Here is another way to work the "Unknown" names:
I use the following format:
Suppose, that Amasa Baker had the following wife:
Betsy "Unknown last name"
I would enter Betsy as follows:
Given Name: Betsy
Surname: [[Baker, Wife of Amasa]]
The [[ ]] appears in the Name List so you have know where Betsy is in terms
of a family/husband.
Everything in between and including the [[ ]] does not appear in any
reports - it is basically private, so the reports read very nice.
For example:
1. Amasa Baker, son of Joseph Baker and Elizabeth Sadler, was born on 15
Apr
1778 in Ashfield, Franklin Co, MA, died on 24 May 1854 in Wayne Co,
NY
at age 76, and was buried in Zurich Cemetery, Wayne Co, NY.
Amasa married Betsy. Betsy was born about 1778.
When one uses the ___________ as a last name, then it appears in the output
of all reports and does not look as clean as the method above.
You can modify the words within the [[ ]] to suit your requirements. As an
example, I have a woman named Sally Jones with an unknown husband (no first
or last name) and she has 3 children, Tammy, Betsy, and Molly.
So, in this case, for the children, I use
Tammy [[Jones, Child of Sally]]
Betsy [[Jones, Child of Sally]]
Molly [[Jones, Child of Sally]]
You can modify this it say
Tammy [[Jones, Child 1 of Sally]]
Betsy [[Jones, Child 2 of Sally]]
Molly [[Jones, Child 3 of Sally]]
Sally Jones husband could be
Mr [[Jones, Husband of Sally]]
Anyway, just another way of working the unknown names problem.
It comes down to what works for you.
Chap
Leon Chapman
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I like that idea, Dave. Serves several purposes handily.
On this list there are proponents of [--?--] instead of Unknown or a blank
space. Would anyone care to comment on the pros and cons of Dave's method
vs. [--?--] I am about to undo all my [--?--]'s and adopt Dave's
underlines. -- Alice
On 29 Mar 2005 Dave Naylor replied to John D. Taylor:
I prefer to use 6 underlines for the missing name(s). It cannot be confused
with anything else, clearly shows that the name is missing, works nicely on
web pages, and leaves an underlined gap in reports where the correct name
could be written-in.
Cheers, -- Dave N.
On 29 Mar 2005 John D Taylor III wrote
> when the first or last name of a person is unknown, is it better to
> write unknown in the empty field in legacy, or should it just be left
> empty.
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