Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility

2010-12-22 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Just me but I would use the name that is in use in their country and use the House name in the surname field. Henry VIII is Henry GKaiser Wilhelm is Wilhelm etc. and I would put the numbering in the suffix field and I might add it to the first name field, belt and braces G Eliz On Wed, Dec

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/12/22 23:48, Eliz Hanebury wrote: Henry VIII is HenryGKaiser Wilhelm is Wilhelm etc. and I would put the numbering in the suffix field and I might add it to the first name field, belt and bracesG Henry VIII was Henry TUDOR! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility

2010-12-22 Thread Eliz Hanebury
In spades he was! Thus using a house name for a surname. But the Tudors were really Tudors G Eliz On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com wrote: On 2010/12/22 23:48, Eliz Hanebury wrote: Henry VIII is HenryGKaiser Wilhelm is Wilhelm etc. and I would put the numbering in

RE: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility

2010-12-22 Thread CE Wood
One of the great things about Legacy is that you can enter 99 alternate names. If you choose to have them displayed in the Index or Name List, they will appear with a squiggle before the name. That enables you to have all the kings/counts/etc. of an area listed in addition to having all the

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility

2010-12-22 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I use the house names all the time. People in the past had naming systems which were never meant to serve in the computer age. The adjustment I made was using the 'house' names as surnames. Reports can be 'fixed' to show only the desired parts of a person's name. Legacy doesn't care if you use

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility

2010-12-22 Thread Dee Ziegler
Hello, Maurice. Might it be helpful to look at a respected European nobility/royalty site? I suggest http://genealogics.org It's in English, by an Australian, followed by many North Americans. Hope this helps. Cheers, Dolly in Maryland USA On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Maurice

RE: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility

2010-12-22 Thread CE Wood
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Cc: dee.zieg...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility Hello, Maurice. Might it be helpful to look at a respected European nobility/royalty site? I suggest http://genealogics.org It's in English, by an Australian, followed

RE: [LegacyUG] Questions about royalty and nobility

2010-12-22 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Maurice: With this number of questions, I would suggest that you invest in a copy of _Getting It Right_ by Mary H. Slawson. She will give you precise answers to all of these questions--and more. Conveniently, the examples and instructions are based on the fields in the Legacy software. The