I am very new to using Family Historian (but not to Family History!) and would be very grateful indeed if I there is somebody who would be willing to point me in the direction of finding out the answers to some of my problems............ For example: this morning I have entered a new spouse to a woman who already had children. It had not occurred to me that they were not linked to a father and so the new spouse now appears to be their father which is incorrect........ I have searched Help and the booklet to no avail. I can't even figure out how to use my previous backup which could be the easiest option. Many thanks Laraine Hake

First unlink the husband from the family. On the Focus window for the Woman, right click on the husband and select unlink. Then on the property box for the Woman, select the blank tab above the children and add the existing record for the husband record there. On 10 October 2011 07:31, Laraine Hake <laraine10@btinternet.com> wrote: > For example:  this morning I have entered a new spouse to a woman who already had children.  It had not occurred to me that they were not linked to a father and so the new spouse now appears to be their father which is incorrect -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

Thank you very much indeed to Jane. That is sorted! A second query..........please.......... Bearing in mind that I have used Gedcom to import a tree I have been working on for over 20 years, I am uncovering errors made a long time ago! I have a family group that I have entered twice at some point in the past and so I have duplicate people. Is there any way to deal with this efficiently (or not efficiently, in my case) Laraine Hake www.alabaster.org.uk -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jane Taubman" <janetaubman@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 7:49 AM To: <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [FHU] help please for a very new user > First unlink the husband from the family. > > On the Focus window for the Woman, right click on the husband and select > unlink. > > Then on the property box for the Woman, select the blank tab above the > children and add the existing record for the husband record there. > > On 10 October 2011 07:31, Laraine Hake <laraine10@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> For example: this morning I have entered a new spouse to a woman who >> already had children. It had not occurred to me that they were not >> linked to a father and so the new spouse now appears to be their father >> which is incorrect > > -- > Jane. > > Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >