Hello Graham, Thank you for taking the time to write and post such detailed instructions for solving this problem only Peter Holmes and I seem to be struggling with. I may not understand your directions, but I have failed in my attempts to make the Italian surname DESIMONE appear as DeSIMONE on the Family View. What you have suggested may very well work for Peter and his Dutch ancestors, but I am simply too dense to get it to work with my Italian family. Perhaps if I put a space between the De and the Simone it would work, but it's not my place to change the spelling or appearance of a surname in order to satisfy my sense of appearances or the deficiency of a computerized genealogy program. I hope the DeSimone's will forgive me. -- Alice
In a message dated 3/27/2006 5:12:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To successfully enter a Surname such as "van der WYST" do this BEFORE you enter the person - Go to Options > Customize >Data Format > Letter Case of Surnames and set it to Don't Change What I enter Enter the Surname as you would like it. Then go back to Options and reset to what ever you like from that time on -- eg UPPERCASE. Or, AFTER the person has been added, then change the Options etc as above, and then go to the Individual's Information box where you edit their details and click on the arrow to the right of their Surname. Edit the Surname as you would like it to be, and then reset the Options. One word of CAUTION. This will change ALL occurences of this Surname. If you want some individuals to have "van DER WYST" and some to have "van Der WYST" (or whatever variation) and a name of that lettering (ie van der wyst) already exists then give one person that you wish to change a dummy surname. "AAAAA" will do. Then Save that person's information (to save the name to the Master Surname List), and then Edit them and change the Surname to something DIFFERENT to what is already Saved. You will then have two different formats for the same spelling, and can give anyone either of the Surnames. Now - DO NOT EVER set any Report to show Surnames in Uppercase. You already have all Surnames as you want them so that option will only change what you want. If you want them to show up under V = van der WYST, and under W = WYST then you need to give them an AKA. If you cant follow then contact me off list Cheers gm Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
