>From what you wrote, did you give a husband the name of Unknown. Using that, >first print (or write on scrap paper) the family group sheet, Including RINs. >Save/backup your file, then unlink (Mr.) 'Unknown' from wife, which should ask >'unlink from children?'. Once he is not connected to anyone, then delete him. >For future reference, To add a child to only one parent, If parent has no >spouse, adding the child on the main page is easy. But for parent with >multiple (other) spouses, you need to start the child on the main screen in >Male/Female position, and choose the Add Mother or Add Father box above. Then >that way it only adds the one parent. You may be showing View 1/2 Kids? Rich in LA CA
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, Vicky L Hannam <vhan...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > From: Vicky L Hannam <vhan...@sympatico.ca> > Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: Complicated Family > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 6:14 AM > Good Morning > I am new to this list so apologize if this question has > been asked before. > I am having a problem entering data on a very complicated > family. > > Simplified, > Ann Brown had 3 base born children-father(s) unknown. > David Brown > Sally Brown > Grace Brown - The parish records for Grace's birth read > "reported married to > one John Smith, a Scotsman" altho' they still registered > her under the Brown > surname. (That makes John Smith her father, (probably). > Sure enough we found the Brown/Smith marriage so Grace is > indeed a Smith > although she used Brown for most of her life. > The children began to use the Smith surname as they grew to > adulthood as > they are found signing registers and witnessing marriages > under their > fathers name. > > Ann Brown appears in the next census as Ann Smith. Husband > Smith must have > died as she then goes on to marry a David Jones who himself > was previously > married. Some of his kids come with him as evidenced by the > next census. > > I have made a mess of the family in trying to enter it and > would appreciate > assistance. > I do have the training video for this but my first problem > is that I can't > seem to enter her as the only parent for the base born > children...sigh .once > I enter her first husband the kids get tied to him. > > A related question is that I have entered "unknown" in some > of my unmarried > people when I know there are children. Later I discovered > they did not > marry. I would like to get rid of the spouse I have labeled > "Unknown" but it > will not let me do that. > > Many thanks for any help you can give. > Vicky Hannam > Canada > > > > > 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
