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Thank you Tatewise. I was almost there.   You got me the final step. Now I have the NAME as primary and added a new fact -- Changed Name -- with a date and note. At the top of the box is the primary name. Underneath is a.k.a. NAME. Is it possible to edit the a.k.a. in front of the NAME to something ...

Thanks very much.
I'll need to mull this over and try and absorb it.

Thanks for replying. Maybe I confused things by using the analogy of 2 records. I wasn't thinking of creating 2 records just having it work as if it was. What do you mean by 're-order the names to match your requirements'? How can I make the existing record (have I used the term correctly?) know the...

Many thanks for replying. I had already added another name that appears in the box as a.k.a. name NAME The spouse is shown as married to the name he was given at birth.   What I want to do is have her shown as married to the name he changed to in this country. In other words I want the marriage link...

Hello, I've just bought FH5 and its way better than FTM2012 in terms of diagrams. Here's my problem... one of my ancestors is Norwegian and has a patronymic surname... Jan Hendrik NORDSEN Grube First names = Jan Henrik Patronymic surname = NORDSEN 'Farm' name = Grube (except in this case they used h...