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Subject: [DearMYRTLE-L] Painted Family Trees & Divorce
Date: 17 Nov 2002 17:32:51 -0700

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Painted Family Trees & Divorce

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FROM: Scott Levy
DearMYRTLE,
How would I show a divorced couple (there were children from the marriage) when I am showing couples in one box instead of each individual in a separate box with a line to his/her spouse?   For example, it would say "John and Jane Doe" rather than John Doe and Jane Smith with a line between. I'm doing it this way for a family tree painting.   Any suggestions would be appreciated!

DearSCOTT,
Genealogists always think of a woman by her maiden name, because it facilitates the tracing of her ancestry. Whether a couple was married, divorced, lived together, etc., if there is a child of the marriage that constitute part of your ancestry, you merely list them as a couple. The genealogy programs we have now allow us to specify a preferred partner, if we do not need the first wife (divorced) to appear as the primary wife, etc.

So you have some alternatives:

John and Mary (Smith) Doe
NOTE: (Smith) refers to her maiden name, since it appears in parenthesis.

I would prefer to list the names as it would appear in a pedigree chart:
John Doe
Mary Smith

John Doe - Mary Smith

If you mention the marriage dates -- you can paint in a small
"div" to indicate the union resulted in divorce.

Take a picture or scan in a copy of the painted family tree and send it to me. I know my readers would enjoy seeing the results of your artistic labors!

Happy Family Tree Climbing!
Myrt :)
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