But you also have to click the Apply... button otherwise Legacy will only do this for new entered individuals. Evert
2009/10/9 Kramer <kramer...@comcast.net> > Michele, go to Tools>Advanced Set Living. It will mark everyone who could > possibly be dead as dead depending on what you have set such as the 120 > years. > Legacy marks it already so you don't have to go through all the trouble. > > Ellen Kramer > > Researching and loving Dorman, Kramer, Mirarchi, Procopio, Renninger and > Staudt-Stoudt-Stout families > > > > > > > > On Oct 8, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Michele Lewis wrote: > > I did everything y'all to do but the program is still killing people that >> are long dead. If someone married in 1821 there is no way they could be >> alive but Legacy is marking them as living unless I manually kill them off. >> I have tagged everyone in my file that is marked as living that doesn't have >> a birth date and I am killing them off one at a time. I only have 2000 more >> to check! >> >> Maybe Legacy can add some additional parameters for automatically killing >> people off. If a person was married 100 years ago or more he is probably >> dead. If his mother died over 100 years ago he is probably dead etc. >> >> The problem is that my uploaded file on the internet has 1/3 of the people >> marked as living so my file isn't very helpful to anyone. >> >> michele >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen" <reilee...@yahoo.com> >> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> >> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:53 PM >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Master l Source is messing up >> >> >> Well I just hate to write again about anything to do with Legacy, I have >>> not >>> done anymore updates for fear of some unknown happening. I'm on version >>> 7.0.090 and have used the program since version 4. >>> >>> I have been updating all my families with their 1850 census, I go to the >>> Master Source List, go to Source, open the file and go down the list >>> checking everything that shows it has a 1850 census. Ask it to show me >>> the >>> list, to make sure all are checked with a number 2, close it and go to >>> the >>> next one. >>> >>> I have come on a group under Indiana, Clay Co., Van Buren Twp., - 1850 >>> and >>> the next on the list is the same everything except it's a 1860. These >>> two >>> list has 18 people, All eighteen have both the 1850 census and the 1860 >>> census. >>> >>> All of the people on both these lists have 1850 census and 1860 census on >>> their family screens, all information shows correct, all sources show >>> correct, but on the Master list, only half of them (11) show on 1850 list >>> and (7) show on the 1860. >>> >>> So I went through all the 1860 deleted the old 1860 from the Events list, >>> re-added it and everything on my Master Source list finally showed up >>> just >>> right, all on both the 1850 & 1860 lists. >>> >>> Shut the program down, since I was almost sick thinking of all I was >>> going >>> to have to change when I finally felt up to it. Some hours have gone >>> bye, >>> open up the program, went right to the Master Source and guess what half >>> is >>> on the 1850 and half are on the 1860. Right back to where they were >>> before >>> all the work deleting and adding the census again. What in the world is >>> happening? Can I sent attachments so you can look at the papers I >>> printed >>> out? It might help you understand what I'm writing. >>> >>> I know I don't seem to be able to explain things clearly so staff can >>> understand what I telling them. But this is a mess and I afraid to check >>> anymore files but know that there are more errors. >>> >>> Pleae help as soon as possible >>> thanks >>> Eileen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>> >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> >>> Archived messages: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>> Online technical support: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> >>> To unsubscribe: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.8/2423 - Release Date: 10/08/09 >> 18:33:00 >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> >> Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> >> To unsubscribe: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> >> >> >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > >