I have men in my family tree named Colonel & General (two different families). They show up in the records with those names as children. Normally, of course, those are both military ranks. And I know of a good many African Americans who give their kids various royal titles as given names. So we need to remember when we see a name that what we're most familiar with as a title, is not always a title. These various names most comonly used as military or social ranks are not just a recent phenomenon as with Queen Latifa and Prince, but can be found in historic records as well. Karen In a message dated 6/9/2009 1:59:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, dsam52@sampubco.com writes: There are certain and proper ways to list prefixes and suffixes. I find them in nFS and corrected them as I find them. Reverend is not a given name except of a few rare cases. Squire may be a given name but most are not. in nFS, when editing the name, there is a way to correct and display properly the information. W. David Samuelsen JCBrooks@aol.com wrote: > Interestingly, at the temple we receive through temple files and patron > cards all the awful combinations that you all have described. Titles before > the given, titles behind the given name, twin, nicknames, you name it. > Somehow the system is clearing those names. > > Michele > > > In a message dated 6/9/2009 11:19:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > dsam52@sampubco.com writes: > > Mrs. Mary Doe is frowned upon in no uncertain terms. Found out hard way > - the possibilities of more than one "Mrs. Mary Doe" multiple real fast > and nfs doesn't recognize "Mrs." > > nFS nearly classified one of my ancestors Elizabeth Gent as Elizabeth, > with "Gent" listed as a suffix! Gent stands for Gentleman. > > nFS DOES accept given names only if listed as spouses. > > David Samuelsen Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322977x1201367197/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= JunestepsfooterNO62)