I enter the main name in Legacy as I will find it in 90% of their documentation. My example is my father. He was born G. Stephen Morgan. He did not know this until he was around 22 years old and met his biological father. He was adopted at age 16, and at that time he made his name Stephen M. Kaylor - He'd gone by Stephen Kaylor his entire life to that point, not knowing he WASN'T SMK. He picked his middle name so it started with an M, as his birth name ended with an M. So, for all intents and purposes my father is in my database as Stephen M Kaylor, and the G Stephen Morgan is under his AKA. There are only three documents I have found to date that use G Stephen Morgan, his original birth cert, his baby book, and the divorce decree between his biological parents. Everything else, school records, marriage cert, hospital records, newspaper articles, work history, SS statements, etc. are all under SMK.
I have a few relatives with similar situations, so I opt to file them as what I know them by and will find the most documentation as. *Jessica Morgan* *Sr Engineering Technologist, Black Stone Minerals* *Chair, SPE GCS Petro-Tech Study Group* ******************************************************************** On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Michele/Support < [email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > 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 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
