I'm not sure I understand what your problem is with using AKA and with linking one generation to another of a different surname. I have very complicated situations with my medieval ancestry, with the surname, or spelling of the surname, changing from generation to generation, or even with siblings using different surnames. John Fitz Robert, son of Robert Fitz Gilbert, son of Gilbert Fitz Gerard, etc. I use the AKA fields extensively with few problems.
-----Original Message----- From: Erin Bradshaw [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Surname input 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!!! Erin 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 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
