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From: Terry Reigel <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Named in a Will
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:57:15 -0400
In-Reply-To: <00bb01c3882c$5e5149b0$173e2844@DennisDell340>


On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:56:39 -0400, Dennis Norton wrote:
> I have a number of names in a will from 1832, listed as
> "All children of deceased". Additionally, "All to appear
> at Surrogate's Court 1 Oct., 1832 at Johnstown."
>
>
> Should I list all these children as Witnesses? Or should
> I use Roles which I am just starting to get into? Or
> should I note them in some other fashion. I'm using this
> to prove the relationship to the father.

The answer is, "it depends." There is no need to list the children as
Witnesses just because you want to use the will to prove relationship
to the father. You do that with Sources, where you would use the will
as a Source, and cite it for the relationship.

However, if you want the fact that they were named in the will to show
up in narratives, and not just in source notes, then entering them as
witnesses in a Will Tag is the way to do that. The next question is,
where do you want that fact mentioned? In the narrative for the
father, in the narrative for each child, or both? The default sentence
structure for witnesses will appear only in children's narratives, and
will say that they "witnessed" the will - not what you want. You can
customize the sentence structure for each witness to better say what
you mean. But setting up roles is easier in the long run. You create
the sentence structure once, and then just choose the appropriate
role.

If you want to have the fact to appear in the father's narrative, you
can do it with ordinary Witnesses as long as all your witnesses have
the same role in the will. If some are executors, some heirs, and some
are "mentioned" you need to use Roles to keep them straight in the
father's narrative.

Terry Reigel


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