On 20 Apr 2006 at 23:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Carol, > > I always assumed the capitalization of surnames was standard practice in > order not to confuse a surname with a given name. > > For example:- > > Thomas JAMES and James THOMAS are two different people with different > surnames but could easily be confused.
In addition, capitalisation of surnames in reports is a convention in on-line forums, so that people can quickly see whether there are any of the surnames that they are interested in in a particular documents. But this does not eman that surnames should be ENTERED in a genealogy program in all caps. Legacy allows the printing of all caps surnames in reports where appropriate, but you can also chose not to do so where it is not appropriate. So surnames should preferably be entered in upper and lower case, which gives you more choice over what to do in reports. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.geocities.com/hayesstw/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
