This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: suelopes Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/120.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have always used a hash to indicate an abbreviation for a source in the Place field without a problem (as it is not used as a marker in a gedcom) It was the "help" I got when I uploaded my gedcom to the FTM mob for assessment. Rather than addressing the problem of the slash they focussed on the hash. As I said, at that point I gave up with the help line. I changed my slashes to underscore and things have recorded fine. My family tree sits on roots web at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=sues_rels You can see how I use hash and underscore Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.