Re: [LegacyUG] Question about online "Sources" and marriage, divorce, remarriage for last names

Honestly, I never generate married names for women. If I find a Mrs. Somebody Surname, I create an individual with just a surname as her husband. I also choose the most common or most correct form of a surname to use for the whole family. In most records in the US my family shows up as

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about online "Sources" and marriage, divorce, remarriage for last names

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Evelyn .. wrote: > > 1. if a woman doesn't take her husband's last name at marriage then she > will just be known officially by her maiden name. In the name list it shows > women by both their maiden name and by ALL their potential married

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about online "Sources" and marriage, divorce, remarriage for last names

I see a couple of issues in your question: 1. women who do not take their husband's last name upon marriage 2. people who have multiple variations of spelling of last name. When I run into these questions, I have to ask myself what the point is of recording the information and how to record

[LegacyUG] Question about online "Sources" and marriage, divorce, remarriage for last names

How should I deal with information that looks to corroborate 99% of the info I have on an individual or family found on sites like Genealogy Trails, Tennessee Genealogical Society (TNGS) and others . They say they only transcribing genealogical and historical data and occasionally there are