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Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 1 Send Message	Rita	Report	16 Oct 2018 13:19
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 1 Send Message	If a female is listed with a current married surname, late surname and formerly surname on a certificate which is the birth surname. Late or formerly. Can anyone answer my question please? thank you
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	16 Oct 2018 13:33
	Formerly would be the maiden name, Late would be the surname possibly of a first husband. it’s the late(st) ie most recent name used.
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24,447 Send Message	Dea	Report	16 Oct 2018 13:34
	I would say that the 'formerly' is her maiden name and she then married husband number 1. The 'late surname would be the surname of husband number 1. She then married husband number 2 and his surname would then be her 'current' surname. Hope that helps. Dea x It is also possible that she only had one husband but that her name had been changed before she married due to her mother re-marrying or some similar event, though the explanation of her having had 2 husbands is the most probable. Dea x