Ron; If you are wanting to change all of the "Mc ----" with "Mc---", would it not be simpler to do a search for "Mc " and replace with "Mc"?
That's how I did it a couple of years ago and it had no problem searching for the space. Art Seddon ----- Original Message ----- From: ronald ferguson To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 5:46 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Surnames With Mc Standard? Howland, It should be easy enough for you to change, using Search>Search and Replace. Search for "Mc Donald" and replace with "McDonald" - I guess that you may have to do something similar for MacDonald as well btw. Use the settings to ensure the criteria is exactly as you wish eg. I think it will have to be case sensitive and you will have to use "Exact". Good luck, Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed a Blogger RSS feed on your webpage http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ > From: howlanddavi...@aol.com > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:37:24 -0400 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Surnames With Mc Standard? > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > CC: howlanddavi...@aol.com > > > > > > > > > Mary & Ron: > > > > It looks like I have some work to do. Our > local genealogical group (Summit County, Ohio, USA) has put together an Excel > spreadsheet of all known veterans buried in Summit County cemeteries. > I took on the task of keeping it up-to-date and going through all of the > entries make sure that there was consistency. One big question > in my mind were the names with Mc. I decided, silly me, that if the name, > as recorded, had a capital letter after the Mc that I would separate the > Mc but if the letter was a small letter I would not (i.e., Mc Donald or > Mcdonald). From what you are saying, there should be no space no matter > whether capital or not. > > By the way, there are 63, 800+ names listed > presently; not all with Mc in them obviously. There are one British Army > veteran and four Canadian Armed Forces veterans along with veterans from Italy > and Russia. > > > > Howland Davis > _________________________________________________________________ Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ 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.L 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
