Hi Stan, What version are you using? There was a bug like this a few years ago. I don't know whether it was ever fixed in Legacy 7.5.
I'm getting: Mary had a child. Mary had one daughter: Jane. without using any overrides - just Legacy defaults. It might be worth doing a Check/Repair on your file and resetting the Report settings to Legacy defaults, then choose your options again and see if the problem is still there. I assume you have checked that Mary is entered as a female. However, there may be a wrong gender bug as I found one in a different scenario and am still investigating to find the criteria that produces it. Cathy Stan wrote: > > Almost works like a charm Catby I had been hunting for the abitity to > get rid of "unknown" for the father looking in the report options. I > hadnt realised it was in the options /customise/3.11 > The only outstanding issue following the adoption of your suggestion > is in the wording regarding the child. No matter what I put as the > alternative wording in the marriage report it appends "He had a > daughter" instead of "They had a daughter as it does with a standard > marriage or relationship. It should say either "Mary" had a daughter > or "She" had a daughter but most definitely not "He" I cannot find an > option to overide thisi ncorrect sentence as I can in an event or > Marriage description > Is this the first bug I have discovered in Legacy? Is there a solution > to this? Or is it something as obvious as the solution already > provided by Cathy? > Thanks again for the great help proving the advantages of this group > best regards Stan > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Stan" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: 1/10/2015 5:09:13 p.m. > Subject: Re[2]: [LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative Wording Option >> >> Many thanks Cathy I will try it >> best regards Stan >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Cathy Pinner" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: 1/10/2015 5:04:03 p.m. >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative Wording Option >>> >>> Stan, >>> >>> The solution is relatively easy. Don't ignore the Marriage >>> Information screen. When someone has a child, obviously there was >>> some form of relationship even if fleeting and it's in the >>> "Marriage" Information where you control how the situation is reported. >>> >>> Open the Marriage Information screen for Mary. On the left you will >>> find a checkbox "This couple didn't marry" - check that. That is >>> what invokes the non-marriage wordings. >>> Then go to the Wording Options tab and put in your alternate wording >>> you want if the default isn't what you want. Defaults are set at >>> Options - Customise 8.7 The Wording Options tab overrides the defaults. >>> >>> It can read "Mary had a child." >>> >>> If you don't want "Unknown" showing on your Family View for the >>> blank father, make sure you have Options - Customise - 3.11 checked >>> for "just leave blank". This changes it for eve ryone in your file >>> so if you still have Unknown showing, it's because you've actually >>> entered that yourself (and the person has a RIN which the blank >>> record doesn't have). >>> >>> Cathy >>> >>> Stan wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks Carolyn, This is the first instance though where putting >>>> alternative words in the descendant narrative report options has not >>>> so far produced an acceptable result. There are other Legacy reports >>>> that simply state "xxx had a child" by default, which is what I would >>>> like to do. I can easily change the wording in the "marriage" to call >>>> it a relationship or other on a case by case basis and do this. My aim >>>> is to remove any reference to an unknown father and a "marriage", >>>> My Descendant narrative report runs to well over 700 A4 pages. I have >>>> macros in Word that do a bit of customisation on a global basis and >>>> then create a new PDF, which is how I distribute it >>>> I dont want to have to remember to do other changes to individual >>>> entries every time I update a listing though. (very frequently) >>>> cheers Stan >>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>> From: "CE WOOD" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> <mailto:[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Sent: 1/10/2015 4:32:26 p.m. >>>> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative Wording Option >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> There is a father; he is unknown. So far, there is no problem. Your >>>>> problem seems to be with the wording that calls it a marriage. That >>>>> is solved in other ways that other posters can elucidate better >>>>> than I. >>>>> >>>>> If the report will not produce the precise wording that is >>>>> acceptable, you need to produce the report in another program, such >>>>> as Word. There are options that enable this. Explore them. >>>>> >>>>> Legacy is not a report program; it is a database program that has >>>>> some basic, limited report capabilit ies and accommodates producing >>>>> reports in a few other formats in which you can use the verbiage that >>>>> you desire. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, Carolyn >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> <mailto:[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative Wording Option >>>>> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 03:20:09 +0000 >>>>> >>>>> I have a problem that I am sure others have already solved >>>>> The scenario >>>>> "Mary" at a time of youthful exuberance found herself pregnant at the >>>>> age of 16 over 60 years ago. The baby was born and was adopted out to >>>>> unknown (at the time ) parents who called her "Jane". The fathers >>>>> name was not divulged and did not appear on the birth certificate. >>>>> Jane did not have a happy childhood with her adoptive parents, When >>>>> she was around 30 she managed to learn of Mary's ide ntity and made >>>>> contact >>>>> Mary did not marry or have any further children, but is now, in her >>>>> 70s in close contact with Jane, Jane's husband as well as with Jane's >>>>> children and grandchildren. ( her great grandchildren } and all want >>>>> them included as her descendants in a descendant narrative report. In >>>>> the same vein Jane does not want her adoptive parents identified or >>>>> any reference made to them They are both happy with a General Note >>>>> appearing on Jane saying she was legally adopted at birth but now is >>>>> in close contact with her birth mother Mary >>>>> The problem. >>>>> Mary and Jane both want no reference to the birth father, They do not >>>>> want him recorded as unknown, They do not want any "marriage" event >>>>> recorded as a relationship or anything else They just the words "Mary >>>>> had a daughter Jane" then continuation with the narrative the same as >>>>> usual. Is that too much to ask? >>>>> I have tried many things but nothing has wo rked. Removing the >>>>> marriage link then just attributing the child to Mary, reinstuted a >>>>> "marriage" and unknown father. I had thought that by making the >>>>> "Unknown" father "private" as opposed to " invisible" he and the >>>>> marriage would be ignored but regrettably that also suppresses Jane >>>>> and her descendants >>>>> Has anyone already solved this problem?? >>>>> cheers from Stan in NZ >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
