A cousin and I have a problem knowing how to add two boys to FamilySearch Family Tree and to our database management programs. The two boys were born to a mother named Jane when the only two girls in the Scottish family are Jean and Janet. I have seen one of the original birth records and it definitely shows Jane as the mother. I have not seen the other record in its original form but the extracted record shows Jane as well. The two girls are only 2 years apart and both could have been old enough to give birth to the boys who are 3 years apart. We are pretty sure the boys are in the right family because I have found him in the 1871 census as the grandson and the 1881 census as the son. I find him on the same passenger list as my gr grandfather. He lists his grandparents as his parents when he gets married. So we believe we have the surviving boy in the right family, our family. We are thinking of making a third person named Jane and adding the two boys to her as the birth records show and add her to the genealogy programs so as not to lose the boys. One of the boys lives to sire another child out of wedlock and that child gives birth to my friend's grandmother, so it is important that we keep track of these boys. We just can't figure out how to "name" the mother in the interim until we can figure out if she is Jean or Janet or someone else. I suggested the name "Jane?, Janet? or Jean?" so that it is apparent there is a question as to the actual mother that needs to be researched. What does one do in a case like this? Thanks Margie in Washington State

If I read this correctly, then with Family Search, you can add as many wives or mothers as you need to.  Then in the notes for the ambiguous mother describe what you have here.  As for your data management program, I would think you could do something similar.  The woman doesn't have to be a wife in Family Search and I wouldn't think your genealogy program would require anything else. Please tell me how it works out for you. Cheryl ProctorSnowy, iceySouthern Indiana On Saturday, February 21, 2015 4:36 PM, M. A. Beldin via <[email protected]> wrote: A cousin and I have a problem knowing how to add two boys to FamilySearch Family Tree and to our database management programs. The two boys were born to a mother named Jane when the only two girls in the Scottish family are Jean and Janet. I have seen one of the original birth records and it definitely shows Jane as the mother. I have not seen the other record in its original form but the extracted record shows Jane as well. The two girls are only 2 years apart and both could have been old enough to give birth to the boys who are 3 years apart. We are pretty sure the boys are in the right family because I have found him in the 1871 census as the grandson and the 1881 census as the son. I find him on the same passenger list as my gr grandfather. He lists his grandparents as his parents when he gets married. So we believe we have the surviving boy in the right family, our family. We are thinking of making a third person named Jane and adding the two boys to her as the birth records show and add her to the genealogy programs so as not to lose the boys. One of the boys lives to sire another child out of wedlock and that child gives birth to my friend's grandmother, so it is important that we keep track of these boys.  We just can't figure out how to "name" the mother in the interim until we can figure out if she is Jean or Janet or someone else. I suggested the name "Jane?, Janet? or Jean?" so that it is apparent there is a question as to the actual mother that needs to be researched. What does one do in a case like this? Thanks Margie in Washington State ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message