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Subject: Re: [TMG] Ghost Spouse
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 22:35:47 EST


In a message dated 12/02/2000 5:27:19 AM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

>
> Rob Miner wrote:
> >Newbie in distress.
> >I quess I didn't explain myself well enough. Under Family View - subject
> >will show a spouse as: (? ?) on 1 of 1 view. On 2 of 1 it shows the
> correct
> >spouse. You can't click on (? ?) to make subject. It doesn't show on
> >subject. Deleting the spouse on 2 of 2 does nothing. Trying to add
> >marriage or spouse on top of (? ?) does nothing. I also have tried
> Optimize
> >and repair with no affect. Completely deleteing the set is not an option
> >unless it is the last decendant, because it requires unlinking prior to
> >deletion.

Lee Hoffman wrote:

> Go to the Person View of each of that person's children. You will probably
> find at least one that doesn't have the mother shown at the bottom of the
> screen. If she is shown on the Tag Box, highlight the tag and click on the
> asterisk ison on the left. Otherwise click on the Mother button to add
her.
>

I have a ghost spouse like this also. The father has been married 2 times,
with a child from each marriage. However his family view shows 3 spouses and
the 1st one has no ID and is a (? ?) spouse. When I entered the 2nd child I
did not know the name of her mother, but I knew that there was a marriage.
Possibly I chose the option to not link any specific person at that time.
Later, I learned the mothers name, entered her as a new person, and made the
link to her child, and a marriage tag for the mother and father. Now I cannot
get rid of the (? ?) spouse. Both children are properly linked to the correct
mothers. This spouse also generates a line about 'no children of husband and
unknown spouse' on certain reports.
Reindex, optimize, and repair have not worked.

Is there any way to get rid of this ghost? Unlike Rob, I'm not a newbie, but
I still have the problem!

Carol Shomo

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