Thanks Chris and Cathy, I now have a clearer understanding of the settings, I
have reset my settings.
From: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of
Chris Hill
Sent: March 14, 2021 7:53 AM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
I think that I
t.
Regards
Chris
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From: "Cathy Pinner"
To: "Legacy User Group"
Sent: 14/03/2021 06:44:12
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
The default is 5. That's fine for my file of about 20,000 people. I
don't have much pedigree collapse, no endogamy and I'm n
The default is 5. That's fine for my file of about 20,000 people. I
don't have much pedigree collapse, no endogamy and I'm not back into
royal genealogies.
In my friend's file where there are many aristocratic/royal lines
entered, I found I stopped getting more relationships between two people
The usual recommendation seems to be set it to 10 - 20, on the basis that
your family tree will not be that complex in terms of the number of
generations that it needs to work through looking for a common ancestor. My
largest line is about 14 generations.
That said, I always run with 999 blood
When setting up the Set Relationships for a person under the Blood
Relationships section, a number from 1-999 can be entered, I was wondering how
many most researchers enter, I have mine set at 6, I'm not sure if I'm too low.
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Trevor Good
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 2:23 PM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Hi Everyone
I set "My Relationship" to me and ran process, to my surprise my wife is
sho
Is Legacy offering DNA test that you can take at the present time?
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 5:58 PM, Brian Kelly wrote:
Actually a cousin relationship, because it is via blood connections, is
closer in genealogical terms than a spouse because a wife or husband is
a legal relationship
Actually a cousin relationship, because it is via blood connections, is
closer in genealogical terms than a spouse because a wife or husband is
a legal relationship created by a marriage.
You should see a + sign beside that Half-3rd Cousin Once Removed which
indicates that there a multiple
Trevor,
Don't automatically assume something is wrong. My brothers are shown as
my 4th cousins, once-removed. Turns out that my great-great
grandparents were 1st cousins.
Christopher
On 10/15/2019 4:23 PM, Trevor Good wrote:
Hi Everyone
I set "My Relationship" to me and ran process, to
Hi Everyone
I set "My Relationship" to me and ran process, to my surprise my wife is
showing as my - Half-3rd Cousin Once Removed, I always thought she was
my wife, obviously something is set wrong, can you help please.
Trevor
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I'm glad to see that the latest update has addressed some of the
relationship problems 'Relationships - Now recognize spouses of
half-siblings.' - shame they weren't all fixed.
The child of a half relative shows correctly for males but incorrectly for
females eg.
The male children of my Half 3rd
Hi Graham,
I haven't noticed that but when I look at my 7th and 8th great grandparents,
their relationship is mark 7th great grandfather+
I am unsure what the + indicates.
Susan
I've reported a number of issues/errors about how Legacy handles relationships
but have just come across another
Hi Susan
If it's working as it should it would mean there is more than one relationship.
Graham
-Original Message-
From: Susan Jones [mailto:scjo...@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: 15 March 2014 06:33
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Hi Graham,
I haven't
... and I should have added that if you right-click on the relationship you can
choose 'View additional relationships'.
G
-Original Message-
From: Susan Jones [mailto:scjo...@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: 15 March 2014 06:33
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG
Graham
I had this happen a few days ago. Even though I never change the root
person (me), my husband was showing as my grandfather, my children were
various other relationships. All relationships were garbled and made no
sense. However, when I changed the root person back to me, all the
Thanks Mary that fixed it for me too.
G
From: Mary Moyer [mailto:mgmo...@gmail.com]
Sent: 15 March 2014 07:02
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Graham
I had this happen a few days ago. Even though I never change the root person
(me), my husband
: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Graham
I had this happen a few days ago. Even though I never change the root
person (me), my husband was showing as my grandfather, my children were
various other relationships. All relationships were garbled and made no
sense. However, when I changed the root
.
G
From:Mary Moyer [mailto:mgmo...@gmail.com]
Sent: 15 March 2014 07:02
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Graham
I had this happen a few days ago. Even though I never change the root person
(me), my husband was showing as my grandfather, my children
: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Hi Susan
If it's working as it should it would mean there is more than one relationship.
Graham
-Original Message-
From: Susan Jones [mailto:scjo...@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: 15 March 2014 06:33
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG
Thank you, Graham,
Must have been all those marriages within one family.
