Thanks for the input everyone! Jenny, I like the way the reports read using the "Quoted Given Name" and will join you and Virginia in adapting this style for Concettina/Clara. Thanks for walking me through it as well. :-)
Have a great day! Lavern Hall On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]>wrote: > On 19/06/2012 22:16, Lavern Hall wrote: > > 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? > > I would use a "Quoted Given Name" - ie, enter her forename as Concettina > "Clara" on her Individual's Information page. When printing Reports > select the Format tab on Report Options and tick the boxes for "Use > quoted names for narratives" and "Remove quoted given names." > > By making those selections you will make Clara's entry in Reports read > something like "Concettina Doe, daughter of X and Y .... She was > usually known as Clara.... Clara married ..." and so on. > > No need for any Notes! > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) 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
