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From: Debra Mallett <>
Subject: TMG-L: Q: Common-law Marriages
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 17:23:28 -0400

Hi Group. I am sure you must have had this discussion before I joined
the group. Sorry to bring it up again. What I was wondering is, do you
have any suggestions for handling a common-law marriage? Did you build
a new tag for this? If so, could you share what you used for the
following:

- a gedcom tag for exports
- "past tense" wording
- the sentence

What I am considering to include as a common-law marriage is:

- two people who lived together, had no children, but where it was
serious enough that
I consider them as part of the family, or
- two people who lived together and did have children

Or have I missed something already there in the existing tags?

Thanks,
Deb Mallett (TMG V4.0)

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