I've done the same thing by just creating a "Mr. Jones." However in a few rare instances I discovered that a few of the children didn't have this man as their father and came from the wife's previous marriage. But it works as a placeholder for the time being.
Bill Boswell From: Heather Stovold [mailto:hstov...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 12:12 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Bridging Gaps Well on this one - if you are sure they are siblings (which I have had) - then you know there is a Father. In most cases you even know what his last name is likely to be, so I don't see why it is a big deal to create the father. For instance, if you have Brother and Sister - John Brown and Jane Brown - then it is no big deal to create a father with the last name Brown, and no other information, the mother is unknown - and you enter the kids John and Jane under them. I did have an instance of Brother whose last name was McCaslin, and a Sister (still single) whose last name on the records I had found so far was just listed as Caslin. I entered the father with a last name of Caslin, and did an AKA of McCaslin. hope that helps a bit! On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:53 PM, <britton...@comcast.net> wrote: Another simple case is a line headed by someone with a sibling. The only ways I know to generate a descendancy chart/report including both is to use a phantom father as a placeholder, and run from him, or the multiple lines of descent run from both. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
