I can see your point, Richard, mostly because I tripped over one of those cases not long ago. The lady lived her entire life in one town and although she did travel, it was never more than a week or two and always with a sibling or two. I nearly fell off the chair when I discovered she had been married nearly 18 months ... never left her father's house, mind, but a real, official, consummated, marriage had occurred. But, I disagree anyway. (g) Putting a flag into the marriage date field where it shows up on the pedigree screen and on the individual screens at least tells you that you've looked and not found. I've wasted a whole bunch of time I couldn't really afford to waste looking for things I've already hunted for twice and didn't find. Cheryl Richard Rands wrote: > > I always ask myself, "does this comment serve any real purpose?" If > someone without a recorded spouse has children in the database, PAF > automatically enters Unknown. I believe that is sufficient information > for that circumstance. If there are no children listed, then I believe > that leaving the spouse blank is appropriate with any comments about > marriages being placed in the notes. If you have the names of both the > father and the mother, but there is no officially recorded date, I > believe blank here is appropriate as well. We just don't know the > circumstances and leaving it blank serves to indicate that you don't > know. Entering something that may be incorrect seems to judgmental and > final. > > Just my thoughts > Richard Rands > > At 01:24 PM 7/18/2005 -0700, Alishea Durham wrote: > >> My thoughts go back to a previous discussion on the >> Married Name field. Some folks have suggested putting >> the spouses full name in this field. I could see >> putting in Unmarried for someone who never did. >> >> >> >> --- FHB39@cs.com wrote: >> >> > In the marriage box instead of the date I put >> > unwed.. >> > Since she had a child, in the spouse space I put >> > unknown since the marriage >> > information is unwed I'm hoping that anyone reading >> > it will realize that the >> > child's father is unknown. This child was born in >> > Bavaria in 1863. His >> > baptismal records in the church records state that >> > he is the bastard son of >> > Catharine. >> > If there had not been any child I would have put >> > none in the spouse box >> > Fran