Given the controversies and discrepancies in medieval names from even the experts, and the fact that in those times those were not true surnames, I would do whatever makes the most sense to you.
Gary Templeman ----- Original Message ----- From: "RICHARD SCHULTHIES" <fourpa...@verizon.net> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:20:28 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] surnames not ALL CAPS When I started genealogy on computer (using PAF2.1), it had the 'middle name' field, so that was where they were. Because of some names, I moved all 'little' words to after the given name. I don't like it, but it is what I have. I am considering moving them all to the Surname field. The problem, an example, is John I of Alencon, then Mabel de Alencon, also d'Alencon. Should I convert 'of' to de if I can find no version that exists, or just leave what I have, and tolerate it? Rich in LA CA --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Elizabeth <roobee...@googlemail.com> wrote: > From: Elizabeth <roobee...@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] surnames not ALL CAPS > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 3:17 AM > An aside - do you index de la Ware > under 'd' or 'W'? > > My surnames are all in Caps - I only heard via LUG this > week that > anyone did it a different way! Now I have another > change to make as > well as the sources. Having started about 45 years > ago with paper and > pencil, I could do without another minor adjustment! > -- > - - - - - - - > Elizabeth > researching ALLAMBRIDGE (Dorset, Somerset and anywhere else > they might turn up) > > 2009/6/9 RICHARD SCHULTHIES <fourpa...@verizon.net>: > > > > I don't know about the fashionableness of all caps. I > didn't like CAPS from day one, so I never did it. Since I > had a lot of names like de la Ware, and McDougal and > O'Brien. They just looked better. When I downloaded a Gedcom > from IGI, many of them were all caps. What I did was, > > 1. Opened Name List, sorting on Surname > > 2. Choose 'Tab' Edit. Repair one surname at a time. > Ctrl-C and V for all duplicates. > > 3. switch from Surname to given, repeat the process. > For unique names, you are stuck. > > The program may now exist somewhere to switch them > automatically, but even if it is there, it wouldn't fix my > examples above. > > Rich in LA CA > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
