I agree with Bob. I have seen people use nicknames only used by the individual's parents like "Buddy" or "Princess" as actual aka's. A nickname to a few should not count. I know of a man who went by Honey. No one can recall his real name because that is all they knew him by. THAT would be a legitimate AKA. A name used in all instances except for legal documents or legal signatures would also be a legit AKA. I know a woman only by Reni, but her legal name is Beverly. She began using Reni when she became a Christian so she says. At least some of her family still calls her Beverly, but the rest of us only know her as Reni. Her bank checks use the name Reni Beverly (and her last name), but she has never legally changed her name. That would be a legit AKA. Look into purposes for the use for help in knowing whether it is just a limited nickname or an AKA.
God bless, Ellen 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". >> > > 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 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
