On 05/12/2012 07:34, Robert Fletcher wrote: > I have a similar problem, and since changing over to Legacy I am trying > to get my database genealogically correct. My great grandfather, Andrew > George Johnson, was born in Sweden. All family history and only one > mention in a letter referred to this and said it is name was "Johnsson". > The earliest documentation I have is the 1871 census where he was > working on the Grimsby registered vessel, "Bradford". He was married in > September of that same year but on his marriage certificate he gave his > father's name as John Johnson. So all the documentation points to an > Anglicised name. > > Would it it therefore be correct to say that the primary name is the > first instance of the documented name or would the oral family history > come first?
I came across a rather strange case just recently. I had several Source documents for a relative named Pitt, including his Baptism, and also several for some of his ancestors and descendents. Trawling through Parish Registers I found the Baptisms of all his children that I knew of and a couple more besides, BUT, most of the children were baptised under the name of Dinnage, which previously I had only come across once, when one of his daughters gave her father's middle name as Dineage when she married. Taking all the evidence into consideration, I am convinced this is all one family. For convenience, I am recording *all* the children with the surname Pitt and with an AKA of Dinnage if that is the name they were baptised under. I am using the Baptism Register entry as a Source for the AKA for those baptised as Dinnage (and for the AKA of the father) and for the Name for those baptised as Pitt. I would appear that some of the Dinnage children died in infancy. I haven't yet searched for evidence of this but I know that if I find their burials were recorded in the name of Dinnage I should, strictly speaking, record Dinnage as their Surname in Legacy. However, as I said, I am chosing the convenient way of having Pitt as the main surname for everyone and will write an explanationin the General Notes for all those who only ever appeared as Dinnage or appeared under both 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
