And in the case where there has been an actual name change (e.g. by Deed Poll) I use the name by which the person was known after the change as the main name. I also add a 'Deed Poll' Event which explains the name change in full.
Cheers Jan -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 19:29 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate name recording As far as which is the "main" name goes, I usually choose the one which is used to record the person's birth (if known) but sometimes that is a different spelling to what is nearly always used after that, so then I use the more common one. -- 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
