Parents, Spouses and Children

 

The parents of the person are listed following the person's birth or adoption event. The parents' ages and length of marriage at the time are provided, if known.

 

If a person has multiple parents, e.g. a birth father and adoptive father, they will be numbered to differentiate them:  Father 1, Father 2.

 

 

All spouses for a person are listed. If a person had more than one spouse, they will be numbered to differential them, e.g. Wife 1, Wife 2. 

 

The spouse is listed at the marriage event whenever possible, along with the spouse's age at the time of marriage.

 

Some data that many programs refer to as "family data" relates to both spouses. This data is repeated for each spouse, but the spouse and the age of the spouse at the time are shown with a "With Husband/Wife" prefix. This is important context to include and will allow you to identify if events between different spouses are represented correctly.

 

Behold allows designation of non-married partners, e.g. common-law or maybe two people who had children together without a relationship. They will be identified with "Partner" rather than "Husband", "Wife" or "Spouse". In order for this partner designation to appear, the data must specifically include that the couple was NOT married. The reason for this is that the absence of a marriage record does not necessarily mean that the couple was not married. And for our ancestors, marriage was more the rule than the exception. So Behold by default assumes marriage and designates Husband and Wife unless told otherwise. Once Behold has editing capabilities, it will give you the capability to add the non-married designation.

 

For same sex couples, the designation is based on the sex of the person. So two males will both be designated as Husband and two females both as Wife.

 

 

Children are shown, where possible with their birth event.

 

If there is one child of a given sex, there is no numbering, e.g. Daughter, Son, Child.  If there are multiple children of a given sex, they are numbered, e.g. Son 1, Son 2.

 

The first line designates the birth of a person's child. The date and place of the event is shown, and the age and marriage status of the person at the time are shown.

 

The second line shows the other parent, and their age and marriage status at the time.

 

The third line shows the child who was born and is followed by additional birth information.

 

Adoptions and foster children are handled and displayed in a similar manner.