Many people rarely use their middle name so in this case "Marsden Brown" is normally used. When Geoff found the complete name, “Joshua Marsden Brown”, he edited the main NAME as expected. It does seem that he would want to show somehow that he normally used his middle name.
-- Richard Van Wasshnova On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Priscilla Glasow <[email protected]> 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? > > > > Priscilla > 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
