The Brother's Keeper program that I use lets me specify another name to be used in sorting and searching in my data base. I use this for my DePriest/DuPriest/DuPrest/DuPreest/DePreast people that are related to my wife. I have the program use the DePriest spelling for searching in my data base, so I won't miss someone just because of that spelling variation. It also comes in handy for my wife's Laudermilk relatives, who also have a large variation in spelling. This way, I can leave the spelling with the original, and still not miss them when searching. Don Erickson, Colorado Springs, CO USA don_erickson@pcisys.net don@erickson.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] WHAT WOULD YOU DO? > About using the *original* spelling of the name - genealogical computer > programs will not link those persons to another with a different spelling, > as a > general rule. > > Do you know of any such genealogy program which allows such flexibility? > And what kind of family group sheets do you get? > > To solve the linkage problem, say, on a family group sheet, a pedigree > sheet, or an ahnentafel, I think it better to use one spelling and then > follow > that with something like this: aka [also known as] ...... [with the > name > spelled as on the document which you find. However, the next document > may have a > quite different spelling. > > One of the names in my lineage is Harris. Simple, eh wot? No--in > Madison > Co., KY, in a one paragraph deed, the clerk spelled Harris three > different > ways--with a double s at the end and then inserting a y instead of an i. > I > think he was bored with his job and decided to be creative. > > Those of us who have foreign names in our lineage have to choose one way > to > spell --for the computer's sake, but try to differentiate in various ways. > > For example, I may have hundreds of Elizabeths in my program, and most > without a maiden name. So, I may add *wife of ...... * > > We have to bend to the requirements of the genealogical program in order > to > get the charts we want. > > E.W.Wallace > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >