As I told Cathy privately after viewing her screen-shots -- I understand that, it's what is supposed to happen. It didn't happen.
The lady once unlinked from her wrong husband did NOT have a colored spouse icon with a 1 by it. She had only children. I am really out of ways to express that, and by now I've even forgotten who-all it was this happened to, so I'm just going to hope that when I create a Descendant book for her husband's ancestor it all falls properly into place. Cheryl Cathy Pinner wrote: > 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
