This is my approach to people whose names are not known. In the absence of a name Legacy sometimes adds a non-person called “Unknownâ€. To distinguish from this, my choice is usually to put “not known“ in the given name field. You can find these not known "people" from a Given Name sort of the Name List. If you have • a second marriage but you don’t know who the first spouse was - put “not known†(all lower case) as a given name • people known to be siblings but don’t know either of the parents - put surname (same as siblings) for father only, put mother’s given name as “not known†• mother and children but don’t know the father - put “not known†as father’s given name (not surname) so as not to compromise the children’s surname • father and children but no mother - put “not known†as a mother’s given name.
These people are not “unknown†– it’s just that at this time I do not yet know their names. Boyd On 24/02/2014 7:31 p.m., Susan Jones wrote: > > Thank you Virginia, I like the idea of having the husband’s name > there, to assist when searching. > > Susan > > *From:*Virginia Dunham [mailto:geistdn...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, 24 February 2014 5:20 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Unknown People > > Susan, > > I enter husband's name followed by "nee Unknown" (without the quotes). > > Ex: Robert Aimone and Geraldine Aimone nee Unknown. > > > née > > /adjective/ \ˈnÄ\ > > —used after a married woman's name to identify the family name that > she had when she was born > > Virginia > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 12:39 AM, Susan Jones <scjo...@optusnet.com.au > <mailto:scjo...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: > > What would be the correct way to enter a person, whose surname you > don’t know? > > I have many where I have the father’s full name and his wife’s first > name only. > > Many thanks > > Susan > > > > 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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 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
