On 29/10/2014 19:25, Alan Wakenhut wrote: > Is there a way to override the alphabetical sort on AKA names? I > would like to use "AKA1" on my family page instead of the baptism > field. The problem is that for several of the people in my data > base I don't want the 1st or 2nd AKA to appear, but maybe the 4th AKA > that is listed.
This is a good example of why it isn't always a good idea to use the Also Known As field for mis-spellings & variant spellings instead of or as well as for actual AKAs. One of my family names is Bloor, which is open to many variations of spellings, but I use the "correct" version as the surname for each person and record the variations wherever they occur. For example, for a Census Event the Description might include "John Blewer; head of household; ...". "John Blewer" is not a name he was also known as, but merely the enumerator's transcription of the name Bloor as he heard it spoken. On the other hand, I have several people in my file who bore and used one name for a number of years, and then for various reasons adopted and used a different name. This is a genuine AKA and is recorded as such. I have yet to come across anyone with more than one AKA, which is not to say it cannot happen. There are also nicknames and abbreviations by which people might be more commonly know, especially in more informal circumstances, and this is where Quoted Given Names comes in. I have one relative who forenames are entered as Horatio John "Peter" and Peter is the name used in all narratives because his mother was the only person who ever called him Horatio! -- Jenny M Benson 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
