No, since the first "wife" wasn't related to your wife, she wouldn't show up so the child of that union would necessarily show up under the wrong parents. OTOH, maybe Bruce can cook up something appropriate. I have seen printouts that looked like this: Jane SMITH = Fred JONES = Mary BROWN with the children listed under the equal signs. That would work nicely. -- Happy Hunting!! -- Paul Houston, TX, USA ICQ #73314929 Researching: VA - WHITE,LIPSCOMB,HILL,JOHNSON,SAUNDERS, TALBOT,TATE,EVANS NC - SMITH, BOSWELL, RHODES, CAPEHART,MORRIS, MARSHE, BRITT,SHAW View my American Ancestry at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paulrsmith **************** FREE Credit Card Referral Program. Quick money AND residual, lifetime income! CHECK IT OUT !! http://smithecomservices.tripod.com ***************************************

Wow, you have convinced me. Only the exact correct, NGS, LSMFT, approved method should be used....... Too bad my biological mother was addicted to diet pills and my father came down with tuberculosis! Oh well, must do correct thing. Henry

Why do we need the sarcasm????? I simply asked a question about whether or not it was possible to do this, and it seems it is not (yet) without altering the facts, so can we simply go on without the snide remarks (this time)?? Certain folks on this list seem to have quite a knack for doing that. . . . . . . . . . David *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 06/09/2001, at 8:02 PM, Henry Wheeler wrote: >Wow, you have convinced me. Only the exact correct, NGS, LSMFT, >approved method should be used....... Too bad my biological mother was >addicted to diet pills and my father came down with tuberculosis! Oh >well, must do correct thing. > >Henry <clip> MSgt David E. Cann, USMC (Ret'd) Phone: 540-372-7868 Fax: 540-372-7707 E-mail: decann@infi.net Family home page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann

Sorry to butt in, but.......... I asked this same question a few weeks ago and was taken to task by the purists. I realize they were right in the genealogical sense. Our eldest daughter has a different father, (she is linked to him in "Other Spouse") but I wished to include her as a sibling to my children since the four children have been close since 1951 on. This same thread seems to repeat with the desire to include a child as a part of an database. But, since the eldest is not a genealogical part of MY Ancestral File and I have no way of finding her father's ancestors (yet), I can't include her in a true sense of the matter. However, for the sake of love for, and in, the family, I did as was suggested and linked her to my line in another database. In the main database, she is listed as the child of her genetic father. I usually print out both lines when attending a reunion and it is noted by all present what has been done. It may not be proper, but it works for us. Everyone knows my wife had a different husband before I came along. Harold Williams willhn@flash.net ----- Original Message ----- From: David E. Cann <decann@infi.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [FO] Ancestor Book > Why do we need the sarcasm????? I simply asked a question about whether or > not it was possible to do this, and it seems it is not (yet) without > altering the facts, so can we simply go on without the snide remarks (this > time)?? > > Certain folks on this list seem to have quite a knack for doing that. . . . > . . . . . . > > David > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 06/09/2001, at 8:02 PM, Henry Wheeler wrote: > > >Wow, you have convinced me. Only the exact correct, NGS, LSMFT, > >approved method should be used....... Too bad my biological mother was > >addicted to diet pills and my father came down with tuberculosis! Oh > >well, must do correct thing. > > > >Henry > <clip> > > MSgt David E. Cann, USMC (Ret'd) > Phone: 540-372-7868 > Fax: 540-372-7707 > E-mail: decann@infi.net > Family home page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann >