I agree completely with your line of reasoning. With one exception - my late first husband was born (say) John George SMITH, but by the time I met him he had legally changed his name to Fred James BROWN. I became Mrs Jan BROWN when we married. Our daughter is Mary BROWN. So, although his parents are listed as Bill SMITH and Jane BROWN (he actually took his mother's maiden name when he changed) and the children from his first marriage carry the name SMITH in my database I have recorded John George SMITH as an AKA - and I used an Event to describe the reason and date for the name change. Otherwise my daughter would show as Mary SMITH, which she has never been.
Cheers, Jan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of music-line Sent: Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:46:PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Mr & Mrs (was Standardization) Hi Everyone, All this talk about whether we put full stops or not after Mr, Mrs, Miss, etc. had got me thinking about my own practice. When I came to think, I realized that I do not actually record Mr, Mrs etc. at all in the Individual's Information' view! Unless anyone can convince me otherwise, I can't see the reason. In Legacy, we can see clearly the males & females and if they are married or not. All males are initially 'Master's' and at some point become Mister's'. If I distinguish between the two, for living persons at some time I would need to change all my 'Master's to Mister's'. That seems unnecessary work. If you use the abbreviation 'Mr', am I right in thinking this stands for 'Master' or 'Mister'? As all males (in anglicized speak) are 'Mr', why do we need to specify for each record? All females are Miss, until they are married at which point they 'usually' become Mrs. In the Legacy family view. My wife and I happily sit on opposite sides of the page, me with my surname, and Carol with her 'maiden' surname. If I then insert Mrs, as her title, surely her name will read Mrs Carol Southall, but when married her name changed to Mrs Carol Brookes. This creates an unnecessary complication. If she wanted to be known by her maiden surname, in the U.K. she might actually prefer to be titled Ms (but I would then put this in the 'alternative names' option). I even have mixed thoughts about titles such as Rev, Dr, Dame, Sir etc. If, at a later point I actually finish my thesis and become a doctor, I would add 'Dr' in the alternate name section, with an 'event' explanation. At birth I would not have been a 'Dr', so would not include it as part of the main entry. When making an entry in Legacy, I have always put in the original name given at birth. That makes sense to me, especially if searching for Birth information/certificates. If my name was George Smith and I had a sex change my name might become Georgina Smith. This I would recorded as an 'event', and my new name would go in the 'alternate names'. Fortunately I do not have a 'sex change' to deal with in my database, and I don't know if legacy has an option here, but my gut reaction is to keep the original record as 'George - male' and to use the 'event' section to record any change. (No offence meant to anyone, here) To summaries, I would usually not use the 'Title Prefix' or 'Title Suffix' boxes in the 'Individual's information' view. I would be interested to read other people's thought's. Best wishes David ***************************************************** David S Brookes Musical Director, The Brewood Singers www.brewoodsingers.co.uk Organist & Choirmaster, Polesworth Abbey www.polesworthabbey.co.uk ***************************************************** Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1505 - Release Date: 16.06.2008 7:20:AM Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
