Bill, If one wanted to be consistent with this method, wouldn't one place all the bracketed names in the Title Suf category? Then the surnames would print out in order of usage, for example: Iva Beatrice PRATT (Keplinger) (Robertson) (Rutherford) Daniels
Just a thought... Susan On 2/7/06, Bill Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the past this topic has come up several times. And although What I > say may not work for many I 'm going to throw my idea out. I always > place the maiden name of a woman in the SURNAME spot. I then place her > married name into Title Suf. My preference is set: having the > Surname in all capitals letters. So the name of a woman would look like > this > > Iva Beatrice PRATT Daniels indicating maiden name and secondly > married name > > There are always situations that you need to bend the rules: So what I > do when I know the woman was married before. I place ( the married > name inside the brackets) (Keplinger) This bracketed name is placed > within the first name data entry. > > Iva Beatrice (Keplinger) PRATT Daniels > > her married name is Daniels > her maiden name is PRATT > her previous married name was Keplinger. > > For example of multi marriages would be my grandmother: > > Iva Beatrice (Keplinger) (Robertson) (Ruthrford) PRATT Daniels > > Her maiden name is Pratt, (because its capitalized and she was married > 4 times. > > i thought I throw the idea into genealogy space. > > Bill Daniels Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
