In message <000301cd5de7$23ed3870$6bc7a950$@net.au>, billeah <billeah@iinet.net.au> writes: >If there are no known children I record it as such in notes. Where I don't >know the maiden name I use the married name in brackets. >So my entry for your example below would be Jane (BROWN). If I know there >are children and don't know her first name or maiden >I would enter her as UnknownF (BROWN). > >Fid it handy to locate them this way for when I'm doing some trawling >through place such as cncestry.com What I actually wanted was where I don't know the maiden _or_ forename of first wife, but wanted to show that the mother of child X was a second wife because I know that fact. Without making a dummy person for the first one (including using up a number). John has explained to me how to do it though! > >Bill L > >-----Original Message----- >From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >N & K Chestnut >Sent: Monday, 9 July 2012 6:11 AM >To: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk; bk@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BK] can I enter second spouse without first? > >Yes, UNKNOWN can be used. However, don't forget to add another UNKNOWN when >that kind of situation comes up, again. It may be strange to have 20 >different UNKNOWNs, but it is necessary. Don't use an UNKNOWN a second >time, unless you are certain that it is the exact same person in both cases. > >Also UNKNOWN can be used when the lady's first name is known (and you use >the name), but the maiden surname is not known. Thus, you could have a Jane >UNKNOWN, or an Unknown (Mr.) BROWN, or an UNKNOWN. Don't forget the gender; >only in this day and age could it be confusing, like Mr. Mom. I have made >errors on gender, male & female, I mean. The correction can be made, >although it takes several steps. > >I like to make surnames in all capitals. It makes scanning easier and >faster. > >Kay C. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J. P. Gilliver (John) > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: 2012-07-08 02:39 > Subject: [BK] can I enter second spouse without first? > > > If I know someone was married before, but have no details of their first > spouse, is there any way of indicating that the spouse I am entering is > the second one, without having to make up a dummy person? > > (I seem to remember *UNKNOWN*, or something like that, being valid as a > placeholder of this sort, but can't now find it in the help.) > -- > J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf > > 782.55 - The Number of The Beast (including VAT) > 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 > 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 > > 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 -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf 10.0 times 0.1 is hardly ever 1.0.