On 08/06/2011 18:42, Erin Bradshaw wrote: > What is the best way to input the surnames in the following situation? > > I have the surname Cummings but the family used the name Vien or Viens > in Quebec and Cummings in the USA. I cannot use the AKA feature, > because some of the family never left Quebec so their name remained > Vien(s) and the families that were baptized in Quebec began with that > name, but died with the name Cummings. One family moved back and forth > several times, so in alternating records their name changed. > > For instance I have Marie Viens who married Louis Duval. They remained > in Quebec. Her brother Joseph moved back and forth and used both names > and in US records listed his father as Joseph Cummings, But I cannot > link the father to Marie Viens and still list the father as Cummings. I > thought of putting the Surname in as Vien/Cummings or vice versa but > legacy doesn't seem to like that. Also the brother Joseph is listed in > Quebec census records as Vien until 1891 when he is listed as Cummings > . His children, at his death, then moved to Vermont and from then on > used Cummings. Yikes!!!
I don't see why you can't use one of the names as an AKA where appropriate. Personally, I would use the person's surname at birth as the main name and the other as an AKA and when recording Sources I would use whichever name/spelling was used in the Source. I would also use General Notes to explain the circumstances of the 2 names. -- 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
