I put in an assumed common parent who I name "Conjecture". Doesn't have the "unknown" baggage but catches the eye and is obviously not a real name. On 08/02/15, J. P. Gilliver (John) via<[email protected]> wrote: From a draft "Pier 53" tag which a cousin is preparing: "James married Mattie Furlong in 1896 in Allegheny County. Back in 1891, James' older sister Mary had married James Furlong, Mattie's brother." So I've added Mattie and James Furlong, but I don't have their parents. How do I indicate that they're siblings? A possible way would be to add a parent, just entering the name as "Unknown" or "? ?". This is what I'll do for now - is there a John Steed preferred format for the name? (I have the feeling that "Unknown" has had some significance in the past.) [Actually, thinking about it, I could probably add the father as "? Furlong", but the general question remains. And that doesn't _have_ to be the case anyway: they could both be illegitimate children of a female "? Furlong".] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)[email protected]+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Worst programme ever made? I was in hospital once having a knee operation and I watched a whole episode of "EastEnders". Ugh! I suppose it's true to life. But so is diarrhoea - and I don't want to see that on television. - Patrick Moore, in Radio Times 12-18 May 2007. Remember - Use the Archives at [1]http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [2][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search 2. mailto:[email protected]