Nicknames and the NICK tag

[John Barker 0]

There's an interesting feature in Legacy 6.0 (and possibly other genealogy programs) which will export nicknames into TNG's nickname field (first line on the Person page if there is a nickname).

The interesting point is that there is no nickname field in Legacy! It takes anything which is quotation marks within the First Name field and gives it a NICK tag. Thus John "Jack" Harwin produces Jack in the nickname field

see clanbarker.com/Co and search for Jack

Note: make sure that the NICK tag is not switched off when exporting from Legacy.

johnbark

[allison 0]

There's an interesting feature in Legacy 6.0 (and possibly other genealogy programs) which will export nicknames into TNG's nickname field (first line on the Person page if there is a nickname).

The interesting point is that there is no nickname field in Legacy! It takes anything which is quotation marks within the First Name field and gives it a NICK tag. Thus John "Jack" Harwin produces Jack in the nickname field

see clanbarker.com/Co and search for Jack

Note: make sure that the NICK tag is not switched off when exporting from Legacy.

johnbark

I think you should post the above again with a Subject name or title like:

Easy way to Export Nicknames from Legacy to TNG nickname field

I nearly missed the significance of your post, and it relates directly to Legacy & TNG users. Your tip works great! I am actually using it to note that this was the name most commonly used by that individual.

Allison