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From: "Peggy Baldwin" <>
Subject: The other program??
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:19:56 -0800
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Oops! I should have retitled this message.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Baldwin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Unknown Maiden Names


> I'm new here, what exactly what you all mean by the *other program*, I'm
> not sure. You could
> mean TMG? You mean Family Tree Maker? I am trying GenBox out, coming from
> TMG. I'm
> impressed with what I'm seeing so far. It seems to be much more intuitive
> than TMG. I'm pleased
> to see that GenBox has a heavy emphasis on source formatting and
> witnesses, which are two
> features I very much valued in TMG. I like the fact that I can do easier
> filtering and don't have
> to resort to producing a report when that isn't really what I need.
>
> So...what is that *other program* that you are talking about? Are you
> talking about coming from
> the dark side (TMG) to the light (GenBox)? What brought you to GenBox and
> where did you
> come from?
>
> Peggy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 9:43 AM
> Subject: [GENBOX] Unknown Maiden Names
>
>
>> Hello, and a Happy New Year to all on the list!
>>
>> I'm hoping someone on the list can help with this question (this list
>> hasn't failed me yet!).
>>
>> A couple of years ago I imported my database from the *other* program,
>> the one most of us used to use. In cleaning up my database--something
>> I've only attended to from time to time--I find that various women whose
>> maiden names are unknown are treated differently. Some show as
>> "Ann ----," some as "Ann," some as "Ann Unknown," and some even as
>> Ann ---- Unknown." I have no doubt this is a result of the way I
>> originally entered the information in the TMG database.
>>
>> The problem is that Genbox seems to want to force these women to be known
>> by the surname "Unknown." Given the choice, I'd prefer "Ann -----" or
>> even just plain "Ann," but Genbox won't let me change how these women are
>> entered in the database. (This isn't any issue with TMG, as I recall.)
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Dave Morehouse
>> Hopkins, MN USA
>>
>>
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