Gary, There is a typo in my last post. The phrase "I would not wish to put my consideration about that of the family at that time" should say "....*above* that of the family...."
Sorry about that! Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Ron Ferguson wrote: > Gary, > > I don't think that the point is can it be done, but rather, should it > be done. In my view it shouldn't; my reasoning being that if one has > decided to keep the families separate then that is how they should be, > and that is how they should be presented. > > It is possible to have both worlds, as the option is there to have > multiple parents, and hence have the children treated as if they are > all from the same family with all birth dates being considered. In my > files, whilst I have some families formally linked with the step and > natural kids being treated as though they have the same parents, in > the main I do not make the link and would not wish to. > > In some cases it is clear that the step kids were treated as though > the new parent was their "real" parent eg. their names have been > changed, in general this is not true and I would not wish to put my > consideration about that of the family at that time. Sometimes it > seems clear that the step kids were never part of the new family, > they may have left home for example. > > To conclude, I believe it should be a conscious decision as to > whether step kids should be integrated into a family, and not one > made lightly. I consider that the current system offers this. > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth > http://www.fergys.co.uk > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > And the Fergusons of N.W. England > ____________________________________________________ > > > Gary Elder wrote: >> Ron, thanks for your reply. I did see the earlier post about linking >> children to both sets of parents. >> >> I'm sure there is some underlying reason why linking to both sets of >> parents is necessary, but it seems to me Legacy be able to list all >> children in the appropriate birth order without having to manually >> link them to their step parent. As they say, it is what it is. >> >> Thanks again for your help. >> >> >> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Ron Ferguson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Gary Elder wrote: >>>> Is there a setting in which the combination of children and >>>> step-children are sorted by birth date? >>>> >>>> Currently, Legacy shows step-children at the bottom of the children >>>> listings, even though their birth date precedes those of the other >>>> children of the current spouse. Doing a Sort in the Children's >>>> Settings doesn't appear to do the job. Perhaps there is a >>>> preference setting that I'm missing? >>>> >>> >>> Gary, >>> >>> Provided that the Step children are linked to both sets of parents >>> then all children will sort in date of birth order. If they are only >>> linked to their natural parents then top children will be those of >>> the parents in the main panel of Family View. >>> >>> How to link to more than one set of parents was described in 3 posts >>> earlier today. >>> >>> Ron Ferguson >>> _____________________________________________________ >>> >>> *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth >>> http://www.fergys.co.uk >>> Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw >>> And the Fergusons of N.W. England >>> ____________________________________________________ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
