It is interesting that no one has pointed out some people are interested in tracing their family history rather than just their ancestors. If you don't note people without descendants you presumably omit all spinsters.
Lionel Carter CE Wood wrote: > Sorry. Ancestor = "A person from whom one is descended." > > A child who died young and had no descendants, is, ergo, NOT an ancestor. > Definitely an ancestral relative, but NOT an ancestor - by definition. > > > CE Wood > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marvin & Angelique Welch [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 5:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child > > Mike stated, "If the child didn't live long enough to be named, then it > certainly couldn't have been an ancestor of you or anyone :-)" > > 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
