Another thing to be aware of - if you import you Legacy database into another package (direct import, not GEDCOM) the married name AKAs get duplicated. I have direct imported my database into two different programs and my married name AKAs were duplicated in both of them.
Ron Bernier On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, Robert57P_gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > By The Way - don't go overboard w the A.K.A. (Also Known As) field. If > you try to come up with every possible combination of how they MAY have > been known, you will have a very long name list and will probably go > crazy trying to come up with all the combinations. I suggest you just > list the ones that you KNOW they were known as and any regular > nick-names they went by - do NOT try to put in every possible > combination of initials/names/etc. > > Bob > > On 01/02/2012 06:59, Robert57P_gmail wrote: >> Besides putting their most commonly "known" name in quotes in the GIVEN >> field, you should also put their "known" name in the AKA list. Then, in >> the name list (and/or in the Index), you can turn on "include alternate >> names". This way the person will show up in your list twice (or three >> times, etc - depending on how many names they were known by). This >> option is easily turned on& off for times when you want the shorter >> list or the complete list. >> >> In other words: >> * in the GIVEN field, you would have: Jane Mary "Mary" >> * In A.K.A., you would have: >> Jane Smith >> Jane Mary Smith >> Jane M. Smith >> Mary Smith >> Mary J. Smith (maybe??? - depends on what you find) >> Mary Jane Smith (again - maybe - depends on what you find) >> J. M. Smith >> etc >> Of course the A.K.A. can (and often should) include other "nick-names" >> or "pet names" if the person was actually known by these other names on >> any documents or even if they were known by the nick-name in general >> public (because, for example, they may be listed that way in a newspaper >> article). >> >> >> On 01/02/2012 05:52, Jenny M Benson wrote: >>> On 02/01/2012 10:10, BF wrote: >>>> Is there a way to search for a middle name in the index? Some folks go >>>> by their middle name and when I don't rem their 'unused' first name I >>>> have to search through the surname. Just a nuisance with the relatively >>>> small tree I'm working on now, but will be a bigger problem when I start >>>> working on my families. Didn't see it addressed in archives since 09. >>> If a person is known by any name which is not the first given name, you >>> should enter their full Forename as follows: >>> >>> Jane Mary "Mary" or Henry "Hal". >>> >>> In Reports you can choose to Use Quoted Name for Narratives and Remove >>> Quoted Given Names so you report might read Jane Mary Doe was born .... >>> Mary married ..." >>> >>> You can search for these people by using the Detailed Search and >>> selecting Given Names / Contains / "Mary" or Given Names / Contains / "Hal". -- Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI 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
