Hmmm, Karen, now that is novel - it's now 3-00am here, so it will have to wait until tomorrow, but I *will* find time to look, always nice to come across something interesting ;-). Thank you.Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogshttp://www.fergys.co.uk 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Margaret Married Someone> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:45:54 -0800> > Ron:> > I could follow that logic if it did indeed result in two marriages--one to> "someone" and another to William Hood--but it doesn't. To start afresh, one> might have a bride's name and date of marriage but no name for the groom> (unlikely, but possible). Entering that would result in "Margaret married> someone." No problem. If you later found and entered the groom's name,> that should result in "Margaret married William Hood" rather than "Margaret> married someone William Hood."> > Kirsten> > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of> ronald ferguson> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:08 PM> To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Margaret Married Someone> > > > Kirsten,> > With respect you are not using computer logic. You are telling the computer> to marry the daughter. So it does just that, but since it knows that for a> marriage to exist there must be a partner it kindly provides one.> > You then tell the computer to marrry a guy to that same woman, so not> knowing that the guy is the partner which it had previously arranged, it> does exactly as requested. Hence by complying with the requests - two> husbands.> > It really isn't based on a matter of sequence but a matter of logic .> > Ron Ferguson> > _____________________________________________________________________> > *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs> http://www.fergys.co.uk> 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/> _____________________________________________________________________> > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Margaret Married Someone> > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:33:39 -0800> >> > Ron:> >> > In a sense I am marrying her to an unknown person for a moment. From the> > Family View I'm adding a new daughter. Then I go to her Individual> > Information and enter her date and place of birth, go back to her Family> > View and click on Marriage Information and add that, then added her> > husband's name in his Individual Information screen.> >> > It's a matter of sequence: I entered the marriage date and place before> the> > husband's name, which is what triggered the "someone." I would expect that> > then adding the husband's name would override the "someone" rather than> > leaving both in the report.> >> > Kirsten> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of> > ronald ferguson> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 1:38 PM> > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Margaret Married Someone> >> >> > Kirsten,> >> > Your procedure is not clear. When you add the child - how, are you> clicking> > the space for children below the parents or one of the alternative> methods?> > How are you getting to the marriage screen - are you going to the child> and> > clicking the husbands box or another method - if so which?> >> > It sounds as though what you are doing is clicking the marriage bar below> > the child to enter the marriage details - if so you are marrying her to an> > unknown person. It's the same as at church, the vicar needs to know who> > somone is marrying :-)> >> > Ron Ferguson> >> > _____________________________________________________________________> >> > *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs> > http://www.fergys.co.uk> > 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/> > _____________________________________________________________________> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Margaret Married Someone> >> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:19:16 -0800> >>> >> When entering a new child for a couple I added her name, dob, and> marriage> >> date and location, *then* added the name of the man she married (William> >> Hood). A 1-generation descendant report for the parents then contains the> >> statement, "Margaret married someone William Hood."> >>> >> Apparently entering a marriage date before the names of both parties> >> triggers the "someone" and adding the name later doesn't clear it.> > Deleting> >> the marriage and then re-adding it corrected the statement.> >>> >> Is this a new buglet with v7 or has it always been the case that names of> >> both bride and groom must be added before the marriage date in order to> >> avoid the "someone" in reports?> >>> >> Kirsten> _________________________________________________________________ Get a bird’s eye view of the world with Multimap http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454059/direct/01/
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