What I have done is put the husband's name in [[ ]] in the wife's surname
field. This way, they don't show up in reports but they will show in the
name and index lists.
For example, Elizabeth (unknown surname) is married to John Smith. On her
Individual Information screen, the following would be entered:
Given: Elizabeth
Surname: [[Smith, wife of John]]
She will appear in the list as [[Smith, wife of John]], Elizabeth.
Mary
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Withers
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 3:22 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting alternate names
That's a good idea Meg. I do something similar but enclose the name
in square brackets to indicate it is not the birth name, i.e.
Elizabeth [Jones], John [Davis]. Of course mine doesn't sort as
nicely and your method but I like having all the "unknowns" grouped
together.
Regards,
Bob
On May 19, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Meg Greenwood wrote:
> Kimberly, I'm using an older version, v4, so these problems may have
> been worked on in later versions. To keep from having 7 Elizabeth
> Unknowns and 12 Margaret Unknowns in my main list and have no way of
> knowing who they belong to, I invented a workaround. I think your
> problem is a bit different, but you might be able to use this type
> of naming alternative.
>
> I now give spouses with known given names but unknown surnames a
> concoted surname like Elizabeth JonesWife1. Elizabeth JonesWife2.
> John DavisHusb. I can further identify someone if I needed to by
> using more data : Mary SmithWifeWm. Thomas HallHusb3Catherine. I
> can then find the unknown wife or husband in the main surname list
> as a SMITH, HALL or JONES [not UNKNOWN] and know right away who they
> are supposed to go with. I make the invented surname one word with
> capitals in it so anyone will know its not a real surname.
> Explanations are put in the NOTES section saying I'd added the name
> on [this] date until more information was gotten. Meg Greenwood
>
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