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From: "Astrid Kranzbuhler" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Weddings, Funerals and other multiple witness situations
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:16:23 +1100
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Hi Teresa,
if you deselect 'Use Label for Witnesses' option in the Tag Type Definitions Screens for each Tag it shows as follows (e.g. Marriage tag with a Witness role of ParentBride):

With roles in Person Views of Witnesses:
Witness (date) ParentBride; Marriage: Groom, Bride

If roles are not used:
Witness (date) Marriage: Groom, Bride

In Detail style reports:
with role:
Witness (date) ParentBride; Marriage: Groom, Bride
without role:
Witness (date) Witness; Marriage: Groom, Bride

Narrative reports print the Witness (Role) sentence

It would be obvious to any reader that this person was a witness to the event, not a principal.

If narratives show the principal sentence instead, you might want to check the default sentences. I've had several occasions, where I, without changing anything in the Tag Type Definitions Screens, suddenly find wrong sentences, e.g. wrong language, wrong role, wrong gender or even from a completely different tag, sometimes annexed to the original sentence, sometimes completely replacing them. I have no idea how they suddenly got there (waiting for TMG 5 and hoping the problem will go away :-) )

Sorry, if none of this helps I'm out of ideas.

Good luck,
Astrid

I wrote:
> > Do you mean that the Witnessed Marriage tag
> > shows with the label 'Marriage' on your parent's Person View?
> >
> > If so, you probably have 'Use Label for Witnesses' selected in Tag Type
> > Definitions Screen? For just the reason you mentioned, I don't usually
> > select that option, especially not BMDB.
> >
Teresa responded:
> Yes, it does. It will also show up as a marriage on reports. It does show
> them as (w);Bride Groom, but would your reader know that that meant they were
> a witness to my marriage? You just need to be very careful if you are going
> to use witnesses to BMDB events.

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