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Conventions for data entry
Type of name - used to classify each name row on a Person page
How to enter (updated Feb 2017)
- Select a classification for each Name row from the dropdown menu next to each row, as follows:
- Primary Display Name - default first row setting ; for entering names to be displayed most prominently and when Searching ; is usually the birth name, but if it is not, a Birth Name row must be added with the birth name entered
- Alt Name - for additional, non-birth names that do not classify well as other types
- Baptismal Name - for additional, non-birth names assigned at baptism
- Birth Name - for birth names not entered in the first row
- Immigrant Name - for additional, non-birth names recorded on immigration, emigration or passenger records
- Married Name - for additional, non-birth names used during marriage ; most often used for a woman's married surname
- Nickname - for additional, non-birth names used as nicknames
- Religious Name - for additional, non-birth names used for religious purposes
- Unknown - default setting assigned to any row, except the first row, for which no other Type of name was selected ; will be displayed to the reader as "Other"
[will be either changed or added]
Exceptions
- No exceptions noted at this time.
See Help for rationale, examples & tips.
Examples and tips
- pending
- Note: When editing a Person page, the first name row is the Primary display name, therefore entries in that row must be agreeable to the collaborators on that page. Alternate name rows are provided for entering alternate names. See Name row conventions for details.
Why enter data this way?
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