Well that's the plan. It's just the before-you-get-to-that-point problem. Until I find out, how do you handle it?
It's not a 'how do you research it' question, but what do you do BEFORE you can research it question. I guess my question was a bit fuzzy. On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Jackie King <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you looked for a Henry Williams etc in the next census from when you > have the daughters listed? My guess is you will find at least one or two of > those men with wives of the names you are looking for - comparing birth > years on the wives may help. If you do find them you can start looking for > marriage records. And you can always look for marriage records of Henry > Williams m. to ? Jones in the area and see what you come up with. > > Usually by the time I look for all the permutations I have really narrowed > down the "first name unknowns" for a marriage. > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 3:38 PM, magnoliasouth <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This is a perplexing problem for me and I'm never sure the best way to do >> this. >> >> For the example, I have an obituary that lists surviving daughters. Their >> names are not the daughter names, but their husbands' names. Take this >> example. >> >> Obituary for James Jones >> >> James Jones died.... daughters surviving are Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Thomas >> Johnson and Mrs. Henry Williams. >> >> Now the Census (way back when the girls were younger) says: >> Jones, James (head of household) >> " , Betsey (wife) >> " , Mary (daughter) >> " , Virginia (daughter) >> " , Winnifred (daughter) >> >> So I know that Mary Jones, Virginia Jones and Winnifred Jones are all >> daughters of James Jones, but now I have a list of 3 daughters in the >> obituary and I'm uncertain who is married to who. For that matter, maybe >> there was another fourth daughter born later and Mary or Virginia or >> Winnifred died before James did. Who knows? All I know is that I have six >> different daughter names. >> >> How do you all enter this in Legacy? Do you list James' Census daughters >> as daughters AND the Obit daughters as daughters then merge them when you >> know more? Or do you only make notes in the Census daughters? Or something >> else? >> >> Thanks in advance for sharing your way of doing it, >> >> Cindy >> >> >> >> 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 > -- Thanks, Cindy 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
