Rich, I would add that in the Book Reports by going to Report Options>Format one can tick the box "Don't repeat duplicate lines". This will minimise the double entry effect.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *Use Legacy Search - see My Blogs* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ ______________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:35:38 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to show step children in reports > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > 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. 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