Guido, Yes it's not easy to overcome, so for now I'm content to simply have the whole name capitalized. My father in law and other Dutch born Australian friends were talking about surnames and positions in telephone books and other listings.
In The Netherlands de Melker would apparently appear in the M section immediately adjacent to the van de Melker and van der Melker entries yet here the 3 names would appear in the "D" and "V" sections - possibly without spacing. A Canadian ancestor of mine also has a Dutch influence with her surname of Vannorman or is it Van Norman? But as she married into the family there are only 2 entries in my tree - her and her father - but a cousin of mine is not only doing the Rylotts but the Van Normans. But I'm drifting off the software theme into the tree aspects. Suffice to say I've already had several challenges when trying to encode new entries or locate existing people recorded in the tree with "compound" names. (This is to bring it back to a legacy theme) As a suggestion is there any way we can "flag the name to produce the entry in individual information screens or names lists to point out that alternative spellings exist (I also have multiple spellings of the RYLOTT name even within the same original household!) Peter Holmes Western Australia [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Pinchbeck, Donington and then Leicestershire), DAVISON (Donington), CRAGG (Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire), RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Gosberton, Gosberton Clough)] [Villages are in Lincolnshire] > -----Original Message----- > From: Guido Leeten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 27 March 2006 17:46 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Capitalization, Irish and Italian Surnames > > Peter, then I expect you get in trouble if you find european noble ancestors > because for example there are branches that are not related but only > different in capitals in spelling: > for example: de Beaufort and De Beaufort are not related, maybe in the > original roots, but that you have to find out eventualy. If you simplify you > are looking for trouble, > > Guido Leeten (have already spellingproblems: Leten, Leeten or Lethen) > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
