What are _MARNM and _STAT?

[Boudewijn Sjouke]

Hi all,

A while ago the custom facts _MARNM and _STAT are added to the english factsfile. Now I want to translate their description, but that is difficult not knowing where they are used for.
Can one of you give an explanation for these facts?

Also I would like to ask you to do that for all custom facts added in the future, as it's easy to find out what a GEDCOM standard fact is, but not what is meant by a certain custom fact.

Thank you,
Boudewijn

[Peter Pluntke]

Hello Boudewijn,

I've added the _STAT fact.
That's from "ages"-software and describes the marriage status.
It can have the following values: married, unmarried, unknown.

Peter

[Boudewijn Sjouke]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the explanation.
Is _MARNM the surname of the wife in marriage, like her husbands surname?

Boudewijn

[Meliza Amity]

I fill the married name in PAF and it creates _MARNM into the gedcom.

I fill the surnames of the woman's husbands (or the husband's wife) in slahes and separated by commas.

Someone might fill here a full name (as the person was known while married).

The field is useful in showing in a PGV search result the wife with the husband and children.