Full name and surname in ged file are different

e9b6 · Post by **e9b6** » 04 Dec 2005 10:57

Never noticed this before, but it came to light when I uploaded my gedcom file to ancestry.

I have a number of ancestors where the names were spelt differently in different generations, and when I have got actual proof from GRO cert or parish records, I have corrected them.

I end up with the entry as follows
1 NAME Elisha /Jefferys/
2 GIVN Elisha
2 SURN Jeffery

The 2 SURN has not been updated with the correction.

Is this intentional?

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e9b6 · Post by **e9b6** » 04 Dec 2005 11:08

I think I may know why

Further analysis shows that this field is only on the first fifty or so names and they were ones imported from the LDS program.

As other systems seem to use the information stored in SURN where it appears, can the lines safely be deleted from the gedcom file as also the UID numbers?

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 04 Dec 2005 20:29

You only need just the NAME tag all others can safely be deleted as long as they are not different.

You can also delete the UID fields if you do not want them.

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