Unless you have a record that specifically names one of the child as Jr then I wouldn't add it at all. Just because he had sons with the same name as his doesn't mean they were a junior. For one thing, do you have the middle names of the father and the two sons to know that they had exactly the same name? Another thing is, some people simply don't go by junior at all. My son is James Sanders Lewis II. His legal name doesn't have junior in it.
Michele -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Child's name re-used by same parents. I have an ancestor that had a child die the same year he was born. The parents renamed their next child born (male also) with the same name. The father's name was Samuel, the child that died was named Samuel. The next and surviving child was named Samuel and is my ancestor. I can not find reference to either of the sons having Jr. attached to their names. Our family has adopted the method of naming: Samuel father, Samuel Jr., and the subsequent surviving son as Samuel Jr. (No. 2). I have lost the link designation of bold font between the father and the surviving son. It picks up correctly after that. My question before I begin big changes in my Legacy records is: is this problem of linking direct ancestors because of the (No. 2) designation part of my name entry? The (No. 2) entry is in Title suffix. Stuart Lease 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
