Guido, Life is so confusing!
Leaving people to spell their names how they wish is probably a good thing (not taking away their civil liberties) but dealing with the sorting sequences is probably something that the EU (European Union) should/could take on board to get some consistency. Thanks for you clarification however. 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: Tuesday, 28 March 2006 06:12 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Capitalization, Irish and Italian Surnames > > Peter, > > That is correct for the Netherlands, but here in Flanders, the dutch > speaking part of Belgium, we sort starting from the beginning: all the > prefixes first then the name and ending at possibel sufixes: Van De Ven, Van > de Ven, van de Ven, vande Ven, Vande Ven, Vande Ven Jr, Vande Ven Sr. > The prefixes indicate normally an origin, a "ven" is a moor, so they > originated in the moors. > Other names came from first names: Jan, his son: Jans (son), grandson: > Jansen or Janssen, next Jansens, or Peter... Peters, Petersen, Petersens, > Pieter, Pieters, Pietersen, Pietersens; Frans, Fransen; Stevens, etc > Names got also translated: "van Hout", is "du Bois" in french... > > PS: I put my answers now to: [email protected] and CC: > to the personal addres, because the first ones I never see in the > communications. 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
