I admit at the start that I have not tried this but there is one "rule" in the event sentence definition Help that indicates there may be no way to have a death notice event for a woman use her married surname.
Here is a quote from the help. "Note: Some [fields] are meant to be used for individual events and others for marriage events. The fields for marriage events include: [CoupleFirstNames] [HusbFirstName] [HusbFullName] ... any fields beginning with "[Husb" [WifeFirstName] [WifeFullName] ... any fields beginning with "[Wife" [MRIN] If these are put into individual events, they would not always make sense. For example, using [HusbFullName] in the sentence for a woman that was never married, or was married more than once, would not result in a name. Legacy can't just remove the field, or leave it unchanged in these cases, so it should not be used. When Legacy finds a marriage-type name field in an individual event sentence, like [HusbFullName], it just returns the current individual's name information...even if that person is a female." [WifeMarriedSurname] is one of the marriage fields not allowed in an individual event sentence. By this rule. The married surname of a woman is stored with the marriage information for the couple so it is not available for use when creating a sentence for an event for the individual. Remember that there may be multiple marriages so Legacy would not know which marriage to pick as the source for the married surname where a person has multiple marriages if we "allowed" marriage type fields with individual events. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 04/09/2013 6:50 AM, Kathy Thompson wrote: > Sorry to ask yet another question about Sentences, but this one is more > about Conditional Formatting within a definition. > > I have an event "Death Notice" - everyone is likely to have one (no-one is > immortal afterall) > Because females typically change their surname at the time of their > marriage, death notices are usually published in the married name rather > than the maiden name. Males usually don't change their surname. > > As such, what I want my sentence to do for my Death Notice event is to > produce one of two possibilities. > For males and unmarried females - use the preferred given name and surname > For married woman - use the preferred given name but use the married surname > > As an example... > Jane Doe, dies unmarried on 1 Jan 1900, death notice is published on 2 Jan > 1900 in The Newspaper. > The sentence should read roughly like > On 2 Jan 1900, the death notice for Jane Doe appeared in The Newspaper. > (any notes)(sources) > > However, if Jane Doe had married John Blow at some point, then her death > notice sentence should read > On 2 Jan 1900, the death notice for Jane Blow appeared in The Newspaper. > > A male would have the same sentence result regardless of marital status due > to no change of name. > > I know that there are some Conditional things that can be written in to the > Sentence Definitions (living vs deceased words, buried vs cremated), but I > can't figure out the [:: :: ] combo for this sentence to work. > > Anyone know how I can achieve this, or am I currently asking too much of > the program? > > Thanks. > > > > 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
