Or you could just add a note in the text/comments box of the source in which the alternate spelling was found. That wouldn't show up in an index, but then I have never used the index to point me to possible spellings when I am searching for someone. I have one family where I have seen the surname spelled at least a dozen different ways, depending on who was writing / transcribing the record. I show alternate names in the Index, so that married women show with their maiden name and their married name, but I wouldn't want a dozen entries (which wouldn't necessarily be listed together - CULLEENY was spelled KULLING in a record I found just today) for a single person.
Cheers Jan -----Original Message----- From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:kowal...@iglou.com] Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2012 03:01 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] AKAs On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:52:27 -0500, Jerry <jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com> wrote: >What field do you think should be used for different spellings, if not AKA? I created a custom event called ... Alt. Spelling. ;-) -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want me to read your post. 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1416 / Virus Database: 2109/4139 - Release Date: 01/12/12 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
