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Grouping Surnames

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Rewrite some of the examples to makes the surnames more disparate, reorganize
Variants of a surname complicate reports that summarize family lines. But there are features to include variants (and statistical outliers) in with the larger grouping.
 
== How do I group similar surnames? ==
I do not know how many users take advantage of Gramps' '''[[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#General|Group As]]''' surname override found in [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#General|General]] tab of the '''[[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#Name_Editor|Name Editor]]'''. It is probably a small minority.
But I have been configuring certain names to take advantage of the capability.
[[File:NameEditor-dialog-example-50.png|thumb|450px|right|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Name Editor - Dialog - example]]
For those not familiar with the function, surnames surname variants (like “Clark” the germanic “Zimmerman” and “Clarke” its "Carpenter" [[Genealogy_Glossary#Anglicisation|anglicisation]] variant) can be grouped in the Grouped People view under a single grouping. I chose to bring the names together under “Clark”. With the Display name starting with the given name, this brings together every record regardless of the spelling of the name “Clark”, The names of “John Clark” are seen together with the names “John Clarke”.
I chose to bring the names together under “Carpenter”. With the Display name starting with the given name, this brings together every record regardless of the spelling of the name “Carpenter”, The names of “John Carpenter” are seen together with the names “John Zimmerman”.
In the reports that I use most when sharing with relatives (the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_7#Narrated_Web_Site|Narrated]] and [[DynamicWeb_report|Dynamic Web]]), navigation by Surname or Individuals utilizes this grouping and all the Clark Carpenter and Clarke Zimmerman individuals are grouped together. But the Surname heading was just the one name used in the grouping, “Clark”“Carpenter”.
Then I had a revelation. There is no need to use just one or the other name to group together. So instead of just setting the override for the “Zimmerman” records to “Carpenter”, I have now started to set both overrides, Carpenter and Zimmerman to “Carpenter (Zimmerman)”. McDonald and MacDonald are now grouped as “McDonald (MacDonald)”, etc.
Then I had And these settings carry over into the two web reports.=== Group As applied beyond Name variants ===The use of a revelation. There '''Group As''' key is no need to use just one or the other name not limited to group together. So instead variants of just setting the override for the “Clarke” records to “Clark”, I have now started to set both overrides, Clark and Clarke to “Clark (Clarke)”. McDonald and MacDonald are now grouped as “McDonald (MacDonald)”, etca surname.
Suppose we want to quickly select a very tiny group of persons inhabiting some place.
And these settings carry over We'll use the mythical 'Shangri-La' because it was a small isolated community. We'll pretend they became clannish and may have been endogamic -- extensively intermarried & possibly inbred. The people of Shangri-La's 'Ham' clan bear the unique (not seen elsewhere) names of Hamsonsmith, Smithhamm, Letham, Letthompson, Hamjones and Letjones. We logged all the people's of Shangri-La before realizing there were other clans... but they never married into Ham clan. You can give all those names in this one clan the Group As key "Ham clan" and they will display together in the list.  '''Note:''' The original example ([https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/message/36882799/ Name editor and search filter: clarification needed] on the Gramps-users maillist) was a bit contorted where all the inhabitants of a Place were Grouped because they were inter-related. But, in such a case, we can select them without the extra step setting up a '''Group As''' key. We could simply filter on the two web reportsPlace.
== Finding all the '''Group As''' Persons ==
NextEventually, I needed to find all the Group As modifications that I had already madebefore this my ''Aha! moment''.
I did an [[Generate_XML#Generating_XML|un-compressed XML backup]] to explore for what Gramps was doing with the information. All globally changed ''Group As'' entries are stored at the end of the file in a nice compact list. This makes it easy to find the records that I had already done.
==Read the [https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/gramps-users/ Gramps-users] original [[Contact#Mailing_lists|MailList]] discussion threads==:[https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/message/36617953/ The Group As name override] <code>From: Dave Scheipers - 2019-03-20 20:33:51</code>:[https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/search/?q=%22unify+similar+surmanes+%3F%3F%22&mail_list=all unify similar surmanes] ''([[Genealogy_Glossary#sic|sic]], [[Genealogy_Glossary#recte|recte]] 'surnames')'':threads with [https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/search/?q=%22Group+As+name%22 "Group As name"]
== See also ==
*Feature introductory documentation:[[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#General|Group As]] *based on the [https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/gramps-users/ Gramps-users] archived threads::[https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/message/36617953/ The Group As name override] <code>From: Dave Scheipers - 2019-03-20 20:33:51</code>:[https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/message/36882799/ Gramps-users - Name editor and search filter: clarification needed] - ''...the Group As key is not at all related with any name. Suppose you want to quickly select a very tiny group of persons inhabiting a small isolated endogamic hamlet XYZZY. These people bear the unique (not seen elsewhere) names of Hamsmith, Letthompson, Hamjones and Letjones. You can give all this names the Grapup As key "XYZZY" and they will display together in the list. Note my example is a bit contorted because you can select them from place name XYZZY. You can tranpose my example to a more sensible "King Rex's descendants" key...'':[https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/search/?q=%22unify+similar+surmanes+%3F%3F%22&mail_list=all unify similar surmanes ??]:[https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/search/?q=%22Group+As+name%22 threads with "Group As name"]
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