Hi John, I use Unknown for the first name and then the surname of the children for the father. This shows clearly that the first name is not known but the surname is. It then makes it easy to correct the name if and when you discover it Regards Karlena From: J. P. Gilliver (John) via Sent: ‎Sunday‎, ‎2‎ ‎August‎ ‎2015 ‎10‎:‎19‎ ‎PM To: [email protected] 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 http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In message <[email protected]>, Karlena Nagle <[email protected]> writes: >Hi John, >I use Unknown for the first name and then the surname of the children >for the father. This shows clearly that the first name is not known but >the surname is. It then makes it easy to correct the name if and when >you discover it >Regards Karlena Ho Karlena: as I said at the bottom, I'd thought of that - but there's always the possibility that they were both illegitimate children of a mother (hence having _her_ surname). [And that could even be by two different fathers.] > >From: J. P. Gilliver (John) via >Sent: ?Sunday?, ?2? ?August? ?2015 ?10?:?19? ?PM >To: [email protected] > >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 Chuck Berry was once asked what he thought of Elvis Presley and he said, "He got what he wanted, but he lost what he had." [Quoted by Anne Widdicombe, in Radio Times 8-14 October 2011.]