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Subject: TMG-L: Re: Source Entry - married or maiden surname?
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 09:18:22 -0600

"Jeff Miller" wrote:
(snip)
>I have a new source - a descendant of a collateral line.
>Her current married name is Merry Moe. That is the name
>that jumps to mind when I receive an email or letter from her.
>Her name at birth was Merry Miller. But I don't know her as
>Merry Miller so when I want to enter a new piece of information
>she sends me, I can't find her in the MSL without some extra
>thought.
(snip)
>The allocated space for source names is limited to about 30
>characters, so I frequently run out of room before I can enter
>both the married and the maiden name, e.g. Thurwachter,
>Elizabeth R. (Luchenbill)

>How have others handled this?

I have run into this same challenge and the road I took and the
road you will take are not acceptable; both will be a bit short of
what we need.

Now, the pick list is supported by "Name-variation" where several
names will get for you the same individual's record.

That is what we need here, a "source index variation". We need
for a source entry to be identifiable by more than one index entry.
For example, we need source entry 221 to be found under
abbreviation "Wagner, Marilyn", "Schulteis, Marilyn",
"Schulteis-Wagner, Marilyn", ... I don't see this requirement being
limited to just people names.

Bob, are you listening?

Donald Schulteis
Living in Dallas, Texas
Born in Germantown, Wisconsin
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