Hi Betty, I think when you can get your FTM program out of the box and installed, you will find it is very easy to add spouses and children to those spouses. FTM will keep them all straight. Love the FTM 2010. Jeannette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [Lanark] Recording children of 2nd marriage if they arenotdescendants? > Hi Judith, > > I do not currently put my family-tree information on a software; it's on > my > genealogy-to-do-list. :o( (The FTM box is sitting on my desk.) > But, > my grandparents' story is more confusing. > > Silas and Clarissa eloped in 1916 and had 3 children. They divorced in > 1935 and were both remarried within a few months. Clarissa, again, > already > pregnant with 2nd husband. She had 2 children with him; her 2nd > daughter > is the only one still living, and we consider her our aunt - actually > she's > less than 10 yrs. older than me. Then my grandfather didn't have more > children. But, he had 5 step-children with that wife, and then she died > young. He remarried and had 5 step-children with his 3rd wife. I > have > the names of all of them, and some of the first set of step-children knew > some of the step-children from the 3rd wife. :o) > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > FYI: > > Because of all the queries I've posted on-line for 8 yrs., I've connected > up > with the children of the step-children from the 2nd wife. And, I almost > connected up with a daughter of the 3rd wife, but she was in a hospital > dying when she received my letter. :o( It's a reminder -- > "find" > a distant cousin - sooner rather than later ! > > (This extended family had no connection to Scotland, but my grandfather's > parents were born in England, with ties to the Isle of Man (LEWIS / > CORKILL).) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judith" <judith.bn@bigpond.com> > To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:46 PM > Subject: [Lanark] Recording children of 2nd marriage if they are > notdescendants? > > > > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at > lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information > on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to > help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link > to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes FTM 2010 is great for that. Keeping a record of the marriages and children helps keep the family accurate. At times I have entered these other children so it is clear to me they are NOT descendants, not always necessary, but helpful to keeping the relationships all straight. Dale ----- Original Message ----- From: "J T Walton" <jtwalton13@comcast.net> To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [Lanark] Recording children of 2nd marriage if theyarenotdescendants? > Hi Betty, > > I think when you can get your FTM program out of the box and installed, > you > will find it is very easy to add spouses and children to those spouses. > FTM > will keep them all straight. > > Love the FTM 2010. > Jeannette > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 6:50 AM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Recording children of 2nd marriage if they > arenotdescendants? > > >> Hi Judith, >> >> I do not currently put my family-tree information on a software; it's on >> my >> genealogy-to-do-list. :o( (The FTM box is sitting on my desk.)