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Originally Posted by chaley
FWIW, in almost all cases "von Doe" should sort under Doe. They are considered " particles". There are exceptions for some people (I know a few people who want the particle in the family name and many others who don't), in some countries, and for some names. And of course exceptions for the "librarian's" taste. 
In your case and with your tastes, I would consider hyphenating the particle and the name, as in von-Doe. Yes, it is wrong but not as wrong as "vonDoe". Or perhaps one of the "unusual" space characters here might work, such as the "open box" or one of the different-sized spaces.
I would also consider using a plugboard to remove suffixes such as Jr, Sr, PhD, etc. |
Thanks for the interesting information on particles. I now have it permanently bookmarked as the "particle article".
I tried several of the different types of spaces with no success. Use of a hyphen, as you suggest, is probably the least obtrusive option.