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I suggest a Dictionary.xml based list in 'regular expression' pair e.g.

<Affixes T="ova$:ov;cka$:cki;"/> means replace ova at the end of a name with ov and replace cka with cki before sorting or grouping. The names will still be displayed in their original form.

It could also be used to group similar name endings such as -schmidt, -schmitt, -schmid, -schmit in German and -vich, -vitz, -vych, -wicz, -witz, -witch in Russian/Polish.

Please post any other forms you may be aware of here.

I tried your suggestion <Affixes T="ova$:ov;cka$:cki;"/>  and found that is doesn't work or I used it in a wrong way.

Would you please describe the way its working: for example should it be added to the Dictionary.xml or it has to be somehow separate. Is "Affixes T" already defined variable and there are rules of the expression usage? And finally would you please show a little bit more examples of code which you tried and it worked correctly.

Do you think that you can take the solutions of the questions like this as future items for implementation as option/tool for the program/report generator? Is it possible upon finishing of solution of these questions to mark them (to mark the post in the forum) as "Will be added to the program/report generator" to be seen by the forum participants (as a feedback) that this option/tool is considered and there is no need to raise the question again?

Thank you.

For the moment I have the list of surnames which is in my genopro database. I use it to combine the masculine and feminine form of surname "FAMILI/FAMILIE (10)".

Is there a way of grouping them as "FAMILY" instead of abovementioned by the substitutions? Can you suggest how to do it as you said that GenoPro can handle the list of surnames.

Thank you.

You could then sort by family name, but display the variant name.

Cheers,

John

At the time of my post (some 9 months ago) it was only a suggestion for a solution which received no immediate response. Now that there is renewed interest in this feature I will add the 'Affixes' facility to the Narrative Report. I will also provide a configuration parameter BaseNameOnly to allow the Index & Home page surname summary to show only the 'base' or 'root' name. At the moment I anticiapte it being available in say a month's time, but just maybe sooner.

A great many of the features in the Narrative Report are developed as a result of suggestions in this forum. I always indicate in the forum when a am prepared to develop new features.

I have looked into this and I believe it is feasible, but not sraightforward, to add extra entries in the name index for Alternative names, but I'll will work on a solution, since it is quite common for people to be known by different names, even within one country. However it is more difficult to get one entry to point to another in the index, and so this aspect is unikely to be implemented (at least not by me anyway, but others are welcome to try!).

In order to generate the multiple entries, one for the main name, and others for each Alternative Name, I need to enforce a structure on the Alternative Name field which it does not have at present. The field can contain multiple alternatives, each either a first names, a last name or both. I therefore propose the following format.

Each Alternative name for an individual except the last or only one to be seperated by semi-colon ( and any first and middle names separated from the alternative last name separated by a comma (,) 

And so for John Smith we could have a Name.Alternative property of Smythe, Jon;Smyth, Johnny; Smithe and four separate entries would appear in the Name index for i) John Smith (Smythe, Jon Paul;Smyth, Johnny; Smithe), ii) Jon Paul Smyth, iii) Johnny Smyth & iv) John Smithe, all linking to the same individual page. Note that the main entry will still show the alternative names as at present. Also note that if an Alternative Name has no first name component then the main first names are assumed (as with the Smithe example)

Of course the Alternatives can be in other languages & alphabets. e.g. Σμηθ ?