--- John B. Lisle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have run into people with
named Major. In
fact I found a Major Steedman in England recently
who was a Sergeant
in the Worcestershire Militia.
My hubby has a couple of relations from the 19th
century named Doctor Suttles. Doctor was the given
Colleen,
I do not think that putting a surname in brackets is a goof idea for
unknown surnames. If you put a surname in the brackets it might be
mistaken by someone as Maybe it's Smith (or whatever name you have...).
The code that I adopted a number of years ago and many others seem to
be
is consistent
with what Slawson suggests in her book.
Gail Rich Nestor
Smyrna, Georgia, USA
www.roots2buds.net
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From: John B. Lisle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions
John,
I would be very interested in the rest of your rules of data entry. Your
ideas are very helpful and could save a lot of errors. You have thought
this out thoroughly.
Dee Whiting
. . . I have a lot more rules for my data entry, but that is enough for
now. And I am sure that a dozen
I had been using Unknown for unknown surnames. I just didn't know
what else to do. I am thinking of changing my unknowns to the surname
in brackets; but actually, I am not sure that helps me much since I am
doing a one name study. LOLBut, since I am also doing the
ancestors of those in the
OK, now that I have decided to use the brackets I have searched HELP
under everything I could think of and cannot find these brackets.
What do they look like?
Is it:
[]
{ }
( )
or are they slashes
\\
/ /
| |
Thanks so much for the help
Colleen
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Colleen:
The brackets are square looking:
[ ]
Here is another suggestion that I use:
If I do not know the last name of a wife (Berthia), but know the
husband's full name (Samuel Ackley), then I enter the wife as:
Given: Berthia
Surname: [[Ackley, Wife of Samuel]]
I use the [[ ]]
If you mean Privacy Brackets so they don't print in reports but are
there in Legacy to help identify unknowns
[[ ]]
Cathy
At 12:56 PM 24/04/2006, you wrote:
OK, now that I have decided to use the brackets I have searched HELP
under everything I could think of and cannot find these brackets.
Thanks so much!!!
Colleen
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Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:06 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
I have just started using Legacy and have three questions on its usage.
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Sent: 19 April 2006 9:02 AM
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Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
Good point as the term Baby can also be a given name - I have
Joe Here wrote
I like to use infant because it is more informative on the list than
unknown.
Much as several other people have said, I use Unknown for all surnames
and forenames I don't know, but in the case of an unnamed child I would
use Male or Female as the forename (if sex was known) as
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:21:32 +0100
Joe Here wrote
I like to use infant because it is more informative on the list than
unknown.
Much as several other people have said, I use Unknown for all surnames and
forenames I don't know
On 4/19/06, ronald ferguson wrote:
Just a small point but in the UK GRO Registrations an unknown child is
identified as baby eg Baby Smith.
Just another small point g - are you referring to English GRO?
If I saw Baby on a Scottish birth I would take it as the child's given name!
In Scotland, for
ronald ferguson wrote
Just a small point but in the UK GRO Registrations an unknown child is
identified as baby eg Baby Smith. If known sex can be identified by
using Mr (Master if preferred) or Miss in the title box.
I have never come across Baby in any GRO Index, but I have seen
numerous
1) What is the best, standard, most efficient, etc. method of entering a wife
when the maiden name is unknown?
I use a slightly different system to many others. I enter the earliest
known surname and add the prefix Mrs.
So if Elizabeth married John SMITH then Albert JONES, then she would
be
Wouldn't it be much wiser to NOT change the name of this Elizabeth in
your example. I think it is good practice that females are entered in
a genealogical db using their maiden name...
Rob Vader
On 4/19/06, Chris Squires [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So if Elizabeth married John SMITH then
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:46:11 +0100
On 4/19
On 19/04/06, Rob Vader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wouldn't it be much wiser to NOT change the name of this Elizabeth in
your example.
I haven't changed her name. There is an optional prefix for everybody
in Legacy. I'm suggesting using that. Her given name is not changed,
and there is something
Hi Stephen,
These are my methods, and reasons behind them:
1) Wife with unknown maiden name: I used to use [---?---] for an
unknown surname, following the recommendations of the Professional
Genealogy textbook, however it hampered Legacy's automatic searches
of the IGI and Internet. (A name Mary
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Subject: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
I have just started using Legacy and have three questions on its usage.
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most will end up regretting and have a big
chore changing over.
