I have this one person which was christened 'Anton Marius Sorensen' (documented in the Church records). His father and well as 5 generations before him was christened using both a patronymic name plus the family name Vinther. As an adult Anton emigrated from Denmark to USA, and in the Ellis Island Passenger lists he listed his name as Anton Marius Winther and that's what he called him self for the rest of his life in US. All his children in all the US records I have found were named Winther.
Whether the reason for the missing Vinther at Anton's christening was due to a clerical error or some other reason I don't know, but there is no doubt that Anton perceived him self as a Vinther. Therefore I'm inclined to set his primary name as Anton Marius Winther, and his christening name as an AKA name. Any views on this are very welcome. Erik P. Vinther Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
