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Recording a possible person

  • 18-11-2010 9:31pm
    #1
    zagmund
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭


    How do you normally record a person who may or may not have existed ?

    For example, I have heard of a particular part of the family who had children called Brian, Mary, Joe & possibly a fourth called David.

    I can certainly enter in an individual called David, but I don't want him to go down on the record as officially existing until I have some way of verifying it. At the same time I don't want to not record him in case I forget to come back and follow up.

    I could obviously add him and put in a note "may or may not have existed", but I'm wondering is there a standard that is normally followed along the lines of "around 1900" being an allowable date.

    z

    p.s. I'm talking software here - specifically GEDCOM compliant software. Obviously I can add him in on one of my little paper index cards and add in the note there.


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  • #2
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    What I do for that is add into the notes for the parents "may also have had children called X, Y & Z"

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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