Cary,
I believe you have a duplicate person entered in your file. Only you can figure
out who is the culprit(s), but this will help you find them.
Display RINs on your names.
You described hovering over the the mother/father icon. Click that icon to get
the name & RIN of the correct parents. I bet if you then look at the Family
View that is giving you grief, you'll find someone has the same name &
different RIN, indicating a duplicate.
You'll want to
unlink and merge or
unlink and delete
your call based on information you entered for the culprit(s). Just be sure to
unlink first. I have to jot the RINs down too to keep everyone straight. I had
one family so convoluted that I printed (created a file) individual and family
reports, then unlinked, deleted, & reentered information.
One way to avoid this is to always check to see if the person you are entering
in your database is already there. When entering any new person, I suggest you
use the option "Link to an existing" person, daughter, son whatever.
That option takes you to the Name List to see if that person is already in your
database. (Note the Name List has 6 tabs on the right hand side with probably
enough info to make a decision.) If so, Link selecting from the name list. If
not, close the name list and add "New" person, daughter, son whatever.
I hope this will do the trick.
Legacy has a check for duplicates. Under Tools and Merge. Please read about
this before using this tool. Thoroughly look through your database so you have
confidence that Legacy is properly representing your research. Others may have
more & better suggestions for a thorough search to build your confidence.
Regards, Jane Tripp
To show RINs
Select Options from the top toolbar
Select Customize
Select the View tab
Select to display RINs on both Name List and Family View
I you decide to print reports, I suggest you add RINs and MRINs to the reports.
Report Options
Include tab
Look in the lower left corner for RIN & MRIN
----- Original Message -----
From: Cary Jay Vaughn
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Family View Biological Parent Not Showing
Yes. I think you understand my dilemma/issue. Not to belabor the point, but I
don't understand why this isn't an issue for others. I thought exactly the same
thing as you have suggested. Consequently, I unlinked the parents and
relinked them to the correct ones. Still the same problem. Here is what I see:
In family view, the mother shown above is incorrect. I know he is linked to
the correct parents because I can hover my mouse over the little
"mother/father" icon and the correct parents appear. The mother just doesn't
appear above making it look like his mother is someone other than who it
actually is.
I think the computer ought to know this because the mother who is shown above
(on top) is not connected to him in any way. When I am viewing his "family
view" screen, there is no reason for this other woman ("parent") to appear at
all. I mark a person as preferred because when I am viewing an
individual, that is the preferred SPOUSE. This should not be a factor in
seeing one's real PARENT.
I think that whenever I am in family view, I will always have to have the
question in my mind of whether I am viewing the actual parents?! I don't
remember this being an issue in version 6 or maybe I just didn't notice.
Thanks for all your responses.
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From: "Trippsibs5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:48 PM
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Family View Biological Parent Not Showing
Cary,
I want to take one step back here and make sure you added the child to the
correct parents. In Family View, if the child is showing up with your preferred
mother and not the father you want, then the child was entered with the
incorrect couple in the Family View. (correct mother, incorrect
father)
If this is the case, you can unlink the child from parents, go to Family
View, scroll through the spouses until you have the correct biological mother &
father on the screen, then add the child as a 'Link to an existing' son or
daughter.
This may not be the case, but your comment about the parent having nothing to
do at all with the child made me think that just maybe the child was showing on
the Family View as a child of the 'non-preferred' father and not the biological
father.
Regards, Jane Tripp
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