hasanders wrote:
"That composite preferred name fact is quite a mouthful, eh? lol But I think that or including both Italian and nickname in aka is the way I will go. "
It's a mouthful, it's ugly, and it's generally too long to display on charts and in other places. It is, however, a necessary evil for me.
First, my modern Italian family (and my tree at Ancestry.com) includes people in Italy, North America, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand. The composite names offer the only means of allowing for people to search in my tree at Ancestry.com using the names with which they are most familiar.
Second, if you wish for your tree to be as visible as possible at Ancestry.com, the composite fact maximizes your chances. This is probably less important for Italian genealogy than for other cultures, since Italians have little interest in genealogy, and there are only a few of them on Ancestry.com. At any rate, even among English-speaking researchers, practices vary. Some people use a birth name as the preferred fact, while others use an Anglicized version. The only way to connect with both groups is to use both names. :(
"That composite preferred name fact is quite a mouthful, eh? lol But I think that or including both Italian and nickname in aka is the way I will go. "
It's a mouthful, it's ugly, and it's generally too long to display on charts and in other places. It is, however, a necessary evil for me.
First, my modern Italian family (and my tree at Ancestry.com) includes people in Italy, North America, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand. The composite names offer the only means of allowing for people to search in my tree at Ancestry.com using the names with which they are most familiar.
Second, if you wish for your tree to be as visible as possible at Ancestry.com, the composite fact maximizes your chances. This is probably less important for Italian genealogy than for other cultures, since Italians have little interest in genealogy, and there are only a few of them on Ancestry.com. At any rate, even among English-speaking researchers, practices vary. Some people use a birth name as the preferred fact, while others use an Anglicized version. The only way to connect with both groups is to use both names. :(