Susan,
I don’t know what might be considered the correct way but my personal preference is to use (_________) for an unknown name. I enter everything based on the way it reads in the narrative descendant report and I like to have the reader see immediately where a name is unknown. Sometimes I get unexpected help because their eye is drawn to the ‘hole’ in the report. Whatever you decide to use, if anything, if you’re consistent, you can use a search and replace, should you ever decide on a different style of placeholder. This is the only unknown/ missing information that I identify with a placeholder. Mary From: Susan Jones [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 11:40 PM What would be the correct way to enter a person, whose surname you don’t know? I have many where I have the father’s full name and his wife’s first name only. Many thanks Susan 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
