I am fortunate in having success in documenting some of my family lines back as far as the 13th century in what is now the UK. I would appreciate suggestions as to the best way to record those names in my Legacy program. Names such as the following are a bit different from today's nomenclature:
Eleanore de Ferrers Richard Fitz Alan William Le Bigod etc. As I understand it, what appear to be prefixes indicate their parentage. With my various "Fitz" names (for instance) it appears that William Fitz Hugh is the son of Hugh. Hugh may have been the son of Ralph and his name appears "Hugh Fitz Ralph". His father may have been Ralph Fitz William, etc. This of course is not our way of naming today when the surname typically remains the same (except for spelling) from one generation to the next.. My question is how to record these names in the surname box. Do I show "de Ferrers" as the surname, or "Eleanore de" as the then given name in the first example? For Richard Fitz Alan, is "Fitz" a part of the surname? The same goes for William Le Bigod. It wouldn't really work right to include the "de" , "Fitz", or "Le" in the prefix box because some of these ancestors also have Titles. I know that consistency is my main objective but would truly would appreciate guidance as to the proper way to do this!
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