I agree wholeheartedly and because of this mailing list I now list them this
way
John DOE m. Jane Unknown
Jane [m. John DOE] Unknown
My list that is littered with Unknowns now has some kind of reference to go
by
I am not doing all of these at once but as I go
I did have Jane listed as
Jane [Mrs. DOE] Unknown
But I recently changed to show them with more information
Hope this helps someone
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Randolph Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Set Relationships problem - reported not fixed
> I feel quite differently. Far from cluttering up the database
> entering 'Unknown' serves as a placeholder and a clear indication that
> further research is needed to identify an iindividual.
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:55:50 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Since certain people seem to think that we should not say
> > anything negative about Legacy, I'll put this in the form of
> > a warning: Although the "Help" for Set Relationships in
> > Legacy states "The relationships are figured for the blood
> > relatives of a source person.", Legacy does *not* get all
> > the blood relatives. Specifically, in the case of a 1/2
> > sibling, where the other parent is not known (and therefore
> > not entered), Legacy finds *no* relationship.
> >
> > As an example, if your grandmother had a child with an
> > unknown person other than your grandfather, this child is
> > properly entered as linked only to your grandmother, and the
> > space for the child's father is left blank, Legacy will
> > *not* show the child (your 1/2 uncle or aunt) as having *any
> > relationship to you.
> >
> > If you enter the word "unknown" or something like "____"
> > for the father, *then* you get a relationship. I do not
> > feel I should have to clutter up my data with a bunch of
> > "unknowns" - I only add people when I have *some*
> > information about them.
> >
> > This has been reported to Support, and reported again.
> > Incidentally, tagging the entire ancestor line *will* catch
> > this person. And the Relationship calculator shows the
> > person as related correctly if he/she is on the left, but
> > not if he/she is on the right (goes back a generation
> > further in the second case).
> >
> > In summary, don't count on the "Set Relationships" to catch
> > all your blood relatives. Don't count on the Relationship
> > Calculator to find the closest relationship.
> >
> > Ruth Ann
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