You can change the colors. You don't have to use the default colors - those are the ones that work with Mary's system that she devised. The full system can be found at http://www.genrootsorganizer.com/
Please realize that the Mary E.V. Hill Ancestor Color Coding system isn't necessarily for coloring lines but for coloring the ancestors of a specific individual. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Dawn Beeks <dawnbe...@msn.com> wrote: > So you are saying I can have only 4 colors and I must use the ones listed > below. Or can I use more colors. > > > > Dawn Beeks > > 653 Pampas Place > > Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 > > 520 249-5595 > > dawnbe...@msn.com > > > > *From:* Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] > *Sent:* Monday, December 01, 2014 7:35 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs RootsMagic 7 > > > > From the Help file for Ancestor: Color Coding > > Accredited genealogist Mary E. V. Hill developed this color-coding system > used in Legacy. Adding color-coding to your organizational system helps > keep your ancestral lines straight and promotes effective genealogy > research. > > The idea for color-coding began when family researchers finding lots of > collateral genealogy information felt a need to concentrate direct-line > great- and great-great-grandparents going back for many generations. > > As they worked on large pedigree charts it became overwhelming until they > divided the chart up into four quarters by color. > > Color-code your pedigree by the lineages of your four grandparents. All > the ancestors of one grandparent will be organized under the same color: > > Grandfather's lineage on your father's side: BLUE > > Grandmother's lineage on your father's side: GREEN > > Grandfather's lineage on your mother's side: RED > > Grandmother's lineage on your mother's side: YELLOW > > > > As you navigate through your family file in Legacy the color code for the > current individual is shown on the *Family *and *Pedigree Views *letting > you quickly know what line you are looking at. > > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
