You may need to change the name of a Household due to a marriage or divorce, a legal name change, or simply because of a typo or misspelling of the name. Editing a household name is simple, once you know where to do it.
To change a Household name, in the Membership module, go to the Households grid.
- Select the Household in question and either double-click, or click the Edit button at the bottom of the grid to open the Household for editing.
- Once in the Household record, the very first section will be headed with the Household name, and show an overview of the details of the household.
- Directly below that is the section entitled "Household Information". The first editable field is "Household name".
- Simply type the correct or new name there, and click Save at the bottom-right of the page to complete the change.
- You may also need to update the "Salutation" and "Label name styles" in the "Mailing Information" section of the Household record.
*Note that this will not change the last name of any individuals within the household. You will need to make an equivalent change to the "*Last" field in the "Personal Information" section of the Individual record of anyone who's name may have changed or need correcting.