It depends <grin>. For 90% (nice round number) of my families I just have the spouse as "Mary [--?--]" with an approximate data / place of birth - this is a quick approach to enable me to process people quickly. However, if I am digging for information on behalf of someone else, then I will try and find Mary's parents by looking (for example) at the Census prior to her marriage. Where I am digging in a small community, then I may well follow a few families as it is likely that they will inter-marry. For my own ancestors - then I go off down all branches and do not limit my work to just the registered name. Regards Chris -----Original Message----- From: GOONS [mailto:goons-bounces+christopher.gray=gray-ons.org@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ken Toll Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 3:05 PM To: Goons mailing list Subject: Re: [G] Scope of an ONS - Spouses families I guess mine process is very similar to other responses. However, I do very it a bit according to circumstances... Where Descendants of people in my ONS volunteer information, I add it to the Trees (with their permission) and credit them as the source. This gives a degree of 'buy-in' to my ONS from people who may not hold the name, but have a strong family link. Always bear in mind that things like Bibles and photos often disappear down the female line, and having those names in your Trees can act as bait <grin> My other exceptions are in small or sparse communities where: - Cousins intermarry, and - Siblings intermarry with the 'children' of a neighboring farm. Studying the wider family can often help untangle complicated relationships. Ken