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 changed it was there. Marie
Marie Varrelman Melchiori, Certified Genealogist Emeritus ______________________________ ______________________________ __ CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.In a message dated 11/23/2019 4:06:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, csewar...@gmail.com writes: 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 understood the passengers. I have examples in my own family where a Braun from Prussia was listed as Brown because the person at intake determined that the immigrant should "Americanize" their name. As for the second part of your statement...I agree. I do believe that the AKA field i the best place to notate that. Ciao, Christopher On 11/23/2019 2:56 PM, mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup wrote: 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 use the new spelling. I'm using Legacy 8 and there is an AKA (4th logo from the right) it looks like a group of people. You can add the name that they used in Italy or the one used in the US, your choice. You can cite the source (census, birth record, marriage record, etc) for each individual time you find the name. Then use the other name in database. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, Certified Genealogist Emeritus ______________________________ ______________________________ __ CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.In a message dated 11/23/2019 2:53:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, cathyv...@cox.net writes: My great grandfather had the surname Vallevegni in Italy. When the family immigrated to the U.S. it changed to Vallevieni whichthey used from then on (probably changed at Ellis Island). How should I enter 2 surnames in Legayc? --Cathy Vallevieni714 389-6374 Home714 227-4948 Cell -- LegacyUserGroup mailing listLegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.comTo manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.comArchives at:http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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