Paul, I do the same as you. I like _____ _____ being printed on reports because it is obvious to the reader I am missing the name and it just "begs" for someone to fill in the blank. On 12/17/2011 6:36 AM, Paul J. Lareau wrote: > There has been a problem with NOT ENTERED spouses for a long time. > Although I haven't encountered the specific result described below, I have > had to use a workaround for as long as I can remember to avoid problems > later appearing on Register Reports. > > Whenever a person has children by multiple spouses, the name of at least one > of which is unknown/not entered, I always create the NOT ENTERED spouse as a > dummy entry (e.g., I use "_____ _____" ). That way the children will > actually be listed in the correct coupling on the printed listings. > > Actually, that was the way I always did all spouses with unknown names even > at the beginning (back in the BK5 years), long before I found out that you > could add children to an individual without designating a spouse. Even > after I learned you could do that, it seemed a bit illogical to me (kids > don't result from individuals, only couples), and was a very late adaptor to > that method, and still prefer specifying a dummy name if multiple spouses > are indicated. It's easier to keep my head straight especially with the > increasing number of his-hers-ours families, even though it is a bit more > work. > > -- > Paul J. Lareau > Freedom for Imprisoned Books! > Don't Chain them to a Dusty Bookshelf. > Visit: http://www.bookcrossing.com and my bookshelf > at: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/pjlareau > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 135 E. Viking Dr. #301, Little Canada MN 55117 USA > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Slatter"<haslatter@ntlworld.com> > To:<bk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 3:01 AM > Subject: Re: [BK] Compare two databases possible problem > > >> On possibly a related problem which I have recently encountered (BK >> 6.5.3): >> >> A woman has a child by a "not entered" partner, then later marries a >> husband and has more children with him. All well and good so far. I >> then discover a second child from her and the first partner. If I try >> to add that child to her while the "not entered" partner is showing on >> the edit screen, then BK in fact adds him to the other family (i.e. >> gives him the wrong father). There's an easy workaround, which is to >> add him as a sibling of the first child, but it's annoying that the >> obvious method fails. >> >> Howard > >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message