Then why not just add Given name = UnknownM Surname = Unknown Given name = UnknownF Surname = Unknown
When you dont have the information? This also helps to eliminate errors between data transfers when these fields are 'expecting" data. On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Charani <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/03/2015 18:22, Jay Wilpolt wrote: > > How else could the logic work if it didnt have SOMETHING to connect the > > two? > > Logic and programming are not /necessarily/ the same thing. > > I'd like to be able to add children without having to enter the > surname of a mother or father, such as when foundlings who are also > siblings end up with different surnames but the biological parents are > unknown so the birth surname is unknown. > > If I do have known siblings but no parents names, rather than add a > father as Michele suggested, I'd add a mother because there's a 50/50 > chance the children could have been illegitimate. I'd also be more > likely to add an honorific in the given name field and the surname in > brackets as I do where I don't know the maiden name of a wife. > > Genealogy is anything but straightforward :) > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, > Greinton and Clutton, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
