Hi Jean,
You don't need to go through a Gedcom unless you are wanting to leave
out Research notes or some other field - you can export direct to a
Legacy file.
Every family in Legacy has a preferred child whether they are part of
the Direct line set or not, whether you've chosen one to be the
preferred or not. The asterisk shows the Preferred child.
This means you can use the click next to the children on the Family
line to run down a number of different lines. Setting the Direct line
changes the preferred child to the one in the Direct line, if that
family is part of the Direct line. The last line set as Direct line
overrides others.
You can also set the Direct line to be Bold - See Options > Customise
- Data Format Tab
In addition you can set relationships and set the Colour Coding.
So many ways to indicate those most important. :-)
These won't all show unless your cousin has the same options set for
these things in Options > Customise.
Someone else replied how to get your cousin as RIN 1. Note RINs are
not allocated in any logical manner. They're a computer database
indexing number.
Cheers,
Cathy
At 02:51 PM 14/11/2006, you wrote:
I created a focus group of an ancestor and his descendants and
imported it into a new file. I renumbered the RIN's to start at
number 1. In the new file, my name appears as number 1, not the
starting ancestor I chose in the focus group. I don't think this
really matters, I just thought it odd.
My real problem is: In the new file, I set one of the descendants
of this ancestor as the preferred direct line under Tools and
customized to highlight the names in his direct line and include an
asterisk. Unfortunately, in addition to his direct line having the
asterisk and being highlighted, they still appear at my name and
with all of my direct line. (We only share two direct-line ancestors.)
I've tried setting him as preferred a few times and turning the
customization on and off. I've also exported and imported again
with him being the preferred direct line in the original file. It
hasn't fixed anything.
Any suggestions?
(What I'm trying to do is make a Legacy file for a cousin with just
his branch of the family. The only way I could figure how to do it
was by forming a focus group, exporting to a GEDCOM, and importing
the GEDCOM to a new file. Maybe someone knows a better way to
accomplish this.)
Thank you for your help.
Jean
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