Dennis, I tried something similar to what you suggested. 1st generation: a couple 2nd generation: bological son of 1st generation who married 3rd generation: adopted son of 2nd generation with a different surname who married 4th generation: child of adopted son. The 3rd Generation Descendant report showed: adopted son full name (father given name only, grandfather given name ony). Technically this is sort of correct, or rather a mixture or right and wrong! Frankly I don't know whether I would call this a bug - is it a family descendant report or a genealocical descendant report. It the moment it is probably neither. Oh! Decisions, decsions :-)
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced 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: kowal...@iglou.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendent Report bug > Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:16:50 -0400 > > On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:59:50 +0100, ronald ferguson > wrote: > >>As I said in my first email, mine shows the full names and I was unable to >>replicate your result - hence the problem seems to be somewhere in your >>settings and not in the program. > > Ron: > > Try creating a simple 3 person database... > > Aaron Smith married Bertha Jones and had son Ron Ferguson > > Chose the option to include a main entry for all individuals and then > run the Descendant Book (Modified Register) report. > > I get... > > 2. Ron Ferguson [3] (Aaron1). [[ the 1 is superscripted ]] > > So it appears that Legacy "assumes" all children have the father's > surname? > > I just noticed a real example of this in my database. My g-grandfather > Julius Franz KOWALLEK's 1st child was born prior to his marriage to my > g-grandmother. She was recorded in the birth register as Bertha Ottilie > WITTKOWSKA. So she shows up in the Modified Register report as Bertha > Ottilie WITTKOWSKA (Julius Franz). > > This could be problematic in regions (like Poland) that use -SKI/-SKA > surname endings depending on the gender of the individual. Or -OV/-OVA. > I'm sure there are other examples. > > I wonder if there is a website that describes a standard for descendant > reports? If there is, I couldn't find it. > > In the absence of said standard, I'm inclined to agree with Ruth that > this is a bug. > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek (LTools) > http://zippersoftware.com/ltools > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger: Celebrate 10 amazing years with free winks and emoticons. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ 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
