My solution is to use "m/" as a prefix on the spouses name, e.g. "John Smith married Susan m/Smith". This makes the "fake" name very recognizable, both in Legacy and in my head.
Mike Michael J Method family research of: Method, Feehily, Fredrick, Herzog, tenEyck, Belsley In a message dated 7/23/2009 1:09:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net writes: I have used somewhat made up names a few times, just to help me keep things straight while doing research on a particular line. Like, using "Johnswife" and "Jamesswife" etc for surnames on all the "Elizabeth" without surname spouses belonging to brothers & cousins of the same age/generation. And one time I was trying to track the tick marks on a few consecutive early censuses, when my gggg grandfather remarried very soon after his first wife (my gggg grandmother) died giving birth to my ggg grandfather "leaving 4 orphan children". Used "Johnsbrother" and "Janesboy" etc. In fact, I think those are still in there. I am working on other lineages right now, so they haven't popped out at me lately. Not anything I would leave in to publish, though! I will look at using the [[privacy]] bracket... see how it looks on book reports. Thanks for that suggestion! --Paula --- On Mon, 7/20/09, howlanddavi...@aol.com <howlanddavi...@aol.com> wrote: > From: howlanddavi...@aol.com <howlanddavi...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Another Idea On Place Holders, Pseudonyms Etc. > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 12:27 PM > > > > > > > Sherry wrote why she felt that > using LNU, etc., was > a bad idea and said why she recommended a blank so that > someone could print a > book with places to *fill in the blanks.* > She is probably not going to > be happy with my > solution. I put in the name that I know, be it given > or surname, and then > put [spouse of John Smith], or something similar, as > the missing > name. This way, when I see it, I know who this person > hooks up to. > Of course, I then have to go to the Exclude From > Potential Problem > icon and say that the illegal characters are not > illegal for the time > being. > Each to his/her own, > I guess. But other > suggestions are always welcome. > > Howland Davis An Excellent Credit Score is > 750. See > Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > Archived messages: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp **************What's for dinner tonight? Find quick and easy dinner ideas for any occasion. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?ncid=emlcntusfood00000008) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
