I am fortunate in having success in documenting some of my family lines
back as far as the 13th century in what is now the UK. I would appreciate
suggestions as to the best way to record those names in my Legacy program.
Names such as the following are a bit different from today's nomenclature:
E
Cathy and Jane, thank you for your responses to my question. I appreciate
the help.
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On 10-Aug-17 08:17 PM, Lin Sharp wrote:
I am fortunate in having success in documenting some of my family lines
back as far as the 13th century in what is now the UK. I would appreciate
suggestions as to the best way to record those names in my Legacy program.
Names such as the following are a bi
I too have ancestors with uncommon names from that period. I have treated
them as surnames and have not had any problems with them not being
recognized on websites such as FamilySearch. As to the use of Fitz in a
name, my sources do not indicate "illegitimate birth", rather simply "son
of".
On Thu
Fitz Alan meant he was the son of Alan. It had nothing whatsoever to do with
legitimacy!
Later, Fitz Allen became used as a surname and was used for daughters as well
as sons.
"de Ferrers" was never a surname. It meant the person was "from Ferrières".
Medieval genealogists do not use the "d
My most sincere thanks to all who replied to my query! This was my first
post on the Legacy User Group and I am thrilled to find such helpful people!
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:42 PM, CE WOOD wrote:
> Fitz Alan meant he was the son of Alan. It had nothing whatsoever to do
> with legitimacy!
>
>
On 10-Aug-17 09:42 PM, CE WOOD wrote:
Fitz Alan meant he was the son of Alan. It had nothing whatsoever to do
with legitimacy!
From Wikipedia: "From the Stuart era (1603–1714) and later, a
pseudo-Anglo-Norman usage of Fitz was adopted for younger sons of the
British royal family who lacked
Thank you, thank you. So many things Ive just never thought about. Now I
need to add to my to dos.
Jane in Phoenix
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The tradition of naming sons of kings "FitzRoy was a combination of the Welsh
and French Norman - "fitz" = "son of in Welsh; "roi" = "king" in French. It was
used by kings and the surname was "FitzRoy" = "son of the king". It was the way
the king acknowledged that the son was his. Earlier, a chi
I want to share my full database with a relative
who is using Ancestral Quest. How's the easiest
way to do this with my notes and everything?
Thanks. Leonard
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On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 7:39 PM, Leonard J. McCown wrote:
> I want to share my full database with a relative
> wh
Leonard,
I have the free Lite version of Ancestral Quest installed and moved my
Legacy database into it a year or two ago. I don't use it but like to see
how the various programs work. The notes are there, even in the free Lite
version. The problem is I don't remember what type of GEDCOM I used. I
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