Was your Susie Sayitagain Smith from Virginia? ;>) Lew
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aliceann or Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Handling Maiden/Married Names > Herb... > As far as I am concerned, someone named, say, Walkabout Jones married Susie > Sayitagain Smith ... he didn't marry Susie Sayitagain Jones. The change of > name only became a function of their marriage... so AFTER the marriage > Walkabout WAS MARRIED TO Susie Sayitagain ... both now sharing the surname > JONES. > > Of course, there are numerous instances in which a person with the surname > JONES might, indeed, have married another person with the surname JONES... > and that's always a challenge to work through. > > Just my thoughts... > Scott Carlton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Herb Nestler > To: Legacy User Group > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 2:03 AM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Handling Maiden/Married Names > > > I am a new user and am not sure what the optimal strategy is for handling > maiden and married names in Legacy. > > In the last name field is it better to put: > > 1. Maiden name: Smith > 2. Married name: Jones > 3. Married n�e Maiden: Jones n�e Smith > > ... and why. > > I saw a message in the archive saying to used maiden name only and put > married as an AKA. But the person didn't saw why that should be done. > Personally option 3 above seems most transparent. > > Herb Nestler > > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
