Surnames & Mononyms

 When beginning your genealogy journey, it’s wise to decide early on which version of a surname you’ll use consistently. This is especially important if you rely on tagging systems—such as Evernote—for organizing your research.

For example, in my own family I have relatives with the surname appearing as Skaggs, Scaggs, and Skegs. Early on, I chose to tag every related note simply as “Skaggs” to keep things uniform. Otherwise, I’d have to remember to search three different tags every time I wanted to find information on that family line—a needless complication.

I was going to write here on what the consensus is on which box to add a mononym, first name or surname? But it seems there is no consensus.  So I will do more research and come back to this.

Wikipedia: Mononyms

Wikipedia: List of legally mononymous people

One last thing about surnames - it has been a recent trend in my family that if we only have a mononym or a firstname for someone we will add their tribe to the surname OR their father's mononym as the surname (for example "Rachel Cornstalk") at first I didn't like this, it seemed inaccurate, but now I see the use for it - just trying to keep track of fathers! So now I like it.

Navigating Shared Ancestry.com Access After the Loss of a Family Account Holder

 

What is Ancestry's "Family Plan"? A paid subscriber (the plan manager) shares premium access with up to four others, each with their own account enjoying full benefits like record viewing on Ancestry, Fold3, and Newspapers.com.

What happens if the Plan Manager passes away or otherwise their account is closed?

Trees created or edited by added members are not deleted. They stay accessible for viewing and building, even on a free account.

Uploaded photos, documents, or saved items aren't deleted—they remain tied to the user's account.

If added members searched for and saved a document to their account, they will no longer be able to see their document but they will see the record information. It is recommended that added members save any documents onto their own computer because of this.

To regain full access, added users can subscribe individually.

Here is a good run down of the Family Plan at Family History Daily

Evernote explicitly states that none of your data will be lost when you cancel your subscription or downgrade. You’ll retain access to all your notes, notebooks, and content.

Although they don't really explicitly state what they will do so I would recommend that you backup your Evernote periodically. see Collaborating in Genealogy back up your Evernote