Sue, I will tell you what I did in my own family where this happened. Even though the man was already married at the time he married again, that second marriage (the illegal one) still had a marriage license and certificate. I recorded this as a marriage and used the license/certificate as the source. In the marriage notes I explained the entire situation. In my case he never went back and got a divorce from the first lady so there was no legal remarriage. In your case I would have a divorce event within the marriage events of the first wife using the divorce decree as the source. I would also record the subsequent marriage as an additional marriage event under the second wife using that marriage license/certificate as the source. What I want is for the person’s timeline to be correct even if part of the timeline is illegal :)
Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com From: Sue Anderson [mailto:sander...@waitrose.com] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 6:14 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Bigamy I have a relative who “married bigamously. After the subsequent divorce he then married properly. How would you suggest I enter this bigamous marriage so that the sequence will show on reports? Thanks in anticipation. Sue Anderson 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
