Hi Moe, There is no way to mark 2 children in a family as preferred.
Check out the Options to turn on the preferred child symbol. Options > Customise 3.8 At the same option also turn on indicate direct line children in bold. Then only one with have the asterisk but both will be bolded if you set your direct line (Tools Ribbon) Remember you can set direct line from all sorts of people in your file to set the preferred child in those branches but always come back and set your own again so that yours takes precedence when they cross. Cathy At 01:01 PM 3/12/2013, you 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
