The name list or index would include the name "RODRIGUEZ Y SANTIAGO" if that is what is entered as a surname. It would then be fairly easy to find.
CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Search Complex Surnames? > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:53:32 -0400 > > Not in the Name list. The "search" as you type a name is a built-in > feature of MS Access and only works for beginning characters. > > You can use search to find people with a surname containing Santiago. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 27/03/2015 7:28 PM, GeoPappas wrote: > > Puerto Ricans (and other Hispanics) use a system of two surnames (one for > > their father and one for their mother). So if a person was born of a > > father named Juan RODRIGUEZ and a mother named Maria SANTIAGO, then the > > surname of the child would be RODRIGUEZ Y SANTIAGO. The "Y" in between the > > surnames means "and" in English. Sometimes the "Y" is dropped, so you > > would just have RODRIGUEZ SANTIAGO. > > > > In the Name List dialog, is there any way to easily search for SANTIAGO in > > the surname (even though it is the second part of the surname)? > > > > In other words, is there any way to search WITHIN a surname? > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
