Charlotte, Good Heavens!! For once I'm doing something by the book.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New Tutorial* Using the GIMP Mask http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Questions from a new user > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:36:15 -0400 > From: ceaste...@aol.com > > Ralph, > > > > On subject of birth name vs later aka used as primary. You may be interested > in a book called "Getting It Right, the Definitive Guide to Recording Family > History Accurately." by Mary H.Slawson, published by Deseret Book Company in > 2002. I believe it is available through Amazon.com, I have no financial > interest. She uses the earliest recorded version of name, birth certificate > or church record, as primary and rest as AKA. > > > > Charlotte > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jenny M Benson > > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com > > Sent: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 4:34 pm > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Questions from a new user > > > > > > Ralph Schwonke wrote > >>4. Is there a convention for entering a person’s primary name versus>the AKA? >>For instance, my grandfather was born and baptized in Germany>as Friedrich >>Carl Schwonke, but he was known in the USA for most of his>life as Charles >>Schwonke. Which name should be the primary and which>the AKA? > > > > I don't think there is a hard and fast rule, but personally I use the name > the person was mostly known as in the Name field and the other, less used > name in the AKA field. > > > > The other option is to use a "quoted given name" where you enter the > forenames as Friedri > ch Carl "Charles." There are Options for different ways to use quoted names > in Reports and I prefer to set it so the report reads "Friedrich Carl > Schwonke was born ... Charles did this, that and the other." > > > > -- Jenny M Benson > _________________________________________________________________ 25GB of FREE Online Storage – Find out more http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665320/direct/01/ 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
