ahh - you you would suggest I put "Bill" in the given names rather than in a Custom event type field like Alias or AKA
Makes sense On 8 February 2014 23:17, Brian/Support <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathy, > > Legacy recognizes a given name in quotes William "Bill" as a nickname. > In reports you have special options to use those quoted names. Since it > is entered in the Given Names for the individual they are immediately > apparent in the Family View. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > On 08 Feb 2014 7:21 AM, Kathy Thompson wrote: > > I have a number of people who were either known by a nickname or a > > variant of their given name, and are referred to as such in > documentation. > > > > How can I help myself and others looking at my tree data to see this AKA > > in the Family View without having to open the Alternate Names window? > > > > For example: > > William Jones was always called Bill > > I want to see > > William "Bill" Jones for his name in Family View, while still having it > > clear in the Individual view that "Bill" was just a nickname and William > > Jones was his legal name. > > > > Having this will help when I have 3 or 4 William Jones' in one family > > yet each has their own unique nickname > > William Jones, William Jones & William Jones gets tricky > > William "Bill" Jones, William "Willy" Jones, & William "Jonesy" Jones is > > much easier. > > > > Thanks > > > > 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
