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How do you adapt a family tree to show divorce/remarriage?

I want to try and start a family tree. My grandmother was divorced, and then remarried. How would I show this in a family tree? Also, I want to create a form that will ask my family members to tell about their lives so that I can create a book about all of us. It will allow my grandparents to fill out the information they know about their parents and family that has passed. Does anyone have a good form for this? Or can they point me in the right direction?

Public Comments

1. good Question dont know
2. When you show it on paper it looks like grandmother (name) = first husband (name) - children (if any) year of birth - children = second husband (name) - children etc.
3. you put 1st husband with symbol for divorce in one side then add the second husband to the other side with wife . Leaving enough space for next generation.
4. Chainsaw?
5. This site has a lot of forms that would help.
6. There are many visual ways to show more than one marriage, in a chart form. The problem with decorative "trees" (using the term loosely) is that they can be very time consuming. Most researchers who accumulate a lot of information wind up using a genealogy program, which is set up to deal with all those persons. The LDS church offers Personal Ancestral file for free, via website, www.familysearch.org. It remains a standard... you can include pics, etc. Almost all the standard programs offer "gedcom" ability... that is, transfer the facts to a file that is interchangeable with other genealogy programs. thus, if you really got hooked and decided that you want/ need a fancier program (read, buy it), you just transfer what you have to the new one. Another standard is called a family group sheet... which lists husband, wife, and children, and includes a space for the parents of each spouse.. linking back to the prior generation. YOu would do a separate fgs for each marriage, but in the program, they would "link". These are just the basic facts... not so much as a biography type thing, which gives more of a personal touch. You may want to drop by www.cyndislist.com, which has a huge collection of genealogical resources, including tutorials on starting research, myths and hoaxes to avoid, etc. http://www.cyndislist.com/beginner.htm
7. Are you talking about in a genealogy program? If so, what program. If you're just talking about on paper just list it as a 2nd marriage with all his info
8. She'll just have two marriage lines with a mark across the one which ended in divorce. Children from each marriage will be placed in between her and their respective fathers.
9. i use family treemaker program - you have to buy it. It will show all the records you input & generate trees, reports & even a book - also you can add pictures, etc. the form you mention to give to family members to fill out is called a pedigree sheet or chart. for the story book - choose a theme such as school memories, childrens games how they met their spouse travel/migration what life was like 50 years ago obstacles they overcame careers, college, leaving home, parental relationships, raising kids, traditions - christmas, thanksgiving, birthdays, etc regrets, mistakes and milestones. be sure and ask for copies of old photos & the story about the photo.