Susan
-Original Message-
From: Graham Love [mailto:love-fam...@blueyonder.co.uk]
Sent: Saturday, 15 March 2014 5:43 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Hi Susan
If it's
I've reported a number of issues/errors about how Legacy handles
relationships but have just come across another strange occurrence. I have
all my 4th Great Grandparents entered and one entered recently now shows on
family view as 'Wife of 4th Great-Grandfather' rather than '4th
Great-Grandmother'
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
One thing you do not report doing is running set relationships after adding
all these people. Do that then report how the relationships show.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http
. The 'correct' option of course would be to have both flagged.
G
-Original Message-
From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: 27 January 2014 15:21
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
One thing you do not report doing is running
On 1/28/2014 8:08 AM, Brian/Support wrote:
Yes, It does not apply to the second twin because the child dates are
checked against the previous child in the list. That previous child (the
first twin) has the same birthday so it is not too long after previous
child. There is no check for birth
On 1/28/2014 11:26 AM, Graham Love wrote:
Now I'm more confused than when I started :) - perhaps I didn't explain it
well enough. The first twin in the list has a correct PP ( birth too long
after prev child) being born some while after the previous child. The second
twin born the same day
...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: 28 January 2014 13:09
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Yes, It does not apply to the second twin because the child dates are checked
against the previous child in the list. That previous child (the first twin)
has the same
I don't doubt this is what is happening, I'm just challenging the logic of it.
I don't know the birth times of any of the twins in my family so they appear in
the list alphabetically. In my view both twins should have the same PP flag
although I appreciate this is an isolated and possibly
January 2014 15:21
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
One thing you do not report doing is running set relationships after adding all
these people. Do that then report how the relationships show.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br
...@blueyonder.co.uk]
Sent: 26 January 2014 19:19
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Good call but not the case. Only one marriage and all children show under the
same two parents. Things have got slightly more confusing since I discovered
another child - a twin
...@blueyonder.co.uk]
Sent: 26 January 2014 19:19
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Good call but not the case. Only one marriage and all children show under the
same two parents. Things have got slightly more confusing since I discovered
another child
-Original Message-
From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: 27 January 2014 15:21
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
One thing you do not report doing is running set relationships after adding
all these people. Do that then report
-Original Message-
From: Graham Love [mailto:love-fam...@blueyonder.co.uk]
Sent: 25 January 2014 14:19
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Now this is me, just odd or a bug
I have a half 3rd great grandaunt, Louisa Love, who married and had 2
-
From: Jack Earnshaw [mailto:j...@jearnshaw.me.uk]
Sent: 26 January 2014 12:53
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships
It sounds as though you have two separate marriages for that daughter - one
having 2 children and the other having the second two. You
Now this is me, just odd or a bug
I have a half 3rd great grandaunt, Louisa Love, who married and had 2
daughters. Both children are shown as 1st cousins 4 times removed. The
youngest married and had 4 children. The first 2 are shown as 2nd cousins 3
times removed and the last 2 are shown as
tomorrow morning when my
mind is clear!
Nannette
-Original Message-
From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:18 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Are there multiple links to those people from
I have one family file that is not calculating the family relationships
correctly. I have run the check maintenance. Cleared the relationships.
Reset the relationships.But each time 2 generations are coming up as 8th
Great Grandparents. Any ideas what I might need to fix? Note: I have 4 main
Are there multiple links to those people from the starting person. In
those cases it is entirely possible that they are 8th Great Grandparents
but on two different paths. The second set are 8th Great GrParents on
one path but also 9th on the path you are following. Legacy always
reports the
/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:18 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
Are there multiple links to those people from the starting person. In those
cases it is entirely possible that they are 8th Great Grandparents
calculation?
Brian in CA
-Original Message-
From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:11 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] relationships
To see relationships between two individuals go to Tools Relationship
On 10/11/2012 11:15 AM, Sherry/Support wrote:
Not everyone has newer computers with dual-core processors or even
Windows Vista or Win7- we have a lot of users still on older XP
computers.
XP, Single Core, 1.2 Ghz, 40GIG Hard drive, Junky video card, 15
Monitor, 6 years old. Legacy Loads slow,
To see relationships between two individuals go to Tools
Relationship Calculator.
This is independent of who you have set as the basis when you go to
Tools Set Relationships.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Marilyn LYLE
processors, why can't it be changed
back to an automatic real-time calculation?
