Illigithmate Children Posting

[Jack Ross]

Total novice in this endeavor. Have been using Sierra Generations 8.5.1 for
about 3 years and I am toughly baffled, and even more of a novice, on how to
do this. Please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this.

Have a half-brother that had a illegitimate daughter as well as a legitimate
daughter. In relationship to me, the relationship is the same. Problem is:
How do you associated the child to only one parent so I can show her mother.
Only way, as far as I can see is to list the child's mother as a spouse of
my half-brother (not true). If I list the child under my half-brother as
Illegitimate and add the mother as hers. The child is listed a the daughter
of the current spouse. Is there a way to do this I don't see.

Or is there a software that relates children to one individual and then
another. If so, can you relate that information.

If this is wrong group. Will you please direct me to the correct or more
appropriate area.

Thank you.

[Charlie]

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:51:10 -0500, "Jack Ross"
<[email protected]> wrote:

Total novice in this endeavor. Have been using Sierra Generations 8.5.1 for
about 3 years and I am toughly baffled, and even more of a novice, on how to
do this. Please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this.

Have a half-brother that had a illegitimate daughter as well as a legitimate
daughter. In relationship to me, the relationship is the same. Problem is:
How do you associated the child to only one parent so I can show her mother.
Only way, as far as I can see is to list the child's mother as a spouse of
my half-brother (not true). If I list the child under my half-brother as
Illegitimate and add the mother as hers. The child is listed a the daughter
of the current spouse. Is there a way to do this I don't see.

Or is there a software that relates children to one individual and then
another. If so, can you relate that information.

If this is wrong group. Will you please direct me to the correct or more
appropriate area.

Thank you.

Generations should allow you to enter the first relationship as a
marriage, and the second without a marriage. Then simply enter the
child of each relationship. Most genealogy programs should handle this
with no difficulty at all. You may have to refer to the second lady as
a "wife" of "spouse" to enter her, but if you don't assign a marriage
to the relationship, the program should handle it right.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

[Joe Makowiec]

On 24 Oct 2004 in soc.genealogy.computing, Jack Ross wrote:

Or is there a software that relates children to one individual and
then another. If so, can you relate that information.

As Charlie indicates, most software /should/ be able to handle this.

The Master Genealogist (TMG, http://whollygenes.com/) allows you to enter
the parents with or without a marriage; or you can enter a marriage-like
relationship, but specify its exact nature (living together, engaged,
short-term, whatever).

--
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.org/
Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe

[Jack Ross]

Thanks for the info. I think I got it now.


"Joe Makowiec" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On 24 Oct 2004 in soc.genealogy.computing, Jack Ross wrote:

Or is there a software that relates children to one individual and
then another. If so, can you relate that information.

As Charlie indicates, most software /should/ be able to handle this.

The Master Genealogist (TMG, http://whollygenes.com/) allows you to enter
the parents with or without a marriage; or you can enter a marriage-like
relationship, but specify its exact nature (living together, engaged,
short-term, whatever).

--
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.org/
Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe

[JJupar]

Subject: Illigithmate Children Posting
From: "Jack Ross" [email protected]
Date: 24/10/2004 23:51 GMT Standard Time

I have Generations which I have used for a long time.

If you click on the second little box on the left of the name it says new
spouse. Enter the lady's name and then click on marriage. When that comes
up if you click on box for the date, the option comes up for married or common
Law wife. I use this to indicate illegitimate children I have found it works
very well when you are printing off the various reports and charts.

Hope this helps

Judy elkington

[Dale DePriest]

JJupar wrote:

Subject: Illigithmate Children Posting
From: "Jack Ross" [email protected]
Date: 24/10/2004 23:51 GMT Standard Time


I have Generations which I have used for a long time.

If you click on the second little box on the left of the name it says new
spouse. Enter the lady's name and then click on marriage. When that comes
up if you click on box for the date, the option comes up for married or common
Law wife. I use this to indicate illegitimate children I have found it works
very well when you are printing off the various reports and charts.

Hope this helps

Judy elkington

It would work only for your convention. Since Common Law marriages are
legitiment in some states the child of such a union would not be
illegitimate. It is safer to not assign any kind of marriage event to
the union.

Dale
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