Just make a copy of the database and run the sequence on the copy if you don't want to lose the User IDs. Ron Taylor
--- On Tue, 6/19/12, JLB <[email protected]> wrote: > From: JLB <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Report or listing of total descendants > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 11:11 PM > I use mine for MRIN's and it would be > a couple of clicks to put them > back there again. Perhaps not in your case, in which case > don't try this > at home. > --- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 6/19/2012 9:49 PM, Brett McL Robinson wrote: > > 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 > 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 > >>> > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >> > > 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 > > > 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). 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