Names syntax

Question

Hi,

In Uruguay we use our names as in the following example:

Male

Lorenzo Ignacio Hill Paullier

Lorenzo Ignacio: his name

Hill: his father's last name

Secco: his mother's last name

 

Female

(Case 1 not married)

Lucrecia Hill Paullier (same syntax as above)

(Case 2 married say with John Smith)

Lucrecia Hill [Paullier] de Smith

 

Question: How must I add names in WikiTrees?

 

Thank you

Answer 1

WikiTree will treat everything in the Last Name At Birth (LNAB) field as one name which is important to remember for searches: Hill Paullier becomes Hill_Paullier and a search for Hill alone will not find the profile. The outcome of previous discussions of this issue seems to be to enter the compound last name: LNAB for the male: Hill Paullier, for the married female: Hill Paullier, Current Last Name (CLN) Hill de Smith.