I have not noticed any problems in Legacy with my use of question marks. Some of us prefer not to use a bunch of blanks or unknowns, so we include the spouse's name like "Sally ? (Wife of John Jones)." Again, a matter of personal preference. However, a sheme with codes would never work for sharing info, you are right about that. Jerry Sent from my android device.
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Lang <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:35 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Persons with only assumed/acquired surnames Howard, I usually never convey anything negative; so either it's my head cold or the fact I've just turned 50, I'm afraid I just don't get it. The last part looked like something from an Einstein manuscript. He I understood - crystal clear - your explanation left me scratching my head. As far as placing question marks in the name I consider a no no and do not subscribe to such a practice. If the name is unknown (any part of it) I leave it blank - period - if there's nothing there, you know straight off that you don't have that information. Secondly, Legacy will balk when it catches a name field with a ? in it. This is in the standardisation tips. Kind Regards Mark Lang > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Cady [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, 18 March 2012 9:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Persons with only assumed/acquired surnames > > I handle things similarly, but over the years have found a need for > unique > identifiers for unknown persons and a guesstimate for their year of > birth. > This is the system I use - for what it is worth. As names become known > their "bbb" identifier can be recycled and so far I have not needed > more > than the 18278 unknown individuals available using this three letter > identification system. > > > CONVENTIONS FOR "UNKNOWN" NAME ENTRY > > Unknown First Name: enter "?am" for a male, "?af" for a female, "?au" > sex > unknown. > > Unknown Last Name: enter "??abbb" where "a" in both "first" and "last" > names > is a single capital letter code giving the approximate 33 year span (a > generation) for the estimated year of birth. The century and codes > follow: > Years Codes Years Codes > 1200-1299 A,B,C 1600-1699 M,N,O > 1300-1399 D,E,F 1700-1799 P,Q,R > 1400-1499 G,H,I 1800-1899 S,T,U > 1500-1599 J,K,L 1900-1999 V,W,X > 2000-2067 Y,Z > > "bbb" is an entry sequence code that starts with "a" through "z", then > "aa" > through "az", "ba" to "bz" etc. An example using a female with unknown > first name, born about 1750, who is the 54th person with unknown last > name > would be entered as "?Qf ??Qbc". > > Formula for arriving at date code for b.(birth) to use with unknown > name is: > 1. Use b. if known > 2. Use b. of spouse, or spouse of spouse (other wife etc.) > 3. Use first m.-25 > 4. Use bp+33 where bp=b. of parent > 5. For bp use bc-33 where bc=b. of child in next generation > For bc use bp+33 where bp=b. of parent in previous generation > 6. Use d.-65 > 8. Use dp-32 where dp=d. of parent > 9. Use mc-53 where mc=m. of child > 10. Use 33 years per generation from any known date. > > Howard Cady > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 1:16 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Persons with only assumed/acquired surnames > > > Thanks for those samples, David. What I could not quite figure out is > how you are using the FIRST NAME and LAST NAME fields, from your > examples, but it gives me the idea of what you are doing. Thanks, -- > Jerry > > On 03/17/2012 02:29 PM, David C Abernathy wrote: > Jerry, > Here are a few samples. They are from my main database from a different > program, But, I do the same thing in all of the programs I run. Yes, > the > person index has all of these people at the top of the index, as the > "(" > comes before any of the letters. As you can see there can be many > different combinations, but they work for me. I use a GEDCOM to go from > my main database to Legacy and other programs that I have installed. > > ? Bowlen (Husband of Isabell Abernathy) > ? ? (Wife of Charles Madison) > Jeanette ? (Wife of ? Moore > Karen ? (Wife of Charles Dunivan) > Dagmar ? (Mother of Ludwig Alfred Larsen) > Doris ? 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