On 2010/03/10 05:33, Scott Hall wrote: > Hi. I am a new user of Legacy, and have come across a challenge I can't > figure out. If one doesn't know an ancestor's parents, Legacy will use > a blank record, thus enabling me to enter siblings even though no parent > appears. But, I can't figure out how to do that in other situations. > The one specifically I am dealing with is a second wife. I know she > existed, but have no record of her name. There was a child. I'd rather > not clutter my file with records of "Unknowns" and like that Legacy uses > blank records. So, if I want to enter this child, how do I do it? When > I try, Legacy keeps trying to link the child to the ancestor's first wife.
What you have here is an extension to the first example that you quote: adding siblings without knowing parents. Here, you do know who half of the parents were :-) In both cases, you 'need' the Unknowns in order to start the proper linking process. So, add the second wife to the husband and link the child to this couple. You'll just have to accept that for now you don't know her name and that until you do, she'll have to remain Unknown. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
