Oh, I have one or two of these Pedigree Collapse and I know your frustration!
Hope there is an answer! On 3 December 2013 15:01, Moe Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I spent some time searching the LegacyUG archives but could not find an > answer to my problem. > > In my tree I have 5 instances (so far) where a pair of siblings are my > direct ancestors. > > Example: John and Lydia were both born to the same parents in the 1750s. > About 100 years later their > descendants married and had children and 1 of those children is my > ancestor. (In 1 instance it took close > to 200 years for the branches to rejoin.) > > I rely on the Preferred Child * to navigate through my tree. It becomes a > problem when I come across the loop. > When going back in time, the ancestor in that branch is marked as the > Preferred Child. However, when coming > forward in time the 1st sibling-ancestor is marked as preferred. > It is difficult to remember who is the "Alternate Preferred Child"! > > When researching I tend to go backward and forward many times. This > becomes confusing and frustrating because > I invariably jump branches. Sometimes the fastest way to get back to where > I want to go is by using the Index to > find the person I want. (Very frustrating) > > So, my Questions are: > #1: Can I somehow mark 2 children as preferred (I doubt this)? > #2: Is there someway I can mark both siblings so I can see (in the family > view) that the split is occurring? > > This is all about Visual navigation in the Family view. > The Report generated through the Publishing center handles these anomalies > terrifically! > In fact, to find all the "shared" parents, I run the report and save it as > a PDF. Then I search "Duplicate." > It is very tough to keep track of these splits/rejoins > > Thanks, > Moe > > (Just upgraded to Legacy 8 today) > > > > > 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
