Joseph, if you are using Legacy Family Tree there is an 'aka' place to put the name but it doesn't show on the front or 'primary' page. What I did, was to take off the 'christening' field and rename it the also-known-as field and it will show me right on the primary info page that Domingos Antonio Souza is aka Domingos Antonio Soares and also Domingos Antonio (as they sometime 'lose' the surname in later records, just a lazy Priest, I thing!). I put the christening date in my notes but it isn't something that I have to see to identify my guy but an 'aka' certainly is more valuable to me!!
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Joseph Mendonca <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
