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Please Add Witness to the "Add Other Relationships" Drop Down Menu

MartinRYoung
MartinRYoung ✭
November 24, 2022 edited November 24, 2022 in Suggest an Idea

Many records for people in family tree include Witnesses e.g. Marriages, Baptisms, Wills etc. It would be great if you could add these Witnesses. I am suggesting to add to the "add Other Relationships" menu, however it would be even better if you could identify Witnesses directly from the Source documents themselves as witnesses vary by source document.

regards,

Martin Young

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 24, 2022

    I'm half-tempted to suggest combining godparents and witnesses into one category: they're both other participants in a vital event or rite. Similarly, "neighbor" and "household" should maybe be combined, since they both cover people who are associated with the principal by their place of residence. And I wonder how "Employment" could be re-labeled to include things like fellow soldiers and co-workers.

    But I agree that witnesses should somehow be included under Other Relationships.

    (This suggestion should perhaps be moved to or repeated in the New Person Page group.)

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