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    1. [BK] Generation name vs Generation number
    2. Gilles Paquette via
    3. Hi, A french user noticed something odd when preparing an Ahnentafel Book. When he asks not to include repeated ancestors, he has to figure out where the ancestor is in the report. On the line of the repeated ancestor, one can read something like *(see same person above in generation 6)*. But generations are indicated as *Parents*, *Grandparents*..., *3rd Great-Grandparents*, *4th Great-Grandparents*, etc. In this case, generation 6 corresponds to the 3rd Great-Grandparents. Unless there is a table of correspondance between these two ways of naming generations, it can be frustrating, mostly for non genealogists, trying to figure out to which generation to go to. This occurs both in French and in English. Thanks. Gilles Paquette

    03/01/2015 05:20:04