Tony, I do not invent a son, in fact the grandchild could be the illegitimate daughter of the sister, depending on her age, of course. It is the case that relationships in a census can be misdescribed (deliberately or otherwise). In my experience a grandchild in such circumstances is often the illegitimate child of a daughter.
I do not link them to the grandparent, but rather make a note of the relationship for the two people and enter the facts in a ToDo, usually the child's. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Rolfe To: [email protected] Sent: 10 February 2010 04:46 Subject: [LegacyUG] Missing Links Greetings, listers I'm a newbie to this list, so if I inadvertently do something untoward, please be gentle My question regards people who are "missing links" in familial relationships. For example, one of my top-level ancestors appears in a census with a sister and granddaughter living with her. I don't know which of her sons is father to the granddaughter and I know nothing about her parents. However, I do want to record the existence of the sister and the granddaughter. The only way that I can think of, is to invent an "unknown" son and link the granddaughter to him and to invent an unknown father and link the sister via him. This isn't very elegant, especially when I produce an ancestor book and have people named "unknown" floating around the place. Does anyone have a more elegant solution? Thanks Tony 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
