One thought- how are you entering the dates compared to how are they set for entry? I.e., go to Options >> Customize >> Dates and look at the Input Format.
If month-day-year is selected, then a date like 4-5-1853 is considered to be April 4, 1853. If day-month-year is selected, then a date like 4-5-1853 is considered to be May 5, 1853. If year-month-day is selected, then a date like 1853-4-5 is considered to be April 5, 1853. When you enter dates, you need to enter them in the same format. As for Legacy not finding a relationship between you and your brother-in-law, Legacy calculates relationships by going backwards in both persons' lines until it finds a common ancestor. Unless you and your brother-in-law have a common ancestor, be it 18 generations ago, it won't find a relationship. As for your daughter and your wife's cousin, is there a common ancestor for both of them already entered? The problem of entering a son without the father being known is that Legacy want's to use the father's last name for the son's last name. In most of America, this is how it is done. To resolve your delimma, enter a fake father temporarily. Let's say the girl's name is Janet Adobe. Do this: 1. Enter a fake father by some name you will remember is a fake. (You will remove him later.) You could do what I do: Enter "Delete Me" for the first name and "Fakename" for the last name. 2. Now enter the boy's first name, say "Waylon." 3. His last name pops up as "Fakename" but highlight that and enter the girl's last name of "Adobe." 4. Now erase Delete Me Fakename. You have added the son. If this does not work for you, write me. We will get this going for you. Robert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Lewis Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] New User - some questions I've just bought and started using Legacy Deluxe 5, some things are great, but some things puzzle me. 1. For some reason, Legacy often displays the wrong age of people. I was born in 1963, and Legacy reckons I'm 31. Nice concept (!), but of course I'm 41. My pc is of course set to the right decade for the current date! I've noticed this in lots of places in Legacy. Does anyone have any ideas? 2. The reason I downloaded Legacy was my 7 year old daughter drawing her own Family tree, and I thought I'd surprise her with a 'proper' one. But to my surprise, I can't seem to find a 'standard' family tree view in Legacy. I've even downloaded the GENViewer, and that doesn't have one either. What I mean by 'standard' is one that is a bit like a Org Chart for a company - reading top-to-bottom, spreading out with each generation. Isn't this the most basic 'Family Tree' one expects to see? How come Legacy doesn't have it? 3. Calculating Relationships - even though I've told Legacy I've married my wife, it still tells me there is no relationship between me and my wife's brother. So I thought, "well, if this is about genealogy, perhaps as there is no genetic relationship between us, that's why it doesn't show it." Of course we all know he is my brother-in-law. But Legacy doesn't seem to know it. So then I tried the relationship between my daughter and one of her cousins on my wife's side. Still apparently no relationship. But of course there are genetic connections there. Any suggestions? 4. Finally, there is someone in my family who has a son, but doesn't know the who the father is. Legacy won't seem to let me add son to this person without first adding a husband. But she doesn't have a husband. How do I get around that? (No moral advice, please ;) Sorry for so many questions in one email, but many thanks in advance for any assistance! Regards, Mark Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
