James, If the information which you have given us is all you have, I would not record it other than to put it in your ToDos as something to prove. It should be easy enough to find out if there ever was a UK knight with that name, just put "Sir" in front and Google eg. "Sir Joe Bloggs", (include the quotes) if you don't find it, then maybe it is unlikely - and if you can't send me the name + year range off-list and I will try and check it out.
All knights have the prefix of "Sir" but as there are a number of different Orders of Chivalry until he is traced it is impossible to say what the suffix should be. One more thing, the hardest part is to prove that your ancestor is the same person as the one with the title! I would be wrong to entitle somebody without that copper-bottomed proof - I'm afraid too say that too many so called genealogists do though! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: James Cook Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:33 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Best way to record someone was a Knight (as in shining armor)? I've a report stating some distant relative was a Knight. I'm wondering how best to record this, as leaving the US is new territory for me. Wondering if this is OK in the suffix, or would you advise something else. Maybe the existing Honors or Membership events, maybe a custom event? What say you? -- James Cook http://loosestacks.blogspot.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
