Just a silly question and excuse my ignorance on the topic, but why would you want to tag your ancestors who were convicts? I don't mean any offense by this question...It is a genuine curiosity.
Donna -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of The Mathesons Sent: July 5, 2005 8:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tags I am using tags to tag my ancestors who arrived in Australia and also those who were convicts. Jennie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Ryburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tags > There are all sorts of uses, probably even some of them not imagined > by the > Legacy folks! ;) > > I have tagged all of the individuals that are in my ancestral line > that goes > back to a RW Patriot, so I can run reports to help apply for my DAR status. > > I have done a search to find all individuals who have a child-father > relationship of "Natural" and then tagged them, so I can use the > arrows at the bottom of the Family View to go through all those tagged > and fix that field. Yes, a very tedious task---I work on it in small > doses, when my brain needs a rest! ha! > > I've done searches for folks buried in a particular town, and folks > died or > buried in Illinois, to print reports of who to look for in cemeteries there. > > I have a tag for people with no sources attached. I don't remember > now how > I did that---probably per instructions I read in a post on this list! Which > reminds me, there are a lot of solutions proposed here that involve > using tags. > > I also tagged individuals that were twins or adopted, based on a > search; relatives of a particular individual who is presently serving > in Iraq; individuals that should have a particular source applied > (i.e., got their information from a book way back before I was using > Legacy and the source citations are not there...yet.). > > I've heard some on this list using tags to indicate which line or > lines they > want to include on a report or in a GEDCOM export file. > > Usually, tags are used to identify a group of individuals that you > want to report, export or rapidly skip to/through---a group that isn't > predefined by > Legacy software. > > Hope this helps. > --Paula > Texas > Currently researching: Goodale in Mass., NY, Mich. > > > > Greetings... > > I have been using Legacy Deluxe for a few weeks now and am getting > along OK > but... I know what to do to use tags - but don't know why I should use tags! > Can somebody explain why I use them please. > > Thanks, > > JohnK > > > > 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 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
