Why would you have someone in Legacy with a (primary) name other than their birth name? It seems so wrong.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Alan Wakenhut <[email protected]>wrote: > In other words, you are saying that I can't use the shared event feature > for a widow as head of household. The problem isn't in the wording for her > event, but her maiden name shows up in the census and residence events for > her children. The census form shows her married name and that is the way > it should be recorded in Legacy. > > I suggest that you add an option to change the name as it is appears for > other family members in shared events. > > Thank you, > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Shared Event uses maiden name instead of married > name > > If it is an individual event for her you cannot have Legacy use a married > surname. Individual events always use the surname of the person, after all > she may have had more than one husband and how would Legacy know which > marriage to use for the surname. For the same reason you cannot try to have > an individual event use a spouse name, if you try Legacy will just use the > person's name. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 10/04/2014 11:58 AM, Alan Wakenhut wrote: > > If the head of a household is a widow, the shared event for her children > shows her maiden name. How can I make it show her married name? > > > > Thank you, Al > > > > 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 > > > 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
