I agree with Jenny! Why can't you link the father to Marie Viens and still list the father as Cummings? They don't have to both have the same surnames to link to each other! Russ
-----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Surname input On 08/06/2011 18:42, Erin Bradshaw wrote: > What is the best way to input the surnames in the following situation? > 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
