Adding a Family to the Address Book?

What is the best way to enter information for a family in Address Book? I mean like the Johnson Family - Father John, Mother Susan, Kids Steve and Nancy? Any suggestions as to the best format?
Kevin

Another useful technique is to use the "related names" fields - so in Steve's contact card you can put John Johnson in a related name field and set the label to father. It is a bit cumbersome, but some people like it for when they are printing out address labels - it will print a single one for the family, with the first line "John Susan Steve and Nancy Johnson".
If you have related names set up you can use them to navigate between cards - not particularly useful, of course, if all the Johnsons are together, but if Nancy gets married and changes her name the link will still work.
AK

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