Just a further addition to this: If you bracket (outside) on the surname and you generate a (Pedigree) webpage from Legacy for a website it makes the bracket surname a new name in the lists.
So my (Firstname box) “Mary (spouse of Henry” (Second name box) “Pickett)” becomes in the lists “Pickett), Mary spouse of Henry” No problem if you don’t do websites. Legacy doesn’t do it in its own name list. I like the idea, so have just put the second bracket outside, in this case, Henry. Bryan Chch NZ Sent from Windows Mail From: David Abernathy Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:07 AM To: Legacy I do something that is similar Mary ? (Wife of George Smith) I also use a similar format for unknown husbands and parents ? Smith (Husband of Mary Jones) ? Smith (Father of Mary Smith) Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == From: Karen Blackmore [mailto:stk...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 7:35 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown Maiden names (Was: When to use est and when to use abt) 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
