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 > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > 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 >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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