Thanks for the thumbs up. Someone else stated that it wasn't wise to number the children, because it could be in error. I have to interject, that I only number the children if I have documentation that tells me how many there were, then I source the documentation. I am scrupulous at notes and such, so I know where that number came from, and how solid, or vague, it could be. Even if I have to make notes to myself that say something like "may not be 6 children, could be more or less".
I will also add male or female, and any other identifying information I can. Referencing the twins I discussed earlier, I know one set was of two males, so they actually say: Twin Set 1 of 2 Child 1 Twin Set 1 of 2 Child 2 Twin Set 2 of 2 Male 1 of 2 Twin Set 2 of 2 Male 2 of 2 I wanted to be able to positively identify two sets of twins in my data, and it reflect that in any reporting. Had I just marked Twin 1 and Twin 2, it could have been misunderstood as duplicates at some point, and an entire set of twins wiped out of my database. No bueno! I didn't reference any other info I make -- because the original poster was asking about naming in the child section of the screen. Any other pertinent info, DOB, DOD, etc would be put in its proper place. I do the same thing for unidentified spouses and parents, or those with first names only. Karen (wife of John James) Oscar (father of Karen James) This helps with keeping erroneous duplicates to a minimum. I don't have to keep checking all my "Karen" and "Oscar" names when I have multiple partially identified (I have lots of John, Jimmy, Moses, and Samuel) Jess On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> wrote: > I have done similar to Jess... Polly's 1st son, Polly's 2nd son, Polly's > 1st daughter---I knew a birth date range based on several old census > listings. Or Osee's sibling 1, Osee's sibling 2, Osee's sibling 3---when I > didn't know the gender. (Osee being the focus of the research.) > Great thread--good to hear others' approaches & opinions. > --P > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jess <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2014 7:30 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Children > > I list them as Morgan Child 1 of 6, 2 of 6, etc. > > If there are multiple marriages or parent groups (ie divorce, etc) I put > Morgan Xx Child 1 of 6. Where XX is the parent that would be most uncertain > to someone else. > > Example: > Ambrose Morgan had 6 children. > 2 by Mary > 3 by Jane > 1 by Sarah > > I list them under Ambrose and proper mother group, and they show up as: > Mary's Child 1 of 2 of 6 > Mary's Child 2 of 2 of 6 > Jane's Child 1 of 3 of 6 > > If I know sex or any other identifiers I put that too. > I have one family that has two sets of stillborn infants. They are listed > as > Twin Set 1 of 2 Child 1 > Twin Set 1 of 2 Child 2 > > Jessica Morgan > > On Jul 30, 2014, at 6:40 AM, blrrcn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have several families where I know there were other children but don't > have a name as they died young or I just don't know the name. Depending on > the circumstances: > If i know the sex, I list them as Son, daughter (last name) or just > Child (last name) if I don't know the sex. > If there's several children I would name them "3 children". I would also > include estimated B & D dates. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Brett McL Robinson > Date:07/30/2014 5:07 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Children > > I have been adding family details and have several families where my > source (a descendant of one of the families) has merely noted the number of > children, with no names. I am tempted to ignore the number, but realise > that it would be useful to note it with the family to help as a check in > the future. Is there any way to add a number to the family records that > will show up in the children display? > > I tried adding an unknown gender child named "Given: 4 children > (Colin+Karen)" (for example), and wonder if anyone has tried this or > something like it and can report on its success or limitations. 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