Brian in CA
-Original Message-
From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:11 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] relationships
To see
Because the calculation with the additon of non-blood relationships
was more complex and takes a lot longer. The programmers felt it would
be disruptive to data entry - and better to run the Set Relationships
after entering the new individuals.
Not everyone has newer computers with dual-core
Tools Set Relationships
Note that you can change the starting person, you don't have to navigate
to that person first.
Consider the options available, then click on Set Relationships and wait
while it does its thing.
When it's done, the relationship of the husband and wife to the starting
Select your person, e.g. yourself, go to Tools - Set Relationship,
then everyone in your database will have how they are related to you
in the gap between yourself and your parents. There is a little
window for you to make certain selections.
At 10:15 AM 11/10/2012, you wrote:
I am trying to find
There isn't a gedcom tag for Relationships between individuals, just
Relationship to Father (FREL) and Relationship to Mother (MREL) - used
to indicate whether the child is biological, adopted, foster, etc.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 4:44 PM,
Thanks Sherry,
I've been using Event in Events/Facts
and that has worked well. It may not
be the correct use of Event, but
I couldn't find anything else. It is labor
intensive as I have to do one person
at a time. Using the REPEAT button helps.
I don't use Event clipboard for just 2 lines
per
Hi Listers,
Every so often I send my GEDCOM file
out to a free service which compares
it with others who have done the same.
What I would like to do is have my
relationship to my blood relatives
show up on the GEDCOM. I.e., there
would be a note on my father's GEDCOM record
that he is my
: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
If I am reading this thread correctly the comments you refer to are
comments on a source or source detail. Those will only appear, if they
are set to be included in reports, with the source citation which can be
included:
As a footnote on the page
If I am reading this thread correctly the comments you refer to are
comments on a source or source detail. Those will only appear, if they
are set to be included in reports, with the source citation which can be
included:
As a footnote on the page
As a citation at the end of a Generation (if the
Laswell McDonald Misner
Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sullivan Williams
From: Brett McL Robinson b...@vodafone.co.nz
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Cc: Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net
Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 4:01:26 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG
McDonald Misner
Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sullivan Williams
From: Luis Salreta luisalr...@clix.pt
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Sun, June 26, 2011 12:25:45 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
Sorry but i'm
.xx
version then and haven't re-tested lately), but thought I'd mention it.
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: Brett McL Robinson [mailto:b...@vodafone.co.nz]
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 7:20 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Cc: Luis Salreta
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG
Thank you all for the various solutions proposed.
I still believe that this needs a real program solution.
All the solutions are, as we say in Portugal, "desenrascanços" (see in google) or "MacGyverism" (we use what we have at hand to resolve the problem)
Thanks
L.Salreta
Legacy User Group
I missed the original post because it was not plain text. But this topic
interests me as an analyst/programmer so I thought I would add my
$0.02...
***
The OP makes a good point. If you look at the GENTECH Genealogical Data
Model (GDM)...
OK let’s see if I can make myself clear
Let's use a very simple military example:
I have several source of intelligence that gives me some information.
I collect the information about related subjects and build one conclusion.
This conclusion is weighted based on the credibility of the sources
Hi
I am Legacy
user, since version 4 (standard) and version 5 (deluxe edition) and belong to
the team that is translating Legacy to European Portuguese.
Of course I
like the program, but there is one thing that is missing and I would like to
know what you do in similar situations.
If we
it.
Michele
From: Luis Salreta
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 8:31 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
Hi
I am Legacy user, since version 4 (standard) and version 5 (deluxe edition) and
belong to the team that is translating Legacy to European
: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
Luis,
Your English is very good! When I am sure of a parent-child relationship but I
just can’t prove it, I go ahead and link them in legacy and then in the notes I
explain all of my circumstantial evidence [evidências circunstanciais]
explaining why I think I am
PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
Luis,
I have added a child status of Challenged. I use the Research Notes of the
child to present my arguements. The child status can be set to show on the
Family view by going to the View tab in Options
On 2011/06/26 14:31, Luis Salreta wrote:
For instance I have a Jake son of John Salreta and Maryann. Later on I have
the
marriage of Jake (son of John Salreta and Marylu). I believe in the documents
and the information within but are those 2 Jakes the same? If I could I would
put only 3
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*To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
Luis,
I have added a child status of Challenged. I use the Research Notes of
the child to present my arguements. The child status can be set to show
I put Maybe Not in the name field, it stands out like a bright light
G But then I use a lot of ??? and then in my events I might say
this looks right or this may be he. I like things I can spot from
afar.
