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Showing illegitimacy

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 29 Aug 2010 16:43

do you mean when adding to your tree/
I have added the father as a partner to the mum as Unknown then you can add the child and put something in the notes to the fact the child was illigitimate

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

David

David Report 29 Aug 2010 16:29

Hello. I'm fairly new to this. Is there a convention on GR to show that the father's name wasn't on the birth certificate as opposed to not having researched the father's name yet?