Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-18 Thread Paula Ryburn
You can do it in one pass by using the "OR" for the second condition. Just tested it. ;) --Paula --- On Thu, 6/18/09, seaic2008-...@yahoo.com wrote: > > Thanks, Brian.  So much easier.  I never even saw > Alt. Given Name or Surname in the Primary Condition > (duh).  Marie > > --- On Thu, 6

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question - Alt Spelling

2009-06-18 Thread Paula Ryburn
Marianne, I also put the misspellings in the Census Event notes, especially if it's the only instance of that spelling. --Paula --- On Wed, 6/17/09, ronald ferguson wrote: > > Marianne, > > I do not include census "errors" in the AKAs, but in the > Research Notes. This particular place is

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-18 Thread Marilyn Clark
Aha! Good catch. I consistently use 'single quotes.' I will go thru and change them. Thanks! Marilyn --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Brian/Support wrote: > From: Brian/Support > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Thursday,

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-18 Thread seaic2008-gen
Thanks, Brian. So much easier. I never even saw Alt. Given Name or Surname in the Primary Condition (duh). Marie --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Brian/Support wrote: > From: Brian/Support > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Thurs

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-18 Thread Brian/Support
errors, "too many quotes in name field" or something like that. I checked on each one and then told Legacy to ignore that in future problem reports. Marilyn --- On Wed, 6/17/09, ronald ferguson wrote: From: ronald ferguson Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question To: legac

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-18 Thread Brian/Support
those that are transcription errors. Does anyone know how to generate a list of individuals with AKAs? Marie --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Jenny M Benson wrote: From: Jenny M Benson Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:21 A

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread ronald ferguson
t; Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > When I used quotes like that with nicknames, when I do the potential problems > report, they all come up as errors, "too many quotes in name field" or > something like that. I checked

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread Marilyn Clark
09, ronald ferguson wrote: > From: ronald ferguson > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 11:53 AM > > Now in those cases I wouldn't, that is not to say that you > are incorrect though.

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread ronald ferguson
com > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:01:20 -0400 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > > > > > > > I only use A/K/A when I am sure that the person had and A/K/A - ex - Jack > for John, Tony for Anthony - Louis

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread Kewsy
I only use A/K/A when I am sure that the person had and A/K/A - ex - Jack for John, Tony for Anthony - Louis for Ludwick etc In a message dated 6/17/2009 7:24:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ge...@cedarbank.me.uk writes: M > > In fact, I think there's a desperate need to make a distinctio

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread Gene Young
seaic2008-...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks Ron, I'm pretty sure I figured it out. In case anyone else wants to do it, here's what I did. First I did a focus group of all my ancestors. Then tagged them with tag #1. Next I did a search: Search/Find, Individual/Tag 1/ equal to/ tagged. Second C

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread seaic2008-gen
idual/ Alt. surname/ not equal to/ blank. The list I have seems to show the names that have an AKA. Now I can sort through them and create an event for transcription errors. Marie --- On Wed, 6/17/09, ronald ferguson wrote: > From: ronald ferguson > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ali

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread ronald ferguson
Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:47:57 -0700 > From: seaic2008-...@yahoo.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Alias ques

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread seaic2008-gen
Thanks Ron. I'll play around with this and see if I can adapt it to make an AKA list. At least it gives me an idea of how to do this. --- On Wed, 6/17/09, ronald ferguson wrote: > From: ronald ferguson > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilyt

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread ronald ferguson
; From: seaic2008-...@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > Thanks to this thread I have decided that I should make an event for all the > census transcription errors. I have tried but cannot find a way to generate a > lis

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread mbstx
om: Jenny M Benson >Sent: Jun 17, 2009 6:21 AM >To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > > >M >> >> In fact, I think there's a desperate need to make a distinction between >> 'real' AKAs and what should rea

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread seaic2008-gen
errors. Does anyone know how to generate a list of individuals with AKAs? Marie --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Jenny M Benson wrote: From: Jenny M Benson Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:21 AM M > > In fact, I

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-17 Thread Jenny M Benson
M > > In fact, I think there's a desperate need to make a distinction between > 'real' AKAs and what should really be classed as transcription errors > that give rise to a multitude of alternate spellings. > > Since the program comes with the series of 'Alt. ...' Event Types, > what's wrong with c

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question - Alt Spelling

2009-06-16 Thread ronald ferguson
.uk/fergys/ _ > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:47:32 -0500 > From: msz...@mindspring.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question - Alt Spelling > > I agree with the "Alt Spelling" option, but I would li

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread ronald ferguson
The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > From: russmcgilliv...@hotmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] A

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread Nina K. Johnson
I put the entire last name . . . IN CAPS in my case! -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Clark Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:35 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Alias question I am a

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question - Alt Spelling

2009-06-16 Thread CE Wood
t name is used! Carolyn -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of mbstx Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:48 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question - Alt Spelling I agree with the "Alt Spellin

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread CE Wood
t;Bedford," etc. Carolyn -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Clark Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:03 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question Huh, I hadn't even thought a

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread Marilyn Clark
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Mike Fry wrote: > From: Mike Fry > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 6:21 AM > Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:35:25 -0700 (PDT), Marilyn > Clark >

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread Marilyn Clark
Thanks, that's just what I was looking for. Marilyn --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Jenny M Benson wrote: > From: Jenny M Benson > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 4:58 AM > Marilyn Clark wrote > &

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question - Alt Spelling

2009-06-16 Thread mbstx
09 7:21 AM >To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question > >Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: >> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:35:25 -0700 (PDT), Marilyn Clark >> wrote: >> >>> I am a new Legacy user, and have just begun to input some aliases

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:29:31 -0400, "Russ McGillivray" wrote: >The only remaining problem is to manually scrub a Gedcom of the >quoted names before submitting it to WorldConnect (for example). Why not submit this as a suggestion... http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/suggest.asp -- Dennis Kowal

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread Russ McGillivray
une 16, 2009 3:43 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question Marilyn, "Alias" is not a term used by Legacy (GEDCOM excepted) and I would ask, therefore, for a little more detail. Are you saying that he uses "J Wiley" as his full name a

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread Mike Fry
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:35:25 -0700 (PDT), Marilyn Clark wrote: I am a new Legacy user, and have just begun to input some aliases. Should I be using the Surname field when it is not different? Ex: Joseph Wiley Embry is the main name, alias is J Wiley. Should I include

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:35:25 -0700 (PDT), Marilyn Clark wrote: >I am a new Legacy user, and have just begun to input some aliases. Should I be >using the Surname field when it is not different? Ex: Joseph Wiley Embry is >the main name, alias is J Wiley. Should I include Embry again? I don't en

Re: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread Jenny M Benson
Marilyn Clark wrote I am a new Legacy user, and have just begun to input some aliases. Should I be using the Surname field when it is not different? Ex: Joseph Wiley Embry is the main name, alias is J Wiley. Should I include Embry again? I would. Because in Reports the wording(1) is usuall

RE: [LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-16 Thread ronald ferguson
- > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:35:25 -0700 > From: paddypeppe...@yahoo.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Alias question > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > I am a new Legacy user, and have just begun to input some aliases. Should I > be using the Surn

[LegacyUG] Alias question

2009-06-15 Thread Marilyn Clark
I am a new Legacy user, and have just begun to input some aliases. Should I be using the Surname field when it is not different? Ex: Joseph Wiley Embry is the main name, alias is J Wiley. Should I include Embry again? Marilyn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamily