Ron Ferguson wrote: > Please see below. > > Heeren wrote: >> No, not speaking of behavior, I have a family that has seven >> children, born between 1765 & 1784, all well researched. >> >> Another researcher has an eighth child that he shows born abt 1790. > > *Caution* Another Researcher. This is, of course, a secondary source > and by itself very unreliable. If this researcher quotes sources it > is essential they are followed up, if not, then extreme caution is > advised. > > I >> have some serious reservations since Mom would have been 50 by then, > > Not entirely unknown, but very unusual. But 6 years after the birth > of the last??? improbable. > >> Dad had three brothers (that I know of) who could have a child that >> age and at least three of Mom & Dad's son would have been old enough >> to father a child at that time. > > Not unusual for an illegitimate, or other single parent/orphan > grandchild, to be described as the child of the grand parents to > avoid stigmatisation, and in the UK (at least) people were a little > indiscriminate in their description of relationships. > >> >> My question is: I want to keep track of this child & try to place it >> or reject it for good & sufficient reasons but where is the best >> place in Legacy to keep such a child? I thought about Mom's notes & >> started to put them there but I have used that for bits about her >> that are interesting everyday things, not events. Same reasons for >> Mom's research records. > > > If both Mom & Dad were still arrived I would normally enter the child > as unattached with a note in the Marriage Notes and a similar note in > the child's Notes. > >> I've decided to use the To-Do list > > This is exactly what the TODos are for! > > > but before I do, thought I'd check >> with the group here & see if there was any way to keep a *possible* >> child with her family but very noticeably tracked by color or stars >> or something as not proved and/or doubtful? >> > > Sorry, but not that I'm aware of. > > Ron Ferguson > Sorry, but "If both Mom & Dad were still arrived" should read "If both Mom & Dad were still alive"!?!
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