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From: "Michael J. Hannah" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Display of female surname after marriage
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:18:44 -0600
References: <mailman.28216.1289075940.27941.tmg@rootsweb.com>
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On 11/6/2010 Rae Jean wondered:
> My database uses a _custom Married Name Style Template_
> for Name-Marr tag output.
> The change under consideration is adding née as in
> (née Jasper) or née Jasper to the output.
> Would appreciate hearing from anyone who uses née
> (with or without the parenthesis) to distinguish a maiden surname.

Hi Rae Jean,

I use née with parentheses, but only for the displays within TMG, not in
any report output. I have a custom tag called "Name-Married" that uses a
custom Name Style Template. I have relabeled the tag labels as follows:
Label 1= Mrs
Label 3= GivenName
Label 5= Maiden
Label 7= Married

When I create the tag I enter the married title (usually 'Mrs.") and
then only enter the Married surname, letting the Maiden names propagate
from the Primary name tag. My Style templates are:
Output= [Mrs.] [GivenName] [Married]
Surname sort= [Married], [SortGiven] [Maiden]
Surname display= [Married], [GivenName], [Mrs.] (née [Maiden])
Given sort= [SortGiven] [Married] [Maiden]
Given Name display= [Mrs.] [GivenName] [Married] (née [Maiden])
Children/Siblings display= [Mrs.] [GivenName] [Married] (née [Maiden])

I find having the (née [Maiden]) in TMG lists helps me when looking for
a particular spouse. Since you are already familiar with Name Styles,
hope this gives you ideas.

Michael

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