Hi Cynthia, I add a Placeholder child or children. eg Given name: parent of Tony and Ann with 7.5 you won't get an immediate Potential Problem Alert but with 8 you do but you can choose to mark it not a problem. That way the children are linked to the family even though there is a missing uncertain generation. Cathy
C. DeLay wrote: > > I have several instances where I have grandchildren of an individual > named (from an obituary) but not who their parent(s) are. > > Example - in the most recent obituary I'm dealing with, my great uncle > is survived by his children (all named with spouses), grandchildren > (named with spouses - in particular I'm looking at two boys that share > a last name and I know which of his children those boys belong to) and > great grand children (also named). There are 3 great grandchildren > that share last names with two of the grandchildren but no mention of > which of the grandsons are their dad(s). > > Hopefully that made sense. > > Any suggestions for how to include them in the family file? Insert > them as unrelated individuals until I can figure out which man is > their father? Is there any way to connect them to their grandparents > without totally messing things up? If I do a descendant report, I'd > really like for them to be included so that I can take a print copy > with me when I'm traveling later this summer and can take notes on it > when I meet with various relatives. Is this even possible? > > I'm using Legacy 7.5 > > Thanks > Cynthia 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
