Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown spouse
There are a few ways. One, if you have a mother with no father attached, and simply create a child, no RIN will be assigned to the unknown father. An MRIN will be, which is unavoidable. Two, if you create a unlinked child and then link it to a mother only, the child will attach to the mother only. Again, if the mother has no existing husband, none wil be created and thus no RIN, but as above, an MRIN will be (mother + unknown). Scott On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Jennifer Crockett jcrock...@optusnet.com.au wrote: I can't remember how to remove an unknown spouse and just leave it blank. I have a woman who had three children to three different men and two of the men's names are known but not the third. How do I link a child to the mother without having an unknown father with a RIN? Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown spouse
After I hit send, I thought of something else you might want to know. Because the children were from different fathers, you may wish to show them as half siblings. To do this you'll have to temporarily create fathers, then delete them. Create father #1 (call him anything) and create child #1. Create father #2 (same deal) and create child #2. Delete each of the fathers. You'll note that the mother will still list two spouses (both unknown) and have two MRINs, but no RINs will be assigned to the non-existant fathers. Depending on which MRIN you show, the other children will appear as ½ siblings. Scott On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Jennifer Crockett jcrock...@optusnet.com.au wrote: I can't remember how to remove an unknown spouse and just leave it blank. I have a woman who had three children to three different men and two of the men's names are known but not the third. How do I link a child to the mother without having an unknown father with a RIN? Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Unknown spouse
Thanks, Scott I unlinked the child from the mother and the unknown father. Then, and this was what I had forgotten, brought up the child and right clicked Add- mother - link to existing person. Re your second message, I have the half siblings shown. Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com -Original Message- From: Scott Hall [mailto:seh0...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2011 12:51 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown spouse There are a few ways. One, if you have a mother with no father attached, and simply create a child, no RIN will be assigned to the unknown father. An MRIN will be, which is unavoidable. Two, if you create a unlinked child and then link it to a mother only, the child will attach to the mother only. Again, if the mother has no existing husband, none wil be created and thus no RIN, but as above, an MRIN will be (mother + unknown). Scott On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Jennifer Crockett jcrock...@optusnet.com.au wrote: I can't remember how to remove an unknown spouse and just leave it blank. I have a woman who had three children to three different men and two of the men's names are known but not the third. How do I link a child to the mother without having an unknown father with a RIN? Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] unknown spouse - was Young Children have Unknown Spouse
After a bit more thought, I realized that using the pre-defined search Individuals with an unknown spouse could then be viewed in the search results name list under the right hand tab Family where those spouses who are unknown without any children are easy to see. Some said that the original memo was not posted, so it is below. Ron Taylor --- On Tue, 6/8/10, Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com Subject: [LegacyUG] unknown spouse - was Young Children have Unknown Spouse To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 10:29 AM Actually, un-wanted marriage records can be found for other situations besides those mentioned for young children. A marriage record is always required to connect a child with a parent. The marriage list does show marriages where one or both spouses are unknown, meaning the spouse does not have a RIN. Be sure that CustomizeViewDisplay Numbers on NamesOn all Name Lists is checked and the radio button for RINs is set. The marriage list shows the word Unknown even if you have selected the option (Just leave it blank) under CustomizeData FormatWord for Blank Records. There will be no RIN next to spouses that are actually blank so these Unknowns are distinguished from an individual that has the word Unknown in the name field because that record will have a RIN. It would be great to have a built-in search which could find all marriage records where there is a blank spouse and there are no children and no data is in the marriage record. These are usually marriage records that were added by accident and the user will likely want to remove them. The pre-defined search for Individuals with an unknown spouse does find individuals with this type marriage but it would be more helpful if it found the marriages that satisfy these conditions because often the individuals found have other marriages as well as the blank spouse type. Brian offered a very good option possibility when he said... create a marriage when the user enter absolutely no data whatsoever? I should think that if the SAVE button is accidentally and unknowingly clicked, Legacy should warn the user that no data exists but it will create a marriage link -- Continue or Cancel. That would allow the user a method to avoid adding these un-wanted marriage records. Thanks Brian for proposing your solution. Ron Taylor Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
