I also have a similar situation, and I did basically the same as mentioned in the previous thread. Personally, I would record his Given Birth Name as shown on source documents. In my particular case, the ancestor had their Given Names changed legally, therefore, I created an event indicating this change, and included the detail in the Notes Section as necessary. Really, it depends on the situation, if the name was casually changed (on a casual basis), or casually used, then I would most likely record that as an AKA.
I am sure others may do it differently, and will offer their suggestions as well. Charles -----Original Message----- From: Robert E. Carneal [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 6:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Name Change (not by marriage) Not to open a can of worms, but I have a related question. This is not a gender changing, but a gender-name changing. I.e. I have an ancestor born as Mark Paul Carneal. He decided "Mark" was too common a name, so he changed to a gender neutral name. He changed his name to Kelly Jessie Carneal. Everyone who didn't know him assumed he was a girl! Now my question, is there a way to indicate a name change in Legacy so that notes referring to him *before* his name change used Mark Paul, but notes referring to him *after* his name change uses Kelly Jessie? I doubt it, at least not one I could find. Anyone else? Thank you. Robert 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
