I use LNU for last name of unknown males; MNU for last name of unknown
females, FNU for unknown first names.  So I would enter Maria's father as
FNU Schommer and his wife as FNU MNU.  So no problems adding Maria's
siblings.

Pat

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Ed Ladendorf via LegacyUserGroup <
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> Subject: Entering a sibling without parents
> For a long time, because of several strong indications, I was reasonably
> sure that Susanna Schommer was a sister to my g-grandmother, Maria
> Schommer. Now I finally have proof of that. When I went to enter a sibling
> for Maria, I recieved a message saying that siblings cannot be entered
> without first having a parent.
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> I have no information whatsoever as to what their parents' names were, so
> in my mind, not entering a sibling would be a sin. She needs to be there so
> someone other than myself could have a shot of finding something I couldn't
> yet find. So I entered a mother with the given name of "Not", and the
> surname of "Known". The sibling was then added successfully. Has anyone
> else had this problem, and if so, how did you handle it?
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