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Subject: Re: [BK] Handling Unknown Names and Dates
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 23:34:10 +0000
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I use this format:
Husband Murphy-A, where Alice Murphy's husband's forename is not known,
Wife Evans-D, where Dai Evan's wife's forename is not known,
Son1 Evans-D, Son2 Evans-D, Daughter Husband-Murphy-A, and so on.
I considered replacing the initial with the full forename, eg Murphy-Alice,
but felt it could get too long.
In Word Search, alphabetical, I use Husband OR Wife, Son OR Daughter in the
Name box(es)(pity it only allows alternatives instead of four choices!).
The method suits my small database(1500+).
By the way, I cover nicknames thus: Mary (Molly) O' Meara, Michael Edward
(Mike,Eddie) Buckley.
In Word Search, ( in the first Name box allows a list of all who have
nicknames.
Frank.

At 09:03 03/03/01 -0800, arthur harris wrote:
>G'day Mary Jean,
>Great idea, but how do you know to whom they connect? They could connect
>to ANYONE in the whole of your database. By placing a family name in
>brackets, like _____ ? (BROWN), you immediately KNOW that the unknown
>person is within the BROWN line. I prefer to designate the relationship.
>Using a relationship further narrows the location within the BROWN line.
>And then you do not need the "?". Saves a lot of time, when looking
>through a list of people. If you have, say, 50 of your unknowns, how do
>you know which one refers to which line?
>Happy Hunting ;-)
>Arthur Harris.
>Hampton Park.
>Victoria.
>Australia.
>
>Mary Jean Hall wrote:
>>
>> How about using __?__ for the unknown. Easy to spot and gives the
>> message that it is unknown and you don't know the name.
>> Mary Jean Hall
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