Pat Add the existing child to the parents, not the parents to the child.
Mary On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: > I repeatedly have this problem, or a variation of same. > > I just learned that a Mary Springer I have is a daughter of Nathan > Springer and Hannah McDaniel, both of whom I already have & as married to > each other. > So I linked Mary Springer to existing Nathan Springer. I was *not* asked > whether I wanted one of his existing spouses to be Mary's mother. > > But I did link her to an existing person, namely Hannah McDaniel. I was > told Hannah was already Nathan's husband and I was asked if I wanted to > link her in again. Well, I didn't want to do it *again*, but there was > no option just to *choose* her, so I said "Yes," thinking I could just > merge the two Hannahs. > > Now I am showing Nathan with *two* Hannahs (as well as 2 other wives) > for a total of 4 wives. *Both* Hannahs have the same RIN and (I suppose > for that reason) Legacy won't let me merge them. > > Both Hannahs have the same children & step-children. The only way I can > tell them apart is that the original Hannah has a marriage date of 1776 and > the 2nd has no marriage info. > > Hannah is shown as having 2 husbands, both named Nathaniel Springer, both > with the same RIN.. > > I tried deleting the Hannah without a marriage date, but all it did was to > change both Hannah McDaniels to Unknown! > > So I still have Nathan married 4x -- to 2 Unknowns, one with no marriage > date; one with a marriage date of 1776. > > I tried to delete the Unknown w/o a marriage date and was asked if I > wanted to unlink Nathan from his child Mary!! > > Why was that relevant?? I would have said "No," but I was not offered > that option! > I could simply choose among "Yes" "Cancel" "Zoom" and "Help." "Help" > did not offer any way to keep Nathan linked to daughter Mary!!! So I chose > "Yes (unlink Nathan from his daughter Mary)." > > I now attempted to edit the "Unknown" wife whom he married in 1776 by > clicking on the empty wife screen. The box asking me to choose between > existing person and new person had an option (already checked) to add this > person to the current marriage (fine) so I then clicked "link to an > existing person." But Hannah McDaniel had totally disappeared from my name > list although I had only deleted the Hannah without a marriage date. > > Fortunately, I had no information entered for either Hannah except the dom > for the original so I was able to re-enter her name easily enough. > Daughter Mary of course was no longer listed as a child but I was able to > link her back in. > > Can someone explain to me why Legacy makes it so hard to link an existing > child to an existing couple? Or tell me how to do it easily? > > Thanks! > > Pat > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > 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/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
