Jane, Try the Relationship Calculator under the Tools menu. Put your son on the left side and the grandfather of interest on the right side. When the result appears, mash the Print button at bottom and see what you can do with that. Don
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Jane Sarles" <sarlesinsi...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 12:09 PM To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] One-line report > I find it very hard to believe that there is no option to do a report > that shows the connections from my son back to his g, g, g, g, g, > grandfather. TMG has a report called "Ahnentafel - Direct Line." Is > there no equivalent in Legacy? If not, that would be at the top of my > list of new features requested. > Connie, I am afraid I do not fully understand how the Lineage Report > would work in that fashion. I am not very swift with reports other > than the basic ones. Thanks anyway. > > Jane Sarles > > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Connie Sheets <clshee...@yahoo.com> > wrote: >> I can think of two options that might work; they are the closest I >> can come with Legacy's standard report system. >> >> (1) This option does not allow inclusion of Events. If you want >> your son's surname line, all you need to do is print a vertical >> Lineage Report starting with your son. Be sure "include siblings" on >> the Lineage Chart screen (not the Options screen) is checked. >> >> If you want a maternal line, first print your son's surname to that >> generation, then print another report starting with that maternal >> surname. >> >> There is a text file option, so you should be able to paste the two >> reports to a word processing program, with only minor editing needed >> (i.e., changing the generation numbers). >> >> (2) This option allows you to include Events and Children, but >> requires more editing. Use the Ancestor Book Report, RTF or Text >> option, and then edit out (in a word processing program) the >> ancestral lines you don't want to show. >> >> Connie >> >> >> --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Jane Sarles <sarlesinsi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I wish to construct a report that >>> gives my son and his ancestry back >>> to only one person. Just the direct line from him to >>> an ancestor who >>> was in Jamestown in 1620. I would like it to list each >>> generation's >>> children and events. I am not sure what it is called, >>> nor can I find >>> a report that seems to accomplish it. Can someone >>> give me a clue? >>> >>> Jane S. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
