All: This may have been addressed by this group already, but I wanted to share a workaround I use for adding a 2nd spouse whose name is unknown to Legacy, as you can not directly save a person without adding something to the name fields.
I don't like using <Unknown> or any other indicator in the fields, I simply prefer that Legacy create an MRIN but not an individual RIN, and show the marriage as to Unknown (RIN 0). If there is another way to achieve this, I'd like to hear it. The approach below works only if you know the marriage date to the unknown spouse, and assumes no children from that marriage. What I do is create the spouse adding temporary text as the name, and then add the marriage details. I then create a fake child. Once these relationships are set, I delete (not unlink) the unknown spouse, and then the unknown child (the deletion must be done in that order). The person in my file will now show multiple marriages, one to Unknown [RIN 0] with the marriage information. If there are children, to avoid them being connected to the other (known) spouse, I do the same as above, except, of course, do not delete the child. Perhaps this is helpful to others who don't want RINs in their file with <Name Unknown> or other such indicators in their file. Scott 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
