Elizabeth, One thing which I have found easy to overlook is to check whether a woman has multiple marriages: in which case she will have multiple AKAs.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:58:49 +0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Automatically create AKA for married women > > Many thanks - that is much quicker than any other way I could come up with. > Elizabeth > > Jan Roberts wrote: >> >> Sorry I’m not replying to the thread – but I deleted the message and >> then actually emptied my rubbish bin before realising that I had a >> comment to make. >> >> >> >> Whilst it won’t create married name AKAs automatically I have thought >> of a way to make the task a little easier. Go to Index View. Make >> sure you have selected to Show AKAs. Sort by RIN (this is important, >> because it lists all instances of a particular women together because >> they have the same RIN). Scroll down through all names – remembering >> that females are shown in one colour, males in another so it makes it >> easy to see the females who might need a married AKA. For the women >> where I have entered a married name AKA I see the following: >> >> 10 SMITH, Mary Jane >> >> 10 ~ BROWN, Mary Jane (Mrs) >> >> 10 ~ JONES, Mary Jane (Mrs) >> >> >> >> When I come across a single entry for a woman it is a simple matter to >> check across the columns to see if she has a spouse. If so, but no >> AKA it is a simple matter to open up the individual screen for that >> women, add the married AKA, return to the Index View by closing the >> Individual Information screen and continue the search. Might take a >> while, but infinitely quicker than any other way I can think of. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jan >> > > _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
