Very good pointt, Paula, but on our website we have hundreds of unknowns, both
Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >Depends on how you do your research. I do mine by family, working steadily >backwards, so I rarely use the Name list. > >Also, I just last night accidentally discovered I can set more than 3 bookmarks >for individuals---- woo hoo! ;) Legacy is still full of surprises for me. > >I guess what I'm saying is: If you are constantly trying to find the same one >or two "Unknown Smith" individuals, bookmark them and don't worry about making >up something to make them stand out in the Name list. > --Paula in Texas >Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman >Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field >Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle >Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche >Ryburn >Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams > > > > >________________________________ >From: Jerry <jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com> >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Tue, February 14, 2012 2:12:23 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What name to use? > >I do something very similar to what James does. When you are going >through a list and you see a bunch of Sallys, blanks or unknowns, it >does not lend itself well to giving you any idea how the person is >related to another person in your tree. So, I would indicate very much >like James and say: > >Surname: Smith >First Name: Given Name ? (Father of John) > >Jerry Boor - MerriamFamilyTree.org > >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 >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
