Hi Dick, You can do a Detailed Search. (Search - find - Detailed Search tab)
Individual - Given Names - contains - xxxx (or equal to if you know her full name) AND 2nd condition Individual - Spouse's Surname - equals - xxxxx Cathy Jenny M Benson wrote: > > On 23/06/2015 07:03, Dick D Staley wrote: >> >> In a Legacy 8.0 Demo and Class at Burbank Jamboree.... Believe I saw >> that you can search for a wife's maiden name by using or knowing married >> name, Is this true or was I imaging it? > > > > Entry 2.8 in the Customise menu gives you the option to have Legacy > generate a default married surname (husband's surname) in addition to > her maiden surname. From the Options in Name List or Index view you can > then choose to show the Married Names in addition to the Maiden Name. > > If you Search for a woman by her Surname (with or without Forename) and > you have the option selected in Name List, the Search result will show > the two entries - maiden and surnames. > > All this, of course, presupposes that you knew and entered the woman's > maiden name in the first place! > > Personally, I do not use the Married Surname option, preferring, for > lack of ambiguity, to refer to women always by their maiden names. 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
