Between the censuses and Googling for online info I think you ought to be able to nail down who married whom.
Pat On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: > I just enter all the daughters and enter three married names for them, > I remove a name as I find the right husband <G> It took me nearly 5 > years to find my greatgrandmothers sisters, I did have towns for them > and would search Mary (Kinsey, Keefer, Cosser) The Mary was Kinsey and > fairly easy to find the Keefer was a BEAR! <G> > Eliz > Not Today and Not without a Fight > (Anon) > > For all that has been, thanks. > For all that will be, yes. > (Dag Hammarskjold) > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 4:38 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 > > > 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
