Hi, Is there a way to manage surnames more like “places”, i.e, has a date and language attribute. Sure names encapsulates a rich tapestry woven from identity, culture, and historical shifts with mandatory adoption of surnames during the 17th century. Moreover, as families migrated across regions a…

The names have a date field (first tab in name editor, last line - barely visible, I didn’t notice it before I was told). For the spelling variation of the name according to the country or the circumstances, personally I will use the field “origin of the name” by indicating for example “Geographic”…

This might be a nice ‘work around’ (I’ll check that barely visible date field)… Still it would be nice to have a proper Name Handler, maybe something for a wish list.

[image] avma: nice ‘work around’ I don’t remember the threads anymore but there have been quite a few long discussions on this Discourse about names, their grouping which would deserve more than a simple field in order to explain their origin or to distinguish their different meanings. Surel…

[image] avma: Still it would be nice to have a proper Name Handler, maybe something for a wish list. You can add “Alternative names” for the same person and add dates/periods to them… but, i agree, that it would be a great feature to be able to add multiple spellings of a name with geographic…

As @PLegoux posted, a person can have several name entries each with a date and note entry with the ability to have a source/citation. Each entry can have their own Type to categorize the name. Unlike places, a name with a date will not bring that name to the fore based upon the date of an event. …

Thank you for the tips, @PLegoux and @DaveSch . I will definitely check them out. To be clear, the issue is not about “normalizing” all similar-sounding names into one. On the contrary, I want to capture name variation over time period and country (region). For non-Latin-letter languages (such as H…

[image] avma: To be clear, the issue is not about “normalizing” all similar-sounding names into one. The Group As function is not about normalizing the name. Each person still retains their spelling of the name. Grouping allows easier finding of a person in a name list. It also allows you to …

[image] DaveSch: It also allows you to see Saul Markovitz’s record next to Saul Markovits’s record to see if they may be the same person but with someone using the different spelling. And to make it easier add in preferences a firstname÷lastname display order (no need to use it as the default…

Thank You @PLegoux I’ll sure give that script a run… And you guys really helped with some great tips.

[image] PLegoux: I don’t remember the threads anymore but there have been quite a few long discussions on this Discourse about names, their grouping which would deserve more than a simple field in order to explain their origin or to distinguish their different meanings. This is likely Onomast…

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This is likely Onomastics: where to store name etymology?

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