I had a slightly different problem when my neice Annett became my nephew André . I changed the name in my data base to André , and put in a note "formerly known as Annette". At 12:08 PM 10/15/2011, Gilles de C. Paquette wrote: >It is best to use the name at birth when entering a person's >information. If you have unchecked the option "Wife keeps her maiden >name" under File of the main screen then Options then the tab Other, the >name will be changed to the husband's. > >You could also add alternate name(s) on the Names tab of the Edit screen >and set them to never print. Then, when doing a search, check the "Also >search alternate names" on the Find person screen to look for any >alternate name you have entered. These will be flagged with an " * " by >the birth year in the list. > >Gilles de C. Paquette > >Le 2011-10-15 06:40, John Bibby a écrit : > > A very basic question - what name to use for people who changed their > > names (whether by marriage or other) > > > > I like the format > > > > Jane name1/name2/name3 (using "/" as dividers) > > > > but this plays havoc with searches for "last name" etc > > > > JOHN B > > > > > > PS: I also have probs with e.g. Charles Smith Jones where "Smith > > Jones" is the family name > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message