Ron, Thank you for your helpful info, it worked. I now have a direct line (both male and female lines) for my husband. My Legacy software book (older version), Legacy software help menu, nor online info was able to help me figure it out.
One would think, with all the new DNA genealogy, that Legacy developers would make it easier to select lines of people (whatever their criteria) for a gedcom. One interesting note, when I upload this gedcom to FTDNA, all of the people that have an alternate name in the Alternate Names button on the family page overrides the Given and Surname field when it is uploaded. An example is Sarah Smith (with alternate name of Sally) shows as only Sally with no last name. I am having to go through and delete that info from each person's page if I want their name to display correctly. Thanks again! Lynda ________________________________ From: Ron Taylor <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, October 27, 2012 10:32:00 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom of Direct Line Ancestors Here's how it is done. 1) Check the box "Enable tagging options" in Options>Customize>General>Tagging Options. Click "Save". 2) Navigate to the individual for whom direct line ancestry will be exported to a GEDCOM so that person is highlighted (called the "current individual"). 3) Control-T to open the Advanced Tagging window. It should show the highlighted person from step 2 in the field just below "Individual Tagging". 4) Set the "Untag" radio button and set "Make changes on #:" to a tag number that can be cleared. 5) Next Set the "Tag" radio button, keep the "Make changes on #:" tag number that was cleared in step 4. 6) Click on the "Ancestors" button. The individual highlighted in step 2 should show in the field just below "Current Individual". 7) Enter the "Number of Generations to include" that will be tagged. 8) Set the "Direct Line Ancestors" radio button. 9) If the export will be to a GEDCOM, this step is unnecessary because the 3 boxes described will be set again at step 18. An export to another Legacy database will use the 3 boxes at this step. Uncheck the 3 boxes just below that radio button titled "Include Other Spouses", "Include Siblings", and "Include Spouses of Siblings". (If you wish to export complete group sheets for all the direct line ancestors, then leave these 3 boxes checked.) 10) Click "OK" to have the designated ancestors tagged. 11) Click File>Export to>GEDCOM file to open the "GEDCOM Export" window. 12) Click the "Privacy" tab and check the boxes as desired. If you want all private items to export, click the button "Check All" and it will set all the other boxes for you. 13) Click the "Options" tab. 14) Select from the pull-down menu "Produce file for:" the intended file format for the export. 15) Select from the pull-down menu "Character Set:" the intended character set for the export. 16) Set or check any of the remaining options for the export. 17) Click the button "Record Selection" then set the radio button 18) Set the radio button "All records with an individual tag of:" and the tag number from step 5. Then uncheck the 3 boxes that were described in step 9 or check them if desired. 19) Click "Close". 20) Click "Select File Name and Start Export". 21) Enter a file name that will receive the GEDCOM exported data. 22) Legacy will export the GEDCOM information to the file specified in step 21 and then display a "Message" window that shows how many individuals and families were exported. Click "OK". 23) Use the exported GEDCOM file as desired. 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 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
