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Suggestion 721 Separators in First Name

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Date: 10 Jul 2016
Location: Worldwidemap
Surnames/tags: data_doctors db_error_721
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Description of Error - 721: Separators in First Name

There is a separator in the first name field. The first name field should not contain separators except for: a space, a dash -, a period (also called a stop) . or a single quotation mark '


Content of info column: Empty

Possible Causes

  • Many of these incorrect separators come from the old system of gedcom uploads

Action Steps

  • Correct the error by removing the separator/punctuation that is not allowed in the field.

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Everything except letters, space and - . ' is not allowed.
posted by Aleš Trtnik
What is a separator? Space? Ampersand (&)? Pound or number sign (#)? It would be helpful to have a list of separators that generate the error.
posted by Harold Templeton

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