I agree with those who do not take the label AKAliterally. When I hover the
cursor over the AKA icon, the sticky note thatappears reads add or edit other
names or spellings. I enter anyvariation that may have any value to me or
others down the road.
Just recently I figured out that in
I too put EVERY name variation I find in the AKA fields. This is for research
purposes.
michele
From: atlant...@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 7:18 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Variations
I agree with those who do not take the label AKA literally
On 18/07/2011 12:18, atlant...@aol.com wrote:
I agree with those who do not take the label AKA literally. When I
hover the cursor over the AKA icon, the sticky note that appears reads
add or edit other names or spellings. I enter any variation that may
have any value to me or others down the
:45 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Variations
On 18/07/2011 12:18, atlant...@aol.com wrote:
I agree with those who do not take the label AKA literally. When I
hover the cursor over the AKA icon, the sticky note that appears reads
add or edit other names
Exactly the way I use AKA and record misspellings and other aberrations.
Cheers
Jan
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From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk]
Sent: Monday, 18 July 2011 23:46
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Variations
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From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk]
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:57 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Variations
Priscilla Glasow wrote:
I'm trying to understand a seeming inconsistency
Many people rarely use their middle name so in this case Marsden
Brown is normally used.
When Geoff found the complete name, “Joshua Marsden Brown”, he edited
the main NAME as expected.
It does seem that he would want to show somehow that he normally used
his middle name.
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Richard Van Wasshnova
On 2011/07/17 16:22, David C Abernathy wrote:
The misspelling of a name in ANY record should NOT be entered as a AKA. I
have some people that have their name misspelled in so many records, That the
AKA's would be confusing. I would make a note of the misspelling either in
the source or notes.
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From: Mike Fry [mailto:mike...@iafrica.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:14 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Variations
On 2011/07/17 16:22, David C Abernathy wrote:
The misspelling of a name in ANY record should NOT be entered as a AKA
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Name Variations
Then the Legacy program needs to be updated to reflect a true AKA entries
and a section for possible misspellings added.
A AKA, is NOT a misspelled name, but a name that the person used, but not
their legal (birth) name.
Thanks,
David C Abernathy
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Name Variations
David,
Your original post is very dogmatic as is your emphasis in this one. Indeed,
as you are only stating *your* opinion, and perhaps that of other
dogmatists, it is verging on offensive.
You beg all sorts of questions in your response
The Legacy Help Topic for Alternate Names begins as follows:
Many times you will find that a person's name is represented in more
than one way. Either the spelling of the name will differ in various sources
or the name will be completely different. Sometimes names were changed when a
Priscilla:
There are no hard-and-fast rules about the AKA field. At one extreme,
researchers believe it should be used for only those names actually (and
officially) used by the individual. At the other extreme, researchers include
every spelling variation found in any record (which is
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