Ancestry.com: Mother’s Day Pays Tribute to Mom
This Mother’s Day, we celebrate moms. And the things they pass down to us.
What’s the most important thing your mom passed down to you? A few of us at Ancestry.com answered that question. Head to our Facebook page to enter our Mother’s Day Sweepstakes and get a chance to win a genealogy kit for mom. Enter here: ancstry.me/HXAmkg
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As many of us know, women pretty much lost their maiden names upon marriage. It’s what makes researching women particularly difficult in many cases.
I have noticed a phenomenon that has organically grown on Facebook. Because women who are married but wish to connect up with friends from school etc. – they almost invariably include their maiden name in their facebook name. I’m hoping that as time goes on that these maiden names will continue to flourish on facebook and on any entity that may replace it in the future.
I can clearly see that sometime in the future that faceboook make well become a database that will be connected to genealogical websites such as ancestry and searchable by future generations.
Even women who ‘discarded’ their maiden names upon marriage as was and is still the custom for many are including their maiden names. I know of at least one person who was able to find relatives descended through a maternal maiden name.
Re: #1 Martin….I am alive and well, and my subscription to Ancestry.com was indeed a gift from my family. Don’t overthink things.
I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and time into the stuff you post!!
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One might think that with all the information you have at your fingertips about death dates of relatives, that you might refrain from suggesting that we make gifts to our long dead mothers.