The well-known genealogy lecturer Barbara Renick tells the story of a person researching fruitlessly for an ancestral surname of UNK before finally realizing this was shorthand for Unknown.
We need to remember that other people may refer to our records someday. At least, we hope so! Dee Whiting -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2006 9:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions. Good point as the term "Baby" can also be a given name - I have such an individual in my database - I also have a "Believe Me" given name. I have not seen a surname by the name of "Uknown" but I would certainly not rule it out - - people do stranger things. Anybody checking out those rather odd children names coming out of Hollywood? I am not comdemning this, just trying to show that one just never knows what name(s) any individual may end up with. I do not use Miss as it can be misleading, says very specifically that the individual had no previous marriages. I would suggest the term Ms. for females and Mr. for the male - do not spell out as the title Mister can also be construed as a given name. Of course Mrs.. can be used if marriage situation can be determined and Miss. if has been proven there were no previous marriages. Some one said earlier to use [--?--} for surnames and this is much better as it cannot lead to confusion - - any spelled out word can be misinterpreted as a surname (or given name), especially if the first letter is a cap. My experience has been that "accepted standards" for data entry are much better than trying to develope your own - in the end most will end up regretting and have a big chore changing over. Tom Montgomery > > From: "ronald ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/19 Wed AM 06:00:01 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions. > > Just a small point but in the UK GRO Registrations an unknown child is > identified as "baby" eg Baby Smith. If known sex can be identified by using > Mr (Master if preferred) or Miss in the title box. > > Ron Ferguson > > > > _______________________________________ > > For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > View Individual Trees > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ > _______________________________________ > > > > > > >From: Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions. > >Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:21:32 +0100 > > > >Joe Here wrote > >>I like to use infant because it is more informative on the list than > >>unknown. > > > >Much as several other people have said, I use Unknown for all surnames and > >forenames I don't know, but in the case of an unnamed child I would use > >Male or Female as the forename (if sex was known) as this is more > >informative than Infant. > >-- > >Jenny M Benson > > _________________________________________________________________ > Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? Download MSN Messenger > 7.5 today! http://join.msn.com/messenger/overview > > 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 > 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 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
