Ron (and Rich), Well, I guess that's what I get for not reading the "Complicated Family" thread yet.
In retrospect, I must have tried to link the father (already in my database, but linked to no one) to the daughter (in my database with many descendants) before I added his wife. I didn't notice if Unknown had an RIN; I do know when I finally looked at the spouses icon in the lower left of the Family View it showed him with two wives: Unknown and the real one with a name.. I still think this is a relatively new (and silly) way for Legacy to behave.. I've been using it for years, and can't imagine this is the first time I would have encountered this situation. (Maybe I just lucked out and did it correctly before?). Reminder to Self: If you link a child to a "single" parent, Legacy creates an Unknown spouse even when you think you've told it not to. If you know the other parent's name, be sure to enter it before you link the child! Thanks to both of you for your help! Connie --- On Fri, 7/17/09, ronald ferguson <ronfe...@msn.com> wrote: > Connie, > > Rich clarified this in a post only a few days ago. You are > not actually creating "unknown people" as the have no RINs. > As I commented in the same thread, Legacy will always create > an unkown to a single parent as it takes two to have a > child, but this will appear only on the marriage screens > provided you have chosen the "blank" option in > Options>customise>Data Format. > > Ron Ferguson > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:09:23 -0700 > > From: clshee...@yahoo.com > > > > Ron, > > > > Yes, I was attempting to link 2 people who were > already in the database as father and daughter. And, I was > adding the mother who had not previously been in the > database. I thought that was what I said; sorry if I wasn't > clear. > > > > Unfortunately I don't remember the exact sequence I > used. But my point being, regardless of the sequence I used, > "Unknown" parents and "Unknown" spouses (i.e. 4th and > perhaps 5th "people" named "unknown," not the 3 I was > dealing with) were automatically created by Legacy without > my knowledge. And were darn hard to unlink and delete.... > > > > Connie > > > > --- On Fri, 7/17/09, ronald ferguson wrote: > > > Connie, > >> > >> ...or do you mean that in Family View you try to > add an > >> existing child? > >> > >> > >> > >> Ron Ferguson >> >> ---------------------------------------- > >>> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:59:18 -0700 > >>> From: clshee...@yahoo.com > >>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Magically Appearing > Unknown > >> Spouses and Parents > >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > >>> > >>> > >>> I know this topic has been discussed several > times > >> before, in one manner or another, but I can't come > up with > >> the proper search terms to find what I need in > the > >> Archives. > >>> > >>> Yesterday, I attempted to link two individuals > who > >> were already in my database as father and > daughter. The > >> father was in my database as a totally unlinked > person (no > >> parents, no children, no siblings, no spouse). The > daughter > >> was an "end-of-the-line" ancestor with many > descendants. > >>> > >>> As best as I can remember the sequence I used, > I first > >> added a new, named wife to the father, then > attempted to > >> link them to the daughter. But I might have > started with > >> trying to link him to the daughter before entering > a wife's > >> name. In any event, it took several minutes of > errors > >> stating things like "She is already linked to > these parents" > >> (which she most certainly was not), or, "she > already has > >> parents, do you want to link to another set of > parents?" > >> before I discovered there was a phantom "unknown" > spouse for > >> the father. I then thought it should be a simple > matter of > >> unlinking the daughter from this phantom marriage, > deleting > >> the unknown spouse/marriage, and relinking to the > proper > >> named parents, but that didn't work either without > several > >> tries. In one case, the "unknown" spouse was > deleted and > >> magically reappeared again. > >>> > >>> What is causing these "Unknown" spouses to > appear? Is > >> there any way to prevent it? In checking my > Marriage List, I > >> see I not only have several phantom spouses, I > have some > >> Unknown to Unknown parents of some end-of-the line > ancestors > >> that I certainly never added. > >>> > >>> This seems to have started in a relatively > recent > >> version (maybe from 6.0 to 7.0?) Is this not a > "bug"????? > >> (It is certainly annoying). > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Connie > >>> > >> 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
