Master Accreditation of the Genealogical Institute M.A.G.I. Course Lesson #4 A Rose by any other name...

To acquaint the family researcher with a proper understanding of identifying female birth surnames. After 39 years of researching family histories and accumulating over 42,000 ancestors in my primary tree, I have discovered there exists a great deal of confusion when it comes to displaying maiden names, married names, subsequent married names and adopted names when it pertains to our female ancestors and relatives. I have been dismayed, by an indifferent attitude or concern writers, authors, researchers and newspaper editors have displayed by publishing various documents, purposely c...