On 6/4/2012 11:09, David E. Cann wrote: I love the overall sentence structure the RootsMagician has given us, especially the ability to customize it in the rare instance that I feel a need to do so. However, that said I have been wrestling for weeks now trying to figure out how to make a specific customized edit to an individual entry (NOT the default template) and I hereby give up :-( and ask for directions on how to do it. I have always figured out the others in the past with enough experimentation, but this one has escaped me. Again, this is for a single entry sentence and not the default template, but consider the following entry in an individual Place detail field: Ashland Times-Gazette This is a newspaper, and when inserted correctly will read "Ashland Times-Gazette, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio." I am trying to figure out how to modify the individual sentence structure to add "the" so that it more correctly will read "the Ashland Times-Gazette. . . ." but I cannot find the right combination of tweaks and edits in the individual sentence structure to make that happen. With some effort over time, I've gotten several other similar customized sentences done, but this particular one has frustrated me. Where do I insert the "the" to make this sound better in the sentence? What do I modify for the individual sentence "Description" to do it? I've had fair luck putting the "the" in the place detail field. Did you try "the Ashland Times-Gazette"? My biggest problem has been trying to get rid of some of the words that Roots Magic puts in a sentence. The words ("at" comes to mind) are not in the template.

Does anyone know if shared events appear on an exported GEDCOM file? I have an individual who marries and the witnesses are her brothers and sisters. Each of their individual records show the fact that they were witnesses. However when I expect the file to my TNG site the 'witness' event does not appear. Hopefully I have explained that clearly enough. TIA Gerald

The shared facts are exported, but I don't know of another program that can read RootsMagic's shared facts. If you inport it back into RM they should show up ok. In addition to that if you upload the GEDCOM file to RootsWeb it will put ALL the shared facts under the principle person. I ran into this problem a few days ago. So census records for everyone in the family just kept repeating under the father. It was frustrating. But in their admin there is a place to strip out program tags using _shared took took care of that mess. I'm really hoping that someday soon, RM will fix it so when you export a GEDCOM it has the option of converting shared facts to standard facts. This would be so helpful in your case using TNG to put your data online or in sharing the file with family members who use a different genealogy program. Kim On 06/25/2012 08:48 AM, Gerald A Cooke wrote: > Does anyone know if shared events appear on an exported GEDCOM file? > >