What I use is: Son1 Daughter6 Child4, giving the number from the child order. If I am not sure, I just do Son1a, Child2a, with the 'a' telling me the order is unknown/unsure. There are many different ways, just be consistant to your own method. Rich in LA
Matt Henderson wrote: > > Hello Legacy Users, > I am looking for advice on a consistent naming method for infants that > died early and children that are known to have been born but no name > record exixts. > > I am trying this but want to know if it will cause problems when > exporting to a gedcom for those who do not use Legacy: > > Infant Boy Doe [[of John Doe]], where the bracketed portion is in the > Suffix field. > Infant Boy II Doe [[of John Doe]], where II is directly in the name > field. > Infant Girl Doe [[of John Doe]] > Infant Child Doe [[of John Doe]], where the sexis not known or > specified. > (I may not need to put Boy or Girl since sex is shown on the lists) > > If John Doe has several children and there is no record of their names > but they likely did not die as infants I do this: > > First Child Doe [[of John Doe]] > Second Child Doe [[of John Doe]] > > So will the bracketed portion, which does not print, transfer when > exporting to a non Legacy gedcom? > Also, how do other Legacy users address this? > Matt > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
