It would seem to be a route to much confusion if anybody were to be given more than one primary name. Entering the married name as an AKA should result in proper display if not reports.
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Robert Carneal USA <carnea...@adelphia.net>wrote: > Bill- I think I understand. Let me try explaning. > > John Brown marries Kathy Anderson. John dies. Kathy is still Kathy Brown. > She doesn't go back to Kathy Anderson because most people know her has Kathy > Brown and also because she doesn't want to. > > She remarries, Kathy Brown marries David Smith. Therefore, you want to > enter the lady David married as Kathy Brown, not Kathy Anderson. Have I got > it? > > Legacy doesn't quite work that way. You enter a lady's maiden name > (Anderson), and she can marry 80 different men, but Legacy will remember her > maiden name is Anderson and stick to it. As she marries, any children she > has gets her husband's name. Legacy will keep that straight. > > Does that help? > > Robert > > > > At 2009-09-11 03:32 PM, you wrote: > >> Could someone tell me how to do this correctly? Here is the problem: >> >> GGM Mary Hinton married Joseph Brown. >> In Legacy I entered Wife's name as Mary Hinton. >> Joseph died five years later. >> >> Marriage #2 was to George Miller. >> I entered Wife's name as Mary Hinton Brown. >> >> Problem: When I do the above, Legacy automatically changes her (Wife's) >> name to Mary Hinton Brown - which is wrong and not as I entered. >> >> So my question is "how can I keep her name the same as I enter it without >> Legacy changing it?" >> >> The solution is probably simple but I have tried everything I can think of >> an nothing works - so I need someone's advice. >> >> Thanks, Bill R. >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > >
