Tony, I should have mentioned, you could, of course, buy the birth certificates to see if a father is named on them. Also you may find references to the father in parish records (birth/baptism), and in court records if an application for maintenance was made.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Tony Rolfe Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 1:24 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] a surfeit of husbands I recently ran a potential problems report and found the following situation: A woman had married and had children. The 1871 census shows her as a widow with several children, including a 3-month-old daughter. Her husband had died in 1868. The 1881 census shows her being remarried with two more children born after 1871 but before her new marriage and with her previous married surname. So, these may have been adopted, they may be fathered by her new husband before the marriage, or she may have had another, as yet undocumented, relationship (or two). The three children born between the death of husband 1 and the marriage to husband 2 were linked to husband 1 and showed up as potential problems. I've unlinked the three children from their parents and linked them to the mother, but now they each have an unknown father. This poor woman shows up as having 5 husbands, three unknowns and two with names. Is there any way to consolidate the 3 unknown spouses into one, without actually creating someone called "Unknown"? Advice would be appreciated thanks Tony Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
