Not quite true Sherry, because the 1/2 siblings will always show at the end of the list. The only way to get half/step-siblings to show in the correct order is to attach each child to both marriages. For instance, my second husband's two children are attached to our marriage as well as my husband and his first wife, and my daughter, born after her step-siblings, is attached to my first marriage, and my second marriage. If I look at my husband's first marriage I see the two children, if I look at my first marriage I see my daughter, if I look at 'our' marriage I see the three children in the correct order. I always add Child Status where I have created new labels such as Step-Child of xxxx so parentage is very clear (although 1/2 siblings show the name of the other parent). I don't Show 1/2 siblings, because if I do it appears that my step-children are also half-siblings of my first husband's children which of course they aren't. Interestingly 'our' three children don't show as being 1/2 siblings of themselves in my second marriage. But my daughter appears on my second husband's first marriage as if she is a step-daughter of his first wife - again, not correct. The only problem with doing things my way is that in some reports all the details of the 1/2 siblings will appear twice even if you select Don't Repeat Duplicates. Their descendants (if any) don't repeat, but ALL of their details, including events (if any) do show. Not ideal, and I know the genealogical purists will be aghast that I am linking step-children to a marriage (note I said step, not true half siblings where they share a parent) but I consider myself more a family historian so it is important that (especially) my own step-children and their families are included with my husband and myself. I put up with the repeat of individuals in reports, and I don't show 1/2 siblings on the screen. And by linking step-children only to the correct step-parent I don't get a situation where children appear to be step-children of a person they had nothing to do with (e.g. a first wife who is NOT a step-parent of the children of the second wife.) Sorry to be a bit rambly - but it is a complex situation!
Cheers Jan -----Original Message----- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 20 May 2011 8:12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Display half siblings Right click on a child, select Children's Settings and sort them in that window. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Reba Solomon <[email protected]> wrote: > This works, but I can't get the children sorted in the correct order.� Even > though the half sister was the oldest, she still appears at the end.� They > are sorted by birth date, except for her, and I can not figure out how to > move her manually either.� Can this be done? > Thanks, Reba 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
