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From: "Michel Vuijlsteke" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Witnesses in Narratives....
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:33:32 +0100
In-Reply-To: <20040228202244.815C01F712F@adicia.telenet-ops.be>


...or something like

[P] died <of [T]> [D+L]. <[WR1]: [W1]><; also present: [WWR]>

Michel

-----Original Message-----
From: Michel Vuijlsteke [mailto:]
Sent: zaterdag 28 februari 2004 21:23
To:
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Witnesses in Narratives....

Sure.

Change the template for the death tag to "[P] died <of [T]> [D+L]. [WR1]:
[W1]".

I have an explanation for dummies up at
http://www.zog.org/genea/witnesstemplate.cfm

-----Original Message-----
From: Donna Gee [mailto:]
Sent: zaterdag 28 februari 2004 20:54
To:
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Witnesses in Narratives....

Is there any way of changing "He died of old age on 12 October 1880.
Witness: Ann Rea, informant" to read "He died of old age on 12 October 1880.
Informant: Ann Rea"?

Donna

-----Original Message-----
From: wim prange [mailto:]
Sent: 28 February 2004 18:57
To:
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Witnesses in Ancestor Narratives....

Hi Rich,

Suppose Pete is witnessing the birth of Rich, parents are John and Mary.
Pete
can appear in the narrative in four locations, controlled through at least
four different templates:
1) in the Birth-event for Rich. Template: [P] was born [D+L]. [W+] witnessed
the birth
2) in the Childbirth-event for John and under Mary. Template:
Birth-event,
click Forward-button: [P] had a [child] [O] [D+L]. Witness was [W+].
3) as witnessed birth-event for Pete. Template: Birth-event, click
Witnesses-tab: WE is: "the birth of [P] [D+L]". The template for
(default)
Role: [W+] <witnessed|was the [WR] at> [WE]
4) if in the first two templates a witness-code is missing, then the witness
could be included through the Global Template: "[...]<. Witnesses:
[?WWR]>".
In this case you can't use [W+]-code I believe.

If you have created subtypes for a Birth-event, then there will be even more
templates to consider. There is one subtype allready: Stillborn.
If you've created different roles for Witnesses, then check them too.

Gr. Wim



> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: marekrichard [mailto:]
> Verzonden: zaterdag 28 februari 2004 19:12
> Aan:
> Onderwerp: Re: [GENBOX] Witnesses in Ancestor Narratives....
>
>
> Hi Wim and Cheri,
>
> I have tried to find where I would change the witness coding as they
are
> used in the Ancestor Narrative to no avail...
>
> I have found the witness tab in the Event Template view and the
Template
> checkbox on the witness list for the Event itself. But, as near as I
can
> figure it, these will only change the sentence structure when you are
say
> generating an Individual Narrative for the Individual who was the
witness.
>
> What I am having trouble with is when witnesses are listed right after
the
> Event for another Individual. Hope that I am just missing something
here!
>
> Thanks
> Rich Marek
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cheri Casper" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:45 AM
> Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Witnesses in Ancestor Narratives....
>
>
> > The template code W+ forces the full names of witnesses. CheriC
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: marekrichard [mailto:]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 8:18 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: [GENBOX] Witnesses in Ancestor Narratives....
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have noticed that when I generate an Ancestor Narrative report
that, to
> > use an example of my own report, in the first generation my birth
has a
> > witness (the doctor) and his full name is used. But in subsequent
uses of
> > the witness (my birth in the second generation) the witness name is
> > truncated after the first name.
> >
> > I have never found an option or a template that I could change or if
this
> is
> > normal. I hope it's not normal since I grow weary of adding the full
name
> > manually!
> >
> > Rich Marek
> > Zion, Illinois
> >
> >
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