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
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: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> Date:

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 ne

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
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 and drops the "Embry" himself on things like censuses etc. or simply that his friends referred to him as "J Wiley" and