I did some testing and I found out that using the underscore, or the square brackets,- or any of the other symbols , such as the dash, - or the question mark interferes with the I. G. A. search function. Although I didn't test it, I imagine we are going to have the same problems all of the search engines. The search engines just don't know what to do with characters that they are not designed to work with.
I suppose that this means that using a blank space is the most reasonable way to go if I intend to try and search with just a last or first name with other relative information. John D. Taylor III -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John D Taylor III Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] When a persons name is unknown? I realize that this question has probably been asked before, but 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. Thanks in advance for any help. John D. Taylor III Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ 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 find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
