Forum Activity for @jmsp1983

Setting maiden names

Genosis

For a female family member whose surname changed through marriage, is the 'Other names' field the appropriate place to put that maiden name? As it allows multiple string entries separated by commas, I'm assuming the field isn't used to create semantic relationships. I'm thinking that it perhaps should, though. I'm thinking that, for example, someone born 'Jane Jones' who changes her name to 'Jane Smith' (and is recorded as such with first name and surname) should have a semantic relationship to the name value 'Jones' as well as a hierarchical relationship to her parents, shouldn't she? It looks like recording her 'Other name' as 'Jane Jones' wouldn't establish that relationship between her and her family name. Is that correct?
updated by @jmsp1983: 05/22/17 03:55:10PM

'Birth of Child' defaults to 'Seattle, King County, Washington, USA'

Genosis

Just to add to this (in case it isn't already known), the date for these events also defaults to May 1950 (although one event was also dated August 1951).

'Birth of Child' defaults to 'Seattle, King County, Washington, USA'

Genosis

Thanks Paul. Will do with manual edits for now.

'Birth of Child' defaults to 'Seattle, King County, Washington, USA'

Genosis

When I create a new family member via 'Link to new person', the location of the relationship event between those individuals defaults to 'Seattle'. For example, I create a family member with a place of birth, then I add that person's father - Genosis creates a 'Birth of Child' event on the timeline, but with 'Seattle' as the location, rather than the location specified in the child's profile. How can I get it to use the specified location of the child, rather than defaulting to Seattle?
updated by @jmsp1983: 05/22/17 05:08:16AM