Al, I will use my uncle as an example. He changed his name completely (whether he did it legally or not is not known). His name of record in Legacy is the name he was born with. I added his new name as an AKA and I explained the name change in the notes. His daughter was born under the new name. I entered her name as it was at the time of her birth. Her name does not match her father’s but that is okay. I always record the name at BIRTH for consistency’s sake.
IF this had been a legal name change and IF I had the court documents in my possession, then I would add an event for the name change. Since I don’t even know if my uncle did this legally or not I don’t have an event for this. P.S. This is just the way I do it. You will probably get umpteen different opinions :) Michele Technical Support [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.legacyfamilytree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com> From: Albert Ignatowski [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Legal Name Changes Hello Legacy Users, This is my first venture into this group so I apologize if I am violating some expected protocol for participating. I have a question that I have been advised that the Users Group may have some suggestions. I have a situation where a family member legally changed his surname. My question is: what is the preferred way of incorporating this fact into Legacy 8? I do not know the year when this occurred. All children have the new name. Looking forward to your suggestions. 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
