I know that I have the same as my nickname is not what my legal name is - so a much broader case. I use the AKA feature of Legacy to use the nicknames, the married names of the wives, and such. My suggestion might be easier as I adopted this a long, long time ago - when I first switch from PAF.
Dick Davis Messenger AOL: DDavis5310, Yahoo: DickDavis60, MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ McGillivray Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:01 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Support for Nickname I am evaluating whether to switch from PAF 5 to Legacy. One potential show-stopper for me is that Legacy does not support the Gedcom tag NICK. Many in my family including myself are called by our second name, and it is essential for me that a narrative report does the same. This is something that PAF does flawlessly. I realize that Legacy offers the quote name as an alternative, but this means: 1. Re-keying all of my Nicknames as quotes 2. When the data are exported to other programs like WorldConnect the results will look stupid. My given name is Albert Russell, not Albert Russell "Russ". My question is why Legacy would decide not to support NICK, and is there a change to supporting it being considered? To me this is reason enough not to switch. Russ McGillivray Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
