http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=126 The Behold User Forum Topic: ALIA token missing link http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/../beholddiscuss.gif Posts by Louis Kessler are Copyright 2000-2013 Louis Kessler, All Rights Reserved. Posts by others belong to the people who made them. en http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=126#post-380 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:19:59 GMT lkessler 380@http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ <p>Brett:</p> <p>The way you did it (with a second NAME tag and no TYPE tag) is also an accepted way of entering two alternative names. The TYPE tag with "aka" is preferred but not required. </p> <p>When more than one NAME tag is given, GEDCOM instructs programs to use the first one as the "preferred" name.</p> <p>Louis </p> Questions and Answers http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=126#post-379 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:13:27 GMT brett 379@http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ <p>Well, that did not go that well.</p> <p>Tried adding Name, no problem, but the software does not give oportunity to put type:</p> <p>0 @I91@ INDI<br /> 1 NAME Ann /Guest/<br /> 2 GIVN Ann<br /> 2 SURN Guest<br /> 1 NAME Letitia Holland</p> <p>Hmmm. Off to the developer I guess. </p> Questions and Answers http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=126#post-378 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:52:19 GMT brett 378@http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ <p>Thanks Louis. I will update my data by removing Alias and use Also Known As. </p> Questions and Answers http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=126#post-377 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:44:51 GMT lkessler 377@http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ <p>Brett,</p> <p>The short answer is to replace:</p> <p>1 ALIA Letitia Holland </p> <p>with </p> <p>1 NAME Letitia /Holland/<br /> 2 TYPE aka</p> <p>The long answer is a blog post your question prompted me to post: <a href="http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=1074">The ALIA Tag of GEDCOM</a></p> <p>Louis </p> Questions and Answers http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=126#post-376 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:01:37 GMT brett 376@http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ <p>Louis<br /> Below is an error from the log file. Are you able to explain what is incorrect, so I can refer the export to the software developer.</p> <p>Extract from GEDCOM </p> <p>1 BURI<br /> 2 DATE AFT 26 JUN 1826<br /> 2 PLAC Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia<br /> 1 ALIA Letitia Holland<br /> 1 NOTE State Records Authority NSW:<br /> 2 CONT 24 Oct 1809 - Free Pardon</p> <p>Log File error</p> <p>1274: 1 ALIA Letitia Holland<br /> ** Missing Link (#1): "ALIA" is missing its link to a record (enclosed in '@') and should not have a data value.</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Brett </p> Questions and Answers