Jerry, Not only may there be disagreement on what form any standardisation should take, but also on the need for it in the first place! I often feel that there is too much of it, I enjoy the flexibility of Legacy, and have no wish to have to conform to a format laid down by others. Boring!!
Diversity is what makes life interesting, just imagine standard newspaper formats, and standardised websites. It may be said that we are losing our own cultures to the 'tick-box' society, please don't let this virus take over our individuality. Remember that standardisation almost inevitably leads to the lowering of standards to the lowest common denominator. Now for a decent *British* pint! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 6:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] AKAs Thanks - seems there are still so many "grey" areas - one could wish for better standardization, but that would not make a lot of us happy if we disagreed, so I guess we just continue doing what makes sense to us. --Jerry On 01/13/2012 12:31 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 13/01/2012 15:52, Jerry wrote: >> What field do you think should be used for different spellings, if not >> AKA? > Well, it's not so much a case of what field *should* be as what field > (if any) I or anyone else *chooses* to use! Personally, I don't use any > field as such. > > Example. I have a family named Mathews, but quite often the name > appears as Matthews. If Matthews appears in a Birth, Marriage or Death > Index, for example, I will write Matthews as the Surname in the Source > template. If Matthews appears on a Census my Event Description, where > where I write all the info from the Census for each person, will show > the Matthews spelling and in the Source I will write "household of ... > Matthews" > > I use the AKA field only for cases where a person had an "official" > name, but was also known by a different name, such a cousin of mine > whose forenames were Horatio John but he was almost always called Peter, > both within and without his family. I don't put nicknames or > abbreviations in the AKA field, either. > 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
