On 11/3/2010 5:06 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 03/11/2010 20:14, Melissa Edwards wrote: >> I have many ancestors that are listed as: Francis Bernard of Kingsthorpe, >> Francis Bernard of Abington, etc. How is the best way to enter those? I >> have about 6 generations of "Francis Bernard" and they are "of _____". Do >> you put the "of _____" under the suffix? Under the birth location? I >> tried to find an answer through the help section, but either I am not >> looking in the right place, or it is not there! > As you don't actually know precisely what "of ______" means it isn't > really correct to enter it in any of specific fields. I think the best > solution is to use the General Notes field to record that the person has > been associated with<placename> at some time and cite the Source(s) > where you found the person referred to in this way. > If you will end up actually having a whole bunch of persons with the exact same name and you want to be able to identify them easily from their alphabetical list, then putting the
Of Canterbury or whatever it is, in the SUFFIX field might not be a bad idea. It doesn't mess up the integrity of your name field because it is being put in the SUFFIX field. While normally this field is for Jr, Sr, etc., you can use it for other uses that make sense as well. And it will show up on your alphabetical index. You can still put the notes explanation as shown above also. Jerry in Michigan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
