I enter their full name with an AKA nickname in all cases. I can see the problem with Portuguese names as to how to handle the "da". Should it be included as part of the surname or what?
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:21 PM, 'abbykats' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Cher, > I have done both 1 and 2 in case 1, but have also added in the notes the > information. I myself would do the same for those who were immigrants and > non-immigrants. > > Barb > > *Jafra Consultant and* > *Member of the Azores-Gen Project* > *Researching: Graciosa, Azores, Portugal* > > > On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 12:17 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > When entering a name into your genealogy program, how do you deal with > multiple names? > > Case 1 (immigrant) > Say your ancestor is Joao da Silva, but the vast majority of records in > America call him John and your family called him John. What do you enter > into your genealogy program? > > 1) Joao da Silva > 2) Joao "John" da Silva > 3) Joao da Silva and I also have my program make a 2nd name from him in > the Nickname, AKA, or Name Variation field (event, tag, etc). > 4) Other > > Case 2 (non-immigrant) > What do you do for non-immigrant names? Say the ancestor was John Dewey > Smith but he went by Dewey his whole life? > 1) John Dewey Smith > 2) John Dewey "Dewey" Smith > 3) John Dewey Smith and I also have my program make a 2nd name from him in > the Nickname, AKA, or Name Variation field (event, tag, etc). > 4) Other > > Family Tree DNA is revising the trees according to Gedcom standard, but > they were curious as to what people do in practice. > Thanks, Cheri > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
