> Whilst on this subject, surely the "Count of Children" field > (and "Count of Marriages") should be calculated automatically > by Family Historian based on the details entered for an > Individual rather than being able to be entered by the user. Not so. GEDCOM says: COUNT_OF_CHILDREN:= {Size=1:3} The known number of children of this individual from all marriages or, if subordinate to a family record, the reported number of children known to belong to this family, regardless of whether the associated children are represented in the corresponding structure. This is not necessarily the count of children listed in a family structure. COUNT_OF_MARRIAGES:= {Size=1:3} The number of different families that this person was known to have been a member of as a spouse or parent, regardless of whether the associated families are represented in the GEDCOM file. Therefore it is perfectly valid to have e.g. Count of Children = 2 and for the individual or family to have one child recorded; and to have Count of Marriages = 1 but no spouse. I use this technique often, the alternative being dummy individuals which I find untidy and unhelpful.