Suggestion 731 Separators in Preferred Name

Date: 10 Jul 2016
Location: Worldwide
Surnames/tags: data_doctors db_error_731

Description of Error - 731: Separators in Preferred Name

There is a separator in the preferred name field. The preferred 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.

see Name Field Guidelines

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