From roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com Wed Jun 25 04:08:43 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA19512; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 04:08:43 -0700 Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id EAA15248 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 04:27:06 -0700 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id EAA19506 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 04:08:42 -0700 Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (slist@bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA10659 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 01:34:31 -0700 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id BAA00906 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 01:16:30 -0700 X-Envelope-From: langbehn@HiWAAY.net Wed Jun 25 01:16:28 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA00896 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 01:16:28 -0700 Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA10652 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 01:34:28 -0700 Received: from JOHN by fly.HiWAAY.net; (8.8.5/1.1.8.2/21Sep95-1003PM) id DAA06259; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 03:34:25 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 03:34:25 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199706250834.DAA06259@fly.HiWAAY.net> X-Sender: langbehn@HiWAAY.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: "John F. Langbehn" Subject: dilemma Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com Hi Rooters: I have Family Tree Maker and have a question for anyone that has the same. I am researching my paternal side of the family. The family came from France.....possibly immigrating to the U.S. from Baden, Germany. I have done research at the Family History Center and copied all the microfiche that had under my maiden name, so I could at my leisure, check for any connections. My great grandfathers name was Jacob Jacquin. When my grandfather was born Jacob was a very old man and already had a grown family (by his first wife). I believe he had a son (by his first wife) named August Louis. According to the 1900 census, August was born in April 1864, in Germany. His great granddaughter told me that according to the family, from where he lived, he could see three countries. On the LDS records, I found a Francois Louis born in April of 1864 in Meurthe-Et-Moselle,Audun-Le-Roman. Well, Meurthe-Et-Moselle is right on the border of Belgium, France and Germany. Now, for my dilemma.....If I find that August, was really Francois and if he was a son of Jacob (records show his father as being "Francois") should I list him in Family Tree as the family has always known both of them, or should I list them with the name that they were given at birth. As you know, if you have Family Tree, you can enter an aka.....but, as you also probably know it shows it as a separate entity. Is there a way to avoid this? I want to do it correctly so that family members in the future won't have as much difficulty as I am having. I have a feeling that when Jacob came to this country, he may have "Americanized" his name. I haven't figured out or found how August is connected, but did discover tonight that his great granddaughter is my cousin.... she and I compared stories about a particular uncle that was a fireman on a ladder truck in Newark. He had an accident and was in the hospital for the rest of his life, as the accident left him disabled. It is one and the same "uncle". I was tickled to death to find one side of the family I knew nothing about. Before I discovered this, there were too many similarities not to be related. Anyway, if you can offer any suggestions on how to enter it on the family tree, I would really appreciate it. Also, is anyone available for a lookup in Monmouth, New Jersey? Thanks for your help!! Elaine Jacquin Langbehn