Oh I like that, you can see at a glance that you know nothing <G> I use place holders a lot but usually don't enter a first name. As of now they will be place holder (surname)
Eliz On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:52 PM, John Roose <jbro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sherri - > > The way I have handle it when I have names (would work without names but I > haven't faced that yet) is to enter a child to the grandparents whose first > name is "Placeholder" and is of "?" sex, ie, neither male nor female. I then > list all the grand children/great grandchildren as appropriate. That way I > can continue to "see" them in a proper place, add data to them as I find it. > When I can confirm their parents I just unlink from Placeholder and link to > proper parents. When there are no more children under Placeholder, I just > delete that one. Works for me. > > John > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Sheri Harris <sharr...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> Would like your advice on how to handle the following situations. >> >> For example, 1) an obituary lists 10 grandchildren and 5 >> great-grandchildren >> as survivors, but does not list names. Or, 2) it lists the names of these >> grandchildren, but it's not obvious as to who their parents are. >> >> So far I've just put this information in my notes section referencing my >> source and adding that to my to-do list but this is not working for me. I >> want to keep as much information in Legacy as possible so I'm thinking >> about >> creating an event called Grandchildren, Survivors or something similar, >> and >> listing those named. If I enter these as an event, I can attach certain >> research files, etc., to that particular event, and notes in the note >> section not to mention searching for these entries would be easier using >> events at least for me at the moment. >> >> I'm by no means a professional, just an intermediate family researcher, so >> before I start this, would like to know what other options are out there. >> >> Thank you for any help you have. I learn so much from this group! >> >> Sheri Harris >> Georgia >> >> Researching the families of West, Harris, Trimmer, McDonald, Prater, >> Moose, >> Stockburger, Daugherty, Elliott, Atchley and Haney >> www.westharrisfamily.com >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > > > -- > Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood! > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
