Need to add to "Add other relationship"
I have had dear friends in my life that have helped me greatly. I think the option of friend should be added to the "Add other relationship" feature.
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From a (your) purely personal viewpoint I can understand your feelings about this. However, if you are talking from a genealogical standpoint I believe this would be a step too far as an acceptable option in what, after all, is a genealogy based program.
Update - I just noticed a similar issue has been raised at https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/130331/other-relationships-section-add-friend-to-drop-down-box#latest. If the existing options have been approved by FamilySearch managers, I now accept it would be in order to add "Friend" to the list. It's still not an area in which I would want to make inputs, however, as I don't see these relationships as having any relevance to my genealogy.
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@Paul W, one technique for dealing with genealogical brick walls is to research the person's "FAN club": friends, associates, and neighbors. This can help locate misindexed or unindexed records about the person, and identify or eliminate similarly-named people. This is why I think the Other Relationship item that is currently labeled "Neighbor" should maybe be broader: "Friend, Associate, or Neighbor".
But in the meantime, I suggest using the Neighbor option for friends and associates.
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I would like to see a text field option where one could type a custom relationship in addition to the existing fields in the drop down list. As has been mentioned, a broad spectrum of "fan club" can often provide valuable information.
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I would have added unrelated persons several times, except the drop-down menu is so specific and short that I can't use the feature because the person I wish to add from the record is none of those relationships to the name on the Person Page. PLEASE add "Other" to the list, so that those who don't fit in the specific categories can actually be added anyway.
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