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From: "William T. Flight" <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Spouse Problem (Chart Spouse-order)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:43:53 -0400
References: <000001c360a8$5ce4da20$0100a8c0@Medion>


Hi Linda,

On a chart, a box for an individual with two spouses may be shown with the
second spouse name first, when only the first spouse had children. This
allows the children to be connected directly to the individual's box, with
no confusion about which spouse is the parent: the last named spouse in a
box is the parent of any children connected below. Is this what you are
seeing?

-- Bill

William T. Flight
http://www.thoughtfulcreations.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Bridge" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:04 AM
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Spouse Problem


> Don, Beth & Cheri
>
> Eventually I gave up with trying to sort out the Spouse 1 and 2 problem
> and guess what? When I turned on the computer this morning it was
> right. So it would appear that having repaired, compacted, checked
> links and refreshed data wasn't enough, but turning GB off was <g>
> Seems like something isn't quite right. The only slight blip now is
> that when a chart is produced it shows wife 2 (the correct wife 2)
> before wife 1.
>
> Linda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Zochert [mailto:]
> Sent: 11 August 2003 23:59
> To:
> Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Spouse Problem
>
> Linda
>
> My spousal situation was this: Spouse-1 was linked to Marriage-2 and
> Spouse-2 was linked to Marriage-1. It should have been the other way
> around.
> My general strategy, as I recall it, was to eliminate the marriage
> record
> for Spouse-1. This got rid of Spouse-1 and Marriage-2 on the husband's
> Individual View. I adjusted the remaining marriage record so the date
> and
> details were correct for Spouse-2. I then re-added the deleted spouse
> and
> her marriage record. As you point out, this added spouse comes in as
> Spouse-1 even though the data entry field says Spouse-2 until you press
> the
> Enter key.
>
> Don
>
>
>
>
>
>
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