You can set up your family view to show the AKAs; that's what I do so I can see the name variations right away; like instead of burial or christening info, you can have it show the AKAs
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. I will give this a try. I had thought about > tagging for AKA's which would be similar to what you are suggesting. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Your suggestions would be appriciated > > > Joyce, > > See Search>Find>Detailed Search where you can search for AKAs > > Ron Ferguson > > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > From: Joyce > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Your suggestions would be appreciated > > Good morning: > > I have a situation and I am wondering if anyone have any suggestions on how > I might resolve it. > > This is the situation: > > > I have many John Grants in my ancestry and as you can imagine it is not easy > working out who is who. > > How I resolved it. > This is how names have been entered > > John (Duldraeggan) Grant > John (1st of Corriemony) Grant > John (6th of Glenmoriston ) (Ian a Chragain) Grant > John (Mor) (1st of Glenmoriston) Grant > > This is only a small sampling but will give you the idea. > > My question. > > If I were to comply with the program's wish to remove all but "John Grant" > and put the rest under > "AKA" is there any way that I can make up a list of all the AKA's so that I > can quickly find the > the correct John Grant I might be looking for? Using a wife's name doesn't > work very well. > > Thanks > > Joyce Nagy > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > -- 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
