Ian,
I have seen some of the type entries:
Adam [Eddie, Edward]
Addam/Eddie/Edward
Adam
I prefer using the Birth name and then add the “called” names as an AKA. I
have several such occurnace and
Pete Beatty
From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> On Behalf Of
Chris Hill
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:57 AM
To: Legacy User Group <LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] AKA - can the Legacy Hints use them effectively?
Hi
Your question is whether to two people are actually one person. If you believe
that they are then you should merge them and document your decision.
It is not uncommon for people to have multiple names, quite often as a nickname
or because the family decided to use a different name.
Regards
Chris
>From my Motorola G6+
On Tue, 19 Mar 2019, 13:56 Ian Thomas, <il.tho...@outlook.com
<mailto:il.tho...@outlook.com> > wrote:
This is a question about how Legacy software uses an individual’s AKA entries,
but I need to explain with a preface.
For a year or so I have wondered how to resolve this problem with an ancestor
who changed his given names at some time between 1896 and 1900, when he moved
from Melbourne to Cape Colony, South Africa. Online (and still remaining)
there are some family trees that list 2 members of the same family, with
Identical birth date (ie, twins). That has been proven to be incorrect. BDM
registration information doesn’t support that and I don’t believe the records
were lost.
He was born Adam James Douglass LANDELLS in 1876. In 1882, on a younger
brother’s birth certificate, his mother lists all children and he is “Eddie”,
aged 6. There is an 1896 Police Gazette report of his deserting his
illegitimate child – he is named and described: Edward Landells, correct age,
same suburb.
In 1900, he marries in South Africa as Edward George LANDELLS - and there are
numerous records of children born with father’s name Edward George LANDELLS.
Documents in the possession of the next generations of those children give his
exact date of birth as is known in Australia, for the Adam James Douglass
LANDELLS above. And for this Edward George, various Australian connections are
known and documented in South Africa and have been seen by still-living
descendants.
Until now, I have found it convenient to retain 2 individuals within that part
of the Landells family – they are (I believe) the same person, same birth date,
different names (and the Legacy Hints make use of those data and connections).
The “Adam” has no wife or children; the “Edward” has wife, children.
Question: should I retain the “Adam” individual (RIN 1303), and amalgamate all
the “Edward” family connections and add an AKA – then delete the “Edward”
individual (RIN 1304) ?
Ian Thomas
Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
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