Thanks David, I'd never have thought that Legacy would accept just a question mark in a field and propagate it into charts and GEDCOMS. That's the best scheme yet for my private and other Legacy users, but it might not propagate quietly to programs like PAF and database trees in LDS or Ancestry, which I can't test.
kb ----- Original Message ----- From: "David C Abernathy" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:12:26 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Persons with only assumed/acquired surnames I use what info I have about the couple, i.e., "Mary ?" or "? Smith". Then add in (Wife of John Smith), or (Husband of Jane Doe). YES, I use question (?) marks instead of "Unknown" This helps in finding the person within the database, and tells me that more research is needed when seeing them listed with the person index of the program. I have NOT had issues with any GEDCOM files in doing this. When I find more data, all I need to do edit the name. Yes it may look funny within a pedigree chart and some reports, but the message come across loud and clear. I have had people comment that they saw that I was missing the information, because they saw what I had done. The use of some of the other suggest methods, do not make them stand out, so that others may offer some help. 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
