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Subject: Re: [TMG] Witnesses and Godparents
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 11:35:08 EDT

In a message dated 7/8/2000 11:28:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

> I want to include additional information about witnesses and godparents.
For
> example, I would like to record information about the marriage and children
> of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, who witnessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
>
> Does it make sense to include this information in the same data set with
the
> Smith family, or should the Jones info go in a separate data set for
> unrelated individuals? I don't know at this point if the Joneses and the
> Smiths are related.
>
> I think this question is really about how TMG usersdefine the scope of a
> data set. I would be interested in hearing how other users group their
data.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> A Neophye TMGer
>

One data set fits all. I have a data set (called 'Main') with everybody in
it, including godparents. So many times in my French Canadian ancestors,
godparents end up becoming connected through marriage. A lot of times the
person selected to be a godparent was someone engaged to a sibling of the
parents. You can weed out the non-related witnesses/godparents in your
reports. OMO

Bob
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Mark Twain

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  • Re: [TMG] Witnesses and Godparents by "Cliff & Lynn Watts" <>
  • Re: [TMG] Witnesses and Godparents by Lee Hoffman/KY <>

  • Re: [TMG] Witnesses and Godparents by

  • [TMG] Witnesses and Godparents by Karla Huebner <>