I create an event for my obituaries and paste the entire obituary in the Notes section of that event. I then enter all of the info from obituary that is certain. The rest, such as the number of grandchildren or great-grandchildren or anything that I cannot figure out due to missing surnames or surnames that don't match the prior generation, I put in the Research Notes to work on as I find the info. You could make a To Do instead of using the Research Notes. There is no way to make up the ratio of grandchildren who were born to which children or which great-grandchildren were born to which grandchildren. To me it's better to have it in the notes (or maybe the To Do) in order to not look back later and try to make the numbers fit in some presumed manner.
God bless, Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheri Harris" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 5:41:00 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Unknown Grandchildren/G-Grandchildren Would like your advice on how to handle the following situations. For example, 1) an obituary lists 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren as survivors, but does not list names. Or, 2) it lists the names of these grandchildren, but it's not obvious as to who their parents are. So far I've just put this information in my notes section referencing my source and adding that to my to-do list but this is not working for me. I want to keep as much information in Legacy as possible so I'm thinking about creating an event called Grandchildren, Survivors or something similar, and listing those named. If I enter these as an event, I can attach certain research files, etc., to that particular event, and notes in the note section not to mention searching for these entries would be easier using events at least for me at the moment. I'm by no means a professional, just an intermediate family researcher, so before I start this, would like to know what other options are out there. Thank you for any help you have. I learn so much from this group! Sheri Harris Georgia Researching the families of West, Harris, Trimmer, McDonald, Prater, Moose, Stockburger, Daugherty, Elliott, Atchley and Haney www.westharrisfamily.com 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 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
