Thank you Heather, that's sounds like a very good solution. That way I can maintain documentation on both names.
Charles ________________________________ From: Heather Stovold [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Marriage 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.... __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4717 (20091226) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com 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
