I did go with the hashtag idea. Seems to work pretty well. Jane
On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Jane, > > Autosomal DNA tests aren't under the DNA symbol in Legacy as the results > are very different and can't be entered with a few numbers. People are > adding an Event and attaching the results file or recording where they've > stored it. The results are several MB. > > Some are also using Events to keep track of matches. > With Legacy 9 people are using Hashtags. > There's been quite a lot of discussion on this in the Facebook Legacy User > Group. > > Cathy > > J.M. "Jay" Ingalls wrote: > > > Jane, > > Still using version 8. I add to name suffix box, "DNA Chr 1 match to > Jay", etc. Can search for and create list of people with "DNA data, > Chr 1, Match to Jay" matches in my data. Works, but would like to be > able to include a lot more of the DNA match data. > > Also is visible in reports and books sent to cou sins and other > researchers. > > Anyone have a really good way of doing this in Version 9? > > Must be able to easily search all the DNA data in Legacy! > > I can not handle using extensive DNA spreadsheet data and updating. > Expect Legacy to do that for me. > > Jay > > ============================= > > > On 7/6/2017 10:51 AM, Jane Sarles wrote: > > > Thank you. That worked out. > > Now for a whole new question. (I recently downloaded V. 9 and > resumed working on genealogy after a long layoff, so will be > peppering the list with questions for a while.) I'm afraid I have > forgotten quite a bit, or perhaps, never knew enough. > > I wish to indicate DNA confirmation for those ancestors that I have > documentation (DNA testing) for. I went to the DNA symbol using the > icon on the event screen. Problem 1: It did not list the Ancestry > autosomal t est as an option for name of test. and problem 2: I > typed info into the notes space (the "Recorded Test" box would not > allow input) but when I closed the DNA screen the info I had input > into the Notes space had disappeared. > > I am looking for a simple way to indicate which ancestors I have DNA > confirmation of. I am thinking of using the Hashtag function for that. > > Jane > > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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