Create a personal name object

Create a personal name object

Usage

PersonalName(
  pers_name = character(0),
  name_type = character(0),
  type_phrase = character(0),
  name_pieces = NULL,
  name_translations = list(),
  notes = list(),
  note_xrefs = character(0),
  citations = list()
)

Arguments

pers_name

The full name of the individual. Surnames should be enclosed in forward slashes.

name_type

An optional name type taken from val_name_types().

type_phrase

An optional free text description of the name type. This is required if the name type is "OTHER".

name_pieces

A PersonalNamePieces() object defining the pieces of the full name.

name_translations

A PersonalNameTran() object or a list of them, providing different translations of this personal name.

notes

Associated notes. This can either be a Note() object, a list of them, or a character vector of notes.

note_xrefs

A character vector of relevant note record cross-reference identifiers.

citations

Associated sources. This can either be a SourceCitation() object, a list of them, or a character vector of XREFs of source records.

Value

An S7 object representing a GEDCOM PERSONAL_NAME_STRUCTURE.