Marie,
I would disagree with that first statement. In my years of doing
research, I have heard stories where the workers at Ellis Island entered
names into the ledgers incorrectly. If they were unable to discern the
name from the ships manifest, they would of write down the names as THEY
understood the passengers. I have examples in my own family where a
Braun from Prussia was listed as Brown because the person at intake
determined that the immigrant should "Americanize" their name.
As for the second part of your statement...I agree. I do believe that
the AKA field i the best place to notate that.
Ciao,
Christopher
On 11/23/2019 2:56 PM, mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup wrote:
First, the name was not changed at Ellis Island. The manifests were
made in the country that they departed from. They probably made the
change themselves to make the name easier to pronounce and spell. They
may have done it legally, [through the courts] but more likely they
just started to use the new spelling.
I'm using Legacy 8 and there is an AKA (4th logo from the right) it
looks like a group of people. You can add the name that they used in
Italy or the one used in the US, your choice. You can cite the source
(census, birth record, marriage record, etc) for each individual time
you find the name. Then use the other name in database.
Marie
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In a message dated 11/23/2019 2:53:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
cathyv...@cox.net writes:
My great grandfather had the surname Vallevegni in Italy.
When the family immigrated to the U.S. it changed to Vallevieni which
they used from then on (probably changed at Ellis Island).
How should I enter 2 surnames in Legayc?
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