I have not found any Scandinavian ancestors of my own but some ancestors have changed names for various reasons e.g. after immigrating. I think the most important thing is to decide on a system and then be consistent. My way is to use their name at birth as their main name in my database (even if it was only used for a relatively short period of time). Other names are added as alias / a.k.a. I also add an “event” for every known change of residence/ location and I use notes to add any other information or explanations.
John From: W. Bruce Matson Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 9:22 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Scandinavian locations... ....and speaking of proper sequencing of "locations", anyone there with Finnish lineage? As you may know it wasn't until about 1923 that the government of Finland made it mandatory to have only one surname. Up until then every time a person moved from farm to farm (and this sometimes was frequent) the new "farm name" was taken as a surname. This, alone, could present a problem. What surname to use? I use the last name known, although sometimes I might enter it like this: Tarvainen/Pajunen/Matson. Then, regarding the towns or villages they might have lived in, I'll use the last village known and enter the other towns/villages in the Notes. How do others of you with Finnish and maybe Swedish naming systems handle this? Bruce Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
