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Grouping Surnames

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How do I group similar surnames?
{{languages}}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 can similar surnamesbe grouped? ==<code>From: Dave Scheipers - 2019-03-20 20:33:51</code>The Gramps' '''Group As''' surname override found in the '''Name Editor''' is advanced feature.
I do not know how many users The following example configures certain names to take advantage of the “Group As” surnameoverride found in the Name Editor. It is probably a small minoritycapability.
But I have been configuring certain names to take advantage of thecapability.{{man tip|1=Accessing the Name Editor|2=Names are an [[Gramps_Glossary#attribute|Attribute ]] of a [[Gramps_Glossary#person|Person]]. The advanced features are accessed from the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_1#Names|Names tab ]] while editing a Person.
*Select a Person &amp; press {{Man key press|CTRL|Enter}} (or double-click) to open the {{man label|[[Gramps_5.0_Wiki_Manual_Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_1#Edit_Person_dialog|Edit Person]]}} dialog.
*Select the Names tab, select a Name &amp; press {{Man key press|CTRL|Enter}} (or double-click) to open the {{man label|[[Gramps_5.0_Wiki_Manual_Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#Name_Editor|Name Editor]]}} dialog.}} == Leveraging the '''Group As''' feature ==
[[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 like “Clark” and“Clarke” can be grouped in the Grouped People view under a singlegrouping. I chose to bring the names together under “Clark”. With theDisplay name starting with the given name, this brings together everyrecord regardless of the spelling of the name “Clark”, The names of“John Clark” are seen together with the names “John Clarke”.
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 thisgrouping and all the Clark and Clarke individuals are groupedtogether. But the Surname heading was just the one name used in thegrouping, “Clark”.
Then I had a revelation. There is no need to use just one or the othername to group together. So instead of just setting the override forthe “Clarke” records to “Clark”, I have now started to set bothoverrides, Clark and Clarke to “Clark (Clarke)”. McDonald andMacDonald are now grouped as “McDonald (MacDonald)”, etc.
And these settings carry over into the two web reports.
== Finding all the '''Group As''' Persons ==
Next, I needed to find all the Group As modifications that I had already made
before this ''Aha! moment''.
Now I need did an [[Generate_XML#Generating_XML|un-compressed XML backup]] to all explore for what Gramps was doing with the information. All globally changed ''Group As modifications '' 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 madebefore this ''Aha! moment''done.
== See also ==
*Feature documentation:[[Gramps_5.0_Wiki_Manual_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 archive article] 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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