Sorry - I meant to say - I use the "Suffix" field to differentiate people of the same name. Highly visible on the Family View. Mary Young
From: Mary Young <m...@cmy.org.uk> I am in a similar situation, having many people of the same name - not necessarily related but all living in the same parish. In my experience, AKAs will not do. You need the differences to be immediately obvious. Bend the program to your needs, rather than "complying with the program's wish" <smile> -- Mary Young www.cmy.org.uk On 12 January 2011 22:21, Joyce <s.k...@shaw.ca> wrote: > I have a situation and I am wondering if anyone have any suggestions on how > I might resolve it. > > I have many John Grants in my ancestry and as you can imagine it is not easy > working out who is who. > > How I resolved it. > This is how names have been entered > > John (Duldraeggan) Grant > John (1st of Corriemony) Grant > John (6th of Glenmoriston ) (Ian a Chragain) Grant > John (Mor) (1st of Glenmoriston) Grant > If I were to comply with the program's wish to remove all but "John Grant" > and put the rest under > "AKA" is there any way that I can make up a list of all the AKA's so that I > can quickly find the > the correct John Grant I might be looking for? Using a wife's name doesn't > work very well. > Joyce Nagy 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
