Chris, I have a separate database within FH called 'Other People' so that every family or individual that 'may' become a family member can be recorded, complete with the parish and census details, etc. Provided you add as 'unrelated individual' and then add to that individual any family members you can keep a ready check on all records of interest. Clive Spratt -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Chris & Jennie Sugg Sent: 07 February 2012 10:01 To: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Multiple identity possibilities Can anybody suggest how I should deal with seventeenth and eighteenth century parish record entries (mainly burials but with some marriages) when I discover the burials or marriages of 4 or 5 Johns, Marys or Thomas' within a limited time period? Additional information is very limited and I am often unable to identify which family each belongs to. Is it the father or son who has died - or was it a different family altogether? Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. Chris ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Alternatively, you can keep all your 'possible' in your main database, still entering them as an 'unrelated individual', or in 'orphan' family groups where you can identify them as such. You can report on them using the 'Search for Orphans' standard query, or perhaps using the =RelationPool function. I have also defined and set a 'Tentative' flag against any such dubious/uncertain individuals, and use this to condition how they are displayed in diagrams. I also add a record level note describing why they are dubious/uncertain and what needs to be done to confirm/reject them. HTH John