Hi Gary, I wouldn't use (Smith) to indicate a married surname. Too confusing. I use [[Smith]]. This is the only "blank" field I fill as I agree with Sherry that unknown information is easier to spot if there's nothing there - and you can use the facility in the reports to print a line for unknown information. I don't like a long list of Mary's and Anne's with no indication of where they belong. So I use the privacy brackets.
All these are added to the Master Surname List as a new surname. To edit a surname, you need to edit it in the Master Surname list. It shouldn't be too hard (though lengthy) as everything that starts [[ is together. Cathy Sherry/Support wrote: > 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 e very 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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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
