This is not working. Here are the options I am choosing: 1. Export Gedcom file. 2. Record selection. 3. Selected records contained in the focus group. 4. Edit focus group. 5. Add an individual and descendants. 6. Change (to my ancestor George D Lane) 7. Spouse (selecting All spouses) 8. Click OK in Descendant Options dialog box, leaving "Descendants" selected (as opposed to Entire Descendant Line) 9. Click OK in Focus Group dialog box 10. Click Close in GEDCOM Record Selection dialog box 11. Click Select file name and start export.
I export the file and then import it into a new fdb file. George D Lane shows up and all his children by his 3 wives. Their names are listed as "unknown." His descendants show up down to me but none of his descendants' spouses are listed. What am I doing wrong? I want the descendants' spouses listed (e.g. his daughter Isabelle's marriage to my great-grandfather; their son's marriage to my grandmother, etc.) Barton -----Original Message----- From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:19 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms When tagging or using a focus group there is a big difference between the options Descendants Entire Descendant Line You want, most likely, just the Descendants. If you look to the right of the ***All Spouses*** you will see a Spouse button. If you click that you will notice that your anchor person's spouses are listed. If there are more than one, you can click a specific spouse and then your ***All Spouses*** will change to just that one spouse. This option applies only to the anchor person. If a direct descendant of this anchor person has more than one spouse those spouses and any children they had together will be in the focus group. What won't be in the focus group will be any additional spouses the direct line's spouse had (does that make sense?) For example, if I did the descendants of my 3rd great grandfather, both of my 2nd great grandfather's marriages would appear and all of the children he had with both wife's but his second's wife's first husband will not appear nor any children she had with him. Now your second question. When you are creating a gedcom I always recommend that you leave it at the defaults (Legacy gedcom) that will create a gedcom that has the most information in it and any of the top programs will be able to read it. The only time I would crank it down to one of the lesser options is if I was creating the gedcom for someone that didn't have one of the top programs or I was doing it for a specific website. For example, if you export to an Ancestry.com tree format it takes into consideration what Ancestry can handle as incoming information. To get an idea, you can change the format and then click the Customize button on the right. You will be able to see exactly will, and won't be exported for that format. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com -----Original Message----- From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net] Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:45 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms Thanks, Michele. You're right - my C drive was not selected. Now all gedcoms are showing. (I tend to use the word gedcom as a generic term and what I really meant was fdb file.) But, now that all my fdb files are showing I see I just need to click File, Open File to get to the fdb I need. But I am having a new problem. I selected "Add an individual and descendants" in my Focus Group and no spouses are showing in the file that resulted. In the Focus Group list, the words "and **All Spouses**" are showing at the end of the file name. I presumed this meant that was default (to show spouses) but they are not showing. Also, my entire line on my dad's side (all direct ancestors including spouses) is showing in the file, although my ancestor that I have chosen to generate this file is on my mom's side. Why are both these things happening? I only want to see my maternal ancestor, his wives and children and all his descendants and their spouses. Finally, if I don’t know the genealogy software of the person I am sending the gedcom to, should I choose "Basic"? Thanks, Barton -----Original Message----- From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 1:16 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms Barton, When you go to Open File and you select the option to let Legacy search for your files, that is the file search page I am talking about. At the bottom there is a button to tell Legacy which drives to search. This might have gotten changed to something other than the C: drive (assuming that is where your files are). Also, you said, “I want to be able to easily switch back and forth between gedcoms.” Gedcoms have to be converted to Legacy data files before you can open them and switch back and forth between them. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com From: Barton Lewis [mailto:bartonle...@optonline.net] Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:59 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] gedcoms This is so frustrating. I don’t know what the file search page is. I clicked on New File instead and found it listed and opened it. I want to be able to easily switch back and forth between gedcoms. Why does Legacy say no Legacy Family Files can be found on my computer system when click Refresh List? Why can’t Legacy find the new file even though I was able to open it? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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