You've had some other good suggestions to check. I'd just add to those that whenever things stop adding up correctly, I back up my file and run file/file maintenance/check/repair. That seems to resolve a lot of little problems that crop up from time to time.
trapper John Lancaster, author of The Electronic Genealogist The New FREE Weekly Genealogy Site Review Email Letter http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jclancaster/teg/index.html Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Sherry and the rest of the list, > > Sherry you have helped me before with Legacy problems. I didn't give all > the details as I really wanted to know if anyone else was having problems, > before I gave the litany of difficulties. It seems others are not having > the same troubles, so I better go into details. > > Firstly, please note that I am used to using the merge feature as I have > been a long time legacy user and have done heaps of merges before without > any problems. > > The current problems have just started since downloading legacy 4. > > The problem is: > 1st Eg. > I may find I aleady have a person, 'x', listed separately and also have him > as a husband. I go into merge and do all the normal steps. When I check > later there is only one of him in the Name List, and when I go to him by > clicking backwards through the ancestors I find him there with wife and > children, but when I go to him from the Name List, he is alone and I cannot > find his wife or children connected to him. Yet if I go to his wife, there > she is with husband 'x' and the children, but only listed once, in the name > list. > > 2nd Eg. I merged father and child with family of husband , wife and 4 of 5 > child. When I finish I have family of husband , wife, and 5 children. When > I click on child, it shows him with only one parent, the original father and > the wife and other children are lost. Well, not lost really, but no longer > linked. > > Has anyone had problems similar to this. > Regards > Rosalie > > > > So how can we help you with your merge problem if you don't tell us what > > it is??? I haven't had any problems at all. > > > > I guess a big thing with merging is knowing what you're doing - ...... > >>>>> > > Sherry > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
