Lee: I record the full name with diacriticals as the preferred name. Because the diacriticals aren't found in some web searches and because people search in different ways, I add two other versions as alternates (aka's). So I have:
Pierre (given name) Cormier dit De La Côté (preferred/primary surname) Pierre Cormier Pierre Cormier dit De La Cote (without diacriticals) It's something of a bother, but I post at RootsWeb and was surprised to find that the technically correct version wasn't picked up in searches. By the way, a hyphenated name like Marie-Charlotte isn't found either, so I add an alternate without the hyphen. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Lee Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 6:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] How does one record dit names? I have French and Canadian-French ancestry plus Quebec church records showing the dit names. 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
