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From: "Sam Wonders" <>
Subject: Re: [RMagic] children of non-marriages
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:42:34 -0400
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That might work if it's not the father's line you are following. Seems like
doing it the hard way though


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Love" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [RMagic] children of non-marriages


> When you add the father - the children then are listed with his surname -
> which you MAY not wish to occur - Why not list the father in the mothers
> notes as father but note they were never married which is more accurate?
>
> Just Lurking,
> Lou
>
> Alfred Eller <> wrote:
> Spouse is used in place of a more derogatory word for the second parent.
> If the father is known, he is added as a "spouse" but no marriage fact
> is added.
> If the father is unknown, then the program uses "Unknown Spouse" in the
> "View Family" listing to keep the children separated from the children
> of Known or other unknown spouses.
> Spouse is just a more convenient, hopefully non offending, word to use
> for the second parent, whether there was a wedding or not.
>
> Alfred D. Eller
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm
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>
>
> Elynn Boss - genealogy wrote:
>> I have a number of family members who have children, but never married
>> the mother or father of the child. I can attach the children properly to
>> the father and the mother, but each adult then shows 'unknown spouse'. Is
>> this a wish list item? There is not a spouse - just children of parents
>> who didn't marry.
>>
>> Elynn Boss
>>
>>
>>
>
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