Hi Ron, Many tangential, meaning not direct. Two disputed direct connections.
CE Wood ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Ferguson<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] AKAs Off-topic, I know, but may I ask your connection with the Norfolk-Howard family, or is it just a research project? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/<http://www.fergys.co.uk/> -----Original Message----- From: CE Wood Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 8:16 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] AKAs Most of my research is mediaeval. Legacy is the only program I have found that allows me to enter enough AKAs so that I have all the different names by which a person was called, along with the not so obvious spelling variations. Yes, I have a long index, but I can easily discover whether the people mentioned in a document are in my database. Having all those AKAs means I can instantly know if the person mentioned in the Close Rolls, or the Testamenta, or whatever, is the one in my database. I also enter as AKAs the titles which people held. Many times documents mention the title but not the holder. Since I have, for instance, "Norfolk," I can easily see that, in 1484, the Duke of Norfolk was John Howard. I have him listed as Given Name = John, Surname = Howard, and as Given Name = 1st Duke, John Howard of, and Surname = Norfolk. French and English forms of names were used interchangeably then, so having AKAs is essential. Such as Aubigny = Albini = Daubeny = Daubeney. Thank heaven for Legacy, which you can use as you wish. CE CE and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/>). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<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
