Oy vey! This is a fun one. I would handle this by entering all three men as fathers to George and using the "Challenged" category for all three. I would enter into the notes as much as you can about the circumstances. This sounds like a DNA project in the making. Maybe blame is not right concept. Perhaps John Smith was a good man and wanted to have George named after him regardless of who the biological father was. It does happen. Richard Rands At 01:07 PM 8/16/2005 +0100, Rosemary Probert wrote: >I wonder if anyone can advise me where and how this information is best >added to PAF: > >Mary HICKMAN (widow) had a son - George Smith HICKMAN - baptised in 1829. >At a hearing at Oxford Quarter Sessions responsibility for this child was >laid at the feet of two men (the mind boggles): John SMITH and John >WELLER. Since Mary gave the child the name of George SMITH HICKMAN, it >would seem that she laid the 'blame' at John SMITH's door! > >George was born between Mary's first marriage to Thomas HICKMAN, and her >second marriage to Joseph CRIPPS. Her third marriage was to John SMITH! > >I am thoroughly confused, > >Best wishes, > >Rosemary, >Northumberland UK >.................................................. >Family History : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ >Photographs from the North of England : >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ >Banburyshire Web Site : http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/index.htm >.................................................. > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== >FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service >http://www.familysearch.org/