Bill, as you say "to each his own". I just wanted to point out that what
you have done can be very confusing to others as they may not understand
the "system" you have devised - - for instance many surnames become
given names and visa versa, etc. etc. The legacy of your work will be
very important to your descendants but rather useless if they can't
determine who's who and what's what? The more your base expands the more
confusing it will become. Usually it is best to stick to accepted
practices which will allow all to read and enjoy all of your
work..........
TomM.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Legacy Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 7:04 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Maiden Names and Surnames
In the past this topic has come up several times. And although What
I say may not work for many I 'm going to throw my idea out. I always
place the maiden name of a woman in the SURNAME spot. I then place
her married name into Title Suf. My preference is set: having the
Surname in all capitals letters. So the name of a woman would look
like this
Iva Beatrice PRATT Daniels indicating maiden name and
secondly married name
There are always situations that you need to bend the rules: So what I
do when I know the woman was married before. I place ( the married
name inside the brackets) (Keplinger) This bracketed name is placed
within the first name data entry.
Iva Beatrice (Keplinger) PRATT Daniels
her married name is Daniels
her maiden name is PRATT
her previous married name was Keplinger.
For example of multi marriages would be my grandmother:
Iva Beatrice (Keplinger) (Robertson) (Ruthrford) PRATT Daniels
Her maiden name is Pratt, (because its capitalized and she was
married 4 times.
i thought I throw the idea into genealogy space.
Bill Daniels
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