Brian, Let's start with a fact, a fact of life in the real world. "In the real world we have many unwed mothers and unwed fathers."
I have a similar issue as Pat's. I have a man and a women who had a child. The couple did not marry each other. But Legacy labels them Husband and Wife. Unlinking Husband from Wife also UNLINKS the Father from his child. BAD. I smell a bug. This should not happen. The Mother is still linked to their child and is Wife to Husband Unknown. Unlinking the Mother from Unknown Husband UNLINKED her from her child also. Equally BAD and should not happen. These 3 people are biologically linked in real life, but NOT by marriage and therefore not by Legacy. Second case: I just clicked on a child, labeled Male. Then I clicked on Marriage Information and did not enter anything. I clicked on the X to close Marriage Information. When I came back to the child, who had died shortly after birth, he was labeled Husband. And Legacy had married him to a Wife with the name "Unknown". I unlinked the pair successfully per your instructions and the little fellow is now no longer a husband. Thank you. Your statement "If she had children then there must be a marriage to create the link between her and her children ..." may be true for you in Legacy, but in the real world this assumption is often false. This situation could be corrected by not labeling parents as Husband and Wife until WE, your customers, enter the necessary data into Marriage Information. IMHO this is a bug in Legacy's programming. JimS Legacy v.5 Deluxe 40+ yrs ADP incl. programming. On 09/26/2012 07:27 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: > Thanks, Brian, > > I knew that option was somewhere but couldn't find it. > > However that brings up another matter, especially for men -- I may > pretty well know that he never married, but he could certainly have > fathered children that I know nothing about. I wish the option simply > said "He never married." and stopped at that. > > Pat > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Brian/Support > <br...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com>> wrote: > > Since you have made an entry in the marriage info for this person > Legacy > has linked her to an unknown husband (The "married someone" comes from > that link). If she truly never married and had no children then you > should indicate that on the person's individual information screen not > by setting a marriage status. If she had children then there must be a > marriage to create the link between her and her children so my fix > below > cannot be used. > > Remove the marriage link by selecting the person, right click on her > marriage info bar > Select the Remove the marriage link option from the drop down menu > Now edit the person and click the This individual never married > and had > no children option below the list of events. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com> > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > -- > On 26/09/2012 16:25, Pat Hickin wrote: > > Yes, I hadn't even noticed the date, Jenny, which is when she > wrote her > > will -- she was never married. I just don't want Legacy telling > us that > > she was unmarried AND that she married "someone"! It does that > even when > > there's no date involved. > > > > Pat > > > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook > (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
