Jessica Morgan wrote: > Thanks for the thumbs up. Someone else stated that it wasn't > wise to number the children, because it could be in error. I
Yes, of course it could be in error. OTOH, I've had experiences where we knew there were 6 children but 8 names were cited in an obit...turned out that Ruff and Melanie were the same person and Bick and Leonard were the same person. > 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 can appreciate the possible duplicates problem, but since there are, by definition, 2 children in a set of twins, redundancy is redundant. And along the same line, Set 1 of 2 is going to be wrong if you find a third or fourth set of twins, requiring you to edit Sets 1 thru (last found #). NOT that I see a work-around, but it needs some planning-ahead. FWIW, Cheryl > > 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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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. This "child" would > be over-written when the "last" child was added. > > -- > Cheers, Brett 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
