Thanks for your reply Kathy. No they were not from a recent import and I have no idea how this problem occurred.
I did try to merge the two Patrick's but you can not merge two people with the same RIN. Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney. Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Shiell-Stokes Sent: Sunday, 28 October 2007 5:29 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE: both Patrick's have the same RIN, and both Elizabeth's have the same RIN [ was Oh dear am I in a mess ] Valerie: Have you imported these folks recently? It appears as though they somehow got duplicated during a recent import. The solution is to do a merge and merge them all together....then your linkages should be correct. You can verify this by looking on family view and seeing how many spouses each one has...if more than what they should have then you know you have"ghost" marriages that a merge should take care of....HOWEVER...you need to be very careful when doing merges that you don't accidentally merge people that should not be merged(if you have a lot of unknowns in your file you'll need to very carefully examine surrounding families to determine if they are actually duplicates.) Legacy has an automerge feature that works really nicely...but always make a backup of your file before you try merging these folks. The good news is that if you just unlinked them they are probably still in your file. Try running Tree finder( on the top menu, click on view and then look for Tree Finder.....Click on that and see how many "trees" show up...I'm betting that you may have a bunch of them....The kicker is that Tree Finder does not automatically refresh itself....You'll need to click on Refresh after you do your merges. Keep us posted on how things go....Email me off list if you need intensive assistance...First advice is to take deep breaths... KathyAt 10:29 PM 10/27/2007, you wrote: >Thank you for getting back to me. I saw my problem, threw up my hands >in horror and went out. > >I will now try and explain what I now have. > >Ni 1. > >Patrick 579 m to Elizabeth 580 >Patrick 579 m Elizabeth 580 >.... > >....I don't know whether you can make sense of this but I did not know >how else to explain it to you. > >Here's hoping and thanks for your time. > >Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney. >Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Dublin, Wicklow & >Wexford > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Heather Stovold >Sent: Sunday, 28 October 2007 12:02 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RE: both Patrick's have the same RIN, and both >Elizabeth's have the same RIN [ was Oh dear am I in a mess ] > > >Valerie - it is hard to help if you can't tell me what the worse mess >is. > >You had the 2 people entered into legacy only once - but you had the >marriage set up twice. The instructions I gave should get rid of one >marriage, and they should be all good. > >I'm sorry - but it is hard to help if I don't know what the situation >is now. > > >On 10/27/07, Valerie Garton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now I am in a worse mess and I don't know what to do next. > > > > It really is too complicated to try and type up. > > > > > > > >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 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1096 - Release Date: >10/27/2007 11:02 AM 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