Re: [Gramps-users] Grandchild "for now"?

[Isaac B. <ben...@gm...>]

Hi,

On Oct 16, 2013, at 3:57 PM, "David L McMurray" <dlm...@gm...> wrote:

> BugBear,
> 
> I like to create placeholder parents. A suggestion I saw on here over a year
> ago is to use [-?-] for the first and/or last names where ever I don't know
> the details. Whenever I don't know a birth surname I will enclose the
> married surname in square brackets too. All this makes it very easy for
> reports/graphs as well as updating if/when the details show up. They also
> show up at the beginning of your person lists for periodic review.


This is good advice; just don't do what I did and create a person with no name. One of the Tools decided that I didn't need those people (who I know exist but don't yet have names to record). 

> Just an idea I read here that works for me,
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul womack [mailto:pw...@pa...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:22 PM
> 
> I have a case where a child appears on a census form with relationship to
> head as "grandchild".
> 
> Now, hopfully in the fullness of time, the children will be found, their
> marriage found, and various baptism, census forms etc will tie everything
> together.
> 
> But that all takes time, and may not be the most immediate priority.
> 
> Question - what's the best/clearest way to represent a grandhild
> relationship in gramps, lacking the intermediate parents, just to keep track
> of things?
> 
>  BugBear
> 
> 
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