We are in agreement on record keeping and all. I am glad having choosen a method that once I have understood and require no one else to accept or understand my stuff. Good luck and have fun.
--- On Sun, 1/20/13, Tessa Keough <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Tessa Keough <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to record patronymic names. > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 8:49 AM > Richard - it is always hard to be > clear (attaching a screenshot of my > family view would be so easy - but . . . not done on > this site - > waiting for day, the Guild of One-Name Studies added a > Bulletin Board > feature so we can post jpegs, videos, etc. - quite nice). > > I do add the patronymic name as the surname when I add my > Scandinavian > folks in Legacy (only have Sweden, Norway and Denmark so > far). I just > find that unclicking auto add father's surname works best > when I work > with these entries because otherwise you have to delete and > enter > individually. > > Also I make sure that my special characters tab is set for > each of the > special alphabet letters. > > Finally I do add the farmnames for the Norwegian (have not > seen farm > books yet for any other group). The best I can say (by way > of example) > is that I have a person as follows: > > Peder ERIKSEN, Hastagjerdet > > Peder's father > Erik IVARSEN, Medkilplass/Hastadgjerdet > Peder's mother > Marta ZAKARSADATTER, Berget > > This entry system clearly shows the patronymic names and > shows the > farm someone was raised on and (in the case of Erik) took > over and > worked. I can follow the individuals and families backward > and forward > (based on farmbooks and I do have copies of those pages > scanned and > available as my sources for the event/fact section. > > I also make a point of including all siblings and the > farmbooks are > quite helpful so you know where everyone went. Hope this is > clearer > than my last post. > > > Tessa Keough > Guild of One-Name Studies, No. 5089 > Legacy Virtual Users' Group > One Place Studies - Plate Cove, Newfoundland > > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:39 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In each of the 5 Scandinavian languages some people > carried patronymics and/or farm names using local name > rules? Each area/country used both on occasion. > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 > 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
