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Marriages and Gedcom Exports

jd4x4  (View posts) Posted: 8 Jan 2007 2:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
I sent the following via feedback, fyi:

When clicking 'Add marriage information' from the Family view pages, the url generated is:
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/EditPerson.aspx?pid=-XXXXXX&...

When it should actually be:
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/Event.aspx?tid=XXXXX&pid=-X...

Also currently, adding a spouse does NOT add a marriage event, AND when attempting to add a marriage event, it will not be added if all 3 information fields are blank even though a selection button for the current spouse is checked. (A work-around is to add 'unk' or something in the Location or Description fields, if a date is unknown)

My suggestion would be to have the proper marriage event boxes display immediately after adding a spouse, so that a marriage (or some sort of union) is registered for the couple.

No union causes major problems in the otherwise excellent (imo) Gedcom Export.

Re: Marriages and Gedcom Exports- php-gedview and TNG

jd4x4  (View posts) Posted: 9 Jan 2007 2:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
So as not to mislead anyone with my previous post.. the exported gedcom does show a union, but still only a marriage if some information is in any of the 3 fields. But the gedcom is currently a semi-non-standard output that does cause some issues. The good news is that it's only an issue with php-gedview and TNG (as far as I know) so it's probably only of interest to a small number of people.

My comment about the wrong link when adding a marriage in Ancestry still stands, and I (at least) think it's a bug.

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