Bill wrote >My father was born in 1897 and was baptized with the last name KUCAN. >1900 census and the 1903 death records of his mother the name was >spelled KUCHAN. >1907 the name was now spelled KUTCHEN and that is the spelling used >today. > >In Legacy I have my father parents listed as KUCAN and under AKA I have >KUCHAN and KUTCHEN. >When I list my father as their child I used the spelling KUTCHEN and >under AKA I list KUCAN and KUCHAN >is this correct or should I list him under his birth name KUCAN and >under AKA KUCHAN AND KUTCHEN.
It's entirely your choice. Personally, I use AKAs very little, only for when someone is actually known by totally different names at different times in their lives (or at the same time - eg a stage name - but this has not yet arisen for me). For example, my daughter is known by her father's surname on all documents until she was about 10 years old, at which time she adopted (without any legal process) the surname of her step-father. Where there are variations in spelling I record whatever spelling appears in the relevant Source, but it is usually not too difficult to decide which is the "correct" (there was no notion of "correct spelling" at one time) version to be used as the person's main name in the database. For example, my maternal grandfather was named Bloor and that is the spelling I use for all members of that family, but other spellings occasionally crop up in Censuses, etc. One member of the family's birth was registered in the name of Blower, so this is recorded in the Source Citation for his birth, but I use Bloor for his surname as that is how is name was usually spelled. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
