Pat, Computers are stupid, they cannot think, nor do they have the ability to guess. All they can do is *exactly* what one tells them to do. So, if you link a child to its father, then that is all it will do. If you then add a mother it will even do that, but unless, one way or another, you tell it that the father and mother are the specific ones which you intend them to be it won't know, so you will have an un-named father and an un-named mother as appropriate.
>From the above it is clear that the way of getting it right is to link a child >to its parents, as has been suggested by Mary. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "Pat Hickin" <[email protected]> wrote: >Yes, I know I can do that. But I still think it should be easier than it >it to do it the other way round. > >Thanks, >Pat > >On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Mary Moyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pat >> >> Add the existing child to the parents, not the parents to the child. >> >> Mary >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I repeatedly have this problem, or a variation of same. >>> >>> I just learned that a Mary Springer I have is a daughter of Nathan >>> Springer and Hannah McDaniel, both of whom I already have & as married to >>> each other. >>> So I linked Mary Springer to existing Nathan Springer. I was *not* asked >>> whether I wanted one of his existing spouses to be Mary's mother. >>> >>> But I did link her to an existing person, namely Hannah McDaniel. I was >>> told Hannah was already Nathan's husband and I was asked if I wanted to >>> link her in again. Well, I didn't want to do it *again*, but there was >>> no option just to *choose* her, so I said "Yes," thinking I could just >>> merge the two Hannahs. >>> >>> Now I am showing Nathan with *two* Hannahs (as well as 2 other wives) >>> for a total of 4 wives. *Both* Hannahs have the same RIN and (I suppose >>> for that reason) Legacy won't let me merge them. >>> >>> Both Hannahs have the same children & step-children. The only way I can >>> tell them apart is that the original Hannah has a marriage date of 1776 and >>> the 2nd has no marriage info. >>> >>> Hannah is shown as having 2 husbands, both named Nathaniel Springer, both >>> with the same RIN.. >>> >>> I tried deleting the Hannah without a marriage date, but all it did was >>> to change both Hannah McDaniels to Unknown! >>> >>> So I still have Nathan married 4x -- to 2 Unknowns, one with no marriage >>> date; one with a marriage date of 1776. >>> >>> I tried to delete the Unknown w/o a marriage date and was asked if I >>> wanted to unlink Nathan from his child Mary!! >>> >>> Why was that relevant?? I would have said "No," but I was not offered >>> that option! >>> I could simply choose among "Yes" "Cancel" "Zoom" and "Help." "Help" >>> did not offer any way to keep Nathan linked to daughter Mary!!! So I chose >>> "Yes (unlink Nathan from his daughter Mary)." >>> >>> I now attempted to edit the "Unknown" wife whom he married in 1776 by >>> clicking on the empty wife screen. The box asking me to choose between >>> existing person and new person had an option (already checked) to add this >>> person to the current marriage (fine) so I then clicked "link to an >>> existing person." But Hannah McDaniel had totally disappeared from my name >>> list although I had only deleted the Hannah without a marriage date. >>> >>> Fortunately, I had no information entered for either Hannah except the >>> dom for the original so I was able to re-enter her name easily enough. >>> Daughter Mary of course was no longer listed as a child but I was able to >>> link her back in. >>> >>> Can someone explain to me why Legacy makes it so hard to link an existing >>> child to an existing couple? Or tell me how to do it easily? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> >>> 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
