Hi Jess, Yes, there is a way to do it:
First, add him to your data-base as an unlinked person. Then link him to the family by events he participated in. When ever I find a person who may either become a relative or who had a significant relationship they are recorded by adding them as an unlinked person. Then link them using events that are common to them and a relative. Carol Elk Grove, CA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jess M Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:30 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Important individuals to your file with no direct family tie I am abounding with issues today! ugh. How do you all incorporate individuals that have no blood or family tie to your family, but yet hold significant value to your files? I have a gentleman that has been with our family since the 1940's, yet is not related to us in any way. When my mother's father passed in 1968, he stepped in and helped my grandmother raise the remaining three kids at home, as well as tended to her daily until her death this past January. They were NOT engaged in a relationship outside friendship, they did not reside in the same home, etc. This gentleman was the best friend of my grandfather. Family consensus is that he MUST be included in the book I am working to put together, yet I haven't found a way yet to incorporate him into the reports since he is not directly linked to us in any way. (He even had a family of his own for quite a few years.) Is there a work around for this? My final thoughts on it are to export my family reports and then his report specifically to either word or PDF documents, and then combine them outside the Legacy system. I would, however, like to find a way to link him in the system, so that it will be intact during file sharing or future reports. Thoughts? Jess M Jess M Proud to be Single Mom to CJ-9 Jo-7 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
