Thanks once again to those who have replied to my post.
Yes, you are right, the root of my problem is putting the forename in the wrong place. I corrected this in a few names and uploaded it, and it's fine. So now I'll just go through and change the other 500!
Problem solved, thanks to you guys
Thanks for all replies - really helpful! I know my computer and software are ancient but I was hoping to find a workaround in the short term. In FHv2 my records show as /SMITH/ John and all the features of FH 2 work fine. Once uploaded to Ancestry, all the surnames appear as forenames and most (but ...
Please help, I'm a bit new to this. I've spent several years researching my family tree and creating it offline using FH v 2.3.5, which I know is an old version but it works a treat and seemed to do everything I want --- until I uploaded my saved GEDCOM file to Ancestry.co.uk! My tree appeared all s...