Would this be considered a work-around for a Direct Descendant Report which Legacy is not capable of doing?
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Mark Klan <[email protected]> wrote: > Al - > > I think I accomplished what you're trying to do via Tagging and Export > (original email quoted below). Here were my steps: > > First, select the key ancestor of interest (for you: "his oldest daughter and > her descendants from only her 2nd marriage"). > 1. Navigate to Edit/Tag_Records and when the Advanced Tagging box opens, > click Clear All Tag Numbers for Everyone. <**NOTE: If you maintain permanent > tags, you'll have to do this step differently to clear only a specific tag > for use in this exercise.**> > 2. In advanced tagging box, set tag number you want to use in "Make changes > on #" area. I used tag #1. > 3. In same box, click on Descendants... button. > 4. Click on Spouse... box and select the desired spouse. > 5. Back in Descendant Options box (Advanced Tagging), select the Number of > Generations to Include, and also click on Descendants <not Entire Descendant > Line>. Click OK. > 6. Close Advanced Tagging box and spot check to ensure the proper spouse and > descendants (only) have been tagged. > > Next, select the father of the key ancestor (for you: "the immigrant > ancestor"). > 1. Navigate to Edit/Tag_Records and when the Advanced Tagging box opens, > click on Family... > 2. A "Spouse List for" box pops up. Make sure the 4 checkboxes are > UNchecked. > 2. In the spouse area at the bottom, select a single spouse or all spouses > (for the father of the key ancestor), as desired. > > Lastly, go the File/Export To... and select Legacy File... > 1. Give the new exported file a name. > 2. Click on All Records With an Individual Tag Of... and select the tag > number you used. > 3. UNclick the Export all spouses and Export all parents boxes, because all > the people you want are already tagged. > 4. Click on Start the Export, and when the confusing AutoSource Reminder box > pops up, just select Don't Assign a Source (unless you want to create a new > master source to identify the origin of the exported records). > 5. Open the new file and check to see whether the people you want (and only > those) are there. If you're just a few people "off" either way, return to > your master Legacy File and tag/untag those few manually. After a little > tweaking, the process above worked for me without any manual tagging. > > Hope this helps. It's a general process I wanted to figure out as well, so > your question was opportune... :-) > > Mark > > Monday, July 5, 2010, 11:07:18 AM, Al wrote: >> Hello! >> I want to create Descendant Charts and Reports in which I can >> select one specific descendant line and eliminate all others. > >> I want to start my report with the immigrant ancestor, his wife, >> and a list of their 10 children. However, I want to restrict the >> descendants to only his oldest daughter and her descendants from only her >> 2nd marriage. > >> I've been at this for hours. I could not find any information in >> the Help files on Legacy that provided this kind of information. > >> I tried experimenting with the Tag feature; however I did not have >> any success. The Focus Group feature also did not work for me. > >> Thank you in advance. Al > > > > > 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
