Ron, Thank you for the comments. Seems I'm not far offbase on the alternatives available here. I agree Process 1 is the best and simplest so far. And it turns out I can get, in the screen Family view the '1/2' in the child names. Thanks. Todd.
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > Todd, > > If I understand you correctly, it would seem that in your process 1) you > arrived at the nearest you can get to the correct resolution of the > question > albeit via an incorrect entry. > > As I understand it for the step children to appear as such then they have > to > be linked to both the biological and step parent(s). I am less than certain > that to say the usage of the phrase "they had...." is incorrect. One could > realistically argue that as at least one of them did have step children > then > the phrase is as accurate as can be. Actually it is quite common to see > this. Note also that the kids will be shown with two sets of parents, again > this is usual. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > From: Todd B > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Show Step Children on BookRpt-Descendant Narrative > > From earlier emails it seems it can not be done. I.e. Show step children on > second husbands BookRpt Narrative Descencent rpt. I have concluded that > the > Report Specification seems to be that the BookRpt Narriative Descendent > Rpt > only shows blood descendants. Stepping and halving wont cause non blood > step/half children to show. > > I tried 2 ways. > 1) Innocently, and incorrectly, I entered the second wife's prior children > (two) as children of her and her second husband. Then I set the > realtionship between these children to the second husband as 'step'. They > show in screen family view normally. Default to biological-like. No '1/2'. > The BookRpt Narrative Descendant ALMOST did the trick. It showed the > second husband's first marrage and their kid. It showed the second > husband's second marriage with the kids shown as normal kids. It commented > that the kids relationship to the husband was 'step'. So far, so good. > The > only 'wrong' thing was the narration said 'THEY' had the following children > (the second wife's prior children). Which biologically they did not. > > So I tried reality: > 2) I unlinked the second wife's prior children from the second marriage. I > relinked the second wifes children to a new marriage of the second wife and > her first husband. This is biologically correct. The second husband's > first > marriage remained biologically correct. Then I got the second wife's > prior > children back into her second marriage (and also the second husband's first > marriage child), I forget how, but they are in the screen family view > marked > there as '1/2' and I set the kids relationship to the second marriage > husband and wife as 'Step' appropriately. This marriage also shows the > husbands kid from his first marriage as '1/2'. You can tell who the kids > are '1/2' to by their last name. > > If the 'second' husband is selected, from the second marriage, his BookRpt > Narriate Descendant Rpt shows his first wife and blood kid from first > marriage, and second marriage, but- no second marriage 'step' children. If > the second wife is selected, from the second marriage, it shows her first > marriage and blood kids from her first marriage, and second husband, but no > 'step' from second marriage. . I can not find a way to show all the kids > in > one aforementioned report. > > So the Report Specification seems to be that the BookRpt Narriative > Descendent Rpt only shows blood descendants. Stepping and halving doesn't > help. Any one see it differently? > > So, what we need is just a little flag on the Marriage intersection that > means 'show step children'. > Comments-- > (end) > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<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
