Jon, Another point is that nobody, apart from yourself, would know what the brackets mean.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk Blog: Create Your Web Pages View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:42:21 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Non-alpha characters in name fields > > Yes, you can non-alpha characters in the name fields. I've exported [[ > and ( just fine. > > As for the reason behind it, you might want to mark the person > "Private" by checking the box on the lower right of their individual > screen. This will give you the flexibility of not exporting them in a > GEDCOM (uncheck "Export Private indiviiduals") or Reports. > > Susan Daily > > On 1/13/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I've received some data concerning purported children of a man. This data >> is not proven, but is, according to the researcher, a collection of data from >> various unsourced web sites. I would like to enter this data, but in a >> manner that marks the data as speculative. >> >> My thought is to use parentheses as the first and last character of the >> names, such as (John) (Doe). Thus, I would immediately recognize that the >> data >> is speculative and should probably be excluded from written reports. >> >> I can see nothing in the Legacy documentation that forbids using these >> non-alpha characters in the name fields and in GEDCOM files. However, can >> someone >> confirm that this practice would not cause problems with the program or a >> GEDCOM file? > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
