Attach the information (or a reference to it) as a note for each of the 3 or 4 possibilities.  Cross-reference the notes to each other, and set them to "Do not print."  When you return to those individuals in the future, you may have acquired the additional clue you needed to solve the mystery, and all of the other information will be right there. Rennie Brown West Union, WV =======================      We're all in this together www.doddridgecountyroots.com Remember me in the family tree, My name, my days, my strife; Then I'll ride upon the wings of time And live an endless life. --------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: John Bibby <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> To: BK@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 4:42 AM Subject: [BK] 'Vague' information Any advice please on the following?  I have information from a book about "my old friend John Unthank", but I have about 10 John Unthanks in my tree and this reference could be to any one of 3 or 4 of them. I don't want to lose the information but would like advise on what to do with it. Thanks JOHN BIBBY Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- 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

In message <1329144698.40730.YahooMailNeo@web120106.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, R L Brown <wiseguy_wv@yahoo.com> writes: >Attach the information (or a reference to it) as a note for each of the >3 or 4 possibilities.  Cross-reference the notes to each other, and set >them to "Do not print."  When you return to those individuals in the >future, you may have acquired the additional clue you needed to solve >the mystery, and all of the other information will be right there. [] By "cross-reference", do you mean just mention in each that the others exist, or do you know a way in BK of actually linking them? I've often found this to be a problem: I make a note under person 123 "see notes under 567", but unless I do the reverse, I have no way of making sure that should I fix one of the questions, the other note gets fixed too. I suppose linking both to an external text file ... no, that still doesn't solve the problem of ensuring all notes are updated. So if there is any way of actually linking, I'd be interested! -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Sarcasm: Barbed ire

How about artificial fake parents and making each of them a child? For example you could name them "Mother of John Smith" & "Father of John Smith" Then as details evolve on each one, either combine them or unlink them and at then link them to their proper parents. Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 3:52 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] 'Vague' information In message <1329144698.40730.YahooMailNeo@web120106.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, R L Brown <wiseguy_wv@yahoo.com> writes: >Attach the information (or a reference to it) as a note for each of the >3 or 4 possibilities.  Cross-reference the notes to each other, and set >them to "Do not print."  When you return to those individuals in the >future, you may have acquired the additional clue you needed to solve >the mystery, and all of the other information will be right there. [] By "cross-reference", do you mean just mention in each that the others exist, or do you know a way in BK of actually linking them? I've often found this to be a problem: I make a note under person 123 "see notes under 567", but unless I do the reverse, I have no way of making sure that should I fix one of the questions, the other note gets fixed too. I suppose linking both to an external text file ... no, that still doesn't solve the problem of ensuring all notes are updated. So if there is any way of actually linking, I'd be interested! -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Sarcasm: Barbed ire Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- 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