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Create the event that has a witness. Eg the ''marriage event'' is added to a family, the ''will'' event to a person. These have the role 'Primary' in relation to the event, 'Family' on this family event (which can be set at the top of the event reference editor).
== Add all people to the mariage marriage event ==
Now, share this same event with the witness if this person is in the database. However, assign that person a "witness" role in the event. You can do this by going to the witness in the person view, going to the {{man label|Events}} tab in the person editor, and clicking the index button to select an existing event. Chose the event you just created, and set the role to ''witness''.
== Alternative: don't create a person ==
Some people are averse to adding people to their family tree they only have a name of. First, allow us to point out why you should nevertheless make a person:
* GRAMPS Gramps supports this* You might encounter the same person again in your research. Having him in the person view increases the likelyhood likely-hood of you recognizing it is the same person as the one that appears as witness.
* The ''Find Duplicates'' tool has more information to work with.
