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by SantaT
09 Apr 2022 23:33
Forum: General Usage
Topic: 'lumping' households within same census
Replies: 7
Views: 1145

Re: "lumping" households within same census

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that it’s sufficient to identify the household, and the specific individual within will be easily spotted on the page when (and if) the reader consults it. So, the “Person of Interest” would be, e.g. Benjamin Williams Household, whether I’m citing the pa...
by SantaT
28 Sep 2018 11:11
Forum: General Usage
Topic: showing spouses without children in a published report
Replies: 6
Views: 3624

Re: showing spouses without children in a published report

That does sound like a better solution than either a) entering a fifth spouse "unknown" or b) assigning Charles to one or the other and trusting readers to read the notes. Thanks.
by SantaT
25 Sep 2018 22:38
Forum: General Usage
Topic: showing spouses without children in a published report
Replies: 6
Views: 3624

Re: showing spouses without children in a published report

(Version 6.2) Yes, it is a narrative, descendant report. The options I am using are 5 generations and all notes. So in a descendant report, if a marriage doesn't result in (documented) children, the spouse is not given? I guess that's logical, even though I would imagine that the circumstance where ...
by SantaT
25 Sep 2018 22:04
Forum: General Usage
Topic: showing spouses without children in a published report
Replies: 6
Views: 3624

showing spouses without children in a published report

I noticed when I did a report recently that wives who did not have children with a particular husband were omitted from the report. Example: James had 4 wives: Margaret, Jane, Elizabeth and Ann. I don't know whether Jane or Elizabeth is the mother of his son Charles, because their death dates and hi...