To Ed W3BNR It can be done with File, Utilities, Global Search and Replace, Change only the Name field. Be sure you have a Backup copy of the database before doing this. John Steed N8AJJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "W3BNR via" <[email protected]> To: "BK List Server" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:24 AM Subject: [BK] Multi-change of surnames >I recently learned of a misspelling of a family surname. There are a >number of > people that require the change. > Is there a way to mass change the name at one time, or do I have to do > each one > individually? > > I know place names can be changed this way, but what about surnames? > > -- > Ed > http://JonesFarm.us/ > > Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive. > > > > 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 >