And those manifests were used to fill out Passenger Arrival Lists (what
I and others refer to as ledgers). This comes directly from the Ellis
Island website.
I'm not sure why people are so passionate about stating that these
errors never happened, when indeed they did, even according to those who
made them.
This should be about encouraging people to be creative about their
research, not limiting it.
Thanks,
Christopher (genealogist for 40+ years)
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
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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 which
they used from then on (probably changed at Ellis Island).
How should I enter 2 surnames in Legayc?
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