Jack, sorry I missed your reply earlier. Thanks for the detailed walk through. Perfect! I appreciate your help. Mary
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Jack Earnshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > Mary**** > > Not sure if this is the best way, but a possibility is to use tagging.**** > > ** ** > > Go to the person whose ancestors you want to find the surnames of**** > > Select Edit/ Tag Records**** > > Choose a tag number you haven’t used.**** > > Select Tag and “ancestors” and a tag number – if you’re not sure who is > tagged then select a tag number and untag “Everyone” before you tag the > ancestors**** > > Then do a Search/Find/Detailed Search and select Individual, Where to look > =Tag x, how to look “Equal”, what to look for “Tagged”**** > > Then under the list of names choose “Print...”**** > > Select CSV file – bottom right**** > > Unclick all the field options and under “optional fields” click on > “Customise...” and select “Name: Surname” as the first entry. Then click > “surname” from the optional fields list.**** > > Click on create and choose a file name in the folder you want and then > press “Create”.**** > > This will create a file that can be opened by Excel or another spreadsheet > program. It will have duplicates for everybody with the same surname, but > can surely be edited to provide the list you want.**** > > ** ** > > Jack**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Mary LeClerc [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 22 June 2013 21:44 > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] surname list**** > > ** ** > > Is there an easy way to generate a list of surnames in the direct > ancestral line, preferably alphabetized? There probably is something > simple I'm missing.**** > > Thanks,**** > > Mary**** > > **** > > > > 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 > Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3199/6417 - Release Date: 06/16/13* > *** > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3199/6417 - Release Date: 06/16/13 > > > 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 > -- Mary LeClerc [email protected] My Blog: http://quiltinginoz.blogspot.com/ My Photos: http://tinyurl.com/3aylx7 "Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.” ~ Oprah Winfrey "The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before." Dieter Uchtdorf 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
