Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-03 Thread Lionel Carter
, 2010 5:23 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child Mike stated, If the child didn't live long enough to be named, then it certainly couldn't have been an ancestor of you or anyone :-) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-03 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/02/03 11:18, Lionel Carter wrote: It is interesting that no one has pointed out some people are interested in tracing their family history rather than just their ancestors. If you don't note people without descendants you presumably omit all spinsters. No, I record them all, they're

RE: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-03 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
, February 03, 2010 1:18 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child It is interesting that no one has pointed out some people are interested in tracing their family history rather than just their ancestors. If you don't note people without

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-03 Thread Patricia Hill
From: CE Wood wood...@msn.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wed, February 3, 2010 11:35:42 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child Exactly, Mike. I am sure most people, like me, are interested in ancestral relatives.  My passion

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-03 Thread SalUDevil
We all have reasons and preferences for doing genealogy. As CE states, his/her passion is history. I believe that brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles and etc, all had influences and sometimes great impact on our direct ancestors. Why would you not want to include these people? Clues about

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-03 Thread steven perkins
See below. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Bruce Jones juicebo...@gmail.com wrote: It seems we are missing the point.  I don't think ANYONE is suggesting that we not include ancestral relatives; they just don't think we should CALL them ANCESTORS instead of ancestral relatives. Correct.

[LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread circe
I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named and would like to show them in the list of brothers and sisters. How is this done? Helen Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread John S. Adams
Huh? -- I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread marilyn E B
In doing transcribing for both Ancestry and Family Search, I have found children several years old still named Baby. Marilyn On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 6:08 PM, John S. Adams oldbr...@hotmail.com wrote: Huh? -- I found a newspaper clipping for

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/02/02 21:49, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named and would like to show them in the list of brothers and sisters. How is this done? I know what you want to do, but, as John Adams says, 'Huh?' If the child didn't

RE: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
:40 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child On 2010/02/02 21:49, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named and would like to show them in the list of brothers

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread Beth Ann Deardorff
to enter an unnamed child I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named and would like to show them in the list of brothers and sisters. How is this done? Helen Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages

RE: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread CE Wood
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child Continuing the discussion.I've often wondered why these families back then took so long to decide upon a given name whereas today the babies are often named long before birth (perhaps as early as a short while after

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread Marvin Angelique Welch
Mike stated, If the child didn't live long enough to be named, then it certainly couldn't have been an ancestor of you or anyone :-) That is absolutely not true Mike. Ever heard of a stillborn child? My grandmother had three of them, and only two of them were named, twin Abeare's. That was it.

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
Obviously a child who died very young, maybe within a day or two of birth. Elizabeth C John S. Adams wrote: Huh? -- I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/02/03 03:23, Marvin Angelique Welch wrote: Mike stated, If the child didn't live long enough to be named, then it certainly couldn't have been an ancestor of you or anyone :-) That is absolutely not true Mike. Ever heard of a stillborn child? My grandmother had three of them, and

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread Marvin Angelique Welch
The mix-up is in wording the definition of ancestor. You would be right to say that the child would not be an ancestor in the defined sense of the word (such as a remote grandparent). However, there is still a genetic relationship so many still call them ancestors. So, my unnamed Aunts and Uncles

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread John S. Adams
-- From: ci...@treadles.ca Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:49 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named and would like

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread John S. Adams
-- From: ci...@treadles.ca Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:49 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named and would like