Post by Howard Metcalfe on Jan 16, 2007 15:03:56 GMT -5
Q: How do I enter the fact that my ancestor Capt. John Leder was a Navy Captain rather than an Army Captain?
A: One nice way is to enter USN in the name suffix. For example, in the name field, enter Leder, John, Capt., USN. In all reports that will print as Capt. John Leder USN. I use this for my ancestor Cpl. John Thomas Wynn Metcalfe CSA, a confederate corporal, entering Metcalfe, John Thomas Wynn, Cpl., CSA.
You can use the suffix to enter Jr., Sr., III, etc., should you wish to. Thus, John Smith Sr. is entered as Smith, John, , Sr. Make sure to enter the extra comma to skip over the title entry. (The spaces are optional.)
You can use the suffix to enter the part of a Spanish surname that refers to the mother. For example, Jose Ybarra de Obregon can be entered Ybarra, Jose, , de Obregon. This helps when the complete Spanish surname is longer than the maximum of 31 characters allowed for each part of the name. But do this consistently.
Another case where the suffix is useful is in Arabic and other surnames where the last part of the surname means "son of." For example, Hussein Sharif bin Mossadegh, where "bin" means "son of," you can enter Sharif, Hussein, , bin Mossadegh.
Also, you can use the suffix for identifying the domain of which a King, Count, Earl, etc. is ruler. For example, Earl John de Vere of Oxford can be entered de Vere, John, Earl, of Oxford.
Another example would be King James VI of Scotland. Here you can enter *, James VI, King, of Scotland. The asterisk indicates that this James did not go by any surname. (He did of course -- Stewart -- but this is just an example.)
A: One nice way is to enter USN in the name suffix. For example, in the name field, enter Leder, John, Capt., USN. In all reports that will print as Capt. John Leder USN. I use this for my ancestor Cpl. John Thomas Wynn Metcalfe CSA, a confederate corporal, entering Metcalfe, John Thomas Wynn, Cpl., CSA.
You can use the suffix to enter Jr., Sr., III, etc., should you wish to. Thus, John Smith Sr. is entered as Smith, John, , Sr. Make sure to enter the extra comma to skip over the title entry. (The spaces are optional.)
You can use the suffix to enter the part of a Spanish surname that refers to the mother. For example, Jose Ybarra de Obregon can be entered Ybarra, Jose, , de Obregon. This helps when the complete Spanish surname is longer than the maximum of 31 characters allowed for each part of the name. But do this consistently.
Another case where the suffix is useful is in Arabic and other surnames where the last part of the surname means "son of." For example, Hussein Sharif bin Mossadegh, where "bin" means "son of," you can enter Sharif, Hussein, , bin Mossadegh.
Also, you can use the suffix for identifying the domain of which a King, Count, Earl, etc. is ruler. For example, Earl John de Vere of Oxford can be entered de Vere, John, Earl, of Oxford.
Another example would be King James VI of Scotland. Here you can enter *, James VI, King, of Scotland. The asterisk indicates that this James did not go by any surname. (He did of course -- Stewart -- but this is just an example.)