Have you considered using the Alias feature for names in Legacy? You can put the 'de' and 'le' names there. Have a great day.
Chris Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:01 AM, Alan Pereira <[email protected]> wrote: > I have seen some systems that work around that problem by having a second > surname field which is used for sorting purposes (UK National Burial Index > uses that process). I'm not sure that Legacy could accommodate that without > a major rewrite. > Alan Pereira > > From: Tim [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 08 August 2013 17:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] 'de' in a family name > > 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/[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 > 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 > 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 > 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 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 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
