Custom TMGW Name Styles


Various users have created custom Name Styles.  Where it is known, the name of the user creating it will be noted.  In other cases, multiple users have made suggestions on how a Name Style may be used, each of them will also be noted, if known.

Dit Names are mostly used by French-Canadians.  Essentially, Dit Names are something like aliases or nicknames.  The main difference is that some descendants of a person with a Dit Name may assume the Dit Name as the Surname.  Note the example below is somewhat far-fetched, but should give you the idea.

Dit Name Style A

Item Description Examples of Data to be Entered
Label 1 Title His Honor, Sir
Label 2 Prefix Doctor, Judge
Label 3 GivenName full given names - John Henry
Label 4 PreSurname (if capped, enter in Surname) -- von, de, le
Label 5 Surname Jones
Label 6 Suffix (or Count) Jr, Sr, I, II, III, VC, PhD, LLD, KCB
Label 7 DitName White, Hill
Label 8 SortSurname Jones
Label 9 SortGiven John Henry
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Output Template [Title] [Prefix] [GivenName] [PreSurname] [Surname] [Suffix] dit [DitName]
Output Example His Honor Judge John Henry von Jones III dit Hill
Surname Sort Template [SortSurname] [PreSurname], [SortGiven] [Title] [Prefix] [Suffix] dit [DitName]
Surname Sort Example Jones von, John Henry His Honor Judge III dit Hill
Surname Display Template [Surname] ([PreSurname]), [GivenName] [Title] [Prefix] [Suffix] dit [DitName]
Surname Display Examples Jones von, John Henry His Honor Judge III dit Hill
Given Sort Template [SortGiven] [Suffix] [PreSurname] [SortSurname], [Title] [Prefix] dit [DitName]
Given Sort Example John Henry III von Jones, His Honor Judge dit Hill
Given Display Template [GivenName] [Suffix] [PreSurname] [Surname], [Title] [Prefix] dit [DitName]
Given Display Example John Henry III von Jones, His Honor Judge dit Hill
Children/Sibling Display Template [Title] [Prefix] [GivenName] [PreSurname] [Surname] [Suffix] dit [DitName]
Children/Sibling Display Example His Honor Judge John Henry von Jones III dit Hill

An alternate method would be to use some (relatively?) unused field to contain the "dit" text. For example:

Dit Name Style B

Item Description Examples of Data to be Entered
Label 1 Title His Honor, Sir
Label 2 Prefix Doctor, Judge
Label 3 GivenName full given names - John Henry
Label 4 DitVerb [Ital:]dit[:Ital]
Label 5 Surname Jones
Label 6 Suffix (or Count) Jr, Sr, I, II, III, VC, PhD, LLD, KCB
Label 7 DitName White, Hill
Label 8 SortSurname Jones
Label 9 SortGiven John Henry
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Output Template [Title] [Prefix] [GivenName] [Surname] [Suffix] [DitVerb] [DitName]
Output Example His Honor Judge John Henry Jones III dit Hill
Surname Sort Template [SortSurname], [SortGiven] [Title] [Prefix] [Suffix] [DitVerb] [DitName]
Surname Sort Example Jones, John Henry His Honor Judge III dit Hill
Surname Display Template [Surname], [GivenName] [Title] [Prefix] [Suffix] [DitVerb] [DitName]
Surname Display Examples Jones, John Henry His Honor Judge III dit Hill
Given Sort Template [SortGiven] [Suffix] [SortSurname], [Title] [Prefix] [DitVerb] [DitName]
Given Sort Example John Henry III Jones, His Honor Judge dit Hill
Given Display Template [GivenName] [Suffix] [Surname], [Title] [Prefix] [DitVerb] [DitName]
Given Display Example John Henry III Jones, His Honor Judge dit Hill
Children/Sibling Display Template [Title] [Prefix] [GivenName] [Surname] [Suffix] [DitVerb] [DitName]
Children/Sibling Display Example His Honor Judge John Henry Jones III dit Hill

The above Dit Name Styles were suggested by Darrell A. Martin and Ida S. McCormick.


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Comments to:  Lee Hoffman/KY

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