Kathy, Nor is it a situation which will ever arise with me either. However, the use of privacy brackets is, for me, totally unacceptable as I use them for an entirely different purpose.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Shiell-Stokes Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 10:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging .....which is why..in my file they would appear as[[mother of Joe Blow]] and [[father of Joe Blow]]....At 05:05 PM 3/2/2011, you wrote: >Brian, > >I think I have got you now! Are you saying that if you have duplicate >families, both with an unknown-unknown set of parents, then after using >intellimerge one would have two sets of unknown-unknown parents? > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brian/Support >Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:25 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging > >That is how I would do it as well, if I could guess at the surname. > >The scenario I used though was a wife where the surname was unknown but >where there was a known sibling whose surname was also unknown. In order >to link the two siblings there MUST be a set of parents so in this case >the parents were both unknown (or non-existent in the database as a >distinctive RIN). There is a marriage created with an MRIN. > >Brian >Customer Support >Millennia Corporation >[email protected] >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > >We are changing the world of genealogy! >When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. >Thanks. > >On 02/03/2011 2:14 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > > Brian, > > > > I don't know if this is possible in other programs, nor would it be > > something which I would do, but what if 2 unknowns are linking two > > siblings > > of unknown parentage? > > > > Personally, I link them through a father with the same surname. > > > > Ron Ferguson > > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > 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
