If I have John and Mary Smith, with nothing else, I put Mary in the Given, and Mrs. Mary Smith in the AKA, that way every thing is accurate, if not complete. If I have no husband's first name, I put Smith in Surname, and use the correct 'source' with notes. You can do what ever you like best. Rich in LA
Cindy and/or Jim wrote: > > What do you enter when you know a person exists but you don't know his/her > name? I have several variations of this. > > 1. I know the name of a person who is a direct relative, but I don't know > his/her spouse's name. > 2. In the case of a female, I only know her first name, but not her > maiden name. > 3. I know a distant relative had a child, but I don't know what that > child's name is. > 4. I know a distant ancestor was married, but I don't know his/her name. > 5. I have just one parent's name and a list of children but no spouse. > > In all of these cases, I've been adding an unknown individual, but I > realize that, especially in certain of these cases, you can go back forever > without having any names filled in and what's the point? In case 5, is it > more standard to just have the parent's name that I know listed and not > include a spouse? > > And, how do I write the unknown name? I've been known to just use a ? with > nothing else. More recently, I've used the format [--?--], but this wreaks > havoc with the error checker. I suppose I could just write "Unknown," but, > I think I'd rather not because I'd rather use something that's obviously > not a name. (I suppose anyone could figure it out, but I guess I'd rather > not use a real word.) > > What do others do? I'd love to have others insights and suggestions. > > Thanks. > > Cindy > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
