When I have a situation like this, I add the child to the possible parents and make the child's status "challenged". You can change the child's status under "Children's Settings" (I don't have Legacy open, so I am working from memory). In the Family tab, right-click on any of the children and choose the option that reads (or is close to) Children's Settings. Near the bottom of the window there are 3 fields with drop down boxes. Click the down arrow on the first field and choose "Challenged". If Challenged is not an option, you can add it. I can't remember if I added "challenged" as a status or not. This status should show up in the Family tab next to the child's name.
That lets everyone, including you, know that this child may not be connected to these parents and more research is needed. And if/when you find the correct parents it is a simple process to unlink from the wrong parents and link to the correct parents. Hope this helps, Terri Brown ----- Original Message ---- From: Heeren <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 2:26:13 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Questionable children No, not speaking of behavior, I have a family that has seven children, born between 1765 & 1784, all well researched. Another researcher has an eighth child that he shows born abt 1790. I have some serious reservations since Mom would have been 50 by then, Dad had three brothers (that I know of) who could have a child that age and at least three of Mom & Dad's son would have been old enough to father a child at that time. My question is: I want to keep track of this child & try to place it or reject it for good & sufficient reasons but where is the best place in Legacy to keep such a child? I thought about Mom's notes & started to put them there but I have used that for bits about her that are interesting everyday things, not events. Same reasons for Mom's research records. I've decided to use the To-Do list but before I do, thought I'd check with the group here & see if there was any way to keep a *possible* child with her family but very noticeably tracked by color or stars or something as not proved and/or doubtful? 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 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
