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Subject: [ROOTS-L] Data Entry Convention for Illegitimate Surname

I would like to know whether there is a convention for recording the 
surname of illegitimate children.

Let us imagine Mr FATHER and the widow MOTHER lived together in 
England in the 1800s but they never formally married.  However they 
had and raised several children together.

The birth of each child was registered with the surname MOTHER.  Each 
child was baptized with the name MOTHER but the father's name was not 
entered into the parish register.

However in later life the children assumed and used the surname 
HUSBAND.  This included census records when the children were still 
live with their parents.

So should I record the each child's surname as MOTHER because that is 
the name used for its birth registration and baptism?
Or should I record the surname as FATHER because that is the name 
that was used after that?

The program I use for recording my family history is flexible enough 
to accept either.

David.