Bob, A Deed Poll is an English/Welsh (I cannot speak for Scotland & Ireland) legal document by which a person changes their name, in particular their surname. At one time, except for marriage, it was the only legal method one could use, however today it is not essential.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Bob Vary Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 1:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Name Change (not by marriage) I may be going slightly off topic here, but what is a deed poll? I've never heard the term before. I take it is has something to do with name changes? Where are you located? It sounds British. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Jan Roberts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 10:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Name Change (not by marriage) My late first husband changed his name by deed poll - I only ever knew him by his 'new' name. That became my surname when I married him, and is my daughter's surname. I have entered him in Legacy under his 'new' name, with appropriate notes and a Deed Poll event. But no, as far as I can see there is no way to differentiate between the names in relation to time frames i.e. before and after. I look at it like entering a woman by her maiden name (only sort of in reverse) - one name is used throughout the report. Cheers Jan -----Original Message----- From: Robert E. Carneal [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2011 8:01 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
