Don't forget, you can develop your own preferences. That is the beauty of Legacy- you can do nearly anything you want.
What I did was spend a few trying to come up with every possible scenario, I know the mother, but not the father, or I know the sister's married name, but not her maiden name, and so on and on. I wrote them all down, and how I wanted to handle it. I decided that I didn't like "Unknown" because that meant I could have dozens of Unknowns. I developed a system using initials but at the same time it does two things. It conveys to me immediately that is a part of the name I don't have, and it sorts better than using "Unknown." Think about it, and you probably will develop your own preferences and believe yours is best. When I child dies in infancy, I enter the death of that child if I know it, even if it is one day. If I don't know it, I use "Infant Death." When I know the children of one parent, but not that parent's spouse, I make up a reasonable person for it and change it later if I discover the correct name. Robert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2006-04-18 20:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Three questions. I have just started using Legacy and have three questions on its usage. 1) What is the best, standard, most efficient, etc. method of entering a wife when the maiden name is unknown and there is little prospect of determining it? I have varied between entering the husband's given name and entering a question mark. Or can (should) the surname be left blank? 2) How should an unnamed child that died in infancy be entered? I want it recorded and have entered the child with "Unnamed Son Of" as the first name and the surname as the last name. Is there a better method? 3) I have entries for people as spouses whose parents are unknown. I want to add siblings to those people but Legacy doesn't appear to allow the addition of an individual without a parent. How can I get them in? Thank you. Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
