What American English calls "parentheses," British English calls "(round) brackets."
--Charlene On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:54 PM, CE WOOD <[email protected]> wrote: > Parentheses and brackets are different. You used parentheses; is that what > you meant to say? > > > CE > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] When to use est and when to use abt >> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 13:48:31 -0800 > >> >> Another common method is to use the married (husband's) name in brackets - >> Jane married John Doe, use Jane (Doe). >> >> Bob >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Newton [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, 6 January, 2014 1:35 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] When to use est and when to use abt >> >> 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/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > 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/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
