spydrsrch 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2006 During recent research we have discovered several ancestors for whom we had been given names years ago, are not actually correct. Several last names are comletely differnet than whatt they had been thought to be. What is the best way to repair this problem? Can I delet the individual and add back a new one? Do I simply change the surname? I have not tried to do anything in this regard as yet. The incorrect name may or may no actually represent a real person (no longer living,) but definitely not part of the family. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenerationGoneBy 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2006 Just double click on the person's name, which will open the name tag, and edit the surname. I would keep the old name so I would know when I encountered it again that it was the same guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ggilbert1 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2006 I'd add a Name-Var tag, then set the one you consider correct as primary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spydrsrch 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 In this particular case, it was either someone's faulty memory or a piece of infromation incorrectly passed down. Since I now have definitive records tracing the line through church records, the original name is not valid in any way. it would be unclear whether the original person even ever existed. Keeping the name would seem to clutter up the records and could lead to confusion in the future. Any thoughts about that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vera Nagel 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 In this particular case, it was either someone's faulty memory or a piece of infromation incorrectly passed down. Since I now have definitive records tracing the line through church records, the original name is not valid in any way. it would be unclear whether the original person even ever existed. Keeping the name would seem to clutter up the records and could lead to confusion in the future. Any thoughts about that? Terry Reigel has written a wonderful article "Using Name Variations" ( http://tmg.reigelridge.com/name-variations.htm ) and near it's end there is a section "Some Thoughts on Using Name Variations". I would kindly suggest to read it and I am quite sure that this is exactly what you are looking for. I agree to him: Don't record everything and anything just because TMG with it's powerful tools allows you to so. Especially not in cases which you describe as [snap] .. it was either someone's faulty memory or a piece of infromation incorrectly passed down.. [snap] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
