Pete
I would have the same preference as you – birth name, then add the AKA given
names (Edward George) and the familiar Eddie.
Really, what I was asking was whether Legacy software when searching for
“Hints”, in whichever targets I had selected for Hints, would use the AKA as
well as the birth
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 On Behalf Of
Chris Hill
S
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
C
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
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