How you choose to do this is a matter of personal preference, the important thing is that you remain consistent with whatever way you choose to do this. I have chosen to list my ancestors with their given name and their patronymic (i.e. Olsen, Pedersen, etc.). The farm name I include in the notes. I chose this method because many of my ancestors lived on several different farms, which were to numerous to include all in the name field. Regards, Garth Greenvale wrote: > Question: What is the appropriate way of showing the name of a person, > i.e., should the farm name be treated as the middle name, or is the farm > name simply placed in your notes. For example, my Landgraff family carried > this name throughout the generations. Should my ancester be known as Otto > Ferdinand Landgraff or Otto Ferdinand Hoff Landgraff, Hoff being the farm > where he was born. > > Bill > > > >