Has L7 fixed it? I remember this going around once before. Why does Legacy have a problem with 'unknown' as a name? I have a list of them in my Potential Problems list. What is Legacy OK with as a name for an unknown person? ----- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog
On 5/19/2010 10:25 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > Since my situations of changing unknowns to knowns, were solved back > in L5, when I had to repair it myself. I didn't know L7 had fixed it. > I in L5, removed all my unknowns, because the program installed the > word unknown (in the screen only, not reports) which was what I had > been wanting to have done. So, I did it the old way, and will never > again put the name unknown for anyone. Let the program do field fills > for the screen. Rich in LA CA > > --- On Wed, 5/19/10, CE Wood<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: CE Wood<[email protected]> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Married >> 'Someone' To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May >> 19, 2010, 9:57 PM I think she is asking why the program doesn't >> correct its mistake. As one gathers more information, there will >> always be spouses discovered. There needs to be a string that >> automatically removes the "someone" when an actual name is >> entered. >> >> Correcting one marriage is not the issue. Correcting them ALL is >> ridiculous. >> >> Legacy did say this error had been fixed. I guess not, huh? >> >> >> CE >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Crockett >> [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 >> 4:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] >> Married 'Someone' >> >> I once had this happen to me. What I finally came up with to fix it >> was to unlink the couple and then re-link them. I did this using >> the Marriage List. >> >> Jennifer >> >> >> From: Jan Roberts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 20 >> May 2010 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: >> [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone' >> >> I have just been reading through a report I created yesterday >> (after having converted pdf to doc, edited – or so I thought – >> resaved as pdf, uploaded to my newly created wiki!) and have >> noticed that I have the ubiquitous Fred married someone Mary Jane >> BROWN. I thought this problem had been resolved some time ago. >> Originally I had an unknown wife for Fred, but recently added a >> name. Obviously the someone is a hangover from when her name was >> unknown. How does one resolve this problem other than having to >> read through every report word for word once it has been created. >> At the moment I tend to rely on Word’s spelling error identifier to >> check for spelling errors, as well as making any additions or >> deletions that I know I need – I’d prefer not to have to check the >> wording of every marriage statement just in case the extraneous >> ‘someone’ is in place. >> >> Cheers Jan >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - >> www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2868 - >> Release Date: 05/18/10 11:26:00 >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
