Adding a Family > Add a Family Member to a Family

You can add one or more members to a family at any time after you have entered the name's family information (the information that is common to all members of the family).

You can add new members to a family at the time you are first entering information about a family, or any time later on as needed.

Here are the steps:

•Click Names, and then Enter/Modify/Delete. If you are entering a new family, start by entering the family information first. Once you have entered the family information, then you are ready to add new members.

•If you have already entered the family information and need to add a new family member later on, click the Find a Family button in the upper left corner of the Family Data area. This will bring up a Family Name Search dialog. Find the family to which you are going to add a new member, click Call Family. If you are using a wide screen monitor, you can expand the ridge edge of the Enter/Modify/Delete Names dialog to expose a Family Search tool that you can use without leaving the Enter/Modify/Delete Names dialog.

When the family to which the new member will be added is displayed in the family information area, open the Add New Family Member drop-down list located just above the Title field in the Family Members data area - which is the lower 2/3rds of the dialog. This will give you a list of choices that describes the type of family member you are adding. The Add New Family Member help topic provides specific information on the choices available.

•Once the choice has been made, the fields in the Family Members area are cleared for you to enter a new individual belonging to the family displayed in the Family Data area. The cursor is placed in the Title field so that you can begin to enter the data relevant to the name you are entering.

Once information for the name fields have been entered, the list of family members located just to the left of the individual's Name fields will display the name of the person you are entering.