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Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 18/06/2011 8:19 AM, Jan Roberts wrote: > Just looking at a Descendant Narrative report I created some months ago and > noticed the following situation. A woman (Edith) had a relationship with an > unknown man and had one child to him. The child died at one year old, so it > is recorded that the child never married and had no children. The woman > then married Fred Nerk and had several children with him. However the > report sentence reads: Edith Edith never married and had no children. Fred > Nerk, son of ........ > I decided to create another report to see if the problem still existed - I > have recently upgraded to the latest version 7.5.0.89 - but the problem > remains. > I've just tried something - I have created exactly the same situation with > another woman - "married" her to 'an unknown man' (this is the given name I > use, with no surname, when a partner is literally unknown rather than just > not knowing the name of a partner), ticked this couple didn't marry, ticked > this person never married and had no children on the child's information, > and I get exactly the same sentence in the report - i.e. Alberta Alberta > never married and had no children. Joe Blogs ...... > In my testing I have also discovered that if I don't select this individual > never married and had no children the following sentence reads correctly. I > believe this is a bug, as I should be able to indicate this individual never > married etc. in any instance, whether the parents married twice or not. > Further testing has shown that if the parents only married once all is well, > it seems to be a problem only when one of the parents has married more than > once and 'this individual never married' is selected for a child of a first > marriage. > > Something else I have re-noticed: I've reported this previously but the > problem still remains - when 'Use quoted names in narratives is selected > this is not honoured in sentences such as 'The following involved > [couplenames] and / or their children:' (my sentence for marriage events) > Actually, it appears to honour it for the husband's name, but not the > wife's. So I get 'The following involved Reginald George HAWTON and Janet > Kay "Jan" SULLIVAN and / or their children:" I'm sure it used to say > Reginald George "Reg" HAWTON and Janet Kay "Jan" SULLIVAN ...." so it seems > the problem may have been partially resolved. > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
