> John Smith had three wives. The dates of the marriages and the dates of the wives deaths or divorces are unknown. It is known that John fathered seven children but it is not known which wives were the mother(s) of which children. > > Is there a logical way to show John as the father of the children without mis-identifying any of the wives as being the mother(s)? > > In short, can a child be attached to one parent only, even if that parent was married? > > David Youse > > > > Effectus bonus addo bonus > >
David, Add a 4th unidentified wife and add the children there and as details evolve link them to the correct mother and unlink them from the unknown. Don't know where this John Smith lived or when, but if the US check the census and wives' name and number of years married column on some of the censuses. Also see if the death certificate or obits of the children list their mother. Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Youse Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 2:54 PM To: Brother's Keeper Forum Subject: [BK] Fwd: Relationships > John Smith had three wives. The dates of the marriages and the dates of the wives deaths or divorces are unknown. It is known that John fathered seven children but it is not known which wives were the mother(s) of which children. > > Is there a logical way to show John as the father of the children without mis-identifying any of the wives as being the mother(s)? > > In short, can a child be attached to one parent only, even if that parent was married? > > David Youse > > > > Effectus bonus addo bonus > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On further reflection, I think I've answered my own question. My main concern was there didn't seem to be a way for the family relationships to show up on reports in a logical manner. A bit of experimentation has resulted in the best method to do this. 1. enter the father 2. without adding wives, add all of the children to the father 3. add the wives, but don't make any of them the [not entered] wife 4. rearrange the order of the wives, with the [not entered] wife at the bottom of the list This will produce reports with the children shown attached to the father, but not to any of the wives - except the Descendent Tree Chart (which probably isn't used that much anyway) which shows the children attached to the last wife in the list (the [not entered] wife). David Youse -----Original Message----- From: David Youse Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 2:54 PM To: Brother's Keeper Forum Subject: [BK] Fwd: Relationships > John Smith had three wives. The dates of the marriages and the dates of > the wives deaths or divorces are unknown. It is known that John fathered > seven children but it is not known which wives were the mother(s) of which > children. > > Is there a logical way to show John as the father of the children without > mis-identifying any of the wives as being the mother(s)? > > In short, can a child be attached to one parent only, even if that parent > was married? > > David Youse > > > > Effectus bonus addo bonus > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:54:28 -0500, David Youse <dhyouse@comcast.net> wrote: > >John Smith had three wives. The dates of the marriages and the dates >of the wives deaths or divorces are unknown. It is known that John >fathered seven children but it is not known which wives were the >mother(s) of which children. > > Is there a logical way to show John as the father of the children without >mis-identifying any of the wives as being the mother(s)? > > In short, can a child be attached to one parent only, even if that parent > was married? E.g. If you have a man and he was married 4 times and your do not have the name of the wife, start with one child and add that to the father. When you are asked for the mane of the mother answer NO Do the same for the other childre and you will have the same father for all children and different mothers for the those 4 childre -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON