: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New User Problems
My perfered method of dealing with nicknames is to list their nickname
in
the notes for that person.
If I had a person called John Robert Daniel Smith and his nickname is
Dan,
then in the notes section for this person I
My perfered method of dealing with nicknames is to list their nickname in
the notes for that person.
If I had a person called John Robert Daniel Smith and his nickname is Dan,
then in the notes section for this person I just enter the following:
John Robert Daniel's nickname is "Dan".
If I want
Use the AKA feature. Any other way brings considerable difficulties when
trying to find someone in the index. I look after a database of 65000+ names
and
have learned from experience that the KISS system applies - keep it simple.
> What do you do about surnames that may have many variations.
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:24 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New User Problems
No it wouldn't. One would have to search for (Polly) and the facility which
Legacy has for using as names the ones in inverted commas would not work
either.
Ron Ferguson
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ferguson
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:24 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New User Problems
No it wouldn't. One would have to search for (Polly) and the facility which
Legacy has for using as names the ones in inverted commas would not wor
How about AKA? it prints as AKA on Group Sheets and as "Another name for"
in reports.
I just switched computers and unfortunately my Legacy CD is in another
geographic location at present! So I can't check this one way or the
other...sorry.
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From: "Karl Plenge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New User Problems
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:02:00 -0400
Would this also work if you put it in ( )?
Such as Mary (Polly)
I don't see why not, but the suggestio
Hi Marilyne,
Legacy views nicknames within quotes as special, and in narrative
reports you have the opportunity to have the person called by that
nickname instead of their given name. If you used brackets, that
feature wouldn't work.
But as Anne has mentioned, there is also the AKA field, w
How about AKA? it prints as AKA on Group Sheets and as "Another name for" in
reports.
Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud
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Would this also work if you put it in ( )?
Such as Mary (Polly)
I don't see why not, but the suggestion to use AKA was good also.
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> I always put nicknames in the same space with the first name:
As your database grows you will have enormous problems with indexing if you
do that. I use the AKA feature - much more efficient.
>
> Last Name: Smith
>
> First Name: Wayne Alan "Snuffy"
>
> That way, if you upload to rootsweb
Would this also work if you put it in ( )?
Such as Mary (Polly)
Thank you,
Marilyne
On 7/16/07, Karl Plenge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Secondly - when adding a nickname ( such as 'Grumpy') for an individual
> named Charles what surname do I use in the information block?
I always put
What you need to do for the people you have entered more than once is use
the Merge feature. If you have the RIN numbers handy, you can do a manual
merge, or you can do an automatic merge and it will look for people that
might be the same. For each possible match, you can review the information
Secondly - when adding a nickname ( such as 'Grumpy') for an individual
named Charles what surname do I use in the information block?
I always put nicknames in the same space with the first name:
Last Name: Smith
First Name: Wayne Alan "Snuffy"
That way, if you upload to rootsweb for
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