Add new people records when assigning spouses and parents

One question we sometimes hear is: “What do I do if I want to record a marriage, but the spouse isn’t in our church records?” The answer has always been to create a new person record for that spouse, even if they’re not a member. This works well, since you can then add additional information to their profile (for example, a date of death for a former spouse).

But this path hasn’t always been obvious. To make it clearer, we’ve added a new “Add person” button right beside the spouse input in the marriage dialog. This lets you quickly create a new person record and have it automatically selected as the spouse, making the intended workflow much more clear.

We’ve also added the same button to the father and mother inputs. While this comes up less often, it can still be helpful in certain cases.

And don’t worry — since these are non-member records, churches are never charged for these additional people.