Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

2016-06-15 Thread Jodi
d how you want to record them, it’s easy to effect the changes.  Terry in South Africa  From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Jodi Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 19:54 To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] what a mess   In my geneal

Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

2016-06-15 Thread Terry
mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Jodi Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 19:54 To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] what a mess In my genealogy, I have some names Couwenhoven, Kouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, VanKouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, Conover, Konover, and Cov

Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

2016-06-14 Thread Brian/Support
Only you know exactly where these many surnames are used and if you have the SAME person entered more than once because you found something about them that used a different surname from when you first entered them in your database. Advice from this list can only give you general guidance and

Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

2016-06-14 Thread Poppke Genealogy
Not only do you have to deal with the family changing the names, some names were spelled differently handwritten and in print. In my family, Faelchle was used when typed, Fälchle was the handwritten form. The surnames are used interchangeably. Of course, it anglicized into Felchle. Same with

Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

2016-06-14 Thread Martha Graham
Hi Jodi, I would begin with the Name List. Because the Name List comes up alphabetically, it will be fairly simple to find the various spellings. With the Name List up, over to the right is the data for each person. Click on the 'edit tab' and notice bottom right are slots for tagging. Using a

Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

2016-06-14 Thread Margaret Gagliardi
Jodi, One way that you might get them all together is to choose the spelling of the surname such as Covenhoven and use it consistently. To do that, click on any one of those people. You will see the dropdown arrow at the end of the surname line. By opening that up, you will see the MASTER

Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

2016-06-14 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
: [LegacyUG] what a mess In my genealogy, I have some names Couwenhoven, Kouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, VanKouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, Conover, Konover, and Covenhoven. I have put them in my genealogy pages, they are mostly mixed up now I have some of the same with the different spellings

[LegacyUG] what a mess

2016-06-14 Thread Jodi
 In my genealogy, I have some names Couwenhoven, Kouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, VanKouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, Conover, Konover, and Covenhoven.  I have put them in my genealogy pages, they are mostly mixed up now I have some of the same with the different spellings of the last name, but they