The data were entered over time so I don't recall what I did for each instance, but this is how I generally do it.
Enter couple: John Jones and Mary Smith Add children: James, Sally, etc. If any info [generally a surname] about spouses of children is known [from obits, etc.] attach that spouse to the child and enter that info leave other field [for given name] blank: Sally married [unknown given name, so I leave it blank] Parker When I find the missing information, go to the spouse's data block in the Family view and enter the new info [generally the given name]: [blank] Parker becomes Thedore Parker. In the Descendant Narrative report I get "Sally married someone Theodore Parker." I also just checked, and there are no "unknown" spouses in the "husband/wife of" icon in the various persons data block. I'm running 7.0.0.109 [no I haven't updated to 7.4 because of issues that keep coming up], on Windows XP. Marianne -----Original Message----- >From: Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> >Sent: May 20, 2010 9:39 AM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone' > >How did you add the new partner? The method used is critical - see previous >posts in this thread. > >Ron Ferguson >_____________________________________________________ > >*New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth >http://www.fergys.co.uk >Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >And the Fergusons of N.W. England >____________________________________________________ > > >mbstx wrote: >> I have the same problem in a report I just generated. What I don't >> understand is when there is a blank for the given name or surname, >> but I know the other, and later I add the new information into the >> same person's data fields, why would there still be an unknown? >> Marianne >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> >>> Sent: May 20, 2010 2:41 AM >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone' >>> >>> I have a multitude of unknown spouses, which I wish to leave as >>> blank. V7 now seems to be able to do this, although I have found an >>> odd instance where "unknown" still appears, and have yet to work out >>> why. >>> >>> I hope that I misunderstand when you say "There needs to be a string >>> that automatically removes the "someone" when an actual name is >>> entered". How is a machine expected to know whether or not the >>> unknown should be replaced, it could be a totally different >>> relationship. >>> >>> Ron Ferguson >>> _____________________________________________________ >>> >>> *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth >>> http://www.fergys.co.uk >>> Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >>> And the Fergusons of N.W. England >>> ____________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> CE Wood wrote: >>>> I think she is asking why the program doesn't correct its mistake. >>>> As one gathers more information, there will always be spouses >>>> discovered. There needs to be a string that automatically removes >>>> the "someone" when an actual name is entered. >>>> >>>> Correcting one marriage is not the issue. Correcting them ALL is >>>> ridiculous. >>>> >>>> Legacy did say this error had been fixed. I guess not, huh? >>>> >>>> >>>> CE >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Jennifer Crockett [mailto:jcrock...@optusnet.com.au] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:30 PM >>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>>> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone' >>>> >>>> I once had this happen to me. What I finally came up with to fix it >>>> was to unlink the couple and then re-link them. I did this using the >>>> Marriage List. >>>> >>>> Jennifer >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Jan Roberts [mailto:poo...@ozemail.com.au] >>>> Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2010 9:18 AM >>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone' >>>> >>>> I have just been reading through a report I created yesterday (after >>>> having converted pdf to doc, edited – or so I thought – >>>> resaved >>>> as pdf, uploaded to my newly created wiki!) and have noticed that I >>>> have the ubiquitous Fred married someone Mary Jane BROWN. I >>>> thought this problem had been resolved some time ago. Originally I >>>> had an unknown wife for Fred, but recently added a name. Obviously >>>> the someone is a hangover from when her name was unknown. How does >>>> one resolve this problem other than having to read through every >>>> report word for word once it has been created. At the moment I >>>> tend to rely on Word’s spelling error identifier to check for >>>> spelling errors, as well as making any additions or deletions that >>>> I know I need – I’d prefer not to have to check the wording >>>> of >>>> every marriage statement just in case the extraneous ‘someone’ >>>> is in place. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jan > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
