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Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by Geordielass » Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:16 am

Hi All,

I'm trying to generate some reports for my cousins. I always used to be able to do very detailed Ancestors or Descendants reports showing all relatives and including events, notes and sources. This morning no matter what I do the reports come out as "one liners"

Any suggestions as to what I do to get the reports I want

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Expat Geordie researching: Atkinson; Burn; Archer & Thompson - Dunston & Whickham.
Bell; Shanks & Fawcett - South Shields & Usworth Co. Durham;
Walmsley- Bolton Lancs & Usworth Co.Durham);
Donnelly - Armagh & Whickham

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Re: Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by Geordielass » Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:19 am

Here's the second screen shot I took to show what the report comes out as

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Hopefully some of you lovely people will be able to offer suggestions for solving this problem

Kind regards to all
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Expat Geordie researching: Atkinson; Burn; Archer & Thompson - Dunston & Whickham.
Bell; Shanks & Fawcett - South Shields & Usworth Co. Durham;
Walmsley- Bolton Lancs & Usworth Co.Durham);
Donnelly - Armagh & Whickham

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Re: Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by NigelRichman » Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:44 am

Hi,

Just tested on M! Mac with Monterey & Intel mac with Mojave to get a different result from yours.

My reports are multi line with Notes and Comments but have other issues:

Such as:

Each generation is called Root Person's xG Grandfather (odd as root was female)

Also, Each persons name is . Name rather than 1. Name etc (other than Root which is 1.) whereas it should be no number for Root and then increasing number for each generation down.

Either way the reporting is broken though I don't know why you have a different report issue - one for Warwick I think.

Regards,

Nigel

Extract for info:

. Ellen E HOLMAN (1832 - 1888)
Ellen + James

Patience's 5gGrandmother
b. Aug 1832 at Ermington, Devon, England
m. James HILL
d. Sep 1888

Ellen's Parents: Benjamin HOLMAN (1793), Elizabeth WINDSOR (1802)

Ellen's Children: Felix Allen HILL (1859), Adele Edith HILL (1862)

Ellen's Siblings: William HOLMAN (1820), Margareth HOLMAN (1821), Louisa HOLMAN (1822), Henry HOLMAN (1825), Louisa Jane HOLMAN (1828), Francis Henry HOLMAN (1834), Elizabeth Caroline HOLMAN (1837), Faith Ryanna Winsor Mary HOLMAN (1839), Henry Francis HOLMAN (1842)

Notes

1881 Census: Living at No. 2, Cambridge Terrace, Torpoint, Cornwall - Annutant?
1871 Census: Living Cambridbe Street, Torpoint, Cornwall - Annutant?
1861 Census: Living with James Hill Snr. in TorPoint, Cornwall
1851 Census: Living in Lee Mill, Plympton St. Mary, Devon - Employed at home.
1841 Census: Living in Lee Mill Bridge, Plympton St Mary, Devon

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R A Holman has name as Eleanor HOLMAN on Family Tree diagram

Events in Ellen E HOLMAN's life

Aug 1832 - - Ellen E HOLMAN was born; Ermington, Devon, England
1859 27 - Birth of son Felix Allen HILL; Lee Millbridge, Devon
1862 30 - Birth of daughter Adele Edith HILL; Lee Millsbridge, Devon
aft 1862 30 - Death of husband James HILL (aged 30);
04 Jan 1870 37 - Death of father Benjamin HOLMAN (aged 76); Plympton St Mary, Devon
22 Jun 1870 37 - Death of mother Elizabeth WINDSOR (aged 67);
Sep 1888 56 - Ellen E HOLMAN died; (Note.1)

(Note.1) From R A Holman tree

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Re: Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by Geordielass » Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:28 pm

Hi Nigel

Thanks for your input - I'll email Warwick but I don't hold out any hopes of a fix as he never seems to have time to do anything.

Kind regards
Enid
Expat Geordie researching: Atkinson; Burn; Archer & Thompson - Dunston & Whickham.
Bell; Shanks & Fawcett - South Shields & Usworth Co. Durham;
Walmsley- Bolton Lancs & Usworth Co.Durham);
Donnelly - Armagh & Whickham

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Re: Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by NigelRichman » Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:24 am

Hi,

Just tested on other report selections to try and get a single line report without Source, Comments or Notes but it just generated the same report as before.

So, it seems not to respect the selected options - but yours defaulted to a different report set. Odd.

I will try other things to see if they make a difference.

Nigel

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Re: Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by NigelRichman » Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:34 am

Hi,

Tried Ancestor and Ancestor by Generation and they seem OK.

Tried Descendant report again and managed to create a Single line repot of the same (wrong) format as you had.

Then, it would not generate the multiline report again so I believe the options are not being correctly read.

Also, the generation IDs (the numbers 1, 2, 3 etc) are not being used as the root person is 1 and the others are NULL or '.'

Hence it is broken and needs emergency treatment.

Nigel

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Re: Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by Geordielass » Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:33 pm

Hi Nigel

Thanks for letting me know that at least I'm not the only one with problems.

I emailed Warwick last week after my initial post and included the 2 screenshots - I've not heard anything back!

Until Warwick sits up and takes notice it looks like as far as reports go we are stuffed

All the best
Enid
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Expat Geordie researching: Atkinson; Burn; Archer & Thompson - Dunston & Whickham.
Bell; Shanks & Fawcett - South Shields & Usworth Co. Durham;
Walmsley- Bolton Lancs & Usworth Co.Durham);
Donnelly - Armagh & Whickham

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Re: Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by Warwick Wilson » Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:18 am

Hi Enid,

I will be fixing these reports in the next version, but I am struggling for time around work at the moment.

Hopefully by the end of next month work will quiet down and I can dedicate a week to iFamily. My wife is also about to take six months of Long Service Leave from her teaching so my parenting may perceptibly let up also, (or am I dreaming on that one?).

ww.

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Re: Ancestor & Descendant Reports Not Working

Post by Geordielass » Sat Jun 25, 2022 6:35 am

Hi Warwick,

Thanks - I'm sure we'll all be pleased to get a fix for this problem.

All the best

Enid
Enid
Expat Geordie researching: Atkinson; Burn; Archer & Thompson - Dunston & Whickham.
Bell; Shanks & Fawcett - South Shields & Usworth Co. Durham;
Walmsley- Bolton Lancs & Usworth Co.Durham);
Donnelly - Armagh & Whickham

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