a) Add the child to family A (Mother A, Father A, child) with pedigree: birth
b) Add the same child to family B (mother B, Father B, child), pedigree: adopted)
c) Give the child two last names (first and last). Make the top (primary) name the one currently used.
This is possible in PGV. The information will be correct, as the child has (or had) multiple names, as happens often with people in different circumstances (marriage, immigration, etc.)
Does it work for you?
Marek
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That way the child has the same christian and surname in both families - is that how it is supposed to be?
What I was trying to get is:
**Family 1**<br>
F: Arthur Miller<br>
M: Claribelle White<br>
C: Eunice White (birth)
**Family 2**<br>
F: John Walter<br>
M: Betty Farrell<br>
C: Anna Walter (adopted)<br>
Could you clarify that your instructions fit this scenario - if so then I need to understand better what you are saying to do please.
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Anonymous
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2009-09-24
Pilgrim, no, you can't achieve that.
An individual can have two names, but only one can be the preferred name. Both will appear with both families. It is normal for the birth name to take precedence.
You would need to add a note to the names to explain the change.
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In the James Bond and other spy movies, agents have often many passports with different identities - is this the effect you would like to achieve? (i.e. hide the other identites?)
What is the name of the child, when the person is dispalyed? Eunice White or Anna Walter? You can have both visible, and one will be primary, but you cannot change the primary depending on the 'view' or age of the person. (besides, it would be terribly confusing).
I have an aunt, who was born Zoler, married Merket and after her husband died changed name to Malicka. She has the same name (birth name Zoler) as primary whether she is displayed alone or in the family. But all names are searchble and displayed, so a search for Anna Walter or Eunice White will locate the same person.
-Marek
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Marek - one relative I guess would prefer the James Bond option as a she is not happy with the family history going online despite PGV's living person privacy etc!
I think that perhaps kiwi_pgv's option of making the birth name the presiding name and the 'added name' can have the note attached will have to suffice.<br>
Afterall family history is about tracing nature not nurture, isn't it!?
Thanks to you both for clarification.
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Anonymous
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2009-09-24
"Afterall family history is about tracing nature not nurture, isn't it!?"
Thats a very good way to describe it :-))
Far too many of our relatives want to hide historical facts. But they happened, they are undeniable. I wish I could say its a generational thing, but I was recently asked by a twenty-something year old why we needed to display details of his wife's first marriage!
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I have an indi who was born one christian name to mother A and father A out of wedlock (before they married) taking mother A's surname.
She is fostered from birth and adopted by married mother B and father B under a different christian and surname.
Can someone please help me figure out how I do this in PGV.
T.I.A.
Pilgrims,
Start with the following:
a) Add the child to family A (Mother A, Father A, child) with pedigree: birth
b) Add the same child to family B (mother B, Father B, child), pedigree: adopted)
c) Give the child two last names (first and last). Make the top (primary) name the one currently used.
This is possible in PGV. The information will be correct, as the child has (or had) multiple names, as happens often with people in different circumstances (marriage, immigration, etc.)
Does it work for you?
Marek
That way the child has the same christian and surname in both families - is that how it is supposed to be?
What I was trying to get is:
**Family 1**<br>
F: Arthur Miller<br>
M: Claribelle White<br>
C: Eunice White (birth)
**Family 2**<br>
F: John Walter<br>
M: Betty Farrell<br>
C: Anna Walter (adopted)<br>
Could you clarify that your instructions fit this scenario - if so then I need to understand better what you are saying to do please.
Pilgrim, no, you can't achieve that.
An individual can have two names, but only one can be the preferred name. Both will appear with both families. It is normal for the birth name to take precedence.
You would need to add a note to the names to explain the change.
Pilgrims,
In the James Bond and other spy movies, agents have often many passports with different identities - is this the effect you would like to achieve? (i.e. hide the other identites?)
What is the name of the child, when the person is dispalyed? Eunice White or Anna Walter? You can have both visible, and one will be primary, but you cannot change the primary depending on the 'view' or age of the person. (besides, it would be terribly confusing).
I have an aunt, who was born Zoler, married Merket and after her husband died changed name to Malicka. She has the same name (birth name Zoler) as primary whether she is displayed alone or in the family. But all names are searchble and displayed, so a search for Anna Walter or Eunice White will locate the same person.
-Marek
Marek - one relative I guess would prefer the James Bond option as a she is not happy with the family history going online despite PGV's living person privacy etc!
I think that perhaps kiwi_pgv's option of making the birth name the presiding name and the 'added name' can have the note attached will have to suffice.<br>
Afterall family history is about tracing nature not nurture, isn't it!?
Thanks to you both for clarification.
"Afterall family history is about tracing nature not nurture, isn't it!?"
Thats a very good way to describe it :-))
Far too many of our relatives want to hide historical facts. But they happened, they are undeniable. I wish I could say its a generational thing, but I was recently asked by a twenty-something year old why we needed to display details of his wife's first marriage!