The misspelling of a name in ANY record should NOT be entered as a AKA. I have some people that have their name misspelled in so many records, That the AKA's would be confusing. I would make a note of the misspelling either in the source or notes.
Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Variations Priscilla Glasow wrote: > I'm trying to understand a seeming inconsistency in the Events and > Chronologies training video. In the census records section, when a > misspelled name is found in a census record, it is captured as an AKA. > Later, Geoff finds that an ancestor named "Marsden Brown" is presumably > "Joshua Marsden Brown" as indicated by a military record. In this > instance, > the name field is updated rather than captured as an AKA. > > > > Why are these handled differently please? > I suppose the short answer is "because that's the way Geoff chose to do it"!! My approach is different to Geoff's in that I never use the AKA field to record "spelling errors" and so on. I use the AKA field for exactly what it is named - names that people are Also Known As. In my database, someone has an AKA if they changed their name for some reason or if they used 2 names, eg an actor with a professional name. The great thing (well, just one of the great things!) is that you pays your money (nor not!) and you takes your choice. -- Jenny M Benson 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
