Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Elizabeth Verchio
*De :*LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *De la part de* Sherry *Envoyé :* 12 septembre 2016 16:18 *À :* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> *Objet :* Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name Everyone's going to have their own i

Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Gene Wheeler
*1. Legacy's Missing Information tab in the Search window won't find it as missing information if you have anything in that data field* Yes, but can always search on "_" to see where there are. Gene On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Sherry wrote: > Everyone's going

Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Georges Sarrazin
<legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name Everyone's going to have their own idea on this... I leave any unknown info blank. Why?? 1. Legacy's Missing Information tab in the Search window won't find it as missing information if y

Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Sherry
Everyone's going to have their own idea on this... I leave any unknown info blank. Why?? 1. Legacy's Missing Information tab in the Search window won't find it as missing information if you have anything in that data field 2. Insert Underlines for Missing. in book reports won't insert

Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Pete Beatty
Gene Thanks, that is what I needed Pete > On Sep 12, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Gene Wheeler wrote: > > The New England Historic Genealogical Society, in a book entitled "Guide To > Genealogical Writing", says to use exactly five (5) underscores for an > unknown name. Thus, I

Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Gene Wheeler
The New England Historic Genealogical Society, in a book entitled "Guide To Genealogical Writing", says to use exactly five (5) underscores for an unknown name. Thus, I recently did a mass change of the use of "Unknown" to the five underscores in Legacy. For one thing, this makes the fact stand

[LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Pete Beatty
I am a little confused on how to properly identify a missing portion of a Name. I have numerous entries were the current person's name partially known. Is there a accepted identifier that can be used to signify "UNKNOWN"? I currently use "Unknown" for either portion of the name. --