Edit an existing family

To edit a family, to add a person to the family or to remove a person from the family, first find the family in View mode, then switch to Edit mode to edit the family.

In View mode, open the Family Datasheet by clicking on the tab if necessary. In the listbox on the right-hand side, select the name of an individual who is a member of the family to be edited, if necessary typing a search string in the edit field above to find the name.

When you select an individual in the listbox, if the person is a husband or wife in a family, this family will be displayed, otherwise the family of which the individual is a child will be displayed. If necessary, click on Husband's parents or Wife's parents on the Main page to find the family you want.

If either the husband or the wife in the family has been married more than once, the corresponding button in the 'Other marriages' box will be enabled. You may need to click on one or other of the buttons in the 'Other marriages' box to find the family you want.

Having found the family you want to edit, switch to Edit mode by clicking Edit on the toolbar.

To remove a person from the family, click on the name to highlight it, then click Remove person.

To add an individual to the family, select the name in the listbox on the right-hand side, if necessary typing a search string in the edit field above to find the name; then click Add as husband, Add as wife, or Add as child as appropriate.

When you have finished editing details of the family, click on the Save button towards the bottom of the window, to save the information within the program. You should not save a family which does not contain any individuals.

Before leaving View/Edit modes, you should also save the gedcom file to disk, by choosing Save from the File menu, or clicking Save on the toolbar. You will be prompted to do so.