Master Accreditation of the Genealogical Institute M.A.G.I. Course Lesson #4 A Rose by any other name...
Subtitle: Course Lesson #4 A Rose by any other name...
Publisher: Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, United States
Format: pdf file
Number of pages: 12
Description: 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 seen a disarray of published works that have brutally butchered our female’s ancestor’s surnames as to render them confusing and unrecognizable to the reader.

I have been using a method developed over the last 39 years, which clarifies and displays to the reader an easy and recognizable method immediately removing any confusion concerning the status of our female ancestors.
Table of contents: title: I have developed a method that clarifies and makes the reader instantly understand the marital status of any female without scratching their heads in confusion.; title: I have been using this method and have had no complaints as to understanding by the general public.; title: There are several instances where identifying a female’s maiden surname, married name, adopted name and subsequent married names needs to be adopted into the family history research community as a standardized method.; title: I shall present these methods for future generations so they may adapt to this style of recording to help readers understand the status of female they are reading about.