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

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 >