This is how I deal with this situation, I'm not saying its correct. I generally use the birth names, first and last, as the inputted name and then I use the AKA for the variations of the names, first and last. When I say birth name I am referring to the earliest record of the person...or...the name most commonly used.
Thanks. Linda Dean On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 8:22 AM Kathy Almquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I would add here also that MANY of the spellings on ship passenger lists, > census records, etc. were simply spelling variations! Many immigrants > didn't know how to spell their name, or the person taking the information > spelled it as they heard it! There really weren't many back then that > knew spelling as we do today! > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 9:04 AM Ward Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Christopher, >> >> That could be helpful. Could you elaborate? I looked for a reference to >> the ‘Passenger Arrival Lists’ on the Ellis Island web site but did not find >> it. Do you know what became of these ledgers? What were they used for? Did >> they really have an impact on how the immigrant was named, once settled in >> their destination community? Were they used during the naturalization >> process? I see that what FamilySearch.org calls a ‘New York Passenger >> Arrival List’ is just a ship manifest. And additional googling for >> ‘passenger arrival lists’ also turns up only ship manifests. >> >> Ward >> >> *From:* Christopher Seward Sr. >> *Sent:* Sunday, November 24, 2019 3:33 PM >> *To:* mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Surname Changed When Immigrated >> >> >> And those manifests were used to fill out Passenger Arrival Lists (what I >> and others refer to as ledgers). This comes directly from the Ellis Island >> website. >> >> I'm not sure why people are so passionate about stating that these errors >> never happened, when indeed they did, even according to those who made them. >> >> This should be about encouraging people to be creative about their >> research, not limiting it. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Christopher (genealogist for 40+ years) >> 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 >> >> Marie Varrelman Melchiori, Certified Genealogist Emeritus >> ______________________________ ______________________________ __ >> CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for >> Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified >> genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is >> registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. >> In a message dated 11/23/2019 2:53:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, >> [email protected] 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? >> >> -- >> Cathy Vallevieni >> 714 389-6374 Home >> 714 227-4948 Cell >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Think green before printing this email. Thanks.
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