I do something that is similar Mary ? (Wife of George Smith)
I also use a similar format for unknown husbands and parents ? Smith (Husband of Mary Jones) ? Smith (Father of Mary Smith) Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == From: Karen Blackmore [mailto:stk...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 7:35 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown Maiden names (Was: When to use est and when to use abt) Since I nad too many women whose names were Mary, Elizabeth, and Catherine, I came up with this method. With an unknown woman's surname I put her first name in the appropriate place followed by (sp of [husband's first name or initial] and then in the surname box I put [husband's surname]) So, the () are in two different spaces. I believe you'll find that it is then found in the appropriate surname but it's obvious that it's not hers. Perhaps this will show as an example: Mary (sp of George Smith) Good luck. Karen On Monday, January 6, 2014 2:57 AM, Kathy Thompson <kmthoms...@gmail.com> wrote: I use [---?---] for an unknown surname regardless of gender. The beauty of Legacy is that I can have in Index view "Show Alternate Names" or "Show Married Names" activated and so my "Mary [---?---]" will appear in the list under her married name and I don't have to go searching too far for her. On 6 January 2014 19:34, David Newton <lugda...@drdavid.plus.com> wrote: Agreed but it can be difficult when you don't know the maiden name. I started by leaving it blank and then ended up with a collection of forenames at the front of my index. So I now go with the married surname and a title suffix of spouse. These have the advantage of showing in the index in a more appropriate place and also it is easy to produce a list by searching for suffix "spouse" On 06/01/2014 09:21, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: > SNIP > And everyone PLEASE stop putting a womans married name in the surname > box. her surname is/was her maiden name..... > When gedcoms are passed on or info taken from a source that has done > that I diligently verify it only to find 98% are in fact having their > married name entered in the surname box. >SNIP 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 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
