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From: Gee Gee Hughes <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Welsh Database - Long
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 18:40:36 -0700


Thanks to both Lee and Steve for your replies. You both were a great help
and I so appreciated it !!

Gee Gee Hughes

.......snip.........

At 10:39 AM 8/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Gee Gee Hughes wrote:
>>1. My early Welsh ancestors used patronymics rather than surnames and
>>precludes entering a married name for spouses. I have entered them as:
>>
>>For Males:
>>First: Einion
>>Surname: ap Iowerth
>>
>>For females:
>>First: Efa
>>Surname: ferch Gruffudd
>>
>>One of the problems that I am concerned with, is the mixing of this type of
>>entry in the database with those ancestors who are recorded with a surname
>>and the use of a married name. Will this present a problem with indexing?
>>If so, would it be best to split the database?
>
>
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