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Overview

The Summary item in the Person Entry list controls the appearance of the line of text that includes the gender, ID, living status, and lifespan. Here is an example:

M, #2, b. 17 February 1928, d. 14 December 1977

Properties

Show Gender

The Show Gender checkbox controls whether person entries include the subject's gender. The default value is checked.

The text used for the genders is drawn from the Gender Strings section.

Show ID

The Show ID checkbox controls whether person entries include the subject's ID number. The default value is unchecked.

GedSite uses the Person Entry Strings.ID Prefix text as a prefix for the ID number.

Show Living

The Show Living checkbox controls whether person entries include the subject's living status. The default value is unchecked.

The text used for the living status is drawn from the Living and Not Living properties in the Living Strings section.

Show Lifespan

The Show Lifespan checkbox controls whether person entries include the subject's lifespan. The default value is checked.

The format of the lifespan and the dates included in the lifespan are controlled via the Dates Section properties Subject Lifespan and Subject Date.