Ron Ferguson wrote: > Charani > > I cannot agree with your suggestion of adding an 'historic' or 'more common' > name to that recorded in either vital events or censuses. To me this seems > to ignore a basic principle of recording data i.e. it should be recorded as > written in the document. I do not see the point of adding the dob to the > name either 1) for the above reason and 2) it is unnecessary.
It's not ignoring the basic rules. It's a means of linking together family members. My BERRY/BURY family were first found in Kent as BERRY but on tracking them back they became BURY when they lived in Warwickshire. Some of the children start off with one spelling and end up with the other. Some keep one spelling. Others keep t'other. If I didn't link them by adding the other spelling, I could have two completely different families linked to different family lines. The BURYs of Warkwickshire might not be the BERRYs of Kent. Adding the DoB was for the images as a quick identification method. Again one which I find useful when I have four brothers named Charles, John, James and Henry and each of them uses those same four names for their own sons who in turn use them for their sons. The aide memoire tells me straight away which son's record I need. > In my One-Name I can have a large number of duplicate given names with the > Ferguson surname. When checking to see if I already have an entry for a new > individual (eg. from a census) I use Search>Detailed Search for Individual; > Given Name; Contains; Name (I only use the first name, 2nd perhaps if 1st > produces no result) AND Individual; Birth Place; Contains; County. That's the same with mine: the four above plus William for the boys, Mary, Elizabeth and Ann for the girls plus 22 variant or alternative spellings for the surname. The database is compiled from CMBs and BMDs only. Other sources, such as censuses, wills, deeds, are added in the, um, Other Sources column in the spreadsheet. In Legacy, I have parents and spouses in the index which means I can quickly find the person I want, right click on the name and add the new source to the Notes. > This gives a Name list in dob order, and is quick to use, because when > searching only the last field changes. Adding a DoB isn't necessary in the name list but for images, I find it very useful. It saves me having to open several images in order to find the one I want. I'm sure a lot of people will be horrified at the way I use Legacy but it works for me. Any similarity between some field names and my use of them is often purely coincidental :)) -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk 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
