On 21 Nov 2004  Bob Janetzko wrote:

> I've been getting so many good ideas on reasons for using the AKA
> fields from people in this group.  But to use AKA fields effectively
> for several different reasons and types of data, they need to be a
> little more flexible. 

That's for sure!  The biggest problem for me with AKAs is that 
they're not included in the index for web pages.

For example, my Legacy-generated pedigree web pages correctly have an 
individual page for Rebecca STIVERS and mention that an AKA for her 
is Rebecca STEVES.  But . . . . the index pages do not list STEVES.

This defeats one of the main purposes of web pages which is to 
connect with others researching these same families.  IMO the AKAs 
*must* be included in the indexes.  I've reported this "problem" to 
Millennia and it's somewhere on their to-do list -- but I've been 
waiting for over a year now.

To get around this problem I've written my own web page creation 
software which generates a separate list of indexes from a Legacy-
created GeDCom and it includes the AKAs.  So my web site has both 
sets of indexes.

Cheers, -- Dave
-- 
  David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. 
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