I use the same method Jeremy does—birth name is the main name, with alternative names in the AKA fields in my genealogy program. It shows all the names in the index so that you can search for any of the names and find the person. The software is Legacy, by the way.
Diane George From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheri Mello Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 7:35 PM To: Azores Genealogy <azores@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dealing with multiple names What I'm trying to get a feel for...do most people just basically put the names together, or do they actually use the alternate name thingy in the genealogy program? I'm asking because Gedcom has a the Name and then they have the Alternate name. I have an idea that most of us just use the main name and list things like John Dewey "Bud" Smith. Or we use the memo say the appeared as John D. Smith on the census. So that's what I'm asking here. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:23 PM, 'Jeremy G. B-C' via Azores Genealogy <azores@googlegroups.com<mailto:azores@googlegroups.com>> wrote: In my genealogy program I have an AKA field too. In almost all cases I use the primary name spelling for the way they were born. Then I enter any alternates in the AKA. i.e Jose Machado Cardoso AKA Joe Machado Cardoza etcetera... Jeremy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
