> How's the best way to handle entering multiple surname spelling > variations in my genealogy program... when the person used different > ones or the records show different ones? > > jsents@stny.rr.com (John Sents) Varying with the individual I use the spelling that seems to be the one they most commonly used or maybe as their birth/baptism was entered (judgement call). Then many genealogical pprograms have an 'also known as' field (in legacy the AKA field opens the dialog as 'Alternate name spellings') where I enter the variants. -- Mick Gurling CT USA "Mick Gurling" <No.Spam.mickg@toto.com>