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From: "Mayra Sanchez-Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [CUBA] Searching Spanish Names
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:57:43 -0800
References: <F146Mfhgmu6HzTGBGrh00010879@hotmail.com>


The one and only genealogy program that was able to handle a surname as big
as you wanted was Family Roots, which was bought by Master Genealogist and I
hope it still can handle the spanish surnames. I am still using the old
Family Roots for that reason.

Mayra

----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Devilliers" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [CUBA] Searching Spanish Names


> The problem with using both paternal and maternal surnames in the U.S., is
> as I stated earlier. This is a society based on rushing around, saving
> time, saving space, cutting corners -- because after all, the goal of this
> society is the generation of capital, and time is money.
>
> Having said that, it becomes readily apparent that you would need a heck
of
> a lot more computer memory space to store all those surnames, more time
> "wasted" typing in those additional letters (perhaps even lengthier names
in
> the case of Spahnish surnames), and, oh, horror of horrors, how would you
> fit in all those letters on an itty-bitty social security card?!
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