Re: [LegacyUG] Important individuals to your file with no direct family tie

2007-10-09 Thread Allen Prunty
Oh but you can title it that way... there's a way to over-ride the title... it's on one of the tabs at the top of the ancestor book report. Allen La Nell Shores wrote: I have an unrelated family such as yours. It is a pair of twins who never married but were close family friends for

RE: [LegacyUG] Important individuals to your file with no direct family tie

2007-10-09 Thread Cathy
Hi La Nell, For an Ancestor Chart, you can add a person called Miriam and Marjorie and have the chart start with that person. Since they are twins you can even include birth date and place though no doubt they died at different times. I do that for my mother's family occasionally. I have a

Re: [LegacyUG] Important individuals to your file with no direct family tie

2007-10-08 Thread Gene Young
Jess M wrote: I would, however, like to find a way to link him in the system, so that it will be intact during file sharing or future reports. I would create an event named close friend or best friend and attach that event to your grandfather. I would then put all the information you have

RE: [LegacyUG] Important individuals to your file with no direct family tie

2007-10-08 Thread Jane Fabiano-Turner
That is a very good question. I will be watching this thread. We have a family friend that is very similar. I would like to include her in my research. Jane From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (please note my new email) Visit my websites: www.wmwebmasters.com and www.jftwd.com -Original

RE: [LegacyUG] Important individuals to your file with no direct family tie

2007-10-08 Thread cabyers
Hi Jess, Yes, there is a way to do it: First, add him to your data-base as an unlinked person. Then link him to the family by events he participated in. When ever I find a person who may either become a relative or who had a significant relationship they are recorded by adding them as an

RE: [LegacyUG] Important individuals to your file with no direct family tie

2007-10-08 Thread La Nell Shores
I have an unrelated family such as yours. It is a pair of twins who never married but were close family friends for generations (since the 20s.) We called them our adopted Grandmothers. When the last one died, with no living family members, my mother and I inherited all their stuff including