My suggestion would be to have the list show names only or names and aka's
- our individual choice. This way, I have it the way I like and so do you.
If we change of our mind later, we can have we want then too ...
At 2000-10-22 01:26 PM, you wrote:
>Count me in as one who doesn't see the need for alternate name list 8-)
>Yes, I do have variations in spelling, but I know what those are and can
>keep an eye out for them when I'm entering a new person or perusing the
>name list. I only have a couple of people who truly have AKAs. The detail
>tab in the name list can be set to have AKAs showing and you can easily do
>a search for a known AKAs in the search feature. That brings up the person
>as listed in the name list. I did a quick search of Individual > alt given
>name > not equal to > and left the last box blank AND individual > alt last
>name > not equal to > (last box left blank) and came up with a list of 5
>individuals who had names in the AKA fields. And with the detail tab
>showing AKAs, I was able to quickly see not only *who* had AKAs but what
>the AKAs were.
>
>If I have an isolated case of uncertain name I'll generally put that name
>in the name field with a slash between the two choices.
>
>When entering a new person, there's auto complete and a drop down list for
>the surname but not for the first name. I guess I don't understand where
>name checking would go beyond that?
>
>Of course, I realize some people have really massive files (my main one has
>only 1688 names). How *do* they go back that many generations???? I'm
>lucky to be back 7 generations, let alone 35 or more 8-) Maybe the further
>back you go the screwier names get?
>
>Sherry
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>On 10/22/00 at 10:04 AM John Shaw wrote:
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> >Jan / LeAnn
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> >The alternate name on the name list is something I and a few others have
> >been grumbling about for well over a year. Apparently most other users
> >either don't use the alternate name feature or don't care that they cannot
> >locate them again without a major hassle.
> >
> >Quick access to the alternate names is, it would seem, vital since Legacy
> >does no name-checking during data entry as some other programs do. As a
> >consequence, it becomes very easy to enter duplicates that must then be
> >tracked down and merged/deleted.
