I gave up and used the sentence override for each child. I at first thought that the shared event feature was a great time saver when entering data from a census, except when the head of household used a different name than the one designated as the proper name.
I realized while doing the overrides that the first name for the widow was different than her first name on the census. Her designated name was Anna and the census used Annie. Also, some of the children's names were different than the designated name. i.e.: Nellie instead of Nathelia. Since I am a stickler for using the data exactly as it was reported in the record, I am starting to have my doubts about using the shared events anymore. Now I have to determine if I have to change the first names for the other members of the family in all of the shared events I have entered. Despite this problem, I still think that Legacy is the best program on the market. I am glad that I found this problem, because our genealogical society will devote all of our monthly meetings next year teaching our members how to research, evaluate and enter records into Legacy. We will be doing an actual case study on the family of Henry Ford. We picked the Ford family since we are in the Detroit area and everyone one in this area knows something about the Fords. Thanks to everyone for your comments. Al Wakenhut -----Original Message----- From: singhals [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Shared Event uses maiden name instead of married name Ummm, IMO your problem was well-stated first time. Since I haven't used the Shared Event feature, I'm wondering why #3 doesn't read : "Samuel appeared in his mother's household ...", a formulation that would accommodate the facts, your preferences, and standard Genealogical practice? Cheryl Alan Wakenhut wrote: > I should have explained my problem better. > > When using the "Shared Event" for a residence, with the census as a source, > the widow's married name was Anna Zatkoff, (maiden name - Kazadowiew). The > 1940 census gives her name as Anna Zatkoff, which is what the narrative > report should show for her children. But as you will see below in #3& #5, > it lists Anna's name as Kazadowiew. The report should show her name as it > appears in the census. > > I don't expect this to happen automatically and am more than happy to make a > manual change to show her married name. My question is how can I manually > make the change? I realize that I can manually enter the specific wording > for each of Anna's 9 children, but would really like to use the "shared > event" feature. > > > Samuel ZATKOFF [205], son of Maxim ZATKOFF and Anna KAZADOWIEW, was > born on 10 Feb > 1920 in Cokeburg, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA, was baptized in > Mariana, , Pennsylvania, USA, and died on 29 Sep > 1993 at age 73. > Noted events in his life were: > 1. He was Orthodox. > 2. He has conflicting birth information of Bet 1919 and 1920 and > Pennsylvania, USA. > 3. Samuel appeared in the household of Anna KAZADOWIEW in a census on > 1 Apr 1930 in North Bethlehem, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. > 4. Samuel attended school prior to 1 Apr 1930. > 5. He was an occupant at the residence of Anna KAZADOWIEW on 1 Apr > 1930 in North Bethlehem, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. > 6. He had a residence on 29 Sep 1993 in Porter, Porter, Indiana, USA. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Kneeland [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 6:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Shared Event uses maiden name instead of > married name > > You can definitely use the shared event. However, her primary name will > remain her birth name, so in the Census Event, you will need to say something > like "listed as" with her name as listed in the census and perhaps stating > "widow". I do this for anyone who isn't listed under their birth name unless > it's an obvious very minor variation. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Wakenhut [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Shared Event uses maiden name instead of > married name > > 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). 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