Or run a Potential Problems report. ----- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://jlog.jgen.ws/
On 3/3/2013 1:53 PM, Ron Taylor wrote: > A real loop, where someone is their own grandfather, will continue no > matter what option you chose. Repeating lines can be eliminated as > Terri suggested. I do have a few old royal pedigrees. When I try to do > an Ancestor report, it will show "This individual has now been processed > 3 times. You could be in an endless loop." I set the "warn again > after" to 10 and click "Continue Processing". It will stop again, > showing another RIN that has been encountered multiple times. I set it > to 20 and again it stops. I set it to 30 and again it stops. I set it > to 40 and finally it will finish. That means that I descend from > someone in the database more than 30 different ways. I set it to 31 and > it finishes also so the magic number of duplicate encounters for my > lineeage is 30. If I had tried higher and higher numbers and never > found a limit to the duplicates being encountered, then I would know > that there is a true endless loop. For example, if I had entered the > max for the field of 250 and it still bounced back then there is > probably a loop and not simply multiple lineages to the same person. I > doubt that there are real pedigrees with more than 50 duplicate > encounters and that would most likely require a very large database. A > typical family file may only have a few of these duplicate lineages. > > Anyway, by noting the RIN displayed, you can investigate descendants of > that RIN to see if there are any parents younger than their children. > Those are the real loops. > 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
