I find it cleaner to (1) Make a note of the child's RIN (2) Set up the parents, as a couple (3) Attach the child. Mary
On 7 April 2014 15:44, singhals <singh...@erols.com> wrote: > I'm having challenges adding parents to people. APPARENTLY > it matters whether I use Add/add mother, Add/add spouse, or > simply click in correct empty box. > > I find the death record for X; it gives his parents. If I > click on the father's box, sometimes the data-entry screen > appears but sometimes the ADD/Link dialogue appears. > Whichever way I do it, when I try to add the mother, it > creates a 2nd marriage for the father. Often it also > disassociates X from the father. I've ended up with as many > as 11 children, 5 attached to the father one per marriage, 5 > attached to the mother one per marriage, and 1 attached to > the couple. > > Yes, I can /fix/ it (either by merging or by > unlinking/relinking) but it ought to not-necessary to fix it. > > I'm running .385 deluxe on a win 7-32bit. This challenge > also occurs om 7.5 basic. > > Cheryl > 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
