New to RM10 but not RM … entering people into new, empty rm database so I can try using rm10. I ender the first person;Joe then entered either the parents (or the parents separately by their marriage then selected them as ‘existing’ parents … don’t remember the order! I now have the same father and mother in TWICE on their edit screens, but they are NOT DUPLICATES in the people list! HELP - how do I get rid of one without deleting the other (and all their facts) ??
First and foremost, determine for sure if the father and mother have been linked as parents twice or if they have been entered as separate people twice. It sounds from your description as if they have been entered as people only once and that they have been linked as parents twice.
The way to be sure which is the case is to set the Number To Display to RIN. If the numbers are the same, then the people have been linked as parents multiple times. You will need to Right Click and Unlink. Otherwise, the people have been entered multiple times and you need to merge the duplicates.
Only linked as parents once. Only in people list once. When I set my settings to RIN I get only the birth/death dates showing NOT the RIN numbers after names. RIN numbers show up in my pedigree after the name but NOT in the people list. Getting more confused!
RIN number in People list is listed under record number–if your people list does not have it, you can customize the list and add it
Can you go to the child in FAMILY VIEW and gives us a screen shot of the page with the Parent tab highlighted–such as this
I set it in ‘settings’ but it does not show on my ‘list’! Why would it not as it is a built in option?? Number shows after the persons name in the pedigree view !!! NOT ON LIST!
Just found where it shows! In people list but mine was narrow … actually I was looking for it to appear in the list on my left under INDEX half way down! It is NOT there … thank a milliion!
I would just Delete the database and start clean.
I would enter Joe, add Marriage Fact that will Create the Spouse.
Then instead of selecting the box in Pedigree View to Add Father/Mother - select the + and add Individual.
With that person, add Marriage Fact, etc.
Now click on the Add Child to this couple and pick Joe.
Good luck.
Thanks … new but still a lot of info! ACCIDENTLY found an ‘unlink’ option somewhere, tried it and it fixed. Do not know what I did to make it happen or where I found the link. Didn’t dare get out of place and lose th option!
Have a great night!
Right mouse on a person’s name will give you the Menu with Add, Delete, Unlink, etc