I record name errors in the source references. The person was never "Also Known As". Examples for my grandfather whose name was Samuel.
Sam - AKA Samul - Misspelled by census taker Sone - As recorded by Ancestry due to very poor census taker's handwriting The only time I need the last two, is when someone goes back looking for the source. Ed -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Dennis Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:54:50 -0600, "Don Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >This issue addresses a wish of mine for some time now. I have tried to > >make an AKA for every name I have encountered for a person. This > >includes mis-spellings in census records, mis-readings in transcription > >or indexing, etc. I have done this in order to include the name in the > >Name List for searching purposes. > > Don: > > How many "types" of AKAs would you say you have? Obviously what you call > a mis-reading is one type. Another type might be a name that the person > was actually known as ... such as William was known as "Bubba". Are > there others? > > -- > > Dennis M. Kowallek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ****************** > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip > to > Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter > online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
