I make the name most likely used every day the preferred name, even if it has nothing to do with any given name. Uncle Paddy xxxxxx was actually born Arthur xxxxxx. If there are different names (legal, original birth names etc.), list them as alternatives. This puts more names in the search and index results but lets you find them any way you want to. Thinking about it, in the alternate names panel it would be nice to be able to add a comment (birth name, nick name, military or census records etc.). I have an ancestor born at sea and listed one way on the passenger list and very differently when christened two months after landing. Confusing for a while but the listed parents and DOB all line up.
John Faulks Gmail account On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 8:17 PM CE WOOD <[email protected]> wrote: > I have several persons who are and have been always called by their second > names. I have put the first name within parentheses, and use that as my > "main" name. > > Some of the above have always signed documents using their first initial - > J. James xxxxx, for example. > > If you sort by last name and have all variations as alternate names, you > can always find them. I include misspellings too because those are often > found when searching documents. Having all variations included in your > alternate list, and showing them in the Index means you can always find the > person in documents, newspapers, letters, et alia. > > > CE > ------------------------------ > *From:* LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> on > behalf of Terry Montgomery <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 1, 2020 4:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Nicknames > > When someone is known by a name other than his given name, I write - for > my father - Ralph "Pat". For official documents his name is 'Ralph'; > just one name. Otherwise he was never known as anything but 'Pat' > > But what if John James were always called by his second name? If I write > John "James" i would imply that James is not a real name. > > What do others do? > > Terry Montgomery > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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