Re: [Gramps-users] Proper entry & display of "farm names"

[Josip <jo...@pi...>]

On 03.03.2012 21:49, avarnes wrote:
> I would not recommend using the surname field for patronyms. Firstly,
> patronyms are not surnames. Secondly, you will end up with a huge number of
> duplicate names because of the limited number of person names used in
> Scandinavian rural communities.
> I always append patronyms to the given name, and use the farm name as
> surname. I normally use the farm name where the person was born. If (as is
> often the case) the farm name would later change, it is possible to add that
> as an alternative name.
>

Qute from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name
A family name (in Western contexts often referred to as a surname or 
"last name") is typically a part of a person's name which has been 
passed, according to law or custom, from one or both parents to their 
children.

Gramps (at version 3.3.1) have extensive support for surnames and all 
names generaly so one can create rely complex surname in two way:
1. enter all in one surname field without telling gramps their origin.
2. use multiple surname, entering one by one, telling Gramps about they
    origin

Using second way displays and sorting of people names can be easily 
changed.

-- 
Josip