>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 >From: "Dennis Reiter" <dni@imt.net> >Subject: [GEN~TIPS] divorce question > >Hello, >I am making a family tree booklet and am having some questions on how to >deal with a divorce in the family. My brother and his first wife divorced >over twenty years ago. His sons from this marriage are grown. My brother is >remarried and has children from his present marriage. My booklet has a >page on each family member. My question is, how do I show the information >for both of my brother's marriages? I don't want to offend my present >sister-in-law, I also don't want to offend my nephews from the first >marriage by not listing their mother. Is there a proper way of doing this? >Thank you, >Dennis Dennis, I suggest that you include both families. You obviously don't want to exclude either one, expecially since both had children, and rightly so. As far as the information on each brother's page, just label one First Wife and label the other Second Wife, and fill out everything completely, even though there will be some duplication. You can make a note on each that there was a previous or subsequent marriage. Just be matter-of-fact. If you're making the booklet yourself, you can set up the physical booklet exactly as you wish. If you're filling out a preprinted booklet, do this: Make a photocopy of the brother's page (while it is still blank). Fill out the printed page with his first marriage. Fill out the copy of the page with his 2nd marriage. Then tip it in, which means DON'T USE SCOTCH TAPE. Carefully run a thin bead of white glue along the edge that will go in, and carefully place it in against the book spine right after the brother's first marriage page, or soon thereafter. Just in case you get a little trace of glue on some other page, place a sheet of waxed paper on either side of the photocopy so it won't stick to the pages it is inbetween. The waxed paper will be easier to remove from a dried glue spot than another page would be. Close the booklet, lay it down on a flat place with a couple of books on top to press it all together, and leave it like that for a day. If your preprinted booklet has a plastic comb binding, you can't do this, so just brush on a light strip of white glue to the inner edge of a page and place the brother's 2nd marriage there. Lay a strip of waxed paper over and press. Don't use rubber cement because it is acidic, and will turn yellow in time. Always use archival non-acidic paper, even 100% rag if you can. Cheryl Wray, jw90013@navix.net