Boy, I'm disappointed that I have not received one single word on how others are handling divorces, unmarried couple having children, interracial marriages, slave masters begetting children on slave women on the ancestry tree? Am I alone here in dealing with these things? Is this just a taboo topic? Surely out of this group there must be some experience with how they treat these things on the ancestry trees. Isn't this what this list all about? You don't have to be SPECIFIC as in NAMES, but how you work around it on the tree(s) would be useful for to know. Well, it would sure be useful for me to know. I'm kind of walking into new territory here. Could use some help. Craig

No, you are not alone and the subject certainly isn't taboo. I just do not have a good answer for you - especially one that you will like. :) Charles Parsons was the son of Peter James Parsons and Carrie, a slave, who moved with the family from Virginia to Missouri. Carrie was owned by Peter's mother, Elizabeth Bailey Parsons. Charles was raised by Peter James as his son. I have entered Peter's and Carrie's partnership as an additional marriage and entered the information sent to me by Mary, a descendant of Charles and wife Elizabeth, in the notes. I have been fortunate to meet and spend time with Mary on her trips back to Missouri. She is part of my family and we share an interest in family history. The stories passed down through her family are wonderful. I use both Reunion and Family Tree Maker for Mac. Neither has an option for any relationship outside of marriage. Donna On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Craig Kilby <craig@craigkilby.com> wrote: > Boy, I'm disappointed that I have not received one single word on how > others are handling divorces, unmarried couple having children, interracial > marriages, slave masters begetting children on slave women on the ancestry > tree? Am I alone here in dealing with these things? > > Is this just a taboo topic? Surely out of this group there must be some > experience with how they treat these things on the ancestry trees. Isn't > this what this list all about? You don't have to be SPECIFIC as in NAMES, > but how you work around it on the tree(s) would be useful for to know. > Well, it would sure be useful for me to know. I'm kind of walking into new > territory here. Could use some help. > > Craig > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Craig You can add a dated fact on the time line for each of these. You could list an in married spouse and note in the marriage description box that they were NOT married. Interratial marriages - just list the people and marriage in the normal way. For slave masters list it like the I married above, by putting a description in the box with the marriage info - I think it shows up on the overview page - try it Nd see how it looks. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 26, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Craig Kilby <craig@craigkilby.com> wrote: > Boy, I'm disappointed that I have not received one single word on how others are handling divorces, unmarried couple having children, interracial marriages, slave masters begetting children on slave women on the ancestry tree? Am I alone here in dealing with these things? > > Is this just a taboo topic? Surely out of this group there must be some experience with how they treat these things on the ancestry trees. Isn't this what this list all about? You don't have to be SPECIFIC as in NAMES, but how you work around it on the tree(s) would be useful for to know. Well, it would sure be useful for me to know. I'm kind of walking into new territory here. Could use some help. > > Craig > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message