More exploration resolved the problem. The general Marriage Wording was OK, but on the individual problem marriages, for some reason, the override was being used. I don't think I ever noticed the "Wording Options" tab on the "Marriage Information" screen before.
Sorry if I caused anyone to interrupt their research. I'll go back to mine now. Marnie On 3/20/2012 7:33 PM, Marnie Oakes wrote: > I just created a small family database for a friend. When I created an > ancestor book report, two or three of the marriages have wording as if > the marriage had not happened. > > eg. "Walter had a relationship with Mary Margaret ________ on 16 Jun > 1902 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States." followed by > "Children from this marriage were: > > i. Walter Francis P...." > > I have > - done a check/repair of the database > - verified that none of the couples had the "This couple did not marry" > box checked > - checked to see that the wording is correct under "Default Marriage > Wording". Then I ran the report again. Problem still there. > - so I reset the "Default Marriage Wording" to the defaults, but that > didn't help. > > I did a spot check of my other, older, larger databases and found no > problems. I did not change any of my usual selections to produce the > new ancestor report. > > Problem persists. I would really like to get rid of the impression that > several of my friend's ancestors had one night stands, especially in the > cases where the couple had multiple children. > > Any ideas? > > Marnie Oakes > > > > 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
