Pat, Before I did anything, I would want to see this person’s proof (documents) since this isn’t your everyday sort of information. This is something I would definitely want to be able to source properly (sorry but the genealogist in me had to say that).
As far as how to enter it, when I have weird things like this I refer to the book “Getting it Right” by Mary Slawson. She uses Legacy as her database program which makes it nice. On page 51-52 she addresses Indian names. According to Mary, Netawatwees would put entered into the given name field. In the surname field you would enter the official tribe name so you Lenape goes here. Your second example would have Chief in the Prefix field, Unami in the Given field , Lenape in the Surname field. I am not sure what “Nation Nutimus” means but the name of the tribe is Lenape (also known as the Delaware Indians). Michele Technical Support [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com> From: Pat Hickin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] American Indian ancestors Supposedly I have an 18th century Indian ancestress and somebody on the internet has come up with her father, who is said to be "Netawatwees a chief of Delaware Indians." So would you put "Netawatwees" in the given name or surname space? Then they've got his father as "Chief Unami, Delaware tribe Lenape Nation Nutimus." How would you handle this? Thanks, Pat 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
