I tend to use "unknown to me" and "know only from census" it reminds me to look for the information fairly regularly <G>
Eliz On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > Jerry: > > The recommended standard (_Getting It Right_ by Mary H. Slawson) is to leave > the field blank if you don't have the data. That, however, is unacceptable > to many (most?) researchers so everyone seems to develop their own > method--and none of these are universally accepted. The only thing that is > strongly discouraged is the use of abbreviations such as Unk, LNU, NMI > (Unknown, Last Name Unknown, No Middle Initial) etc. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 1:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown Grandchildren/G-Grandchildren > > > On 02/28/2011 11:53 AM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:40:31 -0500, "Sheri Harris" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 essentially do what you are doing. But I don't think you explained why >> it isn't working. >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > I've seen the references to unknown names and lots of question marks > that genealogists have used for years, but I don't know if there is a > standard for unknown names. If there is, I'd like to know what is the > standard and why. But I dislike the idea intensely of putting Lastname > ?, Unknown Name ? or the many other ways that you see out there, so we > developed our own method, which I think has some merit because it can > give a hint to find that unknown name because of his/her relationship to > another person. > > For example, on our website, you will see things like: > > BEEMER, Edna ? (Wife of William) - that means we don't have Edna's last > name, but we know she was married to William BEEMER. > > BEADLE, Given Name ? (Husband of Sarah Ann MADILL) - that means we don't > have Mr. Beadle's first name, but we know he was married to Sarah Ann > Madill). > > DOE, Given Name ? (Son #1 of Paul) - that means we don't have a first > name for a son of Paul DOE. > > It might be irregular, but it is a means of putting information about > that person directly in the name field, and therefore, it appears in the > master name index as a ready-reference for everyone using the site. > > I just thought I'd share that and see what some of your ideas are. > > Regards, > Jerry / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org > > > > > > 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
