Tony,
I have used both methods depending on the circumstances, with problems. The
one thing to watch with unlinking a spouse with kids, and then linking to a
new spouse is that an unknown father will have been created, so make sure
that this spouse is replace. BTW. there is not a lot of linking as the
children stay linked to the spouse who is not unlinked (I think I have it
the right way round).
In your case the second option would seem to be the better.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original Message-
From: Tony Rolfe
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 1:43 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Best way to fix a possible problem.
For a long time I have had in my tree one George Rolph, son of George
Rolph, born 1847, Ingatestone. I had married him to a Catherine Sitch
and all appeared to be well. They have had children and appeared in
censuses and have a lot of events attached.
However, I expanded another couple of families and have discovered two
more George Rolph's, both born in 1847 in Ingatestone, one son of James
and one son of John.
There is another marriage, to Ruth Palmer.
So, I have sent of for the two marriage certificates and there is a
2-in-3 chance that I have married Catherine to the wrong George. What
is the best way to sort out the wrong marriage, if it is wrong?
I thought of unlinking Catherine and the kids from the wrong George and
linking them to the right George, but that's a lot of linking and still
leaves the wrong George with a bunch of events which really belong to a
different George.
The easiest way I can think of, since names and birth details are
identical, is to unlink married George from his parents, unlink the
George who is attached to the right parents, link married George to the
right parents and link the now unlinked, unmarried George to the first
lot of parents.
Is there any potential problem with this or maybe there is a better way?
Cheers
Tony
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