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> On Apr 4, 2015, at 4:40 AM, "Richard Francis Pimentel" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Over the years I have tried different methods in entering names into > Genealogy programs. A major consideration in entering names from Portugal and > the Acores, is the naming traditions make it very confusing and the fact that > names are sorted there by first name. Thrown into this mix is the “de, da, > do, dos” used in names. > > With this consideration I enter names this way: I enter the “de, da, do, dos” > at the end of the first name. Example Manuel da Costa is entered: first name > “Manuel da” last name “Costa”. > Manuel de Sousa da Costa is entered: first name “Manuel de” last name “Sousa > da Costa” > Names like Manuel Furtado are entered: first name “Manuel” last name “Furtado” > > Many woman used religious names Such as “Maria de Jesus” and no last name is > given. In this case I enter the first name as “Maria de Jesus” and no last > name is used. I have some times found that woman later pick up or use their > family name. In this case I simply add that name as a last name. Thus her > full name becomes first name “Maria de Jesus de” last name “Sousa” In cases > where woman use a family name and no religious name I simply use the > parameters as I outline for men. > > One more consideration is that children did not use family names and as such > were only referred to by their name given at birth. When they reached their > majority they were then referred to by a full name. Because of the naming > traditions I do not arbitrarily assign them a family name. > > I also found that the genealogy program you use should be able to sort names > by first name or last name and when entering names allow separate entry of > first and last name. > > Rick > > Richard Francis Pimentel > Epping, NH > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mary Pimentel Wheeler > Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 6:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Question about preferred method for entering last > names in Ancestry.com or other databases > > I have have lots of ancestors with do/da/de in their names (as do we all...). > I have a question about the preferred method of entering their names in a > database. > > 1) I've been putting the do/da/de in the first/middle name field - following > the middle name, so it doesn't alphabetize by the do's and da's. Should I > be doing that, or just leaving the do/da/de out completely? > > 2) Also, I have some with compound names. Let's use "Maria do Rosario da > Silva" as an example. Would I enter her last name as "Rosario da Silva", > or "Rosario Silva" or just "Silva" (and leave Rosario as her middle name)? > > Any advice on the preferred method would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > Mary > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
