This probably happened in earlier versions too, but just to place a stick in the mud: I just ran a Data Errors Report on my 1700 person file. Among the many things were: three "The marriage occurred after the spouse's death" and one "The birth date occurred after his/her father was 80". Spending the time to check these four out, NONE were in fact true. What was true is that these people had multiple spouses, and the error checking code is defective in that it did not understand that. It sure does give me pause about the code quality. Also, I found several instances of a person seemingly dangling with no parents, no children, and at a quick glance, no spouse. Closer inspection showed them with one spouse, but no spouse preferred, so it looked like no spouse. I had to manually select their ONLY spouse as preferred. I would think that any time a person had one spouse, it would be the preferred spouse, by default. Yes? If I were writing the code, I'd insist on that. It is a bit off putting to see a blank spouse on the screen, yet when one looks, one finds one that can be selected. (again, this bug was probably in the previous version). Next, I'll see if the merge I did with 3 files still creates "shadow" children that are in the tree once, as I recall, but appear as multiples (one for each file they came from) in the children list. A GEDCOM export, as I recall, showed them once each, but with multiple child linkages. Thus the duplicates in the children window. I tried to explain this to customer service, and they were unable to grasp the facts. I had to give up on them. If such a merge problem sounds familiar, I'm all ears. If not, I'll be trying to duplicate it with this version and will post my results. But it may take me days, weeks, or months to find the time to get to it again. John

Hello.... How do I run a data error report? Thanks, Cindy Low Millsboro, DE -----Original Message----- From: John Yates <john@jytangledweb.org> To: ftm-tech <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Dec 16, 2011 10:18 pm Subject: [FTM-TECH] Mac Family Tree Maker 2: Data Errors Report bugs This probably happened in earlier versions too, but just o place a stick in the mud: I just ran a Data Errors Report on my 1700 person file. Among the many things were: three "The marriage occurred after the spouse's death" nd ne "The birth date occurred after his/her father was 80". Spending the time to check these four out, NONE were in fact true. What was true is that these people had multiple spouses, and he error checking code is defective in that it did not nderstand that. It sure does give me pause about the code quality. Also, I found several instances of a person seemingly dangling ith no parents, no children, and at a quick glance, no pouse. Closer inspection showed them with one spouse, but o spouse preferred, so it looked like no spouse. I had o manually select their ONLY spouse as preferred. I would hink that any time a person had one spouse, it would be he preferred spouse, by default. Yes? If I were writing he code, I'd insist on that. It is a bit off putting to ee a blank spouse on the screen, yet when one looks, one inds one that can be selected. again, this bug was probably in the previous version). Next, I'll see if the merge I did with 3 files still creates shadow" children that are in the tree once, as I recall, ut appear as multiples (one for each file they came from) n the children list. A GEDCOM export, as I recall, showed hem once each, but with multiple child linkages. Thus he duplicates in the children window. I tried to explain his to customer service, and they were unable to grasp he facts. I had to give up on them. If such a merge problem sounds familiar, I'm all ears. If not, 'll be trying to duplicate it with this version and will ost my results. But it may take me days, weeks, or months o find the time to get to it again. John ********************************* ist information page ttp://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker ersion 16 and earlier ttp://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 ttp://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Click Publish, Person Reports, Data Errors Report The report generates You can select individuals to be included Immediate Family All Select Individuals You can also select what errors are to be reported by Clicking the Icon in the upper left corner of the right pane labeled Data Error Report Options. Hope this helps. BJ On 12/16/2011 7:51 PM, Cynthia Whittington Low wrote: > Hello.... > > How do I run a data error report? >