It depends....
If you have a unknown child of a known couple the program will default the
last name in and then you can just leave the first name blank
If you have an unknown spouse but known children, when you add the children
the spouse will automatically default to unknown
If you know that someone was married but you don't know what their first or
last name was you can add an AKA such as Mrs. David Smith and then leave her
name blank
If you only know the first name of a spouse just add the first name and
leave the surname blank [David Smith married Gladys for example]
If you have children but the parents are unknown you can add a father with
the same last name and the spouse will default to unknown
michele
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Ferguson" <rnldfe...@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] unknown surnames
Jennifer Dorner wrote:
I cannot find on the Legacy site how they recommend dealing with
individuals whose surnames are unknown. In a previous program, I would
put two slashes (//) in the surname field, but when I do this in
Legacy it warns me about adding symbols. What is advised: leave the
field blank, use "unknown"? Any suggestions?
Jennifer
Depending on the circumstances, there are many suggestions in answer to
this
question, and I would suggest that you read the archives (URL at the end
of
every email). Personally, I prefer to leave them blank, but in the end the
choice is yours.
BTW. putting symbols into any field can be problematical should one wish
to
create web pages at some stage in the future - a generalisation, but worth
avoiding them.
Ron Ferguson
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