Connie, I would enter (as in your example) John as the primary...and then add William as an AKA and then Benjamin as an AKA. This "method" started when I was researching family members with very "sketchy" information which led to muliple candidates. Having unlinked individuals simply did not work for me ... since my "maybe maybe not" entries are marked as private, I do not worry about them making a public appearance...unless I want someone else's opinion.
I always create PDF's which I edit before printing...and the "private" setting is easy to catch. Virginia On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Connie Sheets <[email protected]> wrote: > To each his own, I suppose, but I would think entering multiple people as > AKAs would only serve to confuse things. > > There are several men named Hancock living in the same vicinity in southern > Illinois. I have no idea which one (if any of them) is the father of my > gggrandmother. The only way I'm going to answer that question is to > research each of these men and identify their children, their associates, > their events. I may never find anything that says John Hancock is the > father of Jane Hancock, but I may eventually find something that proves the > names of William's children, and Jane isn't among them. Or that the third > possibility, Benjamin Hancock died 11 months before Jane was born. > > Finding that evidence doesn't happen overnight, however, and even when it > is found doesn't prove that John was her father just because William and > Benjamin have been ruled out. Nor does it mean that William and Benjamin, > even if ruled out as her father, were not otherwise related, perhaps as > uncle, grandfather, brother, or cousin. That is why I want all four people > in my database as unlinked (until there is a reason to link one or more of > them), so I see at any given time what I actually know about Jane, John, > William, and Benjamin. > > Or am I'm misunderstanding that you would enter only one "possible" linked > father, say John, and identify William and Benjamin as John's AKAs? > > (Names and details are made up in my example, but the general situation is > not). > > Connie > > --- On Tue, 8/9/11, Virginia Dunham <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jane,Sorry, I meant to add that perhaps if have several "choices", you > might enter just one and the other(s) as AKA's...if you have the option > checked to include AKA's in your name list, these would also appear. > Virginia > > > > > > 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
