GED-GEN
Jun 112011
 

If I choose to exclude living individuals, why are deceased individuals also being excluded?

You have not entered dates in the date of death fields. GED-GEN usually considers an individual deceased if the date of death is not empty. If you do not know when an individual died, specify UNKNOWN before you export your GEDCOM file.

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Jun 112011
 

Why do the surname and index pages indicate there are fewer individuals and/or families than are actually in my GEDCOM file?

If you choose to exclude living individuals on the Features tab, then living individuals will not appear at all. In this case GED-GEN will only process, and count, deceased individuals. If all individuals in a family are living, the whole family is excluded. An individual is usually considered living if there is no date of death specified.