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. .

Jim, People Workspace, Tree View, in the Index. They should be at the top of the list with only Given Names showing. Russ ___________________________ Mailto:rworthington@att.net ________________________________ From: Jim Hoke via <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> To: FTM-TECH mailing list submission <FTM-TECH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 9:43 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] Searching for blank surnames 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.