Karen, Ancestry.com allows for alternative names. You just need to decide on the primary one to show in the tree. My grandfather's name is William da Silva Vasconcellos in Graciosa. When he arrived Silva became everyone's middle name. My grandfather then married a Silva and changed last name to Sylvia (his mother did not approve of the marriage). She passed away and he married my grandmother (Bettencourt) and changed his name back to Vasconcellos. Of course, I've also seen "Vasconcelos" (one L). So, I have all names in ancestry with the primary being the name he had in the US for most of his life.
Just go to the detail view for the person and click the little icon to the right of the name. Oh, it doesn't show up in FTM or the iPhone app, but it's there! Regards, Bill Boyd (Sent from my phone) On May 2, 2012, at 9:18 PM, Karen Huffman <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got awesome information from Joao Ventura and now have info on my > grandfather back to my gr gr gr grandparents!!! The name my grandfather used > to come over with and used is different than the name he was born with. He is > naturalized as Evaristo Rodrigues Medeiros. That is also on his death > certificate. However Joao did some research. His birth and baptism in Sao > Pedro, Ponta Delgada he is Evaristo Rodrigues ROQUE!! > > I want to upload my GEDCOM but I don't want to use my Ancestry.com tree. That > tree has other families tied into it. Lots of people not needed for this > tree. I also have Family Tree Maker. I did not share the info from Ancestry > to this tree. Will it be enough information if I just input the parents, > grandparents and so forth without putting in siblings and more current/living > people? I am curious as to how many people are needed in your tree to be able > to tie in with other people? > > Another question I have is do I leave my grandfather in my tree with the name > we knew him as or the one he was born with? All U.S. documents are with the > name we knew. Does it make sense to just switch it at my gr grandfather? His > name is Antonio Rodrigues Roque. His father is Jose Rodrigues Roque. Then it > switches to just Roque Rodrigues. > > Thanks for reading and replying! > Karen :) > > -- > Hugs and Blessings from Karen Medeiros-Huffman in Paso Robles, CA USA > > Searching for Rodrigues-Medeiros and Cabral in Sao Miguel, Santos, Silva and > Costa in Terceira Acores. > Searching for Anderson and Swanson in Sweden and Schaeffer and Schommer in > Germany. > -- > 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."
