I'm getting rather annoyed with scotlandspeople and the way they lay out the death indexes.....
they have taken to putting women down under their married and maiden names, with no cross referencing. I don't remember them doing this a few years ago, so unsure when it started?
i've been trying to find siblings of emmigrant ancestors, all born before records exist. I put in surnames with mother's maiden name for the uncles, and found a few i didn't know about that way.
but when it comes to trying to find aunts, my curiosity costs me a fortune with nil return. For example looked at deaths for a married margaret/peggy mcinnes and found one that fit but her maiden name was mcinnes and her married name beaton. I even found an ancient lady in the index under mclachlan, right lady i needed but turned out to be incorrect, registered as mckinley, her maiden name. She shows up under mclachlan, smith and mckinley.
most of the time, the women are recorded on the death certs by their married name, despite the tradition women keeping maiden names in scotland.
why can't they have arranged it like their burials? The index records spouses name where known.
you have no idea whether the record is for a married, single or widowed woman. Very frustrating.
they have taken to putting women down under their married and maiden names, with no cross referencing. I don't remember them doing this a few years ago, so unsure when it started?
i've been trying to find siblings of emmigrant ancestors, all born before records exist. I put in surnames with mother's maiden name for the uncles, and found a few i didn't know about that way.
but when it comes to trying to find aunts, my curiosity costs me a fortune with nil return. For example looked at deaths for a married margaret/peggy mcinnes and found one that fit but her maiden name was mcinnes and her married name beaton. I even found an ancient lady in the index under mclachlan, right lady i needed but turned out to be incorrect, registered as mckinley, her maiden name. She shows up under mclachlan, smith and mckinley.
most of the time, the women are recorded on the death certs by their married name, despite the tradition women keeping maiden names in scotland.
why can't they have arranged it like their burials? The index records spouses name where known.
you have no idea whether the record is for a married, single or widowed woman. Very frustrating.
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