In a message dated 9/11/01 11:08:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > > I have the same general question for document details. The surname and > given > > name could be transferred from the initial screen. > > > This is by design. The name fields in the detail screen are there for you > to record the people's names as they actually appear in documents, not how > you know them or have them recorded in your genealogy program. If the > program did this for you, it wouldn't be accurately recording names. This > is where you record misspellings and maiden or married names, etc. > Sorry. Liz, but I think you are definitely off base on this one. The instances where one needs to edit the names on the detail screen are relatively few. The majority of the entries will match the linked names. Bruce

Bruce, I must agree with Liz on this point. The majority of documents I have added to Clooz do not show the full or proper name of the individual concerned. Many census records list the same individual with diferent names on each census - sometimes first name only, sometimes middle name, sometimes a misspelled name. I, for one, would not want this feature changed. Best wishes, John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 7:23 AM Subject: [Clooz] Re: Clooz-D Digest V01 #108 > In a message dated 9/11/01 11:08:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > I have the same general question for document details. The surname and > > given > > > name could be transferred from the initial screen. > > > > > > This is by design. The name fields in the detail screen are there for you > > to record the people's names as they actually appear in documents, not how > > you know them or have them recorded in your genealogy program. If the > > program did this for you, it wouldn't be accurately recording names. This > > is where you record misspellings and maiden or married names, etc. > > > > Sorry. Liz, but I think you are definitely off base on this one. The > instances where one needs to edit the names on the detail screen are > relatively few. The majority of the entries will match the linked names. > Bruce > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >