yes, that makes sense and I would like the answer to that as well; the aka/alternate name is one of my big issues. So many people are known by different names or different spellings and I'm not sure of the best way to fully utilize both of these options; or if they have any other use aside from simply storing those alternate spellings for viewing as needed.
Kathy On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Jennifer Wilhelmi <[email protected]>wrote: > If you open the individual's screen where you see the name, birth, death, > events, etc., there is an icon to the right of the name - three overlaid > people. If you click on this, you get a screen where you can add alternate > names. Click add and you can enter the first, last, middle, and any > preceding or following titles. Alternately, if you add an event, one of the > event types is AKA. While they seem to give you the same information, I > don't know if the program offers special functionality for one or the other > that would make it more advantageous to use one or the other. > > Does that make sense? > > Jennifer > Tucson, AZ > > --- On Fri, 8/6/10, Scott Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Scott Hall <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Name vs. AKA Event > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, August 6, 2010, 8:10 AM > > I may be missing something, but > > aren't these are the same thing? > > There isn't an alternate name option and an AKA > > option. Alternate > > name = AKA. > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
