[ANSTHRLD] for compound household names and bynames

[David Cordes]

Document that the major part of the byname was used in period (in your
example, Hirschbach), and then document that it is of an appropriate
type of byname to be used with the other part (show that using von
with Hirschbach is plausible).

Asbiorn


On 30 March 2012 11:17, HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com> wrote:
> How exactly do I need to document a compound byname? Do I need to provide
> documentation that the whole name was used in period? Or do I need to
> provide documentation that the individual elements were used in period? For
> example, how would I document a name like von Hirschbach? Or can I, even?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Detlef von Marburg
>
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