It should not be necessary for us to have to resort to some contrived system of symbols to mark linear ancestry. I am using up arrows for my paternal lineage and asterisks for maternal PLUS a pound sign to indicate multiple lines. What happens, however, if I want one of my sons to be the root person (or send my database to him. Now, the markings are meaningless since my maternal ancestry is now part of his paternal ancestry. The system needs to be dynamic. Paul >===== Original Message From Janelle Holmes <wildair@texas.net> ===== >I believe many of us use some kind of symbol either after the surname, >before the surname or after or before the given name. These are easily >seen in the list of children when going "backwards". And if you send a >report to someone, they can also easily see your line. Myself, i use a >^ after the given name. This way, the surnames all still sort with the >given names in alphabetical order. If I put the ^ before or after the >surname, the explore list will sort with all the Surname^ or ^Surname at >the top of the list, which if I do a search on a particular person will >mean they won't show up in the usual place with everyone else of that >surname. Same reason for not putting the ^ before the given name. They >will sort at the first of the alphabetical listing of given names for >that particular surname. >-- >Janelle Holmes >Wildair Kennels >Dripping Springs, TX > > >==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== >UNSUBSCRIBE? Send the word: UNSUBSCRIBE(inside the message) and no additional text to: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L-request@rootsweb.com or FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com for DIGEST > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library Take Care -- Paul