Honestly, I never generate married names for women. If I find a Mrs. Somebody Surname, I create an individual with just a surname as her husband.
I also choose the most common or most correct form of a surname to use for the whole family. In most records in the US my family shows up as Acunia, although all their personal documents and signatures show the spelling of Acuna. I use Acuna for all of them. I deal with all the name variations within the sources by recording the actual spelling in each record. The only times I use the alternate names are: 1. for a true AKA (grandpa Giuseppe Lo Forte has an AKA of Vito Spiarto added to his death certificate along with his correct name) 2. For a nickname that shows up in records as regularly as his true name (Smiley Acuna was named in the newspaper as having had a daughter born to him.) Just my 2 cents worth. Anne > On Apr 19, 2016, at 7:33 PM, Linda Greethurst <llg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Evelyn .. <ej1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 1. if a woman doesn't take her husband's last name at marriage then she will >> just be known officially by her maiden name. In the name list it shows women >> by both their maiden name and by ALL their potential married names. If I >> didn't know that she went by her maiden name, or if I didn't know her maiden >> name, I could browse the husband's last name and her name would show up. It >> doesn't hurt. In reports, I can make a specific note stating she didn't >> change her last name. >> >> In fact, there are many cultures where neither the men nor the women changed >> their last names upon marriage. > > Half of my tree is Norwegian where the woman does not taken her husband's > name. (At least not until late 1800 or early 1900's depending on the area.) > I went to Customize > #2​Data Entry > #2.8Rule for generating default married > names and using the drop down box, selected the first option of 0-none- don't > generate married names. > > Thanks seems to answered the situation for me as my Norwegian side is in it's > own family file. Because of several major cultural differences, I have my > German side in it's own file. This 2.8 option works in the family file only, > not global. So if you have only one family file for all your ancestors, this > option most likely will not work for you. > Linda > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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