"Alt. Spelling" is not a Legacy event/fact. I have an "Alt. Spelling" but I created it to use instead of AKA every time someone's name was spelled slightly different. I only use AKA if someone truly had more than one distinct name.
Terri ________________________________ From: Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alt Name vs AKA I have many "Alt." events that I know I didn't add. Note, though, that there is "Alt. Spelling" as well as "Alt. Name" available. I have used "Alt. Spelling" for some variations the individual used, but if it was a misspelling by an enumerator, I just note that in the census event. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams ________________________________ From: Heather Stovold <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, September 26, 2012 10:28:29 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alt Name vs AKA Hm, I have the Alt Name event too, and I don't think I created it.... I use Alt Name for misspellings and variations of the name - I create one each time I see one in the source. I use AKA for other names that are different, for the same person. For instance, I have someone that changed his name 3 times... I use AKA for that. 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
