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Blank Family Member Record Form

Last Revised: 3/28/97

	a.	Prefix
		Mr., Mrs., Dr., etc.
	b.	First Name
	c.	Middle Name
	d.	Extra Name
		There is an occasional third or extra name
	e.	Last Name
		Female Montague children, married or unmarried, will use Montague at the top of the form. Their spouses names appear in the Family Information section below. Subsequent generations of the children of the distaff side will use their family name on the form.
	f.	Suffix
		Jr., III, Sr., etc.
	g.	Title
		Baron, Duke, Earl of Sandwich, etc.
	h.	Index#
		This is a control number assigned to everyone who has an entry in the system. For the moment leave this blank. We will assign this number unless you have your family branch numbers assigned. In that case we will use your numbers until we have a junction of branches at which time we will be renumbered for overall linkage and clarity.
	i.	AFN#
		This Ancestral File Number is a control number assigned to individuals by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They have a large worldwide field team constantly collecting genealogical data. Their archives are probably the largest in the world. There are usually several churches in most areas that have CD-ROM files containing information that you can only imagine. They will be most happy to show you how to use their resources. Please take some disk with you on which to copy your information.
	j.	Gender
	k.	Common Ancestor Name
		This one might be a little tricky. There are several Montague genealogy books about different branches of the family around the world. When they were written Index# 1 was chosen as the top of the family tree. Now what we have are duplicate uses of #1. To keep separation of these branches until we have branch completion and closure I am going to continue the use of the initial Index#'s. The branches will be identified by an Index# suffix. Example; 1047-rm1614. This identifies the individual as an ancestor of Richard Montague, b. 1614. Then there is -pm1603, Peter Montague, b. 1603. Others will be used as they are identified. In your case, your common ancestor will be the most distant back that you can trace, ie., -xxyyyy.

	a.	Father
		The family members father
	b.	Fathers Birth Date
	c.	PGrandfather
		The family members paternal grandfather
	d.	Paternal grandfathers Birth Date
	e.	PGrandmother
		The family members paternal grandmother
	f.	Paternal grandmothers Birth Date
	g.	Mother
		The family members mother
	h.	Mothers Birth Date
	i.	MGrandfather
		The family members maternal grandfather
	j.	Maternal grandfathers Birth Date
	k.	MGrandmother
		The family members maternal grandmother
	l.	Maternal grandmothers Birth Date

	a.	Number
		The sequential number of the family unit. This recognizes different spouses in order and keys them to the parentage of the children.
	b.	Spouse
		Spouses name
	c.	Date
		Date family unit began
	d.	Birth
		Birth date of spouse
	e.	Born in
		The birthplace of the spouse
	f.	Died
		Date of death of spouse
	g.	Comments
		Short comments about the spouse. Lengthy narrative about the spouse can be written separately and will be hyperlinked from the appropriate family member page.

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	a.	Education
	b.	Church
		Church affiliation
	c.	Occupation
		The family members primary lifetime or current occupation.
	d.	Ambition
		Could be the above or it could be something dreamed of but not quite achieved.

	a.	Event
		An important lifetime events such as birth and death. Other things such as, drafted, decorated, discharged, honored, graduated, hanged, etc.
	Note!	The birth and death information should always be entered.
	b.	Date
		When the event occurred.
	c.	Place
		Where the event occurred.
	d.	Role/Comments
		The role that the family member played in the event and any comments.

	a.	Number
		The sequential number of the children.
	b.	Name
		Name, not including last name
	c.	Index#
		See paragraph 1h above.
	d.	Birth
		Birth date
	e.	Mother
		Place the number of the mother from Family Information section above in this field.
	f.	Comments
		Short comments about the child. Lengthy narrative about the child can be written separately and will be a part of the family members page.

4.	Address and Contact Information