Possessives

• author: Single author: we put the author's surname only.

• husband: Dr. Collins later married and took her husband's surname of Robinson.

• father: Laurence used my father's surname ( Maurice Weller ) for a character in one of his thrillers, calling him Colonel Weller.

Converse of object

• assume: The nephew assumed the surname and arms of Mill.

• enter: Enter the surname only or the surname followed by the initial.

• derive: Variants: Frye, Free Fry is one of those surnames derived of multiple origins.

• adopt: Morus was the first to adopt the surname Wynn in the english style.

• bear: Normally a child born to a married couple will bear the surname of the father.

Adjective modifier

• double-barrelled: Double-barrelled surnames should be transcribed as such ONLY when a hyphen appears in the source document.

• hyphenated: The error depends on how many authors with a hyphenated surname the reference has.

• maiden: The full name and surname, and maiden surname if the person who has died was a married woman.

• hereditary: The earliest hereditary surnames began mostly with landowners taking their name from their property.

• uncommon: This page was first published in December 1995, to provide some information on the rather uncommon surname of Sipple.

• married: The name at the top is the couple's married surname.

Modifies a noun

• index: A team of dedicated enthusiasts is in the process of compiling a surname index from staff records from 1844 to 1923.

• spelling: Some individuals used multiple surname spellings, and sometimes different surname forms.

• variant: Furthermore, his groupings of surname variants show name associations that the IGI often fails to recognize.

• unknown: He married Ann ( surname unknown ) born Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

• co-ordinator: Have a word with me or mention to your surname co-ordinator that you'd like to help in some way.

Converse of subject

• arrange: Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient.