By The Way - don't go overboard w the A.K.A. (Also Known As) field. If you try to come up with every possible combination of how they MAY have been known, you will have a very long name list and will probably go crazy trying to come up with all the combinations. I suggest you just list the ones that you KNOW they were known as and any regular nick-names they went by - do NOT try to put in every possible combination of initials/names/etc.
Bob On 01/02/2012 06:59, Robert57P_gmail wrote: > Besides putting their most commonly "known" name in quotes in the GIVEN > field, you should also put their "known" name in the AKA list. Then, in > the name list (and/or in the Index), you can turn on "include alternate > names". This way the person will show up in your list twice (or three > times, etc - depending on how many names they were known by). This > option is easily turned on& off for times when you want the shorter > list or the complete list. > > In other words: > * in the GIVEN field, you would have: Jane Mary "Mary" > * In A.K.A., you would have: > Jane Smith > Jane Mary Smith > Jane M. Smith > Mary Smith > Mary J. Smith (maybe??? - depends on what you find) > Mary Jane Smith (again - maybe - depends on what you find) > J. M. Smith > etc > Of course the A.K.A. can (and often should) include other "nick-names" > or "pet names" if the person was actually known by these other names on > any documents or even if they were known by the nick-name in general > public (because, for example, they may be listed that way in a newspaper > article). > > > On 01/02/2012 05:52, Jenny M Benson wrote: >> On 02/01/2012 10:10, BF wrote: >>> Is there a way to search for a middle name in the index? Some folks go >>> by their middle name and when I don't rem their 'unused' first name I >>> have to search through the surname. Just a nuisance with the relatively >>> small tree I'm working on now, but will be a bigger problem when I start >>> working on my families. Didn't see it addressed in archives since 09. >> If a person is known by any name which is not the first given name, you >> should enter their full Forename as follows: >> >> Jane Mary "Mary" or Henry "Hal". >> >> In Reports you can choose to Use Quoted Name for Narratives and Remove >> Quoted Given Names so you report might read Jane Mary Doe was born .... >> Mary married ..." >> >> You can search for these people by using the Detailed Search and >> selecting Given Names / Contains / "Mary" or Given Names / Contains / "Hal". >> > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
