Wendy and David, thank you both for the helpful replies!
>________________________________ > From: Wendy Howard <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 5:21 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What are Islands in the family tree? DNA question > >Marg asked:"How do you create islands in your main database?" > >Ctrl+N > >Add > New Unlinked Individual > >Either method will bring up an Individual Information window, which when >you've entered some data into it and saved will create a new person who >is not connected to any other person in your database - an island. > >When/if you find out how that person fits in to a branch of your family, >you can connect them. Say he's the husband of a woman in your tree, >have her in the wife position in Family View then add husband, and >instead of creating a new person choose to select an existing person. >You can do that for all immediate relationships (add wife, add son, add >daughter, add father, add mother). > >In the meantime, that person is included in your Name List, so you won't >lose sight of him/her and can jump there quickly when you need to. > >Hope this helps. :-) > >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 >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 > > > > > 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