Tom Montgomery
From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/04/19 Wed AM 06:00:01 EDT
To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
Just a small point but in the UK
Tom,
Some one said earlier to use [--?--} for surnames and this is much better
as it cannot lead to confusion
Unless someone is related to the musician Prince.hehe His name was a
symbol for a while.heheh You might have a relative change their name to
this just to mess with you.hehe Now
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Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:02:17 -0400
I do not use Miss as it can be misleading, says very specifically that the
individual had no previous marriages. I would suggest the term Ms. for
females and Mr. for the male - do not spell out
Tom,
Please see below...
john.
At 12:02 PM 4/19/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good point as the term Baby can also be a given name - I have such
an individual in my database - I also have a Believe Me given
name. I have not seen a surname by the name of Uknown but I would
certainly not
In medical parlance as well as on alot of tombstones I
have reviewed the term Infant boy/girl is used. I
can imagine someone naming a baby Infant as a given
name but I think this would be rare.
Nick Cirillo
--- John B. Lisle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom,
Please see below...
john.
At
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Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 7:10 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
Stephen and others
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
I don't what the standard is, and each person will have their own method,
but I give them the surname Unknown - without the quotes. For those that
have no known names, I've given them the first name of Unknown and last
name of Spouse. May be strange to a lot of folks, but it works very well
for
.
Joe
Vacaville, CA
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Subject: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
I have just started using Legacy and have three questions on its usage.
1
During the last 2 or so months, I read a posting ...
somewhere, on one of the many lists I subscribe to,
that Unknown and ? should *not* be entered. As I
recall, the poster said that he had recently attended
a genealogy conference ... and the standard is to
leave the unknown information blank. If
For 1, I enter the husband's surname with double brackets as the wife's
surname, so it doesn't appear on a gedcom or report, but it's easier for me
to find.
For 3, I enter the surname of a male sibling as the surname of the father.
You have your choice of leaving the given name blank or
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?
My
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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
Lloyd,
I don't use Legacy for much of my data entry ... but
was curious about using double brackets ... as the
wife's surname. [I use RootsMagic for data entry,
Legacy for some reports.]
Can you describe how to enter double brackets, for
this purpose, in Legacy? If easier, can you refer me
to
On 18 Apr 2006 at 19:30, Rebecca wrote:
During the last 2 or so months, I read a posting ...
somewhere, on one of the many lists I subscribe to,
that Unknown and ? should *not* be entered. As I
recall, the poster said that he had recently attended
a genealogy conference ... and the standard
Can you describe how to enter double brackets, for
this purpose, in Legacy? If easier, can you refer me
to a Legacy link?
In the surname box, you enter something along the lines of:
[[Smith, Benjamin, w/o]]
This is purely a intra-Legacy artifice. It enables distinctions
between all your
Stephen,
As you are likely seeing, for every person there is a standard that
suits you best. I developed a personal standard based on several
goals, not the least of which was how would the data read when
compiling a registry type report. And knowing that most of my work
was single name
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
Stephen,
As you are likely seeing, for every person there is a standard that
suits you best. I developed a personal standard based on several
goals, not the least of which was how would the data
Hi, I have three requests for help:
1. I have bought the deluxe version of 6, and the manual. If I install it
on the Cdrive, will it interfere with the other versions I have on the
Cdrive?
2. All those zillion of back-ups I have on my screen in both of the last
two vesions of Legacy - can
, please include all previous correspondence.
Thanks.
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Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 2:24 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Three questions
Hi, I have three requests for help
June McDonald wrote:
2. When notes and/or addresses are entered for the births, deaths etc where
do they show up? I have put a lot of info in the notes for a baptisms for
instance but cannot find a report which shows it. The same for addresses
for events - where do they show up?
Ken...does this mean that "before too long (I hope)" one will be able to print
each individual's "Notes" with the name, b.date etc in the Descendantrs
list.from within Legacy, that is - and not have GEDCOM to another program?
Thanks
Amy.
Ken Crouse wrote:
June,
You have the option of
distribution)
Kevin
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions re v3
Yes, we just need a little time and the notes, addresses and pictures
1. In the individual's information page, what is the difference use of the
'+' and the right had side and the 'edit' button. They both open the same
'event' page.
2. When notes and/or addresses are entered for the births, deaths etc where
do they show up? I have put a lot of info in the notes
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