diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 404e00e74..36236c8c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-10-18  Douglas S. Blank  <dblank@cs.brynmawr.edu>
+	* src/BasicUtils/_NameDisplay.py: bug in making patterns with uppercase
+
 2007-10-18  Benny Malengier  <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/DisplayTabs/__init__.py: add note backref
 	* src/glade/gramps.glade: add notebook to note editor to show backref
diff --git a/src/BasicUtils/_NameDisplay.py b/src/BasicUtils/_NameDisplay.py
index 288739585..1045d343e 100644
--- a/src/BasicUtils/_NameDisplay.py
+++ b/src/BasicUtils/_NameDisplay.py
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ class NameDisplay:
             match_pattern = mat.group(0) # the matching pattern
             # prefix, code, suffix:
             p, code, s = re.split("%(.)", match_pattern)
-            field = d[code][0]
+            field = d[code.lower()][0]
             if code.isupper():
                 field += ".upper()"
             if p == '' and s == '':