To Bill Webster There are two different ways to do what you want. How do you want the name printed on most reports? Put that name in the regular Name field at the top. Then put the other name on the Names tab. Click Add Name at the bottom and pick either Birth name and type James Adam or else pick Current name and type Rev. James Adam If you have James Adam as the current name, then when you are searching for a name, you can turn on the check box to "also search alternate names" and then it will find him when you type James Adam John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Webster via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:27 PM Subject: [BK] Finding people entered with a prefix > > I apologise that this has been asked in the past but may I have a quick > answer again please? > > If, in the Name field, you wish to list a person with his or her prefix > (Dr., Rev., Gen.. Ald., Lady, e.g.), how is this done so that the person > is > still found (Find F3) with their first and last name? For example, I have > one James Adams in my database. I have prefixed his name in the Name > field > with "(Rev)." but he is not found with Find F3 as "James Adams". > > If as often happens you have a long list of people all with the same > forename and surname, it helps to find the one you are looking for if, > first, they are listed and, second, their prefixes are listed too. > > Thank you > Bill > Australia > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >