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Add a Spouse
- With the mouse cursor, click to the right of the labels in the middle of the Male or Female box. The Information window appears.
- Enter the given names of the individual if you know them.
- Move to the next field, which is the Surname field, by pressing the tab key or by clicking inside the field with the mouse
- Enter the last name (often called surname).
- Continue entering all the information you have
- When you are finished, click the Save button
Add a Child
- Make sure the parent(s) are displayed in the main Husband and Wife boxes of the Family View.
- Click inside any blank line in the Children box below the Marriage Information button. A shortcut menu appears.
Click Add New Son or Add New Daughter to create a new record for a new individual or Link to an Existing Son or Link to an Existing Daughter if the son or daughter is already in the family file as an individual. If adding a new person, the Information window appears where you can enter the person's information. If linking to an existing person, the Name List appears where you can select the individual. - When you have finished adding or linking in the son or daughter, the name appears in the Child List. You can continue to add additional children, up to a maximum of 60 per couple.
HINT: If you make a mistake when adding a child and get the gender wrong you can easily correct the error by simply opening the Information screen for the person and change the gender by choosing the appropriate M or F setting just to the right of the Title Suffix field.
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Add a Parent
- Make sure the individual is in either the Husband or Wife position of the Family View.
- To add a father to the husband, right-click in the top half of the husband's Parents box at the top of the Family View. To add a mother to the husband, right-click in the bottom half of the husband's Parents box at the top of the Family View. The Add Father or Add Mother window appears.
- Click Add a NEW person to create a new record for a new individual or Link to an EXISTING person if the father or mother is already in the family file as an individual. If adding a new person, the Information window appears, where you can enter the person's information. If linking to an existing person, the Name List appears where you can select the individual.
- When you have finished adding or linking in the father or mother, the name appears in the appropriate location of the Parents box. You can then continue to add the other parent, if known.
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