Barbara, I found a person in my database with 4 marriages and ran a Book Descendant report. All four marriages showed up as expected. I had the generations set at what I believe is the default of 10, although I only needed 3 for this family. I also tried it with the generations set to 4 and to 1, with no problem. But I don't see where the generations selected has anything to do with whether the marriages of one person show up. I know this doesn't resolve your problem but it does show that Legacy can display more than three marriages. I'm not yet familiar enough with the program to suggest any report option changes to resolve your problem. Hopefully, other more experienced users can help. Good luck!
Dennis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barbara Ford Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:01 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Information Left Out of Reports Since I got no responses to my earlier question about this, I'm going to try again. I am extremely interested in an explanation for this, because this problem would be serious enough for me to change software programs. I am hoping that this error is because of something I am doing wrong, because that could be resolved. While there are many things I love about Legacy, it is very important for MY uses of the program (mainly for my current family and for my descendants) that I can create reports and trust that important information such as marriage information will be included in the reports. I have not done extensive trial and error, but I have experimented with at least two book reports (ancestor and descendant), and in those cases, if I include four generations, it leaves off my brother's most recent marriage. The data is in the program, apparently correctly, because if I decrease the number of generations, it includes his most recent marriage. Everyone has their own story. This is just an example of how it is important to be able to rely on the program to be indiscriminate in pulling in data for reports: My brother finally got his "life together" about 16 years ago. At that time, he married his current wife, a person who is now like a sister to my siblings. I can't even send out a descendant or ancestor report to my family (none of them are doing research; all of them love to read reports of my research), because in the list of my siblings, it lists everyone's marriages and relationships, including his, EXCEPT for the most recent one (marked as preferred). The report would indicate that his last marriage was one that ended in divorce more than 25 years ago. Now, this is just my story. But, I give it as an example of the importance of data inclusion in reports. Is this just a glitch in the program that will be taken care of in 7? Is it going to be a trial and error situation again, even in 7? Is there something I am doing wrong (note: I have tried shortening the information in the fields; didn't help). Hopefully someone can help me out here. Thanks, Barbara Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
