Richard
I have a very similar situation. My great great grandmother's sister
crawled into a hole and took the hole with her...vanished into thin air.
In the course of trying to track her down, I located her death
certificate that had"her granddaughter" listed as the reporter of
information....which was very interesting since, although I had her
marriage recorded, I had no children...so this is what I did. For the
granddaughter I created a father for her called ...and I quote"Father
or Mother {[possible James Shearer descendant]]"(to keep me from
accidentally merging him...)and then married him off to a woman named
"Father or Mother."
To the couple Father or Mother and Father or Mother I add the name of
the granddaughter...If I ever find out which one is this girl's
parent and which of the two is a descendant, I can just change their
name......and if it's the woman, I can change parents really
easily...I'll have to get back to you on whether my aunt had a girl
or a boy...but at least her grandchild is documented.
Kathy
At 06:58 PM 10/11/2007, you wrote:
Thanks Mary. Re these "Grandchildren", I agree that they are part of
the family. In fact in later census (cenci?) the female
granddaughter is still with the famiy head, thirty years later.
However, just taking the age of the femal, 8yrs old and that the
eldest of the "sibling" in the rest of the family is 20, it is
unlikely that the "granddaughter" belongs to any of the Heads
children. The head being 60, probably not him either. So the parents
had to be outside the family, possibly a brother or sisters child.
Place of birth is all exactly the same throughout the whole family,
except for the wife, although Im finding that census data for 1800's
can be dodgy. Enumerators may have just dittoed that one.
For those interested. I have found that on
<http://findmypast.com>findmypast.com, you can search the 1881
census for free, but more importantly, can search by address. So if
you know the address of someone in a Census, you can have a look at
there neighbors. I did that and low and behold, one of the
grandchildren surnames appeared a few doors down! Not conclusive
evidence I know, but food for thought.
However, I dont know what you meand by "create ghost children". How
do you do that? Probably just my inexperience with Legacy, but as I
dont know the grandparents, how do I enter them. Just as "Unknown
grandparents"?
Kindest regards, Richard Hallford
On 10/11/07, Mary Young <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, Richard
I feel these grandchildren are part of the family and must be linked.
Create two "ghost" children for the grandparents. Mark them as
"unknown gender" and attach a grandchild to each. When you have more
info. you can put name and gender to the ghosts, or merge with known
children.
It's worth remembering that (depending on society/country/timeframe),
the grandson with a different surname may be a daughter's illegitimate
child, using his father's name. For instance, this was commonly done
in 19th century Scotland.
--
Regards
Mary Young
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