Elizabeth: It's actually not a problem of entering parents and children in a particular sequence. It comes from adding a person and a marriage date without knowing the spouse's name--which can happen occasionally whether you're working backward or forward. Once the person and marriage date are entered, the unknown spouse (for reporting purposes) becomes "someone" although that doesn't show on the individual's information screen, of course. Then if you add the spouse's name later, the "someone" doesn't go away; the word is just added to the name you entered so you get "Jane married someone John Doe" in reports.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Elizabeth Richardson Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:25 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Someone I believe you are more likely to encounter this bug working backwards. One can more easily learn the name of one parent without learning the names of both parents, especially when getting back several generations, which is when I suspect this problem crops up. When you come forward in time, you are more likely to have the marriage information before learning the names of the children. And, many people never come forward in time unless the information is simply handed to them, and many don't record it even then. I can't even count the number of times I've inquired of someone's research only to be told "I don't know about her sister, I'm only researching my own direct line." Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson 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
