To each his own.... I use Unknown Unknown, because I was way too frustrated with receiving gedcoms from people where wifes given name was in the surname field.
I still get them but at least I know data I send out will never get MANGLED up. Jay On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Boyd Miller <bo...@vodafone.net.nz> wrote: > I agree, I would not use Unknown for a field where I want to show that > there should be a person. In the absence of a name Legacy introduces > Unknown all by itself into too many situations - Unknown-Unknown marriages > for example. > > If a name is not know I put "not known" (in lower case and without the > quote marks) in the given name field, and leave the surname field blank if > I don't know it. You can always find the "not known" people in the Name > List alongside their spouse or children. > After all no-one is Unknown, it's just that at this time the name is not > known to me. Somewhere it is known, I just haven't found it yet. > > Boyd > > On 27/03/2015 11:09 a.m., Michele/Support wrote: > > John, > I never put the word "unknown" in the given or in the surname fields (I agree > with you. I don't think the word unknown belongs in these fields). I just > leave the person completely blank. Even with no spouse entered at all I can > still attach children to the relationship. > > I do a one-name study as well (Glaentzer). I know how important it is to be > able to differentiate between people and that is why if I have some sort of > identifying information that will give someone uniqueness I go for it :) > > I too like to see how other people do things. I have been known to change my > mind from time to time :) > > Michele > Technical supportmich...@legacyfamilytree.comwww.legacyfamilytree.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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
