One advantage that I can think of is that the normal "Alternate Names" window gives you a button to "Swap Alternate Name with Main Name". This has come in handy for me on several occasions in the past when I've discovered what I thought was an alternate name turned out to be the person's registered birth name.
In addition, that "Alternate Names" window has the Source Citation icon which can be applied to any of the alternate names and just as any other citation, actual source text or comments can be added there which can be selected to be added to reports if desired, as well as the typical multimedia attachment such as a scan of a document or picture. Brian in CA ---------------------------------- (Original post of HTML converted to plain text) From: juliasgenes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 11:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Name vs. AKA Event I'm wondering if ,instead, you wouldn't want to use the "Alternate Names" window and attach citations to the alternates (by clicking the little books icon below-left) instead of having the info scattered in several places? What's the advantage of having the info split between the "Alternate Names" and creating an "AKA Event"? Thanks. --- On Fri, 8/6/10, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> wrote: ...the alternate name/spelling...fine if that is all you want/need to record...write notes about the AKA though...you would need to create an Event. Jenny 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
