If you are using 7.5 or 8 you need to go to the Options > Customise > Data Entry and check the box "Ancester/Descendant Interest - Show on info Screen". Save and then when you edit a person you will see two number entry boxes slightly right of centre near the bottom of the screen.
David On 03/01/2014 16:59, Orinda Spence wrote: > I am looking for this wonderful feature. Is it available only on > Legacy 8? I am still trying to learn a bunch of stuff on Legacy 7.5. > I can not find Ancestor and Descendant Interest, I have searched it on > help only to receive a lot more than I ever wanted to know about setting > up a webpage. I cannot find Ancestor and Descendant interest anywhere I > look. Lower right corner. There is nothing there. Am I in the wrong > screen? Where do I find it? Please. > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Syble Glasscock <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > This is cool, I've wished for a flag or something by the > individuals name to remind me of certain things at a glance, so this > will be helpful. I just wish it could show on the Name list. > > > On Thursday, January 2, 2014 8:18 AM, JV Leavitt <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > That's a good point. The only thing is, that after making a > search list > of one of these -- I'll call them 'AD Tags' -- I would usually > want to > use a regular tag to make the information more visible, at least > temporarily, which is inconvenient, but well worth keeping in > mind, as > with the ideas you mentioned in another post for an 'end of > line' list: > > Another way: Add [[end of line]] to the given name. Then it is > obvious in the Name List and Index View but doesn't affect > output. > > Another way: Use the suffix field - again making use of privacy > brackets. > > Another way: Enter a To-Do with a distinctive category so > you can > get a list. > > > Joseph Leavitt > > > On 1/2/2014 2:29 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: > > Hi Joseph, > > > > If you use the Ancestor and Descendant Interest like tags, > you have > > another 8 :-) > > Just keep a note somewhere of what each number means as you don't > > have a field to fill in like the real tags. > > > > Cathy > > > > At 01:40 PM 2/01/2014, you wrote: > >> Thank you Cathy. I'm sorry now that I didn't pay more > attention to this > >> feature. I have a very large db of descendants of my > earliest American > >> immigrant ancestors (from the early 1600's). I've been > going through > >> the numerous lines of descent to find families that have limited > >> descendant information, beginning around the early 1800s. > When I would > >> find one, I would put a Tag 5 on one of the parents. I > could have used > >> the "Ancestor / Descendant Interest" feature to do the same > job, but I > >> since I woke up to the fact that I could use a marriage tag > number for > >> this purpose (I have plenty of those available), I'll be using a > >> marriage Tag 5 instead. > >> > >> Since the FamilySearch historical records collection has > recently become > >> such a massive resource, I'm having amazing success in > expanding the > >> information on these "Tag 5 lines," mostly using only these > records. > >> The Tagging feature in Legacy provides a wonderful way to > keep track of > >> various factors in the file. The only problem is that there > isn't > >> enough of them! :-) > >> > >> Joseph Leavitt > >> > >> > >> On 1/1/2014 5:08 PM, Kathy Thompson wrote: > >>> I know they exist - I know where they are - what I don't > know if HOW > >>> BEST to use them to MY advantage > >>> What sort of things should I be using them for? > >>> How can they help me if I do use them? > >>> Please, give me some examples of how you (those who already > do use > >>> them) use them to help you with your research. > >>> > >>> > >>> On 2 January 2014 10:14, Cathy Pinner <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> I wondered how many of you knew these were available ;-) > >>> > >>> From the Help file: > >>> > >>> Ancestor and Descendant Interest > >>> > >>> The two fields in the bottom right corner of the > Information window > >>> are used to express your interest level in the > ancestors and > >>> descendants of the current individual. The value can > range from 0 to > >>> 3. 0 indicates no interest. Use 1 for Low interest, > 2 for Medium > >>> and 3 for high interest. > >>> > >>> These values can be used in the search section to > compile lists of > >>> those people with whom you have an interest. > >>> > >>> __________ > >>> As I said, I don't use them but if you get lost in > your file or keep > >>> going off on tangents and realise you've spent > valuable time on > >>> people barely connected to your tree, you might want > to think how > >>> these could help you. > >>> You could use them to plan 2014 research for example. > >>> Which people do you particularly want to focus on? > >>> > >>> I suggest you use your imagination. They're fields > that can be > >>> searched on which makes them valuable. > >>> > >>> Cathy > >>> > >>> At 07:51 AM 2/01/2014, you wrote: > >>> >Can someone please explain to me in simple terms what the > >>> >Ancestor/Descendant Interest boxes are all about, and > how they might > >>> >be able to help me? > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > <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 > <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 > <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 > > > > > 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). 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