Hi Denise, > I m trying to add brothers and sisters to someone in my database. > Unfortunately, I do not know the name of the person's mother or > father. But I do know for a certainty the names of some of his > brothers and sisters. The problem is that my Legacy software won't > let me "link" them to him (without entering his father's name first). >
You're on the right track. Siblings have to have at least one parent to link them together. What I do when I don't know the name of either parent is create a "holder" person, either the mother or father, and give them a first name such as [[Jane Blow's father]]. Using the privacy brackets (that's [[ and ]] either side of what you want made private) means that I can exclude the "holder" name in reports if I wish, but it's still clear at a glance who is meant. When the day comes that you find a proper name, it's easily replaced. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy 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
