Thanks, that's just what I was looking for. Marilyn
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: > From: Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 4:58 AM > Marilyn Clark wrote > > > > I am a new Legacy user, and have just begun to input > some aliases. Should I be using the Surname field when it is > not different? Ex: Joseph Wiley Embry is the main name, > alias is J Wiley. Should I include Embry again? > > I would. Because in Reports the wording(1) is usually > "Another name for Joseph was J Wiley Embry." If you > don't include the surname in the AKA it will read as > "Another name for Joseph was J Wiley" which makes it look as > though Wiley was an alternative surname. > > (1) I'm quoting from memory here as I can't check it > at the moment, but I think that's the default wording. > -- Jenny M Benson > > > > 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 > > > > 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
