Hi Scott, If you know there is a second spouse but no offspring, then you have some information even if you don't have a name - so I'd use Given Name - blank or Mrs Smith or second wife of husband's name; Surname - [[husband's surname]] and add the source to the "name". I guess you could just add it to the marriage that has been created.
Note: The [[ ]] are privacy brackets so this information isn't included in reports/exports. I don't like having to work out whether Smith was their actual maiden surname or their husband's. Others use [--?--] for an unknown surname. But I don't like a list of Mary [--?--] and more than I like a list of Mary's with no indication of where they connect. If you know there is a child to a different marriage, add the child as an unlinked individual and then link to the known parent. This automatically creates a new "marriage" with blank partner. Deleting this child does not delete the "marriage" - so that's a shorter route to what you're doing now but as I said before, if you know there was a marriage, then that's information that should be recorded so I'd choose a convention for that unknown spouse. Cathy Dave Johnson wrote: > > Scott, > > You can always name the unknown spouse as Mrs. Smith or whatever the > last name of the husband is. Be sure to right click in the Children > Space on the Family View, click View and select Show 1/2 children. > > Dave Johnson > > Happiness Is a Choice! > > *From:*Scott Hall [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 01, 2015 6:56 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Tricking Legacy into accepting a second unknown > spouse > > All: > > This may have been addressed by this group already, but I wanted to > share a workaround I use for adding a 2nd spouse whose name is unknown > to Legacy, as you can not directly save a person without adding > something to the name fields. > > I don't like using <Unknown> or any other indicator in the fields, I > simply prefer that Legacy create an MRIN but not an individual RIN, > and show the marriage as to Unknown (RIN 0). If there is another way > to achieve this, I'd like to hear it. > > The approach below works only if you know the marriage date to the > unknown spouse, and assumes no children from that marriage. > > What I do is create the spouse adding temporary text as the name, and > then add the marriage details. I then create a fake child. Once these > relationships are set, I delete (not unlink) the unknown spouse, and > then the unknown child (the deletion must be done in that order). The > person in my file will now show multiple marriages, one to Unknown > [RIN 0] with the marriage information. > > If there are children, to avoid them being connected to the other > (known) spouse, I do the same as above, except, of course, do not > delete the child. > > Perhaps this is helpful to others who don't want RINs in their file > with <Name Unknown> or other such indicators in their file. > > Scott > > > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2015.0.6037 / Virus Database: 4365/10138 - Release Date: 07/01/15 > > > > 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 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
