Hi Thomas, > What is the prefered way to enter two people who live together and > have children, but are not married? > Is there a way to enter such a relationship beyond of marriage? > With the children getting the last name of the mother?
In the Marriage Information you can tick the box "This couple did not marry". Also in the Marriage Information, you can select a Status to reflect a term of your preference - for my partner/other half/not-quite-husband (who I have not married but lived with for 21 years now) and myself, I've got "Common Law" selected. I can't remember if that was already there or if I added it. You can add any term you like. Further down in the Marriage Information window, you can alter the wording on reports if you don't like how it appears. Surnames can be over-ridden, so for those children who took the mother's surname just type in the name they are known/registered as. If they are known by both surnames, you can add the other as an AKA. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard (listening to tsunami warnings and progress around the Pacific Ocean on the radio, following an earthquake in Chile - http://www.radionz.co.nz/ ) -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/ <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
