[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Recording illegitimate birth in PAF?

[Gary Warner]

Jerry,

An illegitimate birth by most definitions means that the parents were not 
married.  In the old records, that usually also means that the father is 
not listed.  Hence you record the mother of the child, but do not enter any 
data for the father, unless he is mentioned.  Sometimes later when the 
child is married, the child has a father listed, so I would assume that his 
mother told him who the father was.  In that case I would add the father in 
your database and add a note that indicates that the parents were not 
married.  Some programs (not PAF 5 as near as I can tell) will also allow 
you to select an option from a drop box that indicates that the couple were 
not married.

Gary Warner

At 10:11 AM 3/22/2002 , Jerry Frank wrote:
>Is there any special procedure for doing this in PAF?  Or in other 
>software for that matter?
>
>At present, where the father is known, I record the mother and father 
>without a marriage event and then add a note to the child.  I don't see 
>any reference to this in the help file.
>
>Is this OK or is there a better way?
>
>
>
>Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
>jkfrank at shaw.ca
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