I think I understand what you are saying, Ron, and I appreciate all your efforts to recreate the problem. What still does not make sense to me, though (and I certainly have no understanding of programming) is that everything is there and comes into reports perfectly UNLESS my brother's generation is the last generation in the report. Wouldn't that have to indicate that the data is in there correctly?
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 9:40 AM, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Barbara, > > I have tried all ways up to try and reproduce your effect, but I'm afraid > without success. I mainly used the Descendant Book Report but also did random > checks using the Descendant Narrative Report. > > I have tested, varying the position of the "private" sibling; selecting to > remove each of the marriage and spouse's notes separately and collectively; > changing from starting each generation on a new page to running it on; using > the register and modified register book formats; varying the number of > descendants shown (but always keeping the one of interest in the fourth). All > gave the expected output. > > I also had a look at changing the generation of the marriages in question > from the fourth to both the third and second but found no change. > > I did find some of what seem to be anomilies in Contents List but am not > certain and did not go into depth to test them sufficiently. > > Sorry this is not of much help, although it does serve to confirm what > others have found. Given these results I would check that there is not a > duplicate marriage in your MRIN and even if not would unlink your brother and > wife and relink. If that does not work I would do it for all his partners. > All these results seem to confirm Cathy's observation that the problem lies > within your files rather than with Legacy itself. > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > http://www.fergys.co.uk > New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:04:56 -0600 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Information Left Out of Reports > > > > > > Thank you for being willing to help me get a handle on this. As to the > > questions, > > 1) in the instance of the descendant report, I was running the report > > on descendants of my great great grandfather. So, it included him, > > great grandfather, grandmother, mother, and then my generation > > (including my brother). (I said 4 generations, because the number I > > selected on the report options for generations to include was 4...but > > it did include the above generations). > > 2) No, my brother does not have children with the current (last) marriage). > > 3) The one marked private (yes, by checking the box) is the second > > relationship (not marriage), only included, frankly, because there was > > a child as a result of that relationship. That one does show up, just > > says he had a relationship with private). > > 4) I need to correct myself here. I just tried to re-create the > > 3-generation report, and when I run it (starting with our great > > grandfather, rather than great-great grandfather), that's where I > > thought the report did include the fourth marriage), I now see that > > the 4th marriage is not showing up in that report either. That changes > > the problem, I realize. Yesterday I was running all kinds of reports > > and saw the fourth marriage show up in one of them....I did not save > > it, so I can't now re-create it....so, right now, the fourth marriage > > is not showing up in any descendant reports that I have tried. > > 5) no > > 6) yes (if you're talking about checking the report option that says > > "show other marriages"). > > > > > > > > On Feb 13, 2008 1:02 PM, ronald ferguson wrote: > >> > >> Barbara, > >> > >> I guess that a number of people are like me. I read your previous emails > but I do not have anyone with four wives. I would be willing to try and > replicate what you have found but need further information. > >> > >> 1. You say that you are compiling a 4 generation Descendant Report - > which one is your brother in? > >> 2. Does your brother have children with his last spouse? > >> 3. which spouse is marked "Private" (I presume by checking the box and > not by privacy brackets)? > >> 4. You say it is OK with 3 generations does that mean your brother, his > gfather and ggrandfather or your brother, gfather ggrandfather and > gggrandfather, or some other combination? > >> 5. Are any of the wives connected to your brothers family other than by > that marriage? > >> 6. I assume that you have checked "show all spouses" btw > >> > >> Ron Ferguson > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > >> http://www.fergys.co.uk > >> New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office > >> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > >> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > >> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> > >> > >>> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:00:56 -0600 > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Free games, great prizes - get gaming at Gamesbox. > >> http://www.searchgamesbox.com > >> > >> > >> > >> 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 > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? > http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml > > > > > 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
