Good one, Ron. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to do it with just Legacy.
JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 6/19/2012 5:11 PM, Ron Taylor wrote: > First, in Legacy, click Options>Customize>Other>Clear All User IDs > because they will be used in the next step. > > Use Ltools and then "Set Special User IDs. Enter the RIN for the person > for which you hope to count descendants. Click "Fill descendant's User > IDs with Text + Henry Number". Put "HN" in the Text field. Check > "Exclude Non-Biological Relationships" if you only want the blood line > descendants and not spouses, adoptions, etc. Click "Run". Now back in > Legacy, search for UserID containing "HN" under Search>Detailed > Search...and note the number of records found. > > Similar method can be used for ancestor counts by selecting "Fill > ancestor's User IDs with Text + Ahnentafel number". > > Ltools may be acquired at > http://zippersoftware.com/wp/ltools/download-ltools/ > and then you will have to get the deluxe version (step 3) to use the > above User IDs tools. > > A by-product of the above that I have used is to identify all > individuals in the Legacy database who married a blood relative. Quite a > few of them did not know they were so closely related. Makes for > interesting conversation at the family reunion. > Ron Taylor > > --- On *Tue, 6/19/12, Sébastien Comeau /<sebast...@hotmail.com>/* wrote: > > > From: Sébastien Comeau <sebast...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Report or listing of total descendants > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 5:38 PM > > Hello, > I am trying to find where in Legacy I can get the number of > descendants for an individual. > The only place I see (through tagging) adds the spouses to the > number which I don’t want. > Is it possible? > Sebastien > > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5080 - Release Date: 06/19/12 > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
