Gene
Thanks, that is what I needed

Pete

> On Sep 12, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Gene Wheeler <bridge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The New England Historic Genealogical Society, in a book entitled "Guide To 
> Genealogical Writing", says to use exactly five (5) underscores for an 
> unknown name. Thus, I recently did a mass change of the use of "Unknown" to 
> the five underscores in Legacy. For one thing, this makes the fact stand out 
> that the name is not known when scanning a list of names, or otherwise.
> 
> Gene
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>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Pete Beatty <pete.bea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am a little confused on how to properly identify a missing portion of a 
>> Name.  I have numerous entries were the current person’s name partially 
>> known.  Is there a accepted identifier that can be used to signify 
>> “UNKNOWN”?  I currently use “Unknown” for either portion of the name.
>> 
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