Family Changes

A Family can be changed in 3 ways:

Choose a different Primary Contact
Move a person to a new Family
Move a person to another existing Family

Some typical scenarios include:

Marriage
Death
Separation or divorce

Change Primary Contact

Click the "Change" button beside the Primary Contact (on the Family" tab), select another person and click "Save".

Move to a new or existing Family

Click the "Change Family" button to see the Change Family screen shown below. If you choose "Join an existing Family", remember that the search results only include Primary Contacts.

Marriage

If both people are currently listed in their parents' families, choose one of them (usually the one that will be Primary Contact) and:

Click "Change Family" button and select "Create a new Family"
Enter address and phone for this new Family

Finally, choose the second person and:

Click "Change Family" button and select "Join an existing Family"
Click "Choose family" link and search for first person and select them

TIP: If one of the people belongs to a church that you do not have access to, ask the eAdventist team to help you with these steps.

Death

If the deceased is the Primary Contact, be sure to use the "Change" button to choose another person - if there are any other people in the Family.

Separation & Divorce

Choose one of the spouses and:

Click "Change Family" button and select "Create a new Family"
Enter address and phone for this new Family

If necessary, move any other family members using:

Click "Change Family" button and select "Join an existing Family"
Click "Choose family" link and search for first person and select them

TIP: Each person can only be in one Family. If you need to include children with both parents, keep the original records with one parent's Family and use "New Person" to add them (as Nonmember) in the other parent's Family.