John, To my mind it is not an AKA but a transcription error (not unusual for Ancestry, or other sites for the matter). I add a note to say "Incorrectly indexed by Ancestry as ......"
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Update your British Prime Ministers Timeline - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:49:32 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Alternate Names Ancestry.com and US Census > > While searching for my Grandfather 1920 Census via ancestry.com > ancestry had my grandfather's surname indexed Mazzari, with a Yellow > triangle next to it indicating other possible names Maggard > > When I look at the original it is correctly spelled > Magyari > > Since the original image has it spelled correctly, but a search via > ancestry,com has it indexed via Mazzari and Maggard (index does NOT have > Magyari) which are incorrect transcriptions, but in ancestry's index. > > 1) How would you place this info in Legacy, so others could potential > find in future? > a) AKAs Mazzari and Maggard ?????????? > b) just in notes????????? > > 2) I run into a similar issue with the 1910 Census > here the index has it written incorrectly > Magdyar > I would assume here I really would use a AKA, correct??? > > thanks, > jdm > _________________________________________________________________ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s & Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/107571440/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
