Mike Fry wrote: > 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.
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