Marianne, If you use an outdated version we cannot help you with your problems. Dave has had a blitz on bugs over the past month or so resolving issues. I am afraid that unless you update you will have to find your own solutions, as we cannot reolve bugs, only report them. When Dave resolves them the job is done. There are very few bugs left in the current version and you have those few already.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ mbstx wrote: > The data were entered over time so I don't recall what I did for each > instance, but this is how I generally do it. > > Enter couple: John Jones and Mary Smith > Add children: James, Sally, etc. > If any info [generally a surname] about spouses of children is known > [from obits, etc.] attach that spouse to the child and enter that > info leave other field [for given name] blank: Sally married [unknown > given name, so I leave it blank] Parker > When I find the missing information, go to the spouse's data block in > the Family view and enter the new info [generally the given name]: > [blank] Parker becomes Thedore Parker. > > In the Descendant Narrative report I get "Sally married someone > Theodore Parker." > > I also just checked, and there are no "unknown" spouses in the > "husband/wife of" icon in the various persons data block. > > I'm running 7.0.0.109 [no I haven't updated to 7.4 because of issues > that keep coming up], on Windows XP. Marianne > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >> Sent: May 20, 2010 9:39 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone' >> >> How did you add the new partner? The method used is critical - see >> previous posts in this thread. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> _____________________________________________________ >> >> *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth >> http://www.fergys.co.uk >> Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >> And the Fergusons of N.W. England >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> >> mbstx wrote: >>> I have the same problem in a report I just generated. What I don't >>> understand is when there is a blank for the given name or surname, >>> but I know the other, and later I add the new information into the >>> same person's data fields, why would there still be an unknown? >>> Marianne >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: May 20, 2010 2:41 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone' >>>> >>>> I have a multitude of unknown spouses, which I wish to leave as >>>> blank. V7 now seems to be able to do this, although I have found an >>>> odd instance where "unknown" still appears, and have yet to work >>>> out why. >>>> >>>> I hope that I misunderstand when you say "There needs to be a >>>> string that automatically removes the "someone" when an actual >>>> name is entered". How is a machine expected to know whether or not >>>> the unknown should be replaced, it could be a totally different >>>> relationship. >>>> >>>> Ron Ferguson >>>> _____________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth >>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk >>>> Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >>>> And the Fergusons of N.W. England >>>> ____________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> >>>> CE Wood wrote: >>>>> 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
