I would keep the standard of having the birth name as the default and the usual name as the AKA entry.
Sebastien On 2012-06-19, at 17:16, "Lavern Hall" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'd like to know how others would handle this type of AKA entering. > My cousin has been known by the name of Clara all of her life and > this is the name that appears on all documents (marriage, school, > SS index, will, etc.) except her birth record. Her birth record gives > her name as Concettina. There is no formal change of name recorded > in the court system. I know this information to be factual as I knew > this individual myself and we discussed this issue as it relates to > the genealogy file in our family tree. > > I have kept to the practice of entering the name that appears > on the person's birth record in their individual record. All other > names have been entered in the AKA file. In this case, I am > wondering if I should make an exception for the sake of clarity > when printing out the family tree, or if some sort of note should > be make (what/where?) > > Any thoughts on this? > Thanks, > Lavern Hall > > > 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
