I believe Rick is correct. I'm not a FTM user, but I don't think that program asks for Given Names and then Last Name. I think it just asks for Name and does the American thing of assuming the very last name is the surname. It doesn't work that way in all countries. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 4:07 PM Richard Francis Pimentel < richard.francis.pimen...@gmail.com> wrote: > *That is the same method I use in TMG. Sorting and searching by last name > is much easier without the de’s, da’s, do’s, and dos’s, and of course it > prints out in the right order. In FTM the last time I used it you had to > use I think back-slashes at each end of the last name for example: Maria da > Gloria de \Sousa\. Then the program would treat Sousa as the last name * > > > > *Rick* > > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > > *Epping, NH* > > > > *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Rosemarie Capodicci > *Sent:* Friday, March 1, 2019 6:32 PM > *To:* azores@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Name patterns in genealogy programs > > > > Sam, > > I use Legacy but when I am in the "Given " name field, I write it as Maria > da Gloria de and then Sousa in the "Surname" Field. When it prints out it > comes out Maria da Gloria de Sousa all in a row. I would think that FTM > does the same? > > > > Rosemarie > > rcap...@gmail.com > > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 3:02 PM 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy < > azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi all; I’ve been trying to see if I can follow Cheri’s procedure in my > familytreemaker program. That is First name/names followed by de/da/do and > surname only in surname field. So far, I only see one space for inputting > the name and it is for the full name. Am I missing something? Is there a > work around? > > > > Thanks all, > > > > Sam (Mazatlán, MX) > > > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
