Dave, Nobody is stopping anyone from from doing it maunually, it rather depends on how may you have to replace doesn't it?
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed a Blogger RSS feed on your webpage http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- > From: dcnay...@bell.net > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:41:34 -0400 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Surnames With Mc Standard? > > On 11 Sep 2009 Paul Ramshaw wrote: > >> Of course, there will be other Mc's besides McDonalds. So maybe you >> want to search and replace "Mc " with "Mc" and "Mac " with "Mac". (But >> I'd want to check that process one by one probably.) > > Why is Search & Replace even being suggested!? > > It is so simple to go to the Master Surname List and scroll down to > M. Every unique surname beginning with M will be listed, and they > can be edited (once for all individuals with that spelling) and can > also be combined (where one has a space and another does not). There > is no reason to change records individually. > > Cheers, -- Dave N. > -- > David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. > --- > _________________________________________________________________ Save time by using Hotmail to access your other email accounts. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ 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
