First, in Legacy, click Options>Customize>Other>Clear All User IDs because they will be used in the next step. Use Ltools and then "Set Special User IDs. Enter the RIN for the person for which you hope to count descendants. Click "Fill descendant's User IDs with Text + Henry Number". Put "HN" in the Text field. Check "Exclude Non-Biological Relationships" if you only want the blood line descendants and not spouses, adoptions, etc. Click "Run". Now back in Legacy, search for UserID containing "HN" under Search>Detailed Search...and note the number of records found. Similar method can be used for ancestor counts by selecting "Fill ancestor's User IDs with Text + Ahnentafel number".
Ltools may be acquired at http://zippersoftware.com/wp/ltools/download-ltools/ and then you will have to get the deluxe version (step 3) to use the above User IDs tools. A by-product of the above that I have used is to identify all individuals in the Legacy database who married a blood relative. Quite a few of them did not know they were so closely related. Makes for interesting conversation at the family reunion. Ron Taylor --- On Tue, 6/19/12, Sébastien Comeau <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sébastien Comeau <[email protected]> Subject: [LegacyUG] Report or listing of total descendants To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 5:38 PM Hello, I am trying to find where in Legacy I can get the number of descendants for an individual. The only place I see (through tagging) adds the spouses to the number which I don’t want. Is it possible? Sebastien 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
