Re: Recording a legal name change
Bret Busby <[email protected]>
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On 20/7/22 3:21 am, Dan wrote: > In my ancestry, there a case of a family who made a legal name change, > from <italian-name> to <new-WASPy-name> in 1943. > I found the official record in the NJ state records at > wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NameChanges.aspx > > I had this individual under his <new-WASPy-name>. > What is a good way to record the newly-discovered previous name ? > I didn't see a way to record this name change as an "event" for this person. > > To me, the ideal would be to have the individual ending up recorded as > <new-WASPy-name> aka <italian-name> , with an event (or whatever) > explaining that there was this legal name change on <date>, state file > reference "DCR File 12345". > > What is the best way to record this in Gramps? > > Can you do it as "AKA" - "Also Known As"? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) .............. -- Gramps-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users https://gramps-project.org