I was on a list once that at the time was having a discussion about someone who didn't have any children and a person on the list said that someone who didn't have any children didn't matter on a tree, and I wrote to the list and I said that yes they do matter, and some others did too. I told them that genealogy is more than names. Someone who doesn't have children or who died as a child, can be very important to a family and can have long-lasting effects on that family. I had people in my family who didn't have any children, but they were important to us anyway. Some children died in our family and that affected our family too. I can't understand how people can be so cold sometimes. Other people wrote to that list too and felt the same way that I did, that they do matter. Thanks, Charlotte In a message dated 4/20/2004 10:13:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, LoisBrownCombs@aol.com writes: > <<I have a lot of death certs on children. Some people in the past, > expressed > that those had little to do with genealogy, but I never felt that way.>> > > Lynda, > > I agree wholeheartedly with you. How can you complete a family branch if you > > keep looking for children that are not living? I suppose if you are only > interested in lines of descent they wouldn't matter, but the how do you know > it > didn't descend if you don't account for the child? Hmmm > > Lois