Okay, so if I'm following the logic here, by rights I should be able to export a new GEDCom with all the updated data. I should then be able to turn thatinto a .txt file which I can inport into an Excel spreadsheet, eliminate the data that refers to me, save it as a timeline into the timelines folder, and then access through that system?
Does this sound about right? Or would it be easier if i just saved the timeline out as an .rtf and added my information in manually? And just off the cuff, I've added pictures to several of these events, homes I've lived in and such. Can I get those to print on the timeline or chronology reports? Thanks again. Maureen ----- Original Message ---- From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 4:02:35 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Timeline help Maureen Lake wrote: > I'm new to the list, so forgive me if this covers old ground (I > couldn't figure out how to get to the archives, if there are any). > > I'm teaching a class on personal timelines, so I started creating one > for myself. I figured it was a good place to start. I pulled my > family group and four generations back of my and my husband's lines > as background into a GEDCom and started a new file. Then I started > adding information from my baby book and anywhere else I could find > it to the Events/Facts box in my entry. I added my father's military > service into his entry for kicks and grins. > > When I pulled it all together, it showed all my data, it showed my > parent's deaths. It didn't show either of my parents' remarriages, > any of my grandparents' deaths, my nephew's death, my daughter or > son's marraiges, my granchildren's births, my graddaughter's death, > etc. > > Is there any way to get Legacy to consolidate all the information > that happened within my tree in the given timeline period to display, > in this case, anything within those six generations from 1962 to > present, all of which played a part in my life? Or are those all > points I would have to add seperately into the Events/Facts area of > the entry? > > Thanks so much. > > Maureen Lake > Maureen, As you have found the standard timeline construction which you have used, and I am assuming that you are referring to the output from the Chronology Tab, will only include specific events which you can select using the options button on the right. On clicking that button you may have noticed, at the bottom of the Chronology Options screen a button named "Select Background Timelines" and if you click it it takes you to a list of timelines relating to all sorts of events, such as the British Monarchy, British Prime Ministers etc. etc. Now I know this is not what you want, but the great thing about it is that you can write your own background timeline using it. Clicking the Help Button tells you how. So, in "Maureen's Timeline" you can include all the information which isn't showing at present. If you want to look at the construction of these timelines, they are contained in C:\Legacy\Timelines\ (assuming you installed Legacy in C:\) and they are only text files, so you can open them in any text editor (even Notepad!). If you have Open Office Calc or Windows Excel then you can treat them as a CSV file use "|" (no quotes) as the delimited, you will also see that Legacy uses {/n} as line feed/carriage return. If you hit any problems please do come back and I will happily take you through the process, probably not today - as it is now my tomorrow! 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 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
