Since I nad too many women whose names were Mary, Elizabeth, and Catherine, I came up with this method.
With an unknown woman's surname I put her first name in the appropriate place followed by (sp of [husband's first name or initial] and then in the surname box I put [husband's surname]) So, the () are in two different spaces. I believe you'll find that it is then found in the appropriate surname but it's obvious that it's not hers. Perhaps this will show as an example: Mary (sp of George Smith) Good luck. Karen On Monday, January 6, 2014 2:57 AM, Kathy Thompson <kmthoms...@gmail.com> wrote: I use [---?---] for an unknown surname regardless of gender. The beauty of Legacy is that I can have in Index view "Show Alternate Names" or "Show Married Names" activated and so my "Mary [---?---]" will appear in the list under her married name and I don't have to go searching too far for her. On 6 January 2014 19:34, David Newton <lugda...@drdavid.plus.com> wrote: Agreed but it can be difficult when you don't know the maiden name. I >started by leaving it blank and then ended up with a collection of >forenames at the front of my index. So I now go with the married surname >and a title suffix of spouse. These have the advantage of showing in the >index in a more appropriate place and also it is easy to produce a list >by searching for suffix "spouse" > >On 06/01/2014 09:21, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: >> SNIP >> And everyone PLEASE stop putting a womans married name in the surname >> box. her surname is/was her maiden name..... >> When gedcoms are passed on or info taken from a source that has done >> that I diligently verify it only to find 98% are in fact having their >> married name entered in the surname box. >>SNIP > > > >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 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
