Yes, I have some info on them. I know who they were married to, and often
the names of the children. Sometimes I have approximate birth and death
information. What I was saying is that I don't go looking in the Index for
people I don't know about. If Jane was married to John Smith, I'll go to
John Smith to add information to Jane. There isn't any reason to go to the
index looking for Jane and trying to come up with which one of several is
married to John Smith. That, to me, is just more bloodied forehead work.
Conversely, if I find a Jane Doe in an index somewhere, there isn't any
reason for me to think "Oh, I wonder if she is the Jane I don't have a last
name for." Unless, of course, I find in the index Jane Doe married to John
Smith. I'll still go to John Smith to add in Jane's surname. I have too much
to do to let these MNU women drive me crazy.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert57P via Gmail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dealing with unknown maiden names
Sometimes, even when you don't know a name, you have some info about them.
For example, I have some where I know they had 3 kids, but don't know the
names. So putting something in the child field is helpful (in that case
I've just put in 1 child called "three unknown children" rather than
unknown1, unknown2, unknown3) . And if the person had 2 wives, and you
only have info on one, I can see a benefit of listing SOMETHING fore the
other rather than just leaving it blank.
Personally, I've tried to put SOMETHING in the name fields to give me a
hint, but haven't come up with a good standard yet. But just leaving the
field blank or just putting in UNKNOWN isn't helpful to me. It drives me
crazy when I look at the index. I've generally gone with the
"Unknown_married_to_husb" , but like Jeff says, that is long and klutzy.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dealing with unknown maiden names
I just leave it blank. I don't spend time looking in the name list for
people I know nothing about, so having people without a surname isn't an
issue for me. At the beginning of my research, I did put in "Mary, wife of
John Smith", but I have stopped doing that. When looking for marriage
records, it's just easier to look from the side that you know the name. If
I might be looking at wills, where a woman's married name might be
mentioned, I already know which surnames in the region are in my database,
and probably have family group sheets in hand.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message -----
From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LegacyUserGroup" <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 11:47 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Dealing with unknown maiden names
What is the best way to deal with unknown maiden names?
Using "Unknown", or "???" creates a lot of individuals named "Unknown"
without any hint of who they are connected to.
One idea is to enter "???husb" where "husb" is the husband's surname (as
an identifying reference point in a name list) but I would like to know
how others deal with the problem. One problem with using "???husb" is
that someone unfamiliar with the system might mistakenly assume that the
maiden name was the same as the husband's surname.
Another possibility might be to use "Unknown_married_to_husb" (again
husb stands for the husband's surname) which is long and klutzy and may
not be acceptable format in Legacy or GEDCOMs.
Any thoughts?
Jeff
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