Thank you Michele, for providing what looks like the right solution. I was only making an observation from my experience. I do think it would be well for John to run file maintenance, at least after the merge, if he hasn't done so already.
Joseph Leavitt On 12/3/2013 6:54 PM, Michele/Support wrote: > > John, > > In the Family View (husband on left, wife on right), click the first > icon under the husband (spouses icon). Unlink one of the spouses. I > would check the wife too to make sure she doesn’t have an extra > husband. If you are lucky, unlinking the extra spouse will fix the > children. If not, it is just a matter of linking them in the right place. > > Michele > > Technical Support > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> > > *From:*John Bernacki [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2013 8:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Merge problem in Legacy 7.5 > > I had 2 unlinked families in the same file. Recently I finally found > proof they were related so proceeded to the merge a husband and wife > in family A, with the equivalent couple in family B. I had not used > the merge tool before and found it a bit confusing. After several > attempts, all of the relationships appeared correct in the family > views, so I saved the merge. > > I have since found that the chronology view and Legacy charting shows > the husband married twice to the same wife (everything identical > including RINs). Also, Legacy charts displays 2 identical sets of > their children. > > Is there an easy way to fix this? If not, would deleting the wife, re > adding her and then relinking all her relationships work, or only > confuse things more? I am in a “hole†and do not want to dig it any > deeper. > > Regards, > > John > > > > 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
