Too many middle names

Sue Thornton

My question is about my German ancestors who seem to have given their children up to five middle names. If I find out in my research what her or his primary first name was is there any way to note that. My idea was is to capitalize that fist name but will that mess up the algorithm? I wish there would be a way to give it a different color

N Tychonievich

@Sue Thornton Assuming you are asking how to enter the name in Family Tree, the basic guidelines are to enter the First and middle names in the First Names field -- all of them. If you learn that one of the names was the one the person went by, you might want to add that information in the Life Sketch or put in a note in the Collaborate area. You could capitalilze if if you'd like. Or you can add it in the Other Information section. For basic guidelines about entering names in Family Tree, see this Help Center article:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-to-enter-names-in-family-tree