Denis/Cheri-- I use FamilyTreeMaker version 2010.(We don;t have a TMG group here.) I have noticed the same problem. The way I deal with it is just to correct the record as I go along; otherwise six months from now you will accept all the names as correct when in fact they don't match up with the primary source record (baptism, marriage or death). As for naming traditions, my paternal grandmother's birth surname was Monteiro, but when she came to this country, she took her paternal grandmother's surname and her sister when she came to this country took their maternal grandmother's surname. Why? I have no clue. This is all just as a point of reference. Good luck.
Carol Warnock Researching Monteiro, Madruga, Machado, Vieira--all from Lajes do Pico (da) Silva from Santa Maria. On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:32 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Address to the group: > I am seeking input in how others have chosen to enter data in their > genealogy software programs (Family Tree Maker, etc.). The software is > programmed to assume that children have the same surname as the male parent, > and so automatically give that surname to each child. This of course is very > saving in keystrokes for cultures that follow this practice. The Portuguese > do not. > > In Portugese genealogy, the baptism/birth records the child with his/her > first name only (at least in Santa Maria Island records), e.g. Manoel. If > Manoel dies as an infant or young child, he dies as Manoel. If he lives > until perhaps Confirmation or until he is a young man, he may die as Manoel > José. When he marries he may choose to be known as Manoel José using his > father’s surname, his mother’s, sometimes a combining of both, and sometimes > an entirely different surname (perhaps coming from an as yet unidentified > source by the genealogist). > > In addition, if we choose to compile whole family data, rather than only > ancestral direct lines, we find that our hypothetical now married, Manoel > José de Moura, is often identified with variants of his name in the records > of his children. > > And all of the above exists also for females. > > It is therefore misleading I believe to accept Family Tree Maker's > automatically given surname. Should not the surname be assigned only when > actually known? > > I am wondering how others have treated this myriad of identities for the > same individual when entering names into their family files. > Denis > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions > when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
