I enter the alternate name in the NAME fact. That way names whoe up in the Index. Tom Herson Ithaca, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridgett Chapman" <bjsc1@frontier.com> To: <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Suggested entry fields > Me too. Sometimes it is hard to find an individual when they were known > by the middle name. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of LouDean > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:16 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Suggested entry fields > > And it would be nice to have a choice for when only one given name is used > and you want it to be the middle instead of the first. For example what > if > your name is Patricia Eileen Smith and you are called Eileen, not > Patricia. > I wish you could choose for Eileen to be used in the parts of reports > where > they only use one name. Lots of people go by their middle names. > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >