Hi David, With my ONS (One Name Study)what I do is record all the wife details from birth to death I exclude her parents. If it is a daughter then, birth, marriage details along with whom she married of course, if this happens. If the daughter does not marry then her death and that is it otherwise one would get side tracked fairly quickly and you would no longer be doing an ONS. Regards, David J Grimshaw (or is it Grimason?) Genealogical Researcher of the "Grimason" surname and variations of the "Grimason" surname World Wide. A One Name study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS): 6138 formerly 2962 The "Sherlock Holmes" of this family according to some. On 23/04/2017 9:27 AM, David Skyrme wrote: > I have been doing an ONS for several years now, and I'm still undecided > on how much detail to record for spouses and family groups with > different names. Most of my time is spent constructing trees from raw > data by entering data into Family Historian. > > 1. For children, I generally do one generation, since the children's > mother is a Skyrme. I create new records for them but I am ambivalent > about how much detail I include beyond their birth dates. I enter all > the facts I find for the mother (census details etc) until her death, > but not for her husband if he outlives her. > > 2. For spouses, of either a male or female, I try to track them from > birth. I create records for their parents, and try to find their birth > and death dates. For siblings, however, I just tend to make a note in > the family group record, e.g. listing those found in censuses alongside > estimated birth year rather than add detail of their baptisms, > occupations etc. > > So my approach is one generation up, one down, but with an inconsistent > approach as to which records to create (vs. just a note) and what facts > to include for the person whose birth name is not Skyrme. > > I'd be interested in how others restrict their scope. > > David J Skyrme > > Skyrme Family and One-Name Study website - www.skyrme.info > Yardy Family and One-Name website - www.yardy.org.uk > Guild of One-Name Studies Reg. No. 6232 > _____________________________________________ > > Information and admin page: > http://one-name.org/guild-information-administration/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >