Yes, but that means you have to keep changing the SURNAME field in the record for Mary Louise, and you also have to keep adding to the GIVEN NAME. (For instance if you add a young girl to your database and she subsequently marries one or more times - or if you don't know about a name change due to, for example, a previously unknown marriage, at the time you first enter this woman.) Following genealogical convention means you don't change the name fields of the record for Mary Louise - you just add any subsequent marriages / name changes. However, you can opt to use the AKA field if you want married / alternative names to be listed.
Cheers Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 11:27 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]Maiden Name? > Hi LB & Alice, > > To record a daughter of a couple: > John SMITH and Mary Black SMITH > Daughter: Mary Louise (Lou) Smith > > First marriage to Tom WHITE: > GIVEN: Mary Louise (Lou) Smith > SURNAME: WHITE > Full Name on reports: Mary Louise (Lou) Smith WHITE > > Second marriage to Sam Jones: > GIVEN: Mary Louise (Lou) Smith White > SURNAME: JONES > Full Name on reports: Mary Louise (Lou) Smith White JONES > > If she then has a daughter with Sam Jones: > Daughter: Mary Alice JONES > > I hope this explains my "unique" system. > It isn't really incompatible with the other system. In fact, I have records > I have imported from other people's GEDCOMs that I didn't convert to my > system. > > > Thanks, > Jack Lane > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LB > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 6:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]Maiden Name? > > > Just curious, Jack: how do you initially record a daughter of a couple? Do > you use the name the parents gave her? Or, do you record her as you > subsequently find her when married? From what I have read of your rather > innovative system, it appears the daughter of say John SMITH and Mary BLACK > would be recorded in your system as "Mary Louise (Lou) Smith BROWN", where > in fact her name was just "Mary Louis SMITH". To further expand on your > system, let's say Mary Louise subsequently marries and divorces a further > two times in her later life. Would she then be recorded as "Mary Louise > (Lou) Smith Brown White Jones" (where Jones is last husband)? Under your > system, do you keep adding to the daughter's first names as subsequent > records come to light? How are subsequent children described for each of the > marriages? > > By all means, if you are happy with this rather convoluted system, continue > to use it, but do the world a favour and NOT share such records with anyone > else - please! > > LB > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Lane > Sent: Sunday, 21 November 2004 12:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]Maiden Name? > > Hi Denese & Robert & Rich, > Thanks for your comments about maiden names. > > I would never NOT record a maiden name, if I know it. > I would simply put it with her GIVEN names, and show her married name as the > SUR name. > GIVEN = "Mary Louise (Lou) Smith" > SURNAME = "Brown" > FULLNAME = "Mary Louise (Lou) Smith Brown" (would appear on all reports & > lists). > > <SNIP> > > I WOULD APPRECIATE COMMENTS ON MY PRACTICE AND WHY IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE > DESIRABLE. > WHAT DOES THE PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST DO? > > > Thanks, > Jack Lane > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > 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 find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > 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 find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
