How do you show the change of surname?

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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 405 Send Message	Esta	Report	20 Jun 2009 16:01
	Hi I have a family in my tree who have changed their surname from Parsley to Pasley to Parslow. How do I show this on the family tree? Esta
	Researching: Millichamp, Fisher, Baker, Smith, Much Marcle, Ashford, Glenister, Parsley/Parslow
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	20 Jun 2009 17:39
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	As Jim says, generally use birth surnames, but be wary if there are too many variations. If you have a program such as FTM then you can record as many alternative names as you want. You select the one that you want to use as the default. From experience, I suggest that you don't try to have too many variations as defaults as it makes it into a nightmare when you try and find somemone. Just for example I have Blundells, Blondells, Blandells, variations with one 'l' but always use the current version Blundell as the default - it makes searching so much easier.