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From: "Jim Byram" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Birth2 Tag (again); Married Name Tag; Creating 'Bogus" person
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:27:14 -0500
References: <3.0.32.20001031091403.046a1c44@pop.multipro.com>


> >I have two additional questions now. Why does the Married Name Tag
appear
> >BEFORE the Marriage Tag in Person View - surely logic would put it
after the
> >details of the marriage?
>
> The Married Name Tag probably doesn't have a date. Tags with not
dates
> appear at top of list.

When a marriage is created as a result of the 'Add a Person' process
(add husband, add wide or add spouse), the resulting married name tag
has the same date entered for the marriage and sorts before the
marriage tag. If you give an undated married name tag the same date or
sort date as the marriage, it will sort before the marriage tag. It's
a reasonable argument that it should sort immediately after the
marriage tag.

> >Several people have mentioned creating an XYZ Person (e.g. a Census
Person)
> >and I presume this is to somehow assist with linking certain data
together.
> >Could someone please explain the reasoning behind this practise?

Check out Diana Begeman's website for an explanation:

http://www.halcyon.com/begeman/Census.htm

Jim



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