I have always put degrees in the suffix and titles in the prefix. It helps me to distinguish between the many John Smiths in my tree. If one John Smith is Sgt., John Smith, BA, and another is Dr., John Smith, MD, then I don't worry about accidentally merging them. It also saves having to do tons of research trying to find out if these are the same John Smith if that is all that is in the name field and there are no birth dates. I guess Legacy put the suffix and prefix there for a reason and it has saved me a great deal of pain and confusion over various similar names. Just my 2 cents.
Donna -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wayne Martell Sent: July 4, 2004 10:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Degrees in Name Suffix I would like to get a sense of what the group feels about the following. I have always included university degrees as an event. However, I recently received a list of names, births, deaths, etc from a distant cousin in the UK. He has included university degrees in the name suffix so that, for instance, we see Margaret Isobel Boxer BA. BSc. PhD. This seems pretentious to me ... I don't even have my degrees on my business card ... but I also see some merit in the approach. How does this group handle this? Wayne Martell Victoria, BC Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
