What do you do when they have married/divorced/married/divorced/married/widows/married? > > From: Richard Rands <rrands@cfmc.com> > Date: 2005/06/27 Mon AM 11:12:04 EDT > To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] showing spouse in list > > Hi Jeannie. > Actually, I use the "Married Name" field only for the spouse's full name > and display it on the Individual Screen so that it appears with his or her > spouse. That makes entering the married name superfluous because it shows > up on the same line as their marriage partner. I enter the spouse's name > in Surname, Given name format. So the Married name field in my file for my > wife's record contains "Rands, Richard" and the married name field for my > record contains "Canann, Carol Ann; Brigham, Janet" reflecting that I have > been married twice. For those individuals where I only have a given name > and no surname, I use the comma as a place holder, as in ", Martha". > > One issue that I have not settled on is what, if anything, to enter in the > Married Name field if the individual is known to have never married. I > certainly note this fact in the notes, but I suspect that having that piece > of info visible on the Individual screen may be useful. > > Richard Rands > > > > At 10:00 AM 6/27/2005 -0400, Jeannie wrote: > > >Very good suggestion!!! > >I had been using the 'Married Name' field for only > >the females {i.e. "Jeannie Fleck (Mrs. Daniel)"}; > >but I can see that using it for naming everyone's > >spouse(s) could be highly useful. > >When I put in the married name of someone whom > >I don't have the first name of the spouse, however, > >it looks like this: "Evelyn Howe (Mrs. ? )". PAF also > >complains about the use of the question mark, but I > >tend to ignore it. It gives me a hint as to what name > >to look for in an obituary, for example. > >But here is a question for you: How do you handle > >it when you don't know the spouse's name - or only > >have a first name? > >Thanks, again, for a great suggestion! ... > >-- J.H. Fleck > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Richard Rands" <rrands@cfmc.com> > >To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 3:51 AM > >Subject: Re: [PAF-5] showing spouse in list > > > > ... <snip> ... > >| So I solved the problem by doing something that takes > >| time, but has turned out to be very useful. > >| If you look at the Edit Individual screen for someone, > >| you will see a field down in the Other section called > >| Married Name. It turns out that field was added to > >| PAF5 with the intention that users can enter the married > >| name of a female when they are married. I happen to > >| know that it was added at the insistence of someone > >| who at the time had influence with the programming > >| team, but it was never documented, nor was it used for > >| anything other than one person's demand. So the bottom > >| line is that field is unused and has no significance in the > >| database. What makes it interesting to me is that it is a > >| field in the Individual record. > >| So I have appropriated that field for my own personal > >| Spouse's Name field. Granted I cannot change the name > >| of the field in the reports or screens, but I don't consider > >| that a problem. I simply enter manually in that field each > >| individual's spouse's name in [surname, given name] format. > >| I do it for both males and females. When someone has > >| more than one spouse, I list them all separated by > >| semicolons. PAF complains about the semicolon, but I > >| just ignore the complaint. > >| A lot of extra work? Absolutely!!! I have nearly 50,000 > >| names (many are not married, so I don't need to bother > >| with them). But I only do this for the surnames that are > >| very common in my database. I do it when I have free > >| time during my train commute to work, during airplane > >| trips (I travel alot), or when I need some mindless task > >| while listening to a football match (soccer here). I use a > >| special template that includes only the RIN, Sex, Name, > >| and Married Name. I work down the Individual Screen, > >| toggling back and forth between the Family Screen where > >| I fill in the "Spouses Name" field for both the husband and > >| the wife, and then back to the Individual Screen to move > >| to the next entry. I have developed an extremely efficient > >| series of keystrokes that optimize the procedure to make > >| it go fast. I have added the Married Name field as a > >| column in my Individual Screen to have it displayed just > >| like you have suggested. > >| ... <snip> ... > > > > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > >PAF-5-USERS Mailing List > >http://www.ausbdm.org/p5uindex.php > > > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > AVG Anti-Virus Users > Disable the 'Certify outgoing messages' option via the E-mail Scanner tab. > >