Re: [LegacyUG] Search list question

2013-02-11 Thread Ron Taylor
The real advantage of a focus group is that it does not contain records but instead is the criteria used to identify records in the database.  Therefore it is dynamic.  If the focus group criteria is for direct line ancestors and you subsequently add more of them to your database, then

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicate spouses

2013-02-11 Thread Ron Taylor
This is probably a question that Dennis Kowalek should answer but I think the Ltool you are using has the option to put a / and then the MRIN of the parents in the UserID field. So 2019/3726 may mean that the individual's MRIN is 2019 and the parent's MRIN is 3726. You are likely getting

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus List format, please

2013-02-11 Thread Sherry/Support
It cannot be posted as an attachment. If anyone is interested in this information, please contact the person directly. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Cynthia N. Russell fergusresearc...@gmail.com wrote: I am hoping that you can post

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus List format, please

2013-02-11 Thread Ron Taylor
In Legacy, click HelpShow Help IndexSearch and then enter focus group then click List Topics and then double click on the first topic listed which should be Focus Groups.  You could also find it in the manual but the help files are so much faster and up-to-date.Ron Taylor --- On Mon, 2/11/13,

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2013-02-11 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
As researchers progress back in time tracing an elusive ancestor, fewer record sources seem to be available. Some sources known to be useful (such as census records) may appear to contain less vital data unless evaluated in different ways. And in some areas totally unique sources may be overlooked

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicate spouses

2013-02-11 Thread JLB
Thanks. I think I worked it out. New MRINs got assigned to some of the people when opening one file into another. I could swear I un-ticked that box. Nothing to do with LTools. Or merging either. - JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://jlog.jgen.ws/ On 2/11/2013

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus List format, please

2013-02-11 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 11/02/2013 17:17, Ron Taylor wrote: In Legacy, click HelpShow Help IndexSearch and then enter focus group then click List Topics and then double click on the first topic listed which should be Focus Groups. You could also find it in the manual but the help files are so much faster and