Thanks Sherry and Jim. I did print out the Focus Group from Help. This was before I asked for help on Oct. 9th. Also as I was doing the various steps I would access Help to see if there was more detailed info. (there is).
I have the Focus Group printout in front of me. My copy doesn't mention going to Search > Miscellaneous tab and select Focus Group. Then Create List. Thanks for telling me this. I just did this, it brought up on the left side a huge list of names and on the right a shorter list of Immediate Relatives. It worked!! This isn't what I thought it would be, I thought I was going to get the Direct Descendants only. I did the File > Export to > Legacy File. It asked for a file name I called it Test Two. Saw the Option Window, selected all records for entire family, clicked Start the Export. Saw AutoSource Reminder, selected Don't Assign a Source. Saw "There were no records to export, click ok. Sherry I am very sorry I have to keep bothering you folks but I don't know where else to ask for help. Ann On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Sherry/Support <she...@legacyfamilytree.com > wrote: > By creating at Focus Group, you're not creating a new file. You're only > creating a list of individuals within the file you're searching. > > It might behoove you to read the Help topic on Focus Groups - click on > the Help button when you're in the Focus Group window for this information: > > > > *Saving a Focus Group* > > Legacy lets you save up to nine different *Focus Group* *Lists*. To save > a *Focus Group* after building it, click the *Save* button. The *Save > Focus Group* window appears. Select one of the numbered lines, enter the > name for the group in the box at the bottom of the screen and click the > *Save* button. > > > > *Loading a Focus Group* > > Any saved *Focus Group* can be loaded back into the regular *Focus Group* > window by clicking the *Load* button. When the *Load Focus Group* window > opens, select the desired *Focus Group* and click the *Load* button. The > group is loaded into the *Focus Group* window. > > This basically saves and loads your Focus Group selection but doesn't > create a new file to open in Legacy. > > To view the individuals in the Focus Group, you need to go to Search > > Miscellaneous tab and select Focus Group. Then Create List. > > To export to a new file, go to File > Export to... and select the gedcom > option if you're sharing this with someone who has a different genealogy > program or uploading to a website that asks for a gedcom or select Legacy > if you want to create a new Legacy file to share with someone or have your > group in a separate file. > > > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:45 AM, aparsons <aparsons...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I need help making a focus group. I use Windows 7, Legacy 8 Deluxe > version > > 8.0.0.439. This is what I did. > > View tab; clicked the Focus Group icon; see Focus Group; selected Add > > Individuals and Descendants; Descendant Options; selected Descendants; > See > > Number of Generations to include; selected 5; clicked OK. It goes back > to to > > Focus Group window; I see Descendants (Direct Line 5 Generations for > Thomas > > Huddleston [565] and All Spouses; I click Save; I am in the Save Focus > Group > > window. I see "Select the location you would like to save this focus > group > > to, then enter a name for this focus group" I entered Thomas Huddleston > and > > clicked Save. I am back to the Focus Group window. This time I clicked on > > Load, see Load Focus Group, I highlight Thomas Huddleston, click Load > and I > > am back to the Focus Group window. Clicked OK. I am back to the Family > View. > > I went to File; open file; I do not see file named Thomas Huddleston. I > see > > the first one I tried called Thomas and Margaret Maginnis Huddleston.fdb > I > > click on this - nothing in it. I checked my C drive for file called > Thomas > > and Margaret Magnnis Huddleston, there isn't one. Checked for file called > > Thomas Huddleston, nothing. > > I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong and would appreciate help > making a > > Focus Group. > > Thank you, > > Ann Parsons > > > 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). 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