[or-roots] Program Glitch - Or - Maybe Operator Glitch

[ffarner at coinet.com]

Beats me how the 'ghosts' got in there, but, everyone was spot-on.  This
cleared up the issue.
Thank you,

Fred F
>

>
> Fred,
>
> I only have FTM 16 so it may not work the same.  I am assuming that this
> is only happening for one child not for everyone.  With that in mind, go
> to the parents.  If the child is listed, check to see if there are "Other
> parents" ( in FTM 16 it is in the People menu).  If there are other
> parents (even if not named), go to them & then detach the child in
> question from unnamed parents.  It sounds like the these Unknown
> parents/spouses have been made the preferred parents.
>
>
>
> Barbara H
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> From: ffarner at coinet.com
> To: "OR List Roots" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:32:36 AM
> Subject: [or-roots] Program Glitch - Or  -  Maybe Operator Glitch
>
> Hello,
>
> I am having a program problem with Family Tree Maker [2010]. Â I find a
> couple that I have entered as husband and wife. Â I bring up a child to
> make a minor addition like add a date of death. Â When I bring up the
> child, I lose the links to the parents.  Instead, I get “[Unknown
> spouse]
> & [Unknown spouse]”.
>
> If I go back and bring up the parents, the new data is displayed for the
> child.  If I now bring up the child I get the “Unknown’s” for the
> parents.
>
> If I attempt to merge the known and unknown parent I get the message that
> I cannot merge since there is already a direct relationship between the
> two individuals.
>
> Anybody know what I’m doing wrong?  Tutorial advice welcomed.
>
> Fred
>
>
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