People tell lies! I know it is shocking. They even lie on documents. And there is the issue that you do not have to go through a ceremony to be considered married. Most places call it common law marriage, you live together for so long and bingo you are married in the eyes of the law. Alan > From: "Terry Steer" <terry.steer@btinternet.com> > Date: 2005/07/19 Tue PM 03:09:25 EDT > To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] unmarried citation > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stewart Millar" <sm999@tiscali.co.uk> > To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:32 PM > Subject: RE: [PAF-5] unmarried citation > > <snip> > > > The PAF recognised marriage date of "Not Married" can be used when there > > is > > an absolute certainty of that fact (which I find hard to know when or how > > that might be) regarding the parents of any children. > > <snip> > > How about when a living relative tells you they know that a certain person > had children but never married? An aunt of mine's first husband was Roman > Catholic & would not divorce her, so she "lived in sin" with another man for > forty years and had six children by him. > > Terry > > > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >