Ron, I agree totally with your last comment. I guess it is because the options which Legacy chose to use for the Ancestor selections were made long before we linked Y-DNA with male ancestor charts. It certainly needs to enter the modern era *now*.
When I did mine I made the selection manually - not too bad as I only selected the "grandparent" from each generation. The administrator of my surname group opted to show a link to my website. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "Ron Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: >You are right. It can't be done in one simple step by pressing the right key. > I have searched for years to find the magic button that will do all my >genealogy. > >As a DNA Project Coordinator, I will assume that what was requested is the >male direct line ancestors versus all the direct line ancestors. To produce a >GEDCOM file of just the male direct line, you should manually tag each of >those male ancestors instead of steps 5 thru 10. If you want their spouses, >then tag them also. Another option would be to use the Ltools>Advanced >Tagging>Y-DNA which can set tags for Y-DNA descendants. This could be done on >tag2 and then reselect for individuals with tag1 and tag2 which would be >ancestors of the highlighted individual that have the same Y-DNA. > >One more idea would be to use the Legacy Charting>Descendant>DNA>Male >Y-DNA>Carriers Only to produce a chart of the possible Y-DNA candidates from >the Legacy database and then use it to guide you in setting tags. This chart >is only for descendants of an individual like the results of the >Ltools>Advanced Tagging>Y-DNA but should include the ancestor line you want >for the GEDCOM export so it can be verified. > >Sorry that some of these processes can seem difficult but with a little >experience they will be easy to execute. Maybe Millennia will automate >routines that are frequently requested. > >Ron Taylor 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
