Good question. There is no easy way of filtering for individuals with no surname. The only thing I can suggest is using the Index on the People/Tree work area. Set the Sort to Surname, Given name. Then you can manually review the index looking for all names displayed without the comma. E.g. Most names with surnames will be displayed as Barber, James People without surnames will be displayed as James Sorry I can't be of more help. But you should be able to scroll the list fairly quickly. Another work around which would allow you to filter the individuals with no surnames is: When entering a name with no surname, always enter a unique character for the surname. Some people use a question mark (?). I use 10 underscores to indicate unknown information whether it is the surname or the given name. E.g. James ? James __________ __________ Barber You can then filter for the unique character/s. BJ On 2/23/2015 7:43 AM, Jim Hoke via wrote: > BJ, > > Your comment in The Great Debate about FTM 2014's handling of people's names > triggered me to wonder how one can search on surname. > > > > Specifically, my question is how does one find all the people in an ftm file > for whom the surname is blank (that is, it has not been entered)? I've > searched without luck the FTM-TECH archives for an answer. > > Thanks for the help, > > Jim Hoke > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:58:48 -0700 > > From: BJ <oldtrails@gmx.com> > > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Fact Notes and Names - (was The Great Debate) > > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <54EA6D38.7050907@gmx.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > > > Thanks for the comments. I see some have replied to your message but to > > add my 2cents worth, please see my comments interspersed below. > > > > BJ > > . > >> 3. Split the NAME field into FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST, PREFIX and SUFFIX. I > like to be able to see titles (Captain) and it helps with reports, > especially when some people do not have all parts of their names identified. > > > > As has been pointed out this feature was implemented beginning with FTM > > 2008 but not exactly as you describe. While the name is displayed as > > one continuous name, it actually consists of three fields; Given Names, > > Surname and Suffix. > > . > > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I use Unknown for the last name or first name as needed. Nancy