We all have the same problems. Most of us have divorces and non-marriages in our families. Some of the resulting children get legally adopted, others get accepted or tolerated. Whene a spouse adopts the other spouses' children, you must either have some children showing up twice, or some adoptive parents not showing. It is the question of legal or logical. Good luck. Rich --- Joe Austen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You need to show her first marriage, so that the > children have a true origin then work from there. JA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Edwin Sievers > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:36 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] How to show step children in > reports > > > My first post folks----I know it's kinda "wordy" > but I don't know how to condense it much and still > get my question out there. > > I am just getting a good start with Legacy and > have data for about 50 folks in place....some of it > pretty sketchy. I like to "look ahead" to see what > my reports (that I want to give family members) will > look like, and there is one problem I can't seem to > whip; it involves the children from a previous > marriage; e.g., I have a woman who married a > divorced man with 2 children and they now have 3 > more of their own. I want to show ALL the kids on > the family view, and on any individual reports for > the kids' parents, etc., but I would like for them > to be depicted with some sort of special notation in > reports such as "pedigree" or "decendent" > reports......but, alas, they show as 5 children and > all of them as 5th generation decendants of my > "first generation" couple.....and IMHO 2 of them are > not. I have tried the "Help" steps to enter "1/2 > kids" but nothing really changes that I can see. > The way I have worked around this is to just put in > parenthesis after two step kids the statement: (from > Danny's previous marriage) . The parenthetical > statement then shows up in the Pedigree Chart-type > reports. There has to be a better way methinks. > > I use Legacy 6.0 > > This may be an old topic.....if so my apologies, > but I cannot find anything in the archives regarding > it. Is there a way of researching threads in the > group by topic so as not to bore a gazillion folks > with my (kinda simple) problem(s)? > > TIA, > Ed Sievers > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy > 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard > Edition. Learn more about these features at > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable > archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy > 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard > Edition. Learn more about these features at > http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. > > > > Legacy User Group 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
