Thanks, Ron, That's a snap! Somehow I'd never seen that option before. DUH!!
Pat On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Ron Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Pat, > You must first have a basic understanding of how children are linked to > their parents. All children are linked to a marriage record of their > parents (even if the union was not a formal marriage). The marriage record > includes the RINs for the husband and wife if they are connected. If a > spouse is unknown, then the marriage record does not contain a RIN for that > spouse. > > If a marriage record exists for a couple that need children to be > connected, you can navigate to one of those children in the family tab so > that they are in either the husband or wife position. Then right-click on > his or her parents which should be blank if you are linking to them for the > first time. There will be 3 choices: Add a Father, Add a Mother, Link to > Parents. Click on "Link to Parents" and find the marriage record of the > parents you wish. > > If you click on "Add a Father" or "Add a Mother", Legacy will assume you > are going to add a new marriage record and then populate it with > individuals as the parents. This is why you have multiple marriage records > for the same set of RINs as spouses. > > Lastly, as has been mentioned, you can also navigate to the parents and > then add a child. > > Either way will work well. > Ron Taylor > > > 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
