Michele, The Options settings only ensure that when you enter a *new* individual, if the age of that person would be greater than your selecteed upper age then that person will be automatically marked as dead.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed a Blogger RSS feed on your webpage http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- > From: cranberryf...@charter.net > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living > Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:34:42 -0400 > > Okay regroup.... I have it set like that under options. I did exactly as > your said and did it off of the tools menu and you were right. It marked > 508 people as dead. Why is it then that I have it set up properly on the > options menu but it isn't working. I go to the tool menu and use the same > age cut off and it works. > > michele > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Young" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living > > >> Michele Lewis wrote: >>> I have the advanced set living thing set. It automatically marks those >>> over 110 dead but that only works if you have birth and death dates! >>> >>> michele >> >>>> To use the Advanced Set Living feature: >>>> >>>> 1. Choose Advanced Set Living from the Tools menu. >>>> >>>> 2. Set the cutoff age at the desired level by either typing in the >>>> number or by using the up and down arrows of the spin control. >>>> >>>> 3. Click the Start button. Legacy goes through your entire family file >>>> setting the Living flag to NO when it is determined that they are older >>>> than the you specified. When finished, Legacy asks if you would like to >>>> see a list of all the people who had their Living flag set to NO. To >>>> view the list, click Yes. >>>> >> >> As the help file indicates, Legacy will use information from relatives >> to help determine dead or living status. You must do the above to have >> Legacy scan your file and correct the flags. In the help file search >> "Intellimurder." >> >> -- >> Gene Y. >> n2kvs >> Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with >> Legacy Family Tree >> http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ > _________________________________________________________________ View your other email accounts from your Hotmail inbox. Add them now. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
