Re: [LegacyUG] Event List

2014-09-07 Thread Cathy Pinner
Hi Ken, Have you looked at the Event Report? Reports Ribbon - Other Reports - Event Report. It has a lot of options and can be used to give a full report just one event type. Cathy Ken Neundorf wrote: Hi, Is there a way to create a list that includes all the individuals of an event with

Re: [LegacyUG] Surname location map

2014-09-07 Thread Paula Ryburn
Oh, I see. Thanks! From: Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Surname location map I don't know of a way to produce it in Legacy. Ancestry shows it (free) for the US

Re: [LegacyUG] Problems with Multiple Descendants Report

2014-09-07 Thread Paula Ryburn
Pat, I could not reproduce these problems. I could enter 884,566 (I don't have marriages 1884 6566) and it produced a report (a very short one... these aren't in my direct lines). Further, the Last Report (which I only have on My Toolbar took me right back to the Multiple Lines of Descent

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting by date of birth

2014-09-07 Thread Paula Ryburn
Thanks, Cheryl, for the formatting suggestions. Unfortunately, I have dates from before 1900 and after 1900, and one cell format works for the former not the latter, while another works for the latter not the former. And I don't want to re-export import it all. Disappointing, but will

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting by date of birth

2014-09-07 Thread Jay Wilpolt
Paula I use LTools and I use a COPY of my Legacy Database and run this SQL; UPDATE tblIR SET UserRef = tblIR.BirthSD WHERE BirthSD 0 Which sets the UserRef field to be equal to what is in Legacys Birth Sort date field. (except when there is no date in the field) Then I open that copied

RE: [LegacyUG] Sorting by date of birth

2014-09-07 Thread Kurt Kneeland
Export your dates in the format -MM-DD. Import to the spreadsheet. Create an extra column in the spreadsheet and enter the following formula in the first row: =IF(ISNUMBER(A1), TEXT(A1,-MM-DD), A1) Replacing the A1’s with the starting point of your birth dates,

Re: [LegacyUG] Employed ??

2014-09-07 Thread Cathy Pinner
Hi Janet, We probably need more information. Can you give examples from the report? This would give some indication of where it may be coming from. The obvious is to check that they don't actually have an occupation event (or whatever you called it). Cathy Janet Miller wrote: How can I

Re: [LegacyUG] Employed ??

2014-09-07 Thread Jay Wilpolt
That would be something probably included within a gedcom you imported. Go to View Master Lists Events Select Employed (or whatever the correct event name is) Click on Show List (of Persons) delete that event form the persons you want it removed from. Hope that helps Jay On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at

[LegacyUG] Suggested Improvements to Chronology View in Legacy Version 8 Deluxe Edition

2014-09-07 Thread Alan Thompson
Greetings I am currently reviewing the Chronology Tab in Legacy Version 8.0.0.439 Deluxe Edition and seek feedback on some suggested improvements I have, prior to submitting them: 1. (this probably should be classed as a bug) In the text displayed in the Info column for son and