Amy: If you have two or more siblings and want to show their relationship, you have to have at least one parent to connect them to but you don't need both. If the father is unknown you can use just the surname and leave the given name blank (or enter Unknown). If you know the father but not the mother, you can still enter the children. You can leave the mother's name blank or use one of the many conventions that people have invented for these situations (Unknown, [--?--], Wife of John Doe, etc.) It depends on how you want your reports to read. Just take care: If you later find the mother's name, be sure that when you enter it she shows as the mother of the children and not a second wife and *step*mother of the children.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Amy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Adding Unknown people What do you do if you know one name and their children but do not know their spouse? Does one just put UNKNOWN in the surname and/or given name? Don't you have to have at least a partial name to add children? AMY 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
