Alice,

Names are always complicated because there is more then one naming
methodology: in China the family precedes the given name, unlike in
Anglo-American formats. I did a quick survey of ULAN and LOC, and in most
cases the name of the form "Last, First" moved the "von" to the end of the
name:

ie: Brink, Herman van den; or Vecht, Nicholas van de.

This is not a hard and fast run as, there is also "Van Vorhees, Tracy" in
the ULAN.

Even famous names, such as "Gogh, Vincent van" and "Vinci, Leonardo da" run
counter to collective recognition.

So, in short, there is no right or wrong answer. Keep in mind that the First
and Last name fields are for searching purposes, and that unless you have
some very customized reports, TMS uses two fields for displaying names:
Display Name and Sort Name. If these are done properly, you can have "van"
in either the First, Middle and/or Last name fields, and TMS will still
function properly.

Hope this helps.

~Chad

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Ashley J. Hamilton <
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> We are currently using TMS Light 9.35. We are hoping to upgrade to TMS 10
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> many constituents. We are wondering how some of you are entering artists’
> last names in the constituent module when you have particles in the name
> e.g. “van or de / Van or De.” How do you enter the full name in the
> Constituent screen “first, middle and last” names with particles.****
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