If you know when he decided to change his surname you could add a "Name Change Event" to say when he started using the new Surname. I would do this in addition to adding the new surname as an AKA.
Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 24/08/2012 15:43, William (Bill) R. Linhart wrote: > Concerning names: > > How do you handle in Legacy an individual who has a birth SURNAME that he > uses for 25 years and then changes his SURNAME for last 50 years of his > life? > > I have been using Legacy aka's for spelling variations and nicknames but > when a person changes their SURNAME, how do you handle that? Same way? It > does not feel right. > > I don't have a year yet but have a range of sometime in the late 1920's > after serving in WW I. I am hoping to find a legal record some day. This > person never drove a car or needed a passport. This person never went > overseas after WW I. Maybe he had to prove something for social security > enrollment in 1936? > > Thanks, in advance, for your consideration of this request. > > Bill in Philadelphia -- 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
