Andy Bravo...well done effort !!!!!
This is a great example of fortitude.... Like the little train chugging up that hill ....I think I can..I think I can..I think I can Henry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy (UK_Rabbiter)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Quirks in "This individual never married" | Hi Joan, | I have used all your info below, created a sample file | and the only problem in reports was your marriage status. | when I changed your marriage report phrase to living alone, the descendant | report shows this: | | ------------------------------- | 1. Joan BEST-[1] . | | Joan married Ron H-[2] [MRIN:1], in 1953. The marriage ended in divorce in | 1958. Ron H-[2] died in 1995. | | | | Children from this marriage were: | | 2 F i. Kirsty H-[3] . | | 3 M ii. Michael H-[4] . | | Joan had a relationship with Joe H-[5] [MRIN:2], in 1959. | | | | Children of this arrangement were: | | 4 M i. Richard H-[6] . | | Joan next married Ron H-[2] [MRIN:3], in 1963. The marriage ended in divorce | in 1965. Ron H-[2] died in 1995. | | Joan next married Jim ST-[7] [MRIN:4], in 1970. The marriage ended in | divorce in 1978. | | | | Children from this marriage were: | | 5 M i. Garrett ST-[8] was born in 1972. | | Joan next married Mark SI-[9] [MRIN:5], in 1982. The marriage ended in | divorce in 1986. | | Joan lived with Sam N-[10] [MRIN:6], in 1986. | | Joan next lived alone (name unknown). | | | | Children of this arrangement were: | | 6 F i. Betty -[13] was born in 1977 in Colombia. (Adopted) | | Known events in her life were: | | She was adopted in 1993 by Joan Best. | | 7 M ii. Willis -[12] was born in 1979 in Colombia. (Adopted) | | Known events in his life were: | | He was adopted in 1993 by Joan Best. | | 8 M iii. Oren -[11] was born in 1984 in Colombia. (Adopted) | | Known events in his life were: | | He was adopted in 1993 by Joan Best. | | ------------------------------- | Everything reports fine in the reports, | displays perfect in family view & pedigree view. | Exports to gedcom with no problems, | and displays perfect through GenoPro & GenViewer, because no spouse was | added. | Just the two words in brackets would need removing if you were to create a | RTF file or web page. | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: Joan Best | > Here is my true circumstance, lets see if you can make it work in the | > present program. | > | > In 1953 I married Ron H___ and had two children, daughter Kristy and son, | > Michael | > In 1958 we divorced. | > In 1959-61 I had a relationship with Joe H ________. We had a son | Richard. | > In 1963 I remarried Ron H____ . | > In 1965 I divorced Ron H____ again. | > In 1970 I married Jim St______. | > In 1972 we had son Garrett | > In 1978 I divorced Jim St______ | > In 1982 I married Mark Si_______ | > There were no children from this marriage | > In 1986 I divorced Mark Si______ | > >From 1986-1987 I had a live-together relationship with Sam N______ | > [I have maintained a non-sexual friendship with Jim St______, Mark | > Si________, and Sam N_____] | > Starting in 1987 I have not had a live-together relationship. | > In 1993 I adopted three children from Colombia who are biological | siblings, | > two sons, Oren and Willis, and a daughter, Betty, aged then 9, 14, 16. I | > asked for and received information on their parents. There mother had | died. | > There father had a brain disorder and could not care for the children. I | > found out that these parents had two older sons, Saul and Alex. Recently | > two of my adopted children, Willis and Betty, returned to Colombia to | visit | > the orphanage and friends. While they were there they found their | > biological brothers (with my encouragement). They discovered that their | > mother had a prior marriage by which she had 4 children, two daughters | > and two sons. Because this first marriage had not legally been ended, the | > second partnership that produced 5 children, including my three was not a | > legal marriage. | > | > Just to complicate matters, of my husbands | > Ron H married again to Mary who had a son, Peter, by a prior relationship. | > Ron and Mary had a daughter Tina. Ron died in 1995, still married to Mary | . | > Jim S. had a marriage to Sharon prior to the one to me. Jim and Sharon | had | > two sons and a daughter, Jim, Jr., John, and Maggie. After Jim S. and I | > divorced he married again to Gloria. They had sons Dennis, Steve, Randy | and | > daughter Mandy. In 1995 Jim and Gloria divorced. Jim is alive and not in | a | > relationship. | > Mark S. has no children. He had a marriage prior to the one with me with | a | > woman named Arlene, who had three children. He has not remarried but did | > have a 10 year relationship with a woman (who had previously been married | > with children). Mark has never had children of his own. | > | > All names are disguised to protect the innocent, but the facts are true. | > | > This may seem like an extreme example of modern relationships over time, | but | > I am not so sure it is. Legacy can describe most of this without a | problem. | > But it does not describe the single parent adoption included herein. | > Joan Best | | | | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.377 / Virus Database: 211 - Release Date: 15 Jul 02 | | To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp | | Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: | http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp | To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
