CE, That message, however, is Not the same thing as the tour suggest. AS I STATED: In Legacy version 5.0 there was actually a menu item under Tools>Merge> "Duplicate Alerts" that would alert you when you typed in a new name with the same name as an individual already in your file. Since I have used Legacy beginning with that version I remember that it would warn you if that menu item was checked and would ask you if this was the same individual as so and so. The "Warning: Duplicate Found" message occurs as you suggested once you are searching for duplicates, however, this was not what the OP, Kris, was asking as I also found the same paragraph that he was referring to on their website for "Touring of Legacy 7.5" which they should correct that paragraph as it no longer can be done. Russ Strong
-----Original Message----- From: CE Wood Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] duplicate alerts >From Legacy Help: Warning: Duplicate Found As the current report was being built, the same person was found in more than one place. This can legitimately happen when relatives of any kind marry each other...cousins for example. It can also happen if an individual is linked in erroneously...such as a grandfather being linked in as a son. This causes an endless relationship loop that must be corrected. Legacy only warns of a duplicate after it has encountered the same individual three times. When a warning is given, you can either: 1. Set the number of additional encounters by clicking the up and down arrows to the right of the text box and then continue on by clicking the Continue Processing... button. 2. Note the individual or couple listed at the top of the warning box and then click Cancel the Report to stop building the report. You should then research and fix the relationship loop problem. You can also generate this report with the option to exclude duplicate lines. To do this, click the Report Options button on the menu and select the Don't Repeat Duplicate Lines option on the Format tab. CE From: my genealogy email [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] duplicate alerts Kris, I think that particular paragraph has not been updated since v 5.0, I remember that the program used to do that and gave you the option to pick from the names list so you could verify that it was a duplicate name, however, that option has not been there since v 6.0, I believe! Perhaps someone from Legacy could point us in the right place to have them update that paragraph in the Legacy tour as the actual Legacy Help file no longer has that as an option under the Tools>Merge>merge menu. Russ Strong From: Kris Stewart Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] duplicate alerts Hello All, Legacy at its website http://bit.ly/ervC1s under "Merging" states that Legacy has an option to check for duplicates when entering a new individual. "These include Duplicate Alerts, where you are automatically made aware of a possible duplicate when you are entering a new individual" In all the year I have used Legacy I have never had this option, and I cant find it anywhere, can anyone help? Kris Stewart 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