I also have a tree that includes all the people I find in Cleveland
Ohio from the Malmesbury
Sorry but i'm not receiving the mails so I can´t answer directly
Thanks for ll the opinions.
I use notes but they are all mixed in the same place.
The example I gave is the simplest (and is an example not a real case).
I have lots of cases where the missing "link" is to the grandparents that
work on?
Sandy K Keas
From: luisalr...@clix.pt
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:25:45 +0100
Sorry but i'm not receiving the mails so I can´t answer directly
Thanks for ll the opinions.
I use notes but they are all
I don't believe in assigning numeric surety levels to anything! What I think
is a 2 you may think is a 3, and what I think today is a 2, next month I may
think is a 1. It's all too subjective.
I discuss conflicting evidence, indirect evidence, etc. in Notes so it is clear
to me, and
Hi Luis
I use the Comments about this Citation (in the Source Detail) to explain
why things may not be as they seem - usually relating to the reliability
or accuracy of the citation. The Comment is specific to the detail of
the citation, so you can comment about the source being used in support
, 2011 12:01:29 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
Terri,
Is that not the wrong description? I would suggest that in the case quoted it
should be “Not Proven” rather than “Challenged”, the l,latter meaning that
somebody has questioned the relationship.
Ron Ferguson
http
I'd mention it.
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: Brett McL Robinson [mailto:b...@vodafone.co.nz]
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 7:20 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Cc: Luis Salreta
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level
Hi Luis
I use the Comments about this Citation
What is the prefered way to enter two people who live together and have
children, but are not married?
Is there a way to enter such a relationship beyond of marriage?
With the children getting the last name of the mother?
Thanks for any advice!
Thomas Marti
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Hi Thomas,
What is the prefered way to enter two people who live together and
have children, but are not married?
Is there a way to enter such a relationship beyond of marriage?
With the children getting the last name of the mother?
In the Marriage Information you can tick the box This
I enter such families as husband and wife initially, then click the check
box for This couple did not marry on the marriage information screen.
Then on the wording options screen I either use the Legacy default wording or
change it to something I like better.
Emily
In a message dated 2/27/2010
:49 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect
The person was related in more than one way - she was a 24th GG-Aunt, and a
27th GGM. I have lots of people related in more than one way to me.
My 4th GG-Aunt was also married (as a 2nd wife) to my 5th
becoming Kings of the Franks.
Rich in LA CA
- Original Message
From: br...@the-lightfoots.com br...@the-lightfoots.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Tue, December 15, 2009 6:41:45 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect
My thoughts exactly. But I might also add
the great
grandchildren married.
Rich in LA CA
From: hstov...@gmail.com hstov...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wed, December 16, 2009 8:48:46 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect
The person was related in more than one way
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect
I just re-ran my son's line. He was born in the 1970's.Using Blood = 10,
Non-blood = 0. His great grandfather, Charlemange is 36th gr 1, 37th 10 times;
born 0747 AD. He was born abt 1040 years before descendant. To help
br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote:
No, no need to show me your work. As I said in the message, congrats on
getting back that far. Many hit that brick wall after 4 or 5 generations.
Then again, many of us prefer not to trust the medieval attempts at trying to
legitimise undeserved notions of
...@msn.com wood...@msn.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Tue, December 15, 2009 2:20:23 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect
I have a 25th GGFather and GGMother with two children, Ralph Cecily.
Ralph and Cecily are each direct ancestors of mine. This is shown correctly
in Legacy
the programming knowledge to solve
this one.
CE
-Original Message-
From: kowal...@iglou.com [mailto:kowal...@iglou.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:19 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:10:27 -0800, wood
I believe there are a few issues here:
1) The relationship is not incorrect -- she is your 24th
great-grandaunt, as you have stated yourself. She also happens to be
your 27th GGM, and the problem is that you would prefer that the
program to always select direct lines instead of side-relations in
@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect
My thoughts exactly. But I might also add that starting in version 7.0, the
relationship calculations must be redone whenever new people are added. It no
longer does it on the fly as in previous versions. I would suggest to the OP
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