I have Swedish and Norwegian ancestors and I use the patronymic name as their surname (that is what is listed on their birth and baptism register) and the farm name is included in the title suffix. When you see the individual in the name list it will read (for instance) Andreas Arntsen, Husbynmoen (and I can see this in the list or in the family view (as well as all the various views).
I include as an event when they move to a new farm. That way I have both a date and it goes into their timeline. I consider the events in Legacy to be event, fact, etc. - that way everything is in chronological order. Believe this list is no attachments - if any of you are on Google+ our Legacy Virtual Users' Group community will have examples to see what this looks like in practice. Tessa Tessa Keough Guild of One-Name Studies, Keough (Keogh, Kough & Kehoe) Registered ONS Legacy Virtual Users' Group Community on Google+ Society for One-Place Studies - Plate Cove East, Newfoundland On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:51 PM, <johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au> wrote: > > > I have not found any Scandinavian ancestors of my own but some ancestors > have changed names for various reasons e.g. after immigrating. I think the > most important thing is to decide on a system and then be consistent. My way > is to use their name at birth as their main name in my database (even if it > was only used for a relatively short period of time). Other names are added > as alias / a.k.a. I also add an “event” for every known change of residence/ > location and I use notes to add any other information or explanations. > > John > > From: W. Bruce Matson > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 9:22 AM > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Scandinavian locations... > > ....and speaking of proper sequencing of "locations", anyone there with > Finnish lineage? As you may know > it wasn't until about 1923 that the government of Finland made it mandatory > to have only one surname. > Up until then every time a person moved from farm to farm (and this > sometimes was frequent) the new > "farm name" was taken as a surname. This, alone, could present a problem. > What surname to use? I use the last name known, > although sometimes I might enter it like this: Tarvainen/Pajunen/Matson. > Then, regarding the towns or villages > they might have lived in, I'll use the last village known and enter the > other towns/villages in the Notes. > How do others of you with Finnish and maybe Swedish naming systems handle > this? > > Bruce > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
