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printing all children in family group report

printing all children in family group report

Posted: 20 May 2015 10:49PM GMT
Classification: Query
I have an ancestor who had two husbands and had children with both of them. In Legacy 8, when I look at the family view, it shows me my ancestor and the preferred husband and all the children my ancestor had with both husbands. The children she had with her non-preferred husband have a (1/2) in front and the name of the other husband at the end of each child listing. That is great. But when I go to print the family group record, only the children from the preferred husband are listed. Is there a way to have all the children listed in the print out?

Re: printing all children in family group report

Posted: 24 May 2015 7:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi, I don't think so. I think the only report for that would be a chronology type one where you could choose to include all spouses, all children, parents/grandparents and what events/notes with each of them, etc. Because family group report is exactly that. That family's group. One group at a time. The main person had two marriages, one family at a time (hopefully). One group at a time. Thus, the report does the same.

You could use the book descendant narrative for the main person, and just use 1 or 2 generations or the actual chronology report. You will only get though, 'their' extra spouses and children through those spouses with the narrative or the chronology report. Not the extra spouse's extra spouse/children, etc.... no step-children in other words.

These are the only family reports that will have that 'check' for to include extra/all spouses. So, your main person, if they have children through two wives (or the woman children through two husbands), the main person, it will show all spouses for them and all 'their' children together. Step-children will not be included. (yeah, repeating myself)

If you go to the chronology tab? At the bottom, in the box of "list or report style"... click report style. Then click the options button beside it and click 'display options'. Under that you can choose who all & what all to include. Loads of options there, the extra spouses, children, parents, grandchildren, their events, notes, etc.... include some it them or none of them.... play around and pick out who all and what you want.

When you close it, the chronology tab will show you what all you chose. Glance up and down, see if you want any changes made. Go back into options if you do and just tweak until you've got what you want. You can print in colors or just black and white even. With or with out the timeline sidebar, etc...

When you have your 'tab' showing a good family report like you like it, then click the options button again and click "report". You will get the print preview screen to see what a printed report would look like. If you like it, save it or print it from there. If not, close and tweak some more. It's a great way to really get the idea of what and who was in that person's life. You can include world events too, as many or as little as you want to set a better 'stage' or 'scene' for their life. Pretty cool.

You will still have to do the same for any spouses where you want 'their' extra families, but at least it can be done this way.

Hope this helps. A little confusing to describe. Much easier to just show someone. But feel free to ask questions. We'll do our best to help or answer them or find someone that can.

Oh, and just in case you don't already know about them, here is a great place to get help. They have webinars and examples and loads of help there. It is what they are there for. I think she said they now have over 900 members... it's popular.

Legacy Virtual Users Group
https://plus.google.com/communities/102471840504878929586


Val

Re: printing all children in family group report

Posted: 24 May 2015 6:42PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks, Val. I didn't know about the Legacy Virtual Users Group. I just joined. Still seems odd to me that the family group view on the screen shows all the children by all spouses but when you print a report, only shows children from the current spouse.

Dave

Re: printing all children in family group report

Posted: 24 May 2015 11:38PM GMT
Classification: Query
Yeah, it seems quirky to view them all but not report them all. But for us being able to view them all is just for us, the researcher, to easier keep track without even more "blinking around".

Most other software will not show you all the children of multiple marriages without first clicking to the pertaining spouse. That is so annoying. For a man to have 3-4 wives over time, and 2 of those have 2-3 husbands... to not see all the children with all the half/numbers drives me crazy with the other software... I'm used to Legacy and I'll have panick attacks thinking I lost some kids until I remember...

I've got where some spouses, their previous marriages would be to someone on my side (or that previous spouse had a previous spouse on my side) and the main person I'm viewing is on my husband's side. He too had multiple marriages. Without all the children showing, I can't remember which direction to go and end up pulling up each marriage one at a time looking for what I know is there.

Legacy helps me get it figured out quicker and get to who I was looking for, but couldn't remember the name... the other software that won't show the extra children... is so annoying not doing the same.

All software, the family group sheets though, all report only on the family to the marriage that you are viewing. THAT group's record. Which is what it is, titled correctly. "Group". His other marriages/spouses that you don't see is not part of the 'group'. I reckon this is why other software does not also show half/children because of the 'group' thing. One group at a time. Thus the report of "one group at a time" makes more sense.

Re: printing all children in family group report

Posted: 24 May 2015 11:51PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 24 May 2015 11:58PM GMT
Also, here is another official legacy group, mail archives. Lots of answers too, quick replies, fully searchable. They have at least 2 people from Legacy support that moderate the board and are very helpful. (I've done a lot of reading there in the past and learned most of what I needed to know, that I couldn't figure out. I read the latest posts everyday, keeping up on it just in case some new tip or quirk is written about.)

Go to this link, and from there, look down to where it says, "LegacyUserGroup Archives" and click the first link. It is the current archives, posts there are almost daily.

http://legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp

(I cannot put the link directly to the archives, it will not let me. This round-a-bout will get you there, where you can bookmark it, or whatever).

Val

Re: printing all children in family group report

Posted: 25 May 2015 7:32PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks again, Val. The mail archives look very useful.
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