But foster parents are NOT ancestors, by genealogy. Jack in SW Ohio On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Jim Dell <dellji@yahoo.com> wrote: > Jim R. > Yes I am exporting the whole file. > > On reports it shows depending upon where you start, it won't show both sets > in the same register report unless they have a common ancestor like in one > of my cases where the sister & her husband adopted her brothers children. > > But I never use the ancestry report, I always use the descendants register. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of > Jim Ramaley > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:30 PM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BK] Natural parents and foster parents > > Jim D., > > Are you specifically selecting people, or are you selecting the whole file? > > > If you select the entire file I would expect the export to be correct > because it has to export all of the linkages between all of the records > selected -- and you have selected all records. That would force the > secondary parents to create a family with the person's number in that > family. However, if the records are selectively chosen as, for example, > the > ancestors of a person, it seems possible -- in fact likely -- that the > secondary parents may not be selected. The logic used in creating a tree, > for example, selects only the primary parents; not the secondary. In fact, > I do not know a way to force the showing of secondary parents on any > ancestor-like report. > > Try to re-create my little 2-generation test and let me know the results. > > Jim R > (of course the latest version of BK may have fixed the problem. I am not > running it and so have not tested it.) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Dell > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:46 PM > Subject: Re: [BK] Natural parents and foster parents > > > Max, > I hate to disagree in my BK 6.5.6 version of BK the following is generated > 0 @I2245@ INDI > Items deleted and not necessary for this discussion > 1 FAMC @F699@ > 1 FAMC @F613@ > 1 ADOP > 2 FAMC @F699@ > > As you can see he is assigned to two different families. If you search > the > GEDCOM for @F613@ you'll find > 0 @F613@ FAM > 1 HUSB @I1732@ > 1 WIFE @I1750@ > 1 CHIL @I2245@ > 1 CHIL @I2246@ > 1 CHIL @I2247@ > If you search of @F699@ you'll find > 0 @F699@ FAM > 1 HUSB @I2244@ > 1 WIFE @I1728@ > 1 CHIL @I2245@ > 2 _FREL Adopted > 2 _MREL Adopted > 1 CHIL @I2246@ > 2 _FREL Adopted > 2 _MREL Adopted > 1 CHIL @I2247@ > 2 _FREL Adopted > 2 _MREL Adopted > > So I am saying, at least with my copy of BK it's doing it correctly. And I > just checked it imports both sets of parents into FTM 2012. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of > Max van Dam > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:08 PM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BK] Natural parents and foster parents > > Thanks Jim. > > For this moment I think also that there is a problem in BK. > > With my best regards, > > Max van Dam > Rechovot > Israel > http://www.maxvandam.info/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Ramaley > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:52 AM > Subject: Re: [BK] Natural parents and foster parents > > > Max, > I do not have the latest version, but It is very easy to see if it is a > problem with BK. > > 1. Choose any person with two sets of persons; say it is person #1. > 2. In the Gedcom export dialog box, click "Selected People" > 3. In the number of generations, put 2. > 4. In the "Select the people to copy to the Gedcom file", click > "Ancestors > of a person" > 5. In the Select person" box, put the number of the person with two sets > of parents: in my example, #1 > 6. If both sets of parents were actually selected, the next screen > (actually the "Select the people..." again) would show 5 people selected > -- > the person with 2 parents and both sets of parents (if they are all > distinct). > > In the version I am using, only 3 people are selected. > > You have brought up a serious question. > Jim R > Gettysburg, PA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Max van Dam > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:16 PM > Subject: Re: [BK] Natural parents and foster parents > > > Dear Otto, > > I work with BK 6.5.6 > > I did indeed the steps as you mentioned. > > I have made a gedcom starting by myself and a gedcom starting with my > mother. In these gedcoms I miss my fosterparents. > > If I make a gedcom starting with my foster-parents than I miss my > natural parents. > > I had hoped to see something like two marriages. > > I'm not sure that it is not a problem in BK. > > With my best regards, > > Max van Dam > Rechovot > Israel > http://www.maxvandam.info/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Otto Jørgensen > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:57 PM > Subject: Re: [BK] Natural parents and foster parents > > > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:35:11 +0200, "Max van Dam" > <vandam@actcom.co.il> wrote: > > >I need your help. > > > >After WO II I was an orphan. After WO II I have had foster parents. > > >They have treated me as their own son, but did not adopt me > >afficially. > > > >I have now the following problem. > > > >It is no problem in BK to connect both parents families to me, but > if > I make > >a gedcom and bring that to the program to the program which I use > to > >publish my database, I see than only the connection between my > >foster-parents and me. > > > >For this moment I do not know in which program is the problem > either > BK > > or HUMO-gen that I use for my site. > > > >Can somebody tell me is there an official gedcom code for foster > parents? > > > > I believe you use latest versikon of BK > > I believe you have added you as foster to Your Fosterparents and > that > you also have marked the bilogical parents as BK tells you. > > You can then make a short gedcom from BK and open if in Notepad and > see that you have "all parents" in the Gedcom file. > > I believe the problem is in the program you use to present the > result, > not BK. > > You can see a report in BK where it says who is your bilogical > parents > and who are your fosterparents > -- > Otto Jørgensen > http://www.bkwin.info/ > All email is checked by NORTON > > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >