> > What's the wife's/daughter's maiden name? Absent that knowledge, > > how 'bout "LNU" or a blank? > > > > Shameless Ol' Bob <amia9018@mypacks.net> > > Anyone considering using some symbols or acronym for an unknown > surname, should first read the following article in the RootsWeb > Review archives entitle In Search of the Wild LNUs: > > http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/review/20030827.txt > > Joan <JYoung6180@aol.com> Well, I don't know. Given the seeming ubiquity of LNU for an unknown last name, the suggestion seem relatively harmless. Given, too, the lack of consensus on the "proper" way to indicate that unknown last name, I have to say this comment strikes me as pettifoggery. Sun-tanned Ol' Bob -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have. Thomas Jefferson Bob Melson <amia9018@mypacks.net>