We can record that a certain person had some involvement in a fact or event of someone else. For example, they might have been the witness at a marriage, the beneficiary in a will, or the informant on a death certificate.
Charles Darwin wrote his will on 27 September 1881; probate was granted after his death, on 6 June 1882. We have added a “Will” fact and a “Probate” fact to the list of facts for him. If we click on the “eye” button, the witnesses dialog appears. This will allow us to select a witness or witnesses, and set their role/roles, or delete them from the list.
Once a witness has been added, the event appears in their own list of facts too, although it isn’t editable from there. The following is William Erasmus Darwins fact list:
