OK, I went in and changed the setting to show maiden name and now it's attaching the father's surname to each woman that doesn't have a surname listed! I don't really know what else to do. As an example, my Isabel Constantina Bettencourt is now being listed by her father's last name of Lemos.
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 6:35 AM, EResendes <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to clarify. I use MyHeritage and you can change your preference to > view your tree however you like. You can choose 4 options: > > Married Name (Maiden Name) > Maiden Name (Married Name) > Married Name > Maiden Name > > This is unders Settings then choose Genealogy at the top. > > > > On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 3:42:07 PM UTC-4, rcapodc wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Just thought I would let the list know about how MyHeritage website lists >> their names in genealogy trees. I was told by a teacher of genealogy to >> enter my tree in all of the sites that have this available: MyHeritage, >> PastTimes, FamilySearch and Ancestry as they all have different search >> parameters and data bases to search (and they all have free access except >> Ancestry). I decided to start putting my tree into MyHeritage. Now, it's >> okay *except* that they list the females by their married name with the >> maiden name in parenthesis. This is bad for the Azores because most, as we >> know, do use a married name! This is okay in the US but not okay with our >> Portuguese names nor my Italian side! I've emailed them but I don't believe >> that it will make any difference, just wanted you to know this quirk in >> case you are planning on entering some of your names into these 'other' >> genealogy sites! >> >> Rosemarie >> [email protected] >> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, >> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily >> > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
