With the exception of a woman taking her husbands name on marriage it is important to document the change of name and the time it occurred.<\/p>\n
The GEDCOM standard does not provide attributes or events for that, but with Family Historian (\u0192h<\/span><\/span>) it is easy to add custom attributes to contain the information. There is a Fact Set – Name Changes<\/a> available in the Downloads for the items above.<\/p>\n The normal convention for the “main” name for a person is the name they were born with. This is the name they will be listed under in the Records Window<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some cases do not need second name records for example to provide a different “know as” name, e.g. someone who was baptised ‘Mary Margaret’, but is known as ‘Molly’ can be recorded by using the Nickname or Alternate Name fields. These are accessed from the Main tab of the Property Box Dialogue via the more(+)\u2026 link to the Names\/Titles dialogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n Where additional names are required, another way to enter them is to use the All tab on the Property Box Dialogue and right click to add another name.<\/p>\n To document someone who has changed their name by deed poll the following is suggested.<\/p>\n In some cases you may wish to use this where someone was adopted at birth and has always used their adopted name rather than their birth name.<\/p>\n For use in cases where the Woman does not take on her Husband’s name or where a Husband takes on his Wife’s name.<\/p>\n For people who used different names for example entertainers.<\/p>\n By default the Alternate Names are sometimes not very visible, but they can easily be displayed. Now \u0192h V6 has better defaults for Diagrams and Reports, and includes Alternate Names in Records Window searches.<\/p>\n In the Names\/Titles dialogue mentioned above, there is a Make Primary button to swap any chosen Alternate Name with the Primary Name. Then that chosen name appears wherever the Individual appears.<\/p>\nWhat Name Where?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nExamples<\/h2>\n
Deed Poll<\/h3>\n
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Birth Name<\/h3>\n
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Adopted Name<\/h3>\n
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Married Name<\/h3>\n
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Unofficial Names<\/h3>\n
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Display Options<\/h2>\n
Customise Property Box<\/h3>\n