D. Stussy wrote: > "Percival P. Cassidy" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> Is there consensus on how to record plural "wives" and their children? >> Call them wives, or "partners" or ...? > > Is there actually a problem here? Some people do marry multiple times > during a lifetime. Therefore, most if not all genealogy programs accept > multiple spouses. > > Now, if you are saying that your program won't allow you to enter two > spouses with overlapping marriage periods (e.g. marriages without > termination by divorce or death), you need a better program. > > Yes, like what D. Stussy said. I use Family Tree Maker and I guess the only draw back to it is there is no place to list a divorce date. A bit annoying to do the Calendar and also see listed multiple anniversaries for the same person with a different spouse. Albert

"Albert Conklin" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > D. Stussy wrote: >> "Percival P. Cassidy" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected] >>> Is there consensus on how to record plural "wives" and their children? >>> Call them wives, or "partners" or ...? >> >> Is there actually a problem here? Some people do marry multiple times >> during a lifetime. Therefore, most if not all genealogy programs accept >> multiple spouses. >> >> Now, if you are saying that your program won't allow you to enter two >> spouses with overlapping marriage periods (e.g. marriages without >> termination by divorce or death), you need a better program. >> >> > Yes, like what D. Stussy said. I use Family Tree Maker and I guess the > only draw back to it is there is no place to list a divorce date. A bit > annoying to do the Calendar and also see listed multiple anniversaries for > the same person with a different spouse. > Albert Isn't that where Notes becomes valuable? I always put an explanation in there whenever a name-date-relationship situation becomes confusing.

"Albert Conklin" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] >> > Yes, like what D. Stussy said. I use Family Tree Maker and I guess the > only draw back to it is there is no place to list a divorce date. A bit > annoying to do the Calendar and also see listed multiple anniversaries for > the same person with a different spouse. > Albert I have FTM 2005, and it has a category for Divorce. I'm sure it was in the earlier versions. Go to [Marriage Facts] (the box with a pencil on it beside the space for [marriage place], click [add fact] and select Divorce from the list that comes up. Going to [help] and searching on divorce is also helpful. lesley Robertson