A surname prefix field with a master list of those surname prefixes to
standardize them would be a great addition to Legacy. That way, many of the
surnames that have a prefix would be listed in the surname master index
together, separate from their prefix. I have asked for such a feature
before without any response. Surnames like "von Wagner" and "Wagner" would
be the same surname but with the surname prefix set to "von" the master
surname list would not have 2 entries for "Wagner". Many other surname
prefixes would follow the same pattern like ap, de, de la, della, d', fitz,
etc. There would be no requirement to separate the surname prefixes if the
user did not want to but for those who wished to have a tool for better
standardization of surname, this would be great. Also needed with the
surname prefix would be an option to indicate whether the prefix would be
separated from the surname by a space or not. That way the user could
specify a name like "De Spencer" or "Despencer".
There should also be a location prefix. I would call it a location
modifier. It would be another master list of those location modifiers such
as near, from, of, etc. That way, again, the master locations would not
need to contain the modifiers but would be pure locations and then the
individual or marriage record that wanted a modifier for any location could
apply them from the location modifiers list. There would no longer be any
entries in the master location list like "near Charlotte,...", "from
Charlotte...", "of Charlotte...", etc. as well as the main entry for
"Charlotte...". This is really the whole purpose for having "master lists"
and with the current configuration there are many duplicates because of the
location modifiers.
Ron Taylor
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