Once you link the child to the mother. Legacy will automatically create an Unknown father as spouse/partner/whatever of the mother.
CE ----- Original Message ----- From: Jennifer Crockett<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 7:48 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Add child to mother David, This child was born before the mother was married and the father's name was not recorded as was the case formerly, even if his name was known, hopefully, to the mother. The child gets the mother's surname. If the mother marries soon after, her husband may be the father but one can't assume that. I just don't like having a lot of UNKOWN names for fathers whose name I will probably never know. If I ever did find out, I would add him and link him to the child. As Wendy kindly pointed out, I can create an unlinked record for the child and then link to the mother. Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com<http://colston-wenck.com/> -----Original Message----- From: David C Abernathy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 26 June 2011 12:17 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Add child to mother Jennifer, I would just create a "New Husband" with a unknown names and add the child. The status of the "Marriage" could be never married and then when and if you find out who the father is, you have a place to enter the information. Why would you not want a RIN for the child's father, as he is a member of this family group even if others believe it or not? What surname does this child use, of which person is the sure name from? Thanks, David C Abernathy -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Crockett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 9:57 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [LegacyUG] Add child to mother If I have a woman married to a man and I want to add a child to her where the existing spouse is not the child's father, how do I do it? I don't want to end up with an RIN for the child's unknown father. If I unlink the existing husband I can do it, but that wipes out the marriage information, so when I re-link him, I have to enter the marriage information again. Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com<http://colston-wenck.com/> 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
