Per the LUG Guidelines (see link at the bottom) please don't send attachments to the list - many of our listers are still on dial-up or have limited access and this puts a hardship on them.
Search and Replace is generally for a mass search and replace - where you have to do something like change every instance of the word "THE" to lower case, for example. It's really not usable for your situation since you would need to search on every single person. The best way to add what you want would be to go directly to the individual you want to change and make the change there. I would just go down the Name List or a Search List and make the changes in the Edit tab. However, then you'll end up with tons of surnames in the Master Surname List (View > Master Lists) which will need to be purged - click on the Options and select "Purge unused names" It's best not to put the husband's surname in any form in the wife's surname field. Just leave it blank. Then in the Name List or Index view, select to "Include married names" and you'll quickly find her by her married name(s). You can also select to include the married name in report indexes and a couple of other places. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Gary Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > I have many records where the wife's surname is unknown, and is shown as > follows for John Smiths wife - [[WIFE OF JOHN SMITH]]. I would like to > replace that with this - (Smith), which is the husband's surname. Does > anyone know if there is a way to place the contents of the spouses surname > field in parenthesis within the wife's surname field? See attached file. > > Gary Davis > [email protected] > > 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
