There is a Master list of Surnames, that is where you should amend surnames because then the change is propagated to all the correct places.
Married names for females are not stored in the surname field so that is why your search and replace did not work for them. To edit the surname master list go to View > Master Lists > Surname Change the old surname spelling there. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 03-Jun-13 12:50 PM, Nancy Stevens wrote: > I am using the latest installation of Legacy deluxe on Windows XP. > > I did a global search/replace to change the spelling of a surname in my > database. That worked -- the spelling changed for all the individuals > with that surname. However, on the Name List, women who have that > surname as a married name still show the old spelling. This means they > do not sort alphabetically with the surname. Is there any way to get > the system to recreate the master list? > > Thanks. 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
