I am using 8.0 and I have the current build.
For every birth, baptism, death, and burial I have only the dates, and
no locations for everyone. For the Events/Facts sections the locations
are included in the event description.
I have only put half a dozen pictures in the picture center as I
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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Cathy Vallevieni
714 389-6374 Home
714 227-4948 Cell
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Sorry, but I disagree with that statement. The people at Ellis Island only
checked off the names. The names were entered at the departure. The time that
Ellis Island staff entered the names where as detained aliens. The manifest's
were made up at the place of departure so if the name was
First - names were NOT changed at Ellis Island. The names on the
manifests were from the port of departure. So if it was written as
VAllevieni on the manifest, it is because it was written that way on the
manifest.
Second, I always record the birth/baptismal name as the correct names.
All
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
You're entitled. I will say that I have interviewed people who will
attest to my statements. Also, an investigative article by the
Smithsonian found that inspectors would sometimes correct what they felt
to be spelling errors on the ships' manifests. If they admitted that
they did it, I
the so called ledgers were the ships manifests - those were done at the
port of departure.
Here are a few good articles to let you know what really happened
And it happened elsewhere. I found a family in Cornwall, UK with 14
different spellings spread across Census and BMD records - damn difficult
tracking them down.
Regards
Chris
>From my Motorola G6+
On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 23:05 Roberta Schwalm,
wrote:
> I've seen a few dillies myself. My
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
Thank you all for the input. I now know how to properly enter both
surnames.
Thank you, Laura, for sending the links. I will check them out.
Cathy Vallevieni
714 389-6374 Home
714 227-4948 Cell
On 11/23/2019 1:16 PM, Laura Johnson wrote:
the so called ledgers were the ships manifests -
I've seen a few dillies myself. My father's surname was Schwalm but I have
seen it written as Schwaten! His mother's maiden name was Jung but on her
record of marriage it is entered as Yung because of the way the German "J"
is pronounced.
As for my mother's Snoddy side of the family, although
The first one you listed is the one that mentions that the Inspectors
would make changes of what they perceived to be errors. You've made my
point.
The others you listed are articles by people who have made the same
assumptions you made. I have interviewed people who came through Ellis
The find I made was in Ancestry. The Drouin Collection had my father's
surname down as Schuster although it was correctly spelled in the register
of the Catholic parish where my parents, Louisa Snoddy and Robert Schwalm,
were married.
Another hilarious one was in the 1911 Canadian Census. The
152 WAYS TO SPELL SULLIVAN
Interesting range of experiences reported on this topic, and good advice to
use Legacy's AKA option; and I'll add this to the pot. Several years ago my
friend Hugh Sullivan made a list of "152 ways to spell Sullivan." all taken
from actual records. I posted it on the
Also, my grandfather and his brothers told me that when they arrived at Ellis
Island, they told the inspectors to "spell our name American" so it was changed
from Jochman to Yohman (pronounced the same).
Dan Yohman
On Saturday, November 23, 2019, 08:50:46 PM EST, Christopher Seward Sr.
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