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From: "Jim Byram" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Spouses even though no marriage shown?
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:05:54 -0400
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Just to provide an underpinning for this discussion... Here's an example
of what real data and output would look like in Generations 8.5a.

Create a new database and add a male and a female to a Family Card. There is
no other data. The Marriage flag is unset. If you open and save the Edit
Family screen, the Marriage flag will be set to Married. You can also set
the Marriage flag to Unmarried or Common law.

Find / Anything / Couple
Filter is: Marriage Status Is Marriage
The report returns the couple if the Marriage flag is unset or set to
Marriage.

Find / Anything / People
Filter is: # of Spouses Equal 1
The report returns both individuals irrespective of the Marriage flag
setting.

Reports are limited with this little data. Run from the male perspective.

Person Sheet
Name Man
Spouses:
1 Woman
This is the report output irrespective of the Marriage flag setting.

Family Group Sheet
Name Man
Spouse Woman
This is the report output irrespective of the Marriage flag setting.

Generations Gedcom export
Family record
0 @F1@ FAM
1 HUSB @I1@
1 WIFE @I2@

This is the export irrespective of the setting of the marriage flag. This is
the typical ambiguous GEDCOM family record that includes no information
about the relationship of the man and woman in the record.

The ambiguity would be even clearer with a child.
0 @F1@ FAM
1 HUSB @I1@
1 WIFE @I2@
1 CHIL @13@
The man and woman could be married, unmarried, have a common law marriage, a
casual relationship or the child could be the result of a crime committed by
the unrelated but known male.

Did I omit any other examples that would help?

Jim



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