Firstly, it is quite common for the details about a person to vary from
Census to
Census.
Not just their
Name but also their
Age and
Place of Birth are often inconsistent.
As a genealogist you have to judge what is fact and what is fiction.
If the change from name
A to
B is a formal change such as Deed Poll, Adoption, Celebrity, etc, then see the advice in
Knowledge Base > How to Handle People With Multiple Names.
If it is just a nickname, then that can be added to the
Names & Titles dialogue, as you say.
You cannot assign an
Alternate Name to a Fact or to a Date, but you could add a
Note to the Fact or its Citation.
However, the
Name can have a
Citation that links to the
Census Source record from which that
Name is gleaned, in the same way the
Census Event
Citation links to the same
Census Source record. That shared
Source record gives the coupling between
Name and
Census Event, in the same way that it couples the
Occupation facts,
Birth facts, and other household
Individuals gleaned from that one
Census Source record.
BTW:
The
Census Source record
Text From Source transcript (and
Media image) should show the
Name as recorded in that Census, i.e. literally as it appears in the document, and may need manual editing.
To add the
Citation to the correct
Name field, open the
Names & Titles dialogue and select the required
Name field.
In the yellow
Sources For pane, either Primary
Name, or Alternate
Name[2], or
Name[3], etc, will appear.
Use the
Add Citation button to cite the associated existing
Census Source record.