I seem to remember someone asking about last names on FTM and some instructions being given. I have, accidentally, found some other usual information that I do not think was included at the time. If this is all stuff that is already well know, I apologize.
It was mentioned before that you need to put backslashes around the last name on names that have da, do, de so that it uses only the name after the da, do, de as the last name Joao da Costa, I would enter Joao da /Costa/. You can also put it at the end of the name to show that there isn't a last name, for example; Maria de Jesus, I enter Maria de Jesus // this keeps the whole thing as a first name. This saves me from going back and editing all the "de something" names. It does not matter where the name is, if you put the backslashes around it, it automatically becomes a last name, this is useful if there is a known "apelido". For example; Joao Soares Manteiga, I know that Manteiga was an apelido but sometimes it is used as a last name by some of his relatives. I enter it as Joao /Soares/ Manteiga. This will sort the name by Soares not by Manteiga, but Manteiga will still show. I have had a situation where I uploaded my FTM tree to Ancestry and all my ancestors come up as "living" because there isn't a "deceased" option on FTM. I now just enter "unknown" in the death field. This marks them all deceased on Ancestry. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
