Thank you Celeste. My program also has other names but I don't think they come up on search. Besides, I was thinking more along the lines of what to assign as the person's primary name. Sometimes I'm not sure and was wondering if there was a methodology to doing it.
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:34 PM, 'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > I use Family Tree Maker. In that program you are able to add "other" > names. Also, I have converted my file to first name search. I found that > with so many different names, it makes it easier for me to find someone > looking at the first name. I know that there are still some differences; > however, the Joao or John, is close enough in the index that I can find the > one I search quicker. > > Celeste > > Celeste Perry [email protected] > > -------------------------------------------- > On Sun, 9/11/16, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Documenting different names? > To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, September 11, 2016, 2:55 PM > > The > baptism doesn't count. They only use first names. > > Here's what I do. I > get a piece of paper and I write: > Jose > Pacheco Coelho > Jose Pacheco > Then I make a tally of how many times > that name appears, giving more weight to his marriage and > his childrens' baptisms (he was most likely present at > all of them). I give less weight to the grandchildrens' > baptisms (he may not have been there or may have passed > away). > > So if that > helps you make a decision, do it that way. If Jose Pacheco > Coelho has 8 tallies and Jose Pacheco is 2, then it helps. > > > However, with > compounded surnames, especially with how common Jose Pacheco > is, I think I'd do this: > Given/First: Jose > Surname/Last: Pacheco Coelho > (It will be alphabetized under the > Ps though). > > Then in the note field for the marriage, > I would put that he married as Jose Pacheco Coelho, in the > kids' baptism I'd put that the father appeared as > Jose Pacheco, etc. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira > Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > > > -- > > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or > No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and > visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. > Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join > this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails > from it, send an email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Joseph Mendonca -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
