My apologies for jumping in here a bit late. Are you changing the name
in the master surname list or on the individual screen? If the
individual then you are in the wrong arena. Go to view>master
lists>surname and change the name.- do NOT add a new version until you
require it.
Sam holds true for the Mc names.........
TomM........
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Capitalization, Irish and Italian Surnames
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
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