Adding a spouse and not getting marriage tag

[Jeff Lovell 0]

When I add a spouse and I get to the add person screen, the marriage tag is on the list BUT  if I fail to enter a marriage date then the marriage tag is not created and the new person is therefore not linked to their spouse. If I do enter a marriage date, then the marriage tag appears and connects the two people as normal.

 

Anyone else experience this or have ideas on how to fix.

 

Jeff Lovell

[svhous 0]

Don't you have to add some sort of date, even just a "ca" date, to have any kind of chronology? I always put at least a guesstimate, before the date of the first known child, or some date which would be reasonable. To me the "ca" means that I don't really know, and it is an educated guess. And that it needs further research.

[Jeff Lovell 0]

yes  I understand the ca but I dont want to clutter my work with a lot of guesstimates. I sometimes will do that when I have a rough idea but not as a general rule. Leaving it blank let's me know it needs work, - thanks for your time - jeff

[Terry Reigel 0]

I do include the Sort Date for the Marriage Tag in the Add Person Screen so it will sort approximately correctly when I don't have a marriage date. That still leaves the Date empty. I don't understand why the Marriage Tag is not created for you Jeff when you leave everything blank for that Tag. It is when I try it. 

But you might try adding the Sort Date field and entering something there to see if that makes the Tag appear for you.

[Jeff Lovell 0]

Thanks Terry for continuing to figure this out. I do use the sort date for my fields and this marriage issue just recently occurred. I have been using it and it has been working correctly for years. Something changed in the last month. Thanks again

 

Jeff