Hi Richard Perhaps a bit obvious, but you can record the pronunciation of the name as a sound file and attach it to the person. I did a test and Windows 7 includes a recorder, and you can attach .wav files to Legacy. Then you click on the file and hear how the name it is pronounced.
Cheers, Brett B McL Robinson, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand On 24/01/2012 6:34 p.m., Richard Van Wasshnova wrote: > Thanks to all of you for your comments and suggestions. They are all > appreciated. > I created a "Personal Knowledge" source to cover both name citations. > I'm sure I can find more uses for this master source. > In citation comments I entered: > > Margaret Bodenmiller-Van Wasshnova often told her children the correct > pronunciation of Family name NOEL is Newell. She learned this from her > aunts and uncles. It originated in Meurth, Lorraine, France. It looks > good. I'll go with that. > > For the Barron nasal pronunciation, (Family originated in Champagne, > France), that is a challenge to do. I sure wish I had a voice > recording of momma saying it. > > -- > Richard Van Wasshnova > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Paula Ryburn > <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net <mailto:paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: > > I think either an event (as someone suggested) or just at the > beginning of General Notes - depends on how close you want it to > be to the person's name in whichever report(s) you use most / plan > to share. And as Jenny said, consider what words you use as > examples - make sure they don't have more than one pronunciation > themselves. ;) (I do like using regular words better than using > pronunciation symbols... which I would have to look up so I could > interpret what you've sent me!) > --Paula in Texas > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
