Stuart: I doubt that your bolding issue is related to anything you've entered in any of the name fields but wanted to give advice that you really didn't ask for: _Getting It Right_ recommends differentiating between children in a family with the same given name by adding a number in parentheses *after the given name* rather than in the Title Suffix field. In one of my Dutch families where infant mortality was very high I have daughters identified as Janke (1) all the way through Janke (6) and have experienced no problems with that format.
If your family is used to the convention as you've stated it you may have no wish to change, but others faced with similar situations may want to follow Mary Slawson's advice. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Child's name re-used by same parents. I have an ancestor that had a child die the same year he was born. The parents renamed their next child born (male also) with the same name. The father's name was Samuel, the child that died was named Samuel. The next and surviving child was named Samuel and is my ancestor. I can not find reference to either of the sons having Jr. attached to their names. Our family has adopted the method of naming: Samuel father, Samuel Jr., and the subsequent surviving son as Samuel Jr. (No. 2). I have lost the link designation of bold font between the father and the surviving son. It picks up correctly after that. My question before I begin big changes in my Legacy records is: is this problem of linking direct ancestors because of the (No. 2) designation part of my name entry? The (No. 2) entry is in Title suffix. Stuart Lease 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
