On 2010/11/20 11:43, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 20/11/2010 03:49, Jerry wrote:
>> When I merged probably about 400 or 500 duplicates (carefully to make sure >> they were the same person), I never thought about what it would do with the >> marriages. I guess it left them hanging with no data left. So, it looks >> like I can safely do the OPTIONS / Remove the Marriage Link on the marriage >> list page. There is no option to delete a marriage not attached to any >> person that I can see. But all the persons in my database with >> relationships seem to be intact. Does that sound right? > I've never actually had to deal with this situation so I can't really advise > how to deal with it. I just wondered if using the Marriage List might be the > way to discover them. > > Rich says you should unlink them. I'm sure he's right. I'd be careful if I were you. When you have siblings but no, named parents, an Unknown/Unknown marriage is used to provide the base that links the siblings together. -- 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
