June, Perhaps this is something to request an enhancement on. If someone marks the name (somewhere) as "Chinese" then it will print in the order that makes correct sense. It would require extra programming. I would bet that something like this might work for Spanish names, too, if they are interested in an enhancement, too.
I would offer the suggestion that you use AKAs in the order that places Chan as the Surname. This way, when you do an Index, if you are showing AKAs and regular names, you will see the brothers listed together, or you can find your husband where you expect to see him listed. So for now, enter the names where the reports will print correctly (so his given name as the surname), but do the AKAs where it is the TRUE form of your husband's and others' names. Another option is to put the generation name and the given name together in the surname field, so then they sort by generation name. And lastly, even if you put "Chan" in to the given name field, be sure to put the given name in the quotes (as another poster mentioned). Susan Daily On 9/26/07, June <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could someone please assist with names. My husband is Chinese and my > children also have Chinese (as well as English names). > > I call my husband John, however his Chinese name is Chan Chung Sing. When I > put in his Chinese name it doesn't print correctly. In Chinese his surname > is first, then his generation name then his given name. So when I print > reports it comes out as Chung Sing Chan which is not correct. > > The only way I can make these names print correctly is to pretend that his > surname Chan is his given name, that his Generation name 'Chung' is his > middle name and that his given name 'Sing' is his surname. > > This creates a problem though because he has five brothers. All brothers > have the same surname and the same generation name but have different given > names. So to get them to print correctly I would need to give them all a > different surname but the same given name and the same middle name. > > I face the same problem with my two sons. And if my 2nd grandchild, due in > January is also a boy I will have the same problems with the two of them. > > I can't find anything in the help menu and wonder if anyone else has come > across this problem. > > Thank you > > June > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
