Further to Jackie's recent post on foreign names, it appears to me that le Clerke and de Dompere are full family surnames in their own right rather like van and von attached to Dutch surnames and should be listed under L and D respectively.
My problem is when at some stage in medieval times, 'de' attached to a surname denoting place of origin of the family, is no longer used. For instance, I have numerous 'de HATFIELD' and 'HATFIELD' of the same family which appear under D and H in the name list, and which is confusing. I am thinking of changing 'de HATFIELD' to 'HATFIELD, de' so that they all appear under the letter H. Any views? Tim Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
