Also, if he left a will, that should match up the first and last names accurately.
Pat On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:12 AM, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
