Re: [Gramps-users] Q: grouping surname variations - soundex sorting option

[Martin S. <mar...@ma...>]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 12:35:11PM -0800, TJMcK wrote:
>I have a large collection of surnames that have many variations -- and these
>variations can start with different characters causing problems for me to
>efficiently move between, compare, analyze people with variants of the same
>surname. Adding all the variations to "additional names" would be an
>impossible task (unless I find a way to batch edit - see first question).
>The only solution I can think of is, to add a soundex sort column in the
>person view.
>How do other GRAMPS users work with "grouping" all the same surname
>variations?

Selecting the Names tab for some person and clicking on a name will
bring up a name editor. See there an option to group the name under
something of your choosing. Perhaps that's what you need.

I wouldn't add a variation as an additional name unless it was
significantly different, and was attested for the individual in
question.

M.