I do :) It gives me a better idea of what the person actually went by.
Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com] Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 12:45 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] When to use AKAs I’m wondering if all those that responded saying that they record every AKA along with the source where they found it really mean that they record every common variation of a name. What I mean specifically if someone’s given name was Robert, do they record an instance of Bob, and Bobbie, and Rob, and Robbie. If the name was Franklin, do they record Frank and Frankie? So far I’ve tended to ignore these common variations as additional AKAs and have only recorded the unusual ones such as “Stretch”, “Slim”, “Bones”, etc. It just seems to me that if you record each and every instance of a spelling variation that you find, you end up with a family file that is grossly inflated in sheer numbers. I guess what I’m getting at is there has to be a little common sense applied here. For example, if you do a search for someone named Robert on FamilySeach, it will automatically include all those common variations to include Rob, Bob, etc. Brian in CA 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
