Dear Tom, What is the accepted standard for recording married names for ladies in our families? When making a report, I have frequently lost the fact that one Matilda was married to two people and the other Matilda only one. Is there a way to connect the married names to the lady in any regular report so anyone looking at Matilda ANKENEY will know that she died as Matilda SIDENSTICK but went as Matilda REESE for about 10 years during her married lives?
Thanks for your help. Jo Juan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Maiden Names and Surnames > 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 > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE > > research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of > > Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at > > http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
