I think that we had this very discussion not too long ago and I leave anything blank that I do not know except for an unknown spouse and here is what I do Male Ronald Reagan wife Nancy [m. Ronald Reagan] Unknown and since I started doing this it is easier to look through the unknown list for possible matches Hope this helps Love, Light, Rainbows & Blessings Sandra Tyler Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sven-Ove Westberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Using IGI Search with missing first or last names > > You can NOT leave both Family name and Given Name blank in Legacy. It is > common when you do research in 1500's that you find notices that some ones > wife died at a given point without any given name. > > I would love to leave them blank how can I do that? > > Sven-Ove > > > At 07:37 AM 2/25/2005, you wrote: > >Glen has a good suggestion. One thing to think about - if you put any type > >of "unknown" designator in a field and you wish to send a book report to > >another researcher with the option "Insert Underlines for Missing..." > >selected, then those fields *won't* get flagged because there's something in > >there. > > > >Thanks for using Legacy. > > > >Sherry > >Customer Support > >Millennia Corporation > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > >We are changing the world of genealogy! > > > >When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > >Thanks. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin > >Hahn > >Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 5:57 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using IGI Search with missing first or last names > > > >I think the convention of using [---?---] or [____] was recommended on the > >FTM message boards. It allowed showing something in reports for the > >unknowns. FTM didn't have an option to include blank lines like Legacy. > > > >-- > >Marty > >A convert from FTM > > > > > >On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:35:22 +1100, Rob Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd endorse the recommendation of leaving unknown portions of a name > > > blank. I used to mark as Unknonw, but I now leave blank nad get > > > better esults overall (searches and also in reports). > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:37:39 -0800, Glen Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > Susan, > > > > > > > > > Or is this limitation due to my use of the characters [---?---] to > > > > > represent unknown names? Should I replace these characters with some > > > > > sort of wildcard prior to performing a search of the IGI database > > > > > using Legacy? > > > > > > > > You should leave the field blank if you don't know. If the field is > >blank, > > > > that denotes that you don't know what the information is. I don't think > >a ? > > > > is necessary because of this fact and it might yeild better results. > > > > > > > > Glen > > > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > >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 find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > 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 find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
