You should update to 7.5.0.208, that is the most recent version. Go to Options > Customize > Data Entry There is a setting there to add a default surname when entering a child that may have turned off.
By the way, the surname will only be automatically added if there is a father. If the father's name is unknown or has not been entered yet the woman's surname will not be added automatically. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 29-Jan-13 11:16, Tom Watkins wrote: > > I am using Legacy 7.5.0.201. > > Over night something changed. Now when adding a child in the Family View; the > Surname is no longer being automatically added. I have made no changes. Ran > File Maintenance Check/Repair. It did not correct the problem. Did something > accidentally get check/unchecked ? > > Tom Watkins > Eau Gallie, Florida 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

