There are two conventions common in genealogy that you might consider using which would not require entering anything extra:
Put the surname Peter in All Caps: PETER Surround the surname with slashes: /Peter/ Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 30/06/2014 12:42 PM, lio . wrote: > In sourcing a birth registration, the first name is blank (or rather has > a line across the column " -------- '). > > When using SourceWriter, it asks for the "ID of the Person". Recording > only the surname "Peter", could easily be misread as the person's first > name. Would you instead use "[first name blank] Peter" (without the quotes)? > > Thanks for your direction, > > leo 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
