My father-in-law was only married once. So I have to try Mike's
solution if I can figure out how to do it.
Elizabeth
Brian/Support wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Your solution will only work where the father-in-law is entered twice
> and has two different RINs. In Elizabeth's case the father-in-law has
> only one RIN but two marriages.
>
> Elizabeth,
>
> Go to your father-in-laws family page
> Check to see if this is the one with only your husband, or the one with
> all the children
> Look at the spouse icon for him
> There should be a small 2 on the icon indicating he has two wives
> Click on the marriage information line to open the current marriage
> Note the MRIN number in the top of the screen beside the screen title
> Cancel to close the marriage screen
> Click on the icon to open the marriage list
> There are two possibilities
> a. one of the wives has no name while the other has the correct wife.
> In this case select the one with the nameless wife and use the unlink
> button to remove the marriage link
> b. both wives have the same name
> In this case you will have to select one of the marriages and ensure
> that it is the one where only your husband is the child.
> Right click on the marriage information line for this family and
> select remove the marriage link.
> A warning screen will appear showing the children and saying that
> they will be unlinked from any parents
> Ignore the warning since your husband will still be linked to the
> other marriage
>
> Brian
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> On 03/07/2012 07:51, Mike Fry wrote:
>> On 2012/07/03 11:37, Elizabeth Cunningham wrote:
>>
>>> How do I get rid of the extra family? How do I make sure I am getting
>>> rid of the right extra family?
>> What I'd do is use the Manual Merge facility to
>>
>> a) Merge the two father-in-laws and create a single family
>> b) Merge the two resultant wives (if there are two)
>> c) Merge any duplicates amongst the children
>>
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