Kirsten, Whilst, more or less, I record AKAs in the same way as yourself, I do note enumerato's or indexer's transcript errors in a note. This will help others trying to find the orginal documents for themselves.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Kirsten Bowman wrote: > Hello Lea-Anne: > > > What I *don't* do is list every variation from every record as an > alternate name. Where a clerk or census enumerator really botched > the spelling it shows up in the Source Citation since I record text > exactly as it was shown in the original. > > Don't struggle too hard with getting everything exactly right at the > outset. Legacy has a multitude of features that are best learned by > doing, and that takes time. Fortunately several of those features > make it very easy for you to change your mind or your method later. > That's not true in all cases, but it does remove some of the > pressure. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lea-Anne Davison [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Alternate name recording > > > I am new to this list and I am still navigating around Legacy and > learning all its good points. > > I have imported my file from PAF. My question relates to which is > the best way to record the different spelling of my ancestors name. > Due to illiteracy the name has been spelt different ways depending on > who recorded it eg. parish register, census returns. And finally the > way my gr grandfather's name was recorded on his birth registration. > Going back 2 or 3 generations before that is where the differences > occured. Is the name as recorded on the birth record the "main" name > and the way is it spelt on other records during his/her life the > alternate name or do I use the name I know now and list all the others > as alternate names. > > Also upon reading other emails on this list, I hope that I have been > able to convert this email to plain text. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Lea-Anne Davison > Bargara > Queensland > Australia > > 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
