Good point as the term "Baby" can also be a given name - I have such an
individual in my database - I also have a "Believe Me" given name. I have not
seen a surname by the name of "Uknown" but I would certainly not rule it out -
- people do stranger things. Anybody checking out those rather odd children
names coming out of Hollywood? I am not comdemning this, just trying to show
that one just never knows what name(s) any individual may end up with.
I do not use Miss as it can be misleading, says very specifically that the
individual had no previous marriages. I would suggest the term Ms. for females
and Mr. for the male - do not spell out as the title Mister can also be
construed as a given name. Of course Mrs.. can be used if marriage situation
can be determined and Miss. if has been proven there were no previous
marriages.
Some one said earlier to use [--?--} for surnames and this is much better as it
cannot lead to confusion - - any spelled out word can be misinterpreted as a
surname (or given name), especially if the first letter is a cap. My experience
has been that "accepted standards" for data entry are much better than trying
to develope your own - in the end most will end up regretting and have a big
chore changing over.
Tom Montgomery
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> From: "ronald ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/04/19 Wed AM 06:00:01 EDT
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions.
>
> Just a small point but in the UK GRO Registrations an unknown child is
> identified as "baby" eg Baby Smith. If known sex can be identified by using
> Mr (Master if preferred) or Miss in the title box.
>
> Ron Ferguson
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> >From: Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:21:32 +0100
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> >Joe Here wrote
> >>I like to use infant because it is more informative on the list than
> >>unknown.
> >
> >Much as several other people have said, I use Unknown for all surnames and
> >forenames I don't know, but in the case of an unnamed child I would use
> >Male or Female as the forename (if sex was known) as this is more
> >informative than Infant.
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