Hi Cheryl, You don't understand what I'm suggesting you look at. I'll email you privately with a screen shot.
If a person has children, in Legacy they have a marriage relationship even if to Unknown/Blank. Cathy At 02:51 AM 25/04/2014, you wrote: >Again, no, the wife (once unlinked from the wrong husband) >has NO relationship except to her children. > >Cheryl > > >Cathy Pinner wrote: > > Yes of course you can do it by unlinking and relinking but the way > > you do that is important. > > > > If one of the parties to the new relationship has children THEY > > already have a "marriage". If the children really belong to the new > > relationship you are adding you must make sure that the person you > > are adding is added as the other partner of that relationship. > > > > I think your problem is that you are going to the John Doe and then > > adding him to the wife with children and creating a second > > relationship for her, rather than going to the wife with children and > > then adding John Doe as the partner for that existing relationship. > > > > Do those wives have extra relationships? > > > > Cathy > > > > At 09:34 AM 24/04/2014, you wrote: > >> Cathy Pinner wrote: > >>> Hi Cheryl, > >> > >> Hi. > >> > >>> > >>> Did you find they had extra marriages? > >> > >> No; they had NO marriage. > >> > >>> To avoid problems like this. > >> > >> The easy way to avoid it was to have not misread the doc > >> first time around. > >> > >>> > >>> 1. always attach children to a couple rather than one parent if both > >>> parents are in the database. If you link to just a mother or just a > >>> father, you'll create an extra "marriage" for them to unknown. > >>> > >> > >> I had/have no interest in re-keying 50 or so descendants > >> just because I omitted Brother A's wife and substituted > >> Brother B's wife. Unlink/link ought to be able to deal with > >> that. > >> > >>> 2. when adding a partner to someone with children, check whether you > >>> are adding them to the current "marriage" or a new one. If a new one, > >>> you'll create the 1/2 kids problem. > >> > >> Since Brother B had no wife until I tried to link one to > >> him, this ought not to have applied. > >> > >>> Note the checkbox: Add this person to the currently displayed marriage. > >> > >> Can't say I've ever seen a checkbox for that; I DO > >> occasionally, at the whim of the computer, see a question > >> Add this person as a Spouse to (some name here). > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Cathy > >>> > >>> At 11:28 PM 23/04/2014, you wrote: > >>>> Thanks, Cathy, but if I'm understanding Problem 11 > >>>> correctly, it doesn't apply. > >>>> > >>>> And, considering what happened just now, it may just be that > >>>> what I'm doing is causing temporary memory/pointer/poke > >>>> problems. Which ATC isn't unreasonable. > >>>> > >>>> Cheryl > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Cathy Pinner wrote: > >>>>> Hi Cheryl, > >>>>> > >>>>> It sounds as if you are creating extra marriages. Look at the > >>>>> marriage icon in Family View. How many times does it say the wife has > >>>>> been married? I suspect you are ending up having her married to an > >>>>> unknown/blank with the children and then married to the right John > >>>>> Deaux but not had any kids with him. > >>>>> > >>>>> Sounds like the John Deaux may also have two marriages - one with the > >>>>> kids and no wife and one with the wife and no kids. > >>>>> > >>>>> When you add a partner to a person with children, you have to make > >>>>> sure you are adding them to the right "family". > >>>>> > >>>>> There's a good right up on correcting incorrect links at > >>>>> http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsRelationshipProblems.asp > >>>>> > >>>>> I think it's Problem 11 you need to read carefully for the initial > >>>>> problem you were trying to correct but now some of the others apply. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cathy > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> At 12:38 AM 23/04/2014, you wrote: > >>>>>> Occasionally I go to change a spouse who has been > >>>>>> erroneously linked with the wrong John Deaux. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> EACH time I do that, the right John Deaux vanishes, leaving > >>>>>> me with the right wife and the right children, but no Daddy. > >>>>>> When I pull up Deaux-dad, the wife isn't there, but the > >>>>>> kiddles are all showing as 1/2s. If I close the program and > >>>>>> re-open, it corrects itself -- until I edit any of the > >>>>>> children, and try to go back to the parents of whom only the > >>>>>> right wife is showing. It gets tiresome. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> What the /flip/ am I doing wrong here?!? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Running 385 (because I haven't had time to d/l an update > >>>>>> over dial-up) on win7 32-bit home. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Tnx > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Cheryl > > > > >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). 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