You just change it. A box will pop up and ask if it's the same person and you say yes. It won't change the relationship. I have one of my grgrgrandfather House's sons who spelled his name Howse. I entered it that way and program doesn't care. Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gayle Cantrell" <gpcantrell@home.com> To: <QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: RE: [QUEEN] How to confuse future generations of Genealogists > "...how do I explain this to my Family Tree program ?" That is the > question. That is a LOADED question. > > Same way I chose to change my middle name from "Marie" to "Phillips" or add > "Cantrell" when I married: Personal choice. Go Team! Go AMERICA! The > long version? The winner of the war writes the prevailingly "accurate" > history: Any way he/she chooses, whether by quill or by byte. In other > words, YOU are the editor in this case. Unfortunately, you now have > witnesses...hehehe...and we all have cut and paste. > > As for the technical aspects of the software, one would hope that the makers > of the software could provide technical assistance with such a > question--purely ficticious details, of course! > > Best regards, > > Gayle Phillips Cantrell > > P.S. Who holds the sticks and stones and the power in the words that hurt? > We giveth and we can taketh away. Choice. Oh, and those kids in > school...they're just conduits, their mouths are their parents' legacy. > Teach your children well. Amen. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Donald Queen [mailto:donqueen@inreach.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:02 PM > To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [QUEEN] How to confuse future generations of Genealogists > > > I have 3 sons, all of them a bit strange, but this one wins the prize ! > > My 2nd son (the troubled middle child) has changed the name of his entire > family - legally ...... > > His family is expecting their 3rd child and since he did not want this new > son to bear the burden of teasing in school because our last name has a > feminine meaning, he went to court and changed it to MacQueen. > > He swears that he did it based upon my research into the family genealogy. > > I don't quite know what to think. I'm delighted to have another grandson and > I guess adding a Mac is no different than dropping one 300 years ago, but > how do I explain this to my Family Tree program ? > > Don Queen > > ______________________________ > > > ==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from Queen-L: > Send an email to Queen-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe > in the body of the letter. Same for D list. Just substitute the D for the L. > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >