name change
A relative changed first name about age 21, shows up under both names in family search , so my grandparents seem to have 13 children ,one too many. Should I AKA ? Born with one first name, married with the other.
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@AliceDuncan2 FamilySearch has the wonderful "Alternate Name" field to handle cases such as this one. What's even better: when we add an "Alternate Name," the search and hints processes consider all those names.
Here's an example, from my great-grandmother's profile. Catherine's birth name was spelled a few different ways, and she was married twice. Of course, Catherine was also sometimes "Kate."
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I had one female relative who changed her first name after her divorce. I'm guessing since she was going through the trouble and expense of changing her last name, she felt like also changing her first name.
I've had quite a few male relatives change their last name to have a more American-phonetic spelling or something all together different, mostly to avoid the hassle of having to spell it out when asked.
I put their most prevalent or latest legal name in the Vitals section. Then in the Alternate name section listed their Birth Name.
Per this article (I often list it in the "Reason" section):
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