You can browse this list's archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FreeBMD-Admins/ or search them at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=FreeBMD-Admins Mark -- >If you enter Marriages 1913 in WinBMD (version I have is 4.4.0 - >find version in Help About) then when you open your grid there is a >column for Spouse. > >See recent discussion in list archives about cases where the spouse >has two names Smith or Jones etc. > >Hope this helps >Jeff > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate McCain" <kate.mccain@cis.drexel.edu> >To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 11:13 PM >Subject: name of spouse in 1913 marriage records > >>Having survived the challenges of 1846 handwriting, I now find myself in >>1913 marriages, with a column for the spouse's name. Entry # 13(g) in the >>Knowledge Base alludes to this -- noting the "extra field" but not really >>telling us what to do with it. The entry suggests that there may be an >>upgrade of the data entry software to accommodate this field (not a middle >>name, after all) "if FreeBMD can accept it" but MacBMD, at least, lacks >>this feature. >> >>I know I saw something on this recently on the list, but I don't know how >>to access the listserv archives. Would a kind soul tell me the current >>practice? I am all in favor of TWYS but I suspect that a spouse's name is >>not the same thing as a title. >> >>On a related subject, in 1913 they were not leaving spaces between >>abbrieviations and main names of districts -- S.Moulton instead of S. >>Moulton. Since I know that characters have their own ascii codes, I assume >>that we TWYS and that there is a mapping function somewhere down the line >>where S.Moulton and S. Moulton will be normalized. >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >>Kate McCain >> >> >>==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== >>Want to help FreeBMD? >>Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > >==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== >Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions and Archives >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/FreeUK/FreeBMD-Admins.html > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx