Yes I do this too. Anne
On 21/06/2011 8:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Let’s say on a census record a woman states she is the mother of 8 > children with 6 children living. I add two “unknown” children but I > just fill in the surname only. I put the birth/death dates between the > date of the census and the last known date that I have (usually their > marriage date) and then I put the gender unknown. I then write a note > explaining it. That way I can see that she really had 6 children, 2 > child died before the census was taken, I don’t know if they were boys > or girls. Another good example is when you are looking at tombstones > and you see > infant of Mr. and Mrs. William Colon Simmons > I would put a child in with an unknown gender with only the surname. > michele > *From:* Anne Hollingshead <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:57 AM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Index view appearance > I am sorry I didn't explain this very well. I don't put ? in data > fields. I just use unknown sex (?) with DATA as the surname to > indicate that this is not data about a person that is part of my > family tree but it is an entry in Legacy which I use like a filing > system where I store the information that I collect that may well be > relevant to my tree in the future. > > Anne > > On 21/06/2011 12:14 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: >> There are some really good reasons why you should leave data fields >> blank when you don't have any information to enter.. >> >> 1. Search icon has a "Missing Information" search tab. If you have a >> question mark in the field, Legacy doesn't understand it and it thinks >> that you do have information. >> >> 2. Book reports can insert underlines for missing information only if >> the field is blank. >> >> 3. Chronology view can insert an underline for missing location so you >> can quickly tell that you need to find one! >> >> 4. Getting It Right by Mary Slawson indicates that when you don't have >> data, the fields should be left blank. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> Sherry >> Technical Support >> Legacy Family Tree >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Anne Hollingshead >> mailto:[email protected] wrote: >>> Thank you Sherry. >>> >>> I would really like to have that option. I use the ? slot for my data that I >>> can't yet relate to a particular person or for things like ships >>> >>> This way it does not interfere with my index because it is all together >>> e.g. >>> >>> DATA Family name -Country abbreviation- State abbreviation >>> >>> DATA Town- State or County Country (for towns where I have many families) >>> >>> DATA Ships Name of Ship >>> >>> I find italics particularly hard to skim down and it doesn't achieve much >>> purpose if you have color to highlight those individuals where the sex is >>> unknown. >>> >>> Anne >> 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 >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe:http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3716 - Release Date: 06/20/11 > > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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