If you have an ancient ancestor who only went by one name, how should you create his profile?

Question

I found ancestors so far back in a group that led to Johanna de Scrivens and the Slingsbys that my sources listed no surnames for them. Two people named Orm. I didn't think the program would accept an entry with only a first name, so I added the place name in one case (de Scriven) and another name (Auceps) which may be part of a title or may be a surname. I just don't know. When you reach the point where ancestors are identified by just a first name, what is the protocol for name entry for a new profile? (de scriven-1, auceps-2, auceps-3

Comments

This is a question that has come up a lot in the EuroAristo group.

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Name_Fields_for_European_Aristocrats#Artificial_Last_Names_at_Birth

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Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for. It also helped clarify the preposition before the last name situations.

Answer 1

The question arises also for people today in places in the world where a last name is not used, e.g. parts of Indonesia. To be a genuine world tree Wikitree needs a way to designate that no last name exists for these cases.

Answer 2

My recommendation would be Scriven for all of them.

Answer 3

There are two best bets either put unknown for last name, but best bet would be simply put the oldest known last name in the paternal line of that person.