You are right. You do have to unlink each one, one at a time from set of parents and have the correct parents add a child (already in listing.) When all children have been moved or added to correct parents ; then go to parents without children and unlink family. This now leaves each parent with only one marriage Is that better explained, Donna? Jon P Czarowitz On 4/7/16, donna martin via <rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > In this discussion it was suggested to "Move all children to one marriage > and then Unlink Mama from Papa in marriage 2." My question if how do you > move children from a marriage without unlinking them from both parents??? > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Rick H via <rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > >> Buried in this thread was a question from Sandra about database tools. I >> found I had squirreled away a "WhatsNew in Version 5" file. Well it >> appears >> that V5 added the database tools. >> Among the many topics was: >> Database Tools >> Test the integrity of the database file >> Re-index the database >> Compress deleted records from the database >> "On This Day" List >> Includes all family events on a date, as well as famous births and deaths >> and historical events for the day >> >> Sorry Sandra no tools for you (without an update) >> \s\Rick >> >> >> > Message: 4 >> > Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 19:40:10 -0400 >> > From: "Sandra Studebaker" <sastudebaker@att.net> >> > Subject: Re: [RMagic] RM - Duplicate spouses >> > To: "Joy Gulden" <jegulden@gmail.com>, <rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com> >> > Message-ID: <85F16102C51F42CDA5004B3AEC2348BE@sandrapc> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> > >> > What version(s) have this "database tools" capability? Apparently not >> > a >> feature of RM4. >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Joy Gulden via >> > To: Debra Winchell ; rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com >> > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 3:39 PM >> > Subject: Re: [RMagic] RM - Duplicate spouses >> > >> > >> > Have you tried running the database tools? File - database tools -- >> > and >> > run all of them in order as listed. The unlink that others have >> > mentioned works, but this should also be done often if you have done a >> > lot of updating. Joy >> > >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> >> =================================== >> RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS >> WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: >> http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Happy hunting! > Donna Martin > Anderson, SC > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- *Jon P Czarowitz*, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 Cunningham Genealogist since 1987 Retired International Genealogist RootsMagic 7 http://www.rootsmagic.com