I think what the OP is saying is that there are one or more babies that died early in their infancies prior to the parents deciding upon a given name. It seemed to be a common practice amongst the American pioneers that sometimes children were not immediately named until days or even weeks later, especially if the baby was born with a serious medical ailment or condition. I have seen many gravestones marked only as "Infant Daughter of ...". These children all had the family surname but there just was no given name.
So yes, they could have been ancestors but they just lack any given name. So the question I believe is just how does one enter a given name in Legacy? You probably have several methods of accomplishing this so use whatever one you feel comfortable with. One example would be to use a given name of "Unnamed" or even "Unnamed Son" (but the gender is already indicated elsewhere in Legacy). Another method is to give a name of "Infant". Generally speaking it would be a good idea to enter a brief General Note that the baby died early before a given name was chosen by the parents, or something to that effect. The idea is to convey the information to future readers of your database that you did not fail to ascertain the child's name but are remaking that no name was ever given. Continuing the discussion.....I've often wondered why these families back then took so long to decide upon a given name whereas today the babies are often named long before birth (perhaps as early as a short while after conception). But in some readings regarding old American customs, I found out that many parents named their children to honor their own parentage or other close relatives. Sometimes the new parents were waiting for the permission and blessing of the honored relative that might live in the next county over or even in the next state over. Brian in CA (PS - My mother did not name me until 6 weeks after birth. She said they just couldn't decide.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Fry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child > > On 2010/02/02 21:49, [email protected] wrote: > > I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long > enough > > to be named and would like to show them in the list of brothers and > > sisters. How is this done? > > I know what you want to do, but, as John Adams says, 'Huh?' > > If the child didn't live long enough to be named, then it certainly > couldn't have been an ancestor of you or anyone :-) > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
