If I understand your question correctly - you have a marriage of 2 people, but the have different possible surnames for the wife - but you are certain it is the same person and are 100% sure that it isn't a case of a man marrying 2 different women with the same first name.... and you don't know which is the correct surname for the wife.
What I would be likely to do (assuming I was equally uncertain about the 2 possible surnames....) is enter the wife without a surname - and then give her 2 AKA's, one with each possible surname - and document it well. I'd assign the sources to whichever AKA surname it gave. Once you know which is correct, I would change the name by telling Legacy to switch the AKA with the name (that way the source moves with it.) I'd hang on to the the other AKA, documenting that it is incorrect, so that you know that there may be other records that used that surname. Just another thought - is it possible that the WIFE was married before, and one of the surnames was the previous married name, and the other was her maiden name? just something to consider.... On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Charles Apple <[email protected]>wrote: > I have three separate reports (all well documented) on an Individual. All > three records agree with the exception of the Maiden Surname of the wife > (Given names agree). I would like to be able to record both wives with > different Surnames for future verification. NOTE: This is not a Second > Marriage. Is there a way to enter this information in Legacy, other than a > notes field? > > Charles > 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
