I would go to the spouses list and click on each one to see which was linked to the children. In my case, the erroneous marriage didn't have children linked to it so I could unlink safely.
The program is able to link them twice because technically the same couple could have married twice - divorced and then remarried. So when it is imported and merged it creates that second marriage. But not a new person. At least that was my issue. Not all email providers send you a copy of what you post yourself. Or it might have been some quick with the email address for the users group. Just save this one for future use just in case and be glad we got it right this time :-). It's a great group of helpers!! Kathy On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, BARTON LEWIS <[email protected]> wrote: > So if a person is showing as having 2 marriages, both to the same person, > you unlink one of them? Which one, does it matter? Will it result in the > children being unlinked from the parent, even though it's the correct > parent (but a duplicate one)? I don't understand how there can be a link > to 2 people who are the same person, but there is only one person of that > name in the database. I tried to find an explanation for this in Help, but > could not. > > Thank you. > > Barton > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > > You have to unlink the one set. I had this happen awhile back and it > affected a few hundred marriages. The group here helped me figure out the > best way to go about getting rid of the duplicates and making sure they > were all gone. Very annoying bug but relatively simple to fix. > > Kathy > > On Monday, October 13, 2014, Barton Lewis <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> This is the second time I have posted to the list and my post has not >> shown up. Please let me know the issue with my posts not showing. I am >> forwarding my original post from last night. >> >> >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> >> Barton Lewis >> >> >> >> *From:* Barton Lewis [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Monday, October 13, 2014 12:27 AM >> *To:* '[email protected]' >> *Subject:* Merge issue >> >> >> >> I merged a relative with his duplicate. Now his parents are showing 2 >> marriages – each to the same spouse, twice. My relative has a section >> symbol after his name but his siblings don’t. The parents aren’t showing >> up as duplicates in the index even though they are listed twice in the >> Spouse List. What’s going on here? How can I get rid of the extra spouse? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Barton >> >> >> 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 > > > > 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
