General notes as I didn't want that many AKA's or events. I guess it depends on your individual needs. I find that "doing things the correct" way doesn't apply to my father's family as there are so many names with so many different spellings, the names of farms or towns, districts etc. also had many different spellings, and the names changed quite often. Family names changed all the time until recently. It's easier to follow "the correct way" of doing my mother's family tree as there are not so many variants in it.
Carol
Jonathan wrote:
I have found the best way is to use the Alternate name screen. This keeps
events clean from "clutter". I like events to ONLY contain true events. If
you use the Alternate name screen (button looks like 3 dudes in white shirts
w/ ties), I recommend you record both first and last name. For example, I
might list me as "Jonathan Bohlmann" as the main name. But some places I am
listed as "John bowman" so I record an Alternate name as "John Bowman". I
have also seen "John Bohlmann" so again I record an alternate name as "John
Bohlmann". The reason for listing both first and last name is that some of
the reports will do an index. I had several AKAs listed with the first name
only (after all I knew the last name as I was on that individual) and this
messed up the index by putting " , first" in my index instead of "last,
first".
Just my 2c.
Jonathan
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