Kathy, You will find a lot of info on this subject in the Help file under Nicknames>Information screen
From: Kathy Thompson Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 8:48 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Names in Family View - show AKA ahh - you you would suggest I put "Bill" in the given names rather than in a Custom event type field like Alias or AKA Makes sense On 8 February 2014 23:17, Brian/Support <br...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: Kathy, Legacy recognizes a given name in quotes William "Bill" as a nickname. In reports you have special options to use those quoted names. Since it is entered in the Given Names for the individual they are immediately apparent in the Family View. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 08 Feb 2014 7:21 AM, Kathy Thompson wrote: > I have a number of people who were either known by a nickname or a > variant of their given name, and are referred to as such in documentation. > > How can I help myself and others looking at my tree data to see this AKA > in the Family View without having to open the Alternate Names window? > > For example: > William Jones was always called Bill > I want to see > William "Bill" Jones for his name in Family View, while still having it > clear in the Individual view that "Bill" was just a nickname and William > Jones was his legal name. > > Having this will help when I have 3 or 4 William Jones' in one family > yet each has their own unique nickname > William Jones, William Jones & William Jones gets tricky > William "Bill" Jones, William "Willy" Jones, & William "Jonesy" Jones is > much easier. > > Thanks -- Russell G. Strong P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/Articles.asp?ID=133&Click=1114 Oh so many branches and not enough time to check out all the roots!!!. Check out my Genealogy Pages at http://www.rgstrong-genes.com . Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
