Thanks Kirsten, I'll check into that book.
----- Original Message ---- > From: Kirsten Bowman <vik...@rvi.net> > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 4:31:10 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] entering royal titles > > The best guideline I've seen for this situation is _Getting It Right_ by > Mary H. Slawson. (I bought my copy from the Legacy store.) Slawson has a > full 100 pages on how to handle names and titles using Legacy screens for > her examples. Although many people make up their own rules for entering > this data, Slawson's book is heavily oriented toward LDS members doing > temple work, so perhaps following her suggestions would bring up more hits > in the IGI or other LDS databases. > > The guidelines are far too extensive to quote here, so I'd suggest you > invest in the book. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of > nconway...@yahoo.com > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:02 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] entering royal titles > > > I'm having a problem searching for IGI names. I haven't been able to find > any guidance on how to enter royal titles into genealogy programs. > Typically royals don't have formal surnames prior to the early 1900's so > where exactly do you put their title? Do you put the entire title as their > surname, i.e, Duke of Windsor? Do you break it up - Prefix: Duke Suffix: > of Windsor. > I've noticed that if I use the IGI search, I get a lot of zero results. But > if I go to the family search site I get results for the same person. > Example, I have Ferdinand Karl Archduke of Austria in my database, entered > as First Name: Ferdinand Karl , Surname:Archduke of Austria. IGI search in > Legacy returns zero hits. If I go to the website and enter First Name: > Ferdinand Karl Archduke of Surname:Austria I get 3 results. However, not > all records are like that. > > I'm confused....What is the actual standard for this? > Thanks a bunch > NConway > > > > > > 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 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
