I have just transcribed the same thing, Mac with a space before the remainder of the surname. There were four records for Mac Gowan and Mac Gregor I entered it exactly as it was on the scan, as per TWYS. I would expect that there may be many more which nobody has mentioned. David Longstaff (Rugeley, England) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mayall" <david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: Re: Spaces in Surnames. > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:36:23 -0000, you wrote: > > >Hi > > > >A question has been raised by 1 of our volunteers, as under. > > > >>There were a number of surnames on this page beginning with "Mac" which had a space >between the Mac and whatever followed. I used the TWYS principle. I have looked in the TKB >pages and can't see guidance - are searchers made aware of this foible, I can't see many of >them looking for Mac Nay? > > > >Will the search routine seek out such names without the researcher using the 'space' in the name in the search criteria? > > At present, no. > > There is no reason why it could not do so in future though. > > -- > Dave Mayall > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >