On 18 Apr 2006 at 19:30, Rebecca wrote: > During the last 2 or so months, I read a posting ... > somewhere, on one of the many lists I subscribe to, > that "Unknown" and "?" should *not* be entered. As I > recall, the poster said that he had recently attended > a genealogy conference ... and the standard is to > leave the unknown information blank. If I recall > correctly, the reason for the standard of leaving the > unknown information blank, relates to LDS standards > and to familysearch.org search options.
I always leave it blank. I enter my data in another program, and import it into Legacy via GEDCOM. If I discover a spouse and children, I enter them in the other program, and in the GEDCOM the new spouse comes in with an "unknown" spouse. I then click on "add wife" or "add husband", and link the person already in the database, and the family is complete. But if there is an entry there for an "unknown" p- erson, rather than a blank, you end up with two marriages, one of which then has to be unlinked. This may not be a problem for those who only use Legacy, and use it as their program of first data entry. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.geocities.com/hayesstw/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
