Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-07-10 Thread Paula Ryburn
to me before I have the chance to do the research!  --Paula From: magnoliasouth magnoliaso...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sunday, June 8, 2014 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-08 Thread magnoliasouth
Pat, That's not my question. As I've said, I know how to research it. The question is about Legacy, not research. Perhaps if you go back and reread my original post. Thank you though. :) Cindy On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com wrote: Also, if he left a will, that

[LegacyUG] LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-08 Thread Jenny M Benson
I would create a To-Do for each daughter, detailing the names of all three possible husbands that need to be researched. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-08 Thread Kelly Booth
  I set up a new daughter named “Daughter for Smith” then add John Smith as her husband.  He will show up as the son-in-law of the person you are doing the obit for.  When I find out which daughter is married to John Smith, I merge them.   I do the same when I have grandkids in an obit and don’t

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-08 Thread singhals
magnoliasouth wrote: This is a perplexing problem for me and I'm never sure the best way to do this. For the example, I have an obituary that lists surviving daughters. Their names are not the daughter names, but their husbands' names. Take this example. Obituary for James Jones James

RE: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-08 Thread William Boswell
all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names? This is a perplexing problem for me and I'm never sure the best way to do this. For the example, I have an obituary that lists surviving daughters. Their names are not the daughter names, but their husbands' names. Take this example

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-07 Thread Jackie King
Have you looked for a Henry Williams etc in the next census from when you have the daughters listed? My guess is you will find at least one or two of those men with wives of the names you are looking for - comparing birth years on the wives may help. If you do find them you can start looking for

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-07 Thread magnoliasouth
Well that's the plan. It's just the before-you-get-to-that-point problem. Until I find out, how do you handle it? It's not a 'how do you research it' question, but what do you do BEFORE you can research it question. I guess my question was a bit fuzzy. On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Jackie

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-07 Thread Jackie King
To be quite honest with that situation, I usually just add a note to each of the three girls saying they may be Smith, etc.and why. I do have one family like this that has driven me nuts for a number of years and it was 8 girls. I now have them all whittled down to the last two so at least a

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-07 Thread Eliz Hanebury
I just enter all the daughters and enter three married names for them, I remove a name as I find the right husband G It took me nearly 5 years to find my greatgrandmothers sisters, I did have towns for them and would search Mary (Kinsey, Keefer, Cosser) The Mary was Kinsey and fairly easy to find

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-07 Thread Pat Hickin
Between the censuses and Googling for online info I think you ought to be able to nail down who married whom. Pat On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Eliz Hanebury elizhg...@gmail.com wrote: I just enter all the daughters and enter three married names for them, I remove a name as I find the

Re: [LegacyUG] How do you all handle Mrs. Husband with known daughter names?

2014-06-07 Thread Pat Hickin
Also, if he left a will, that should match up the first and last names accurately. Pat On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:12 AM, Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com wrote: Between the censuses and Googling for online info I think you ought to be able to nail down who married whom. Pat On Sat, Jun 7, 2014