Hi Jeannie. Actually, I use the "Married Name" field only for the spouse's full name and display it on the Individual Screen so that it appears with his or her spouse. That makes entering the married name superfluous because it shows up on the same line as their marriage partner. I enter the spouse's name in Surname, Given name format. So the Married name field in my file for my wife's record contains "Rands, Richard" and the married name field for my record contains "Canann, Carol Ann; Brigham, Janet" reflecting that I have been married twice. For those individuals where I only have a given name and no surname, I use the comma as a place holder, as in ", Martha". One issue that I have not settled on is what, if anything, to enter in the Married Name field if the individual is known to have never married. I certainly note this fact in the notes, but I suspect that having that piece of info visible on the Individual screen may be useful. Richard Rands At 10:00 AM 6/27/2005 -0400, Jeannie wrote: >Very good suggestion!!! >I had been using the 'Married Name' field for only >the females {i.e. "Jeannie Fleck (Mrs. Daniel)"}; >but I can see that using it for naming everyone's >spouse(s) could be highly useful. >When I put in the married name of someone whom >I don't have the first name of the spouse, however, >it looks like this: "Evelyn Howe (Mrs. ? )". PAF also >complains about the use of the question mark, but I >tend to ignore it. It gives me a hint as to what name >to look for in an obituary, for example. >But here is a question for you: How do you handle >it when you don't know the spouse's name - or only >have a first name? >Thanks, again, for a great suggestion! ... >-- J.H. Fleck > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Rands" <rrands@cfmc.com> >To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 3:51 AM >Subject: Re: [PAF-5] showing spouse in list > > ... <snip> ... >| So I solved the problem by doing something that takes >| time, but has turned out to be very useful. >| If you look at the Edit Individual screen for someone, >| you will see a field down in the Other section called >| Married Name. It turns out that field was added to >| PAF5 with the intention that users can enter the married >| name of a female when they are married. I happen to >| know that it was added at the insistence of someone >| who at the time had influence with the programming >| team, but it was never documented, nor was it used for >| anything other than one person's demand. So the bottom >| line is that field is unused and has no significance in the >| database. What makes it interesting to me is that it is a >| field in the Individual record. >| So I have appropriated that field for my own personal >| Spouse's Name field. Granted I cannot change the name >| of the field in the reports or screens, but I don't consider >| that a problem. I simply enter manually in that field each >| individual's spouse's name in [surname, given name] format. >| I do it for both males and females. When someone has >| more than one spouse, I list them all separated by >| semicolons. PAF complains about the semicolon, but I >| just ignore the complaint. >| A lot of extra work? Absolutely!!! I have nearly 50,000 >| names (many are not married, so I don't need to bother >| with them). But I only do this for the surnames that are >| very common in my database. I do it when I have free >| time during my train commute to work, during airplane >| trips (I travel alot), or when I need some mindless task >| while listening to a football match (soccer here). I use a >| special template that includes only the RIN, Sex, Name, >| and Married Name. I work down the Individual Screen, >| toggling back and forth between the Family Screen where >| I fill in the "Spouses Name" field for both the husband and >| the wife, and then back to the Individual Screen to move >| to the next entry. I have developed an extremely efficient >| series of keystrokes that optimize the procedure to make >| it go fast. I have added the Married Name field as a >| column in my Individual Screen to have it displayed just >| like you have suggested. >| ... <snip> ... > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== >PAF-5-USERS Mailing List >http://www.ausbdm.org/p5uindex.php