Re: [LegacyUG] Name change - how best to handle in Legacy?

2017-07-28 Thread Ian Thomas
Thx Cathy, that would cover the situation well. Sent from my Windows 10 phone From: Cathy Pinner<mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, 28 July 2017 16:36 To: Legacy User Group<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name change - how best to handle in Lega

Re: [LegacyUG] Name change - how best to handle in Legacy?

2017-07-28 Thread Cathy Pinner
Yes add an AKA but you'll want more. I'd add a Name Change event with notes explaining what you've discovered. For most AKAs I just add a source but for significant name changes I add an Event so I can add notes. In Reports you can choose to add AKAs and you can choose to add Events and you

[LegacyUG] Name change - how best to handle in Legacy?

2017-07-27 Thread Ian Thomas
I have a person who emigrated from Victoria, Australia in the 19th century because of a financial fraud, and appeared in the USA with another name and the same wife and several children who were born in Australia. When his presence in USA became known to me, I had assumed that his wife had