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From: "tanari" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Two word last names
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:10:27 -0800
References: <200434214553.372525@TERRY2>


Yes, that is correct. There is only one name field, sorry got confused.. So if the /Van Hoosan/ method will work I can easily do a find and replace in FTM and add them to the 1000 names, might take a while but would be faster than editing them in TMG.
Tiffany
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Reigel" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:45 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Two word last names


> On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 21:12:06 -0500, John Cardinal wrote:
>
> > TMG Utility 5 has a "Change Name Parts" feature that can
> > be used to move "van" from the Given name to the Surname.
> > I am a little uncomfortable suggesting that course of
> > action, however, as I don't understand why GenBridge
> > would produce the results you described. I've never used
> > FTM. Perhaps a more experienced ex-FTM person will pipe
> > in.
>
> John, as I recall, TMG doesn't have separate fields for given and
> surnames, so unless you enter them someway to indicate (I think you
> can use slashes, but no one does) GenBridge has no way to know. I
> haven't gotten FTM running yet since my recent crash to verify, but
> that's my recollection.
>
> Terry Reigel
>
>
>
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