. Even there, in some cases the wife gives her maiden name, and the enumerator records it as such. | ||
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