And if people never married nor had children, then likewise they should be omitted. Holy crap...My family file just shrank by 20%. Yes, this has been an interesting discussion.
Brian in CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Lionel Carter [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child > > 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
