Include names of godparents when attaching christening sources

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Sergio Lewis said: I'd like to be able to include the names of godparents as listed in christening records. Obviously, I can manually include this, but it would be convenient to have a drop down menu when attaching christening and infant baptism records that allows me to include the names of the godparents.

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joe martel said: Most times the godparents are not indexed. So the best way to accomplish this is to put their names in the Notes field of the Source that you are attaching.

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Sergio Lewis said: Is it possible that in the future users may make edits and changes to indexed records, allowing for an entry field where they can identify the godparents and other information of interest?

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Kurt Matthia said: Where is the ad hoc relationships feature at? Is it still planned?

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joe martel said: Right now you can't submit more indexed info on a record. That is why you put it in the Notes field of the Source. I don't know what an ad hoc relationship is. There are two kinds of relationships - spousal and parent:child.

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Angelo Longo said: I've recently begun to work on adding baptism records from the catalog to Family Tree, so I decided to add godfathers and godmothers to Family Members section. I've decided to do so because I know the importance that they still have today for godchildren in southern Italy, even if the catholic 1983 Code of Canon Law abolished their conception as “spiritual parents”, an ancient tradition that was received by the 1917 Code of Canon Law. In the 19th century I've even found some instances of children taking last names of godfathers instead of those of natural fathers, even if the latter ones were present in the records!

I was thus very surprised to not find godparents between Parent Relationship Types, and I had to use the more similar type of “Step Parents”. So my ancestors now have a “Step – Father” and a “Step – Mother” in addition to their natural parents instead of a “Godfather” and a “Godmother”. I would then strongly suggest to add them to the list of options.