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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Re: Alias - use of
In Response To: Alias - use of ()

Alias means 'Otherwise' no necessity that it gives maiden name just a name by which the person was or had been known - re legal rights of women see http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/famhist/genealgy/wills.htm
- in many wills the family name of women (ie maiden name) would be used with alias = married name as you point out