For as long as I can remember (BK for DOS), I have always used "N..." for an unknown person, either male (yes it happens) or female. Even if the known person has only one child. Just my small bit of experience. Happy holidays all. Gilles Paquette Le 2011-12-17 09:36, Paul J. Lareau a ecrit : > 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 >