Residence to Co-residence

alanthwaite · Post by **alanthwaite** » 11 Nov 2007 16:48

Spouse-1 of a couple is entered, with residences, before the marriage is known about. Later, spouse-2 is added and it is discovered that the couple co-resided at some or all of addresses known about for spouse-1.
Is there a quick way of converting spouse-1 residences from an 'individual' attribute to a 'family' attribute rather than having to re-type all of the information into a set of co-residence entries and then deleting the corresponding spouse-1 individual entries?

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YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 11 Nov 2007 22:54

I can't think of a quick way for this one, personally I don't use co-residence as I prefer to include addresses with the events they relate to and only use residence for data such as addresses gained from respondents on death certificates etc.

tommy166 · Post by **tommy166** » 12 Nov 2007 16:11

Possibly the best way would be to Copy and Paste the Individual Attribute from Spouse-1 to Spouse-2, altering dates if necessary. If you wanted to emphasise that they lived there together, add a note to that affect.

alanthwaite · Post by **alanthwaite** » 13 Nov 2007 14:48

Thanks. I'll give some thought about which option to use.
The Q arises from having to move 'unrecognised data' imported from 'Pedigree' program in which it is separately entered. Maybe I'll continue with that arrangement.

Alan

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