Thanks, Brian. I'd forgotten about that. But that still leaves the dilemma when they take a married name and later revert to maiden. All I can think of is creating an event and I guess there is no reason not to do it that way. Thanks, Mary
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Brian/Support <[email protected]>wrote: > For a long time now Legacy has had married name section on the marriage > information form. If the woman did not adopt her husband's surname you > can use that to keep her maiden surname. The rule you chose there will > apply only to that marriage. > > There is also a global option you can set to keep Legacy from replacing > the wife's surname. Go to Options > Customize > Data Entry. the default > rule can be set on that screen. If you change the rule you can click the > apply button to apply the change to all existing marriages and then all > future marriages you enter will use that rule. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > -- > > On 13/07/2013 2:03 PM, Mary LeClerc wrote: > > More and more I have family members that either retain the use of their > > maiden name when they marry or revert to it's use after a divorce. How > > are the rest of you indicating this in your family file? An alternate > > name doesn't quite seem to do it. An event? > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > Mary > > > > 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 > > > -- Mary LeClerc [email protected] My Blog: http://quiltinginoz.blogspot.com/ My Photos: http://tinyurl.com/3aylx7 "Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.” ~ Oprah Winfrey "The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before." Dieter Uchtdorf 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
