Re: [LegacyUG] Child status

2015-04-13 Thread Sue Klein
Hello, Following your instructions, entered through the child list. After four tries, it finally took correctly? But it is good and shows the two sets of parents with each with the correct status. Have no idea why the first three times it would not work All is well that ends well Thank you for

Re: [LegacyUG] Child status

2015-04-11 Thread Sue Klein
Hi, Thank you for the reply..however we have a daughter and the biological parents and the adoptive parents. I found where to add on the child status page(thank you) but after adding the status biological to one set, we went to the adoptive parents and they now had biological status. So we

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-08 Thread Ron Taylor
Jay's original question was about which field in the database contained the child status.  That is why I provided a few SQL scripts that make use of those fields in the database tables.  I was aware of the methods available in Legacy.  If you try the scripts that I posted, you will find

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-08 Thread Sherry/Support
I don't know a thing about SQL other than how to copy someone else's script g. So your response meant nothing to me. From his question it looked like he wanted to find those who were marked twins. Easy to find siblings with the same name - look in the Name List or Children's List! Finding

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-08 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
Hey Ron, The intent behind my original question was that I was going to find a way to find the persons in my database who are twins, BUT that I have not yet marked as twins. And I did not know what table or field I would need to change. I have since discovered that the flag is the IDCS field

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-08 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
Ron said I also have another script that can find possible multiple births that have the child status blank and help to get those child status fields set to Twin, Triplet, etc. This is what I refereed to Would love to get this from you. Thanks Jay On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Ron

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-08 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
which was What field changes in the database? Not, How to do a search... But thanks for taking the time to respond. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: That wasn't your original question! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-08 Thread Mike Fry
On 08 Jul 2014 21:00, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: I have since discovered that the flag is the IDCS field within the tblCR. In my file changing that from the default of 0 to a 6 will set them as a Twin. The setting for Adopted is a 5 and Quadruplets is 8, not sure yet what it should be for

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-08 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
YES, CORRECT, that is why I said In my file Like many other things in Legacy, the numbering of some fields is different in each users database. On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com wrote: On 08 Jul 2014 21:00, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: I have since discovered that the

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-08 Thread Ron Taylor
Jay, You are probably aware that tblCS is not standard for all users.  It contains whatever the user has added or retained from the original install.  So changing the value from 0 to 6 may not the Twin setting for all databases.  What I do is determine the value I want for the specific database

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-07 Thread Ron Taylor
Jay, This first script is one that I developed to locate duplicate siblings in the database.  These are situations where a child is given a name that the parents want but then dies early so they give the same name to another child.   Sometimes more than twice.  It illustrates the connection of

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-07 Thread Sherry/Support
Isn't it easier to just do a Search on the Detailed Search tab Look for whom? Individual Where to look Child Status How to lookEqual to What to look for Twin Of course, this is assuming you have twins flagged with child status And of course, you can find

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-07 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
Thanks Sherry, But That doesnt answer my question, as I intend on using a SQL search to update all the ones that are not flagged as twins. I need to look thru the fields in the CP, CR and CS tables, It must be set there. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Sherry/Support

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - TWIN

2014-07-07 Thread Sherry/Support
That wasn't your original question! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree 1familytree@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Sherry, But That doesnt answer my question, as I intend on using a SQL search to update all the ones that are

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-16 Thread Ron Taylor
Cheryl, I haven't seen that combination but if true you could add a new Relationship to Parent status of Biological and Adopted.  Now I'll have to watch for that one in my research.  Thanks. On Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:31 PM, singhals singh...@erols.com wrote: Be it known and REMEMBERED

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-15 Thread Robert57P_gmail
I also was originally confused by these two fields. I originally put adopted in the child status field, until I realized there is an issue if both parents did not adopt the child. I eventually figured it out and fixed my various records, but I do agree that the usage of this field is not

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-15 Thread magnoliasouth
Hi Bob! All of your ideas are great ones, but I especially like the one below. I too often forget to use it as well and many times it is imperative that I do. Take the family where the parents live in a home, then several of the children, along with their spouses, live in the same home. Then the

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-15 Thread singhals
Be it known and REMEMBERED that it is not usually /clear/ whether the adoptive status is applicable to both parents or to one, and if only to one, which? Some states required the biological parent to co-adopt the child, thus making the child both biological and adopted. Cheryl Ron Taylor wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-14 Thread R G Strong-genes
Merrelyn, By using the child status it will also show on the family view screen and can be included in some reports and the child status line can also be sourced. Stillborn and Twin are in the default family file, so you would have to add any other status labels you would want to use. From:

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-14 Thread Heeren
I use this a bit differently. I open the Sources from the person's Family page by clicking on the little books icon. Then I scroll down the events list to Father Rel.: Mother Rel.: I add the source I used to prove the child/parent relationship. It's for my own use, I found out years ago I

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-14 Thread Ron Taylor
The Child Status should really be labelled Birth Status which would have settings like Twin, Triplet, Stillborn, Stillborn Twin, Stillborn Triplet, and blank (single live birth).  In my databases, I have added 2 new child status:   Sibling same name and Sibling same name opposite gender.  These

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-14 Thread Sherry/Support
If you want to submit suggestion forms on these ideas, Ron, I'll pass them on to the programmers (one per form please) Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com wrote: The Child Status should really be labelled Birth

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2014-05-14 Thread Ron Taylor
Sherry, I will send you a detailed example of the step children issue.  I hope you will take the time to examine and understand the scenario so it might get fixed.   The request to show relationship to parent on family tab has been asked before and may already be in the list of enhancements

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - Died in Infancy

2011-11-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:13:06 -0500, s megraw smeg...@hotmail.com wrote: I created a Child Status Died in infancy. Legacy has the option of displaying this in the Family View. Is there a way to show it in Descendant reports? Do you have an actual date of death for this individual? If not,

RE: [LegacyUG] Child Status - Died in Infancy

2011-11-23 Thread s megraw
Excellent... using the death date field fits my need. Thanks! From: kowal...@iglou.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - Died in Infancy Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:29:35 -0500 On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:13:06

RE: [LegacyUG] Child Status - Died in Infancy

2011-11-23 Thread David C Abernathy
The choice of words here is very misleading, I would just use an About date which is more helpful that the phrase that is being used. From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/infancy in·fan·cy   [in-fuhn-see] Show IPA noun, plural -cies. 1. the state or period of being an infant; very early

RE: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2010-03-09 Thread Rita Lynn McKale
Thanks, I'll give it a try. Rita in South Carolina -Original Message- From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES [mailto:fourpa...@verizon.net] After thinking some more, I looked and found in 'Search and replace' a category 'List-Child status'. Switching from Natural to ' ' should work. If not, I have

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2010-03-08 Thread Brian/Support
Did you convert from Family Tree Maker to Legacy Family Tree. The Natural for child relationships was and maybe still is, used by Family Tree Maker but not by Legacy. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2010-03-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:15:41 -0500, Rita Lynn McKale cagr...@comporium.net wrote: Now, after reading Mike and Rich's response about the meaning of Natural, I'm wondering if there is a way to remove all those at once or would I have to go in one by one and change everyone. I think you should be

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2010-03-08 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
what you add, so you can edit the dummy to ' '. Rich in LA CA --- On Mon, 3/8/10, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: From: Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 6:20 AM On Mon, 8

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status

2010-03-06 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/03/06 03:04, Rita Lynn McKale wrote: Is there a way to set the default Child Status when entering a new child to Natural to Father and Mother? I read in the help menu the default is 'None', but wasn't it set to Natural in earlier versions? In every version that I've used, it's always