TMG-L Archives

Archiver > TMG > 2002-09 > 1030883074


From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] 5.03 Repository Name-ID #
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 08:24:34 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20020901051206.29839.qmail@mailshell.com>


Rick Tonsing wrote:
>I attached a new repository and used the Name-ID # since the person was
>already in my database. I also put the Name - Other since I did not want
>to use their maiden name in the source for correspondence. The Name -
>Other does not appear at all--only the Primary (maiden) name of the person.
>
>This is the way version 4 worked but since the option of using other names
>for tags was implemented for version 5 I thought I could use another
>name. Am I doing something incorrectly or is version 5 still using the
>same repository name rules as version 4?

While v5 provides for the selection of a name to be associated with a tag,
there is at present no such option with Repositories or Sources except by
entering the desired name (as opposed to using the person's ID#).

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com>;
My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman>;
A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)

This thread: