As long as you don't mind losing all your UserIDs - which you may have used for file names and filing references!!
Cheers, Brett B McL Robinson, Hamilton, New Zealand On 20/06/2012 12:42 p.m., JLB wrote: > Good one, Ron. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to do it > with just Legacy. > > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 6/19/2012 5:11 PM, Ron Taylor wrote: >> 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 donâEUR^(TM)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 >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> >> Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5080 - Release Date: 06/19/12 >> > > > 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
