>From what I understand of the history the Birth Order flag was included as a feature before we had sort dates. When I began using TMG they already had sort dates and I have never used that flag. Just use sort dates and they accomplish the same thing and more---the right place (according to you) on the parent's page. That flag can be safely ignored. Chuck On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Greg Vaut <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Lee. > I didn't think of birth order. I'll play with that. > Greg > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Lee Hoffman/KY <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > At 12/13/2017 13:39, Lee Hoffman/KY wrote > > > >> At 12/13/2017 12:37, Greg Vaut wrote > >> > >>> On my FGS reports, in the heading for each child, why does a "?" > >>> (question > >>> mark) appear before the "M" or "F" in front of each child's name? (Each > >>> is > >>> preceded with a "?/M" or "?/F", depending on the sex of the child.) > >>> > >> > >> The "?" takes the place of the "child number" when the Birth Order is > not > >> known. The Birth Order Flag is used to set this value. I rarely use > the > >> Birth Order Flag and then only when I _know_ the birth order but not the > >> birth date for one or more children. > >> > > > > By the way, setting the Birth Order Flag is easier than it might appear. > > When you select to update the Birth Order Flag for one child, it displays > > all of the full siblings and you can set the correct order for all at the > > same time. Note that Birth Order is for one father and one mother. If > one > > parent has children by two or more spouse then the Birth Order starts > over > > for each spouse. The following shows an example: > > > > Father A & Mother A > > 1. Son > > 2. Dau > > 3. Son > > Father A & Mother B > > 1. Dau > > 2. Dau > > > > Mother A & Father B > > 1. Dau > > 2. Son > > > > Mother B & Father C > > 1. Son > > 2. Dau > > > > > > Lee > > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ances > > try.com/th/index/TMG/ > > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry > > .com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >