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Sorting Children

Updated over 3 months ago

There are three things you can do to sort children into their birth order in charts and reports:
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1. Upgrade to the current version of Legacy Family Tree which has automatic sorting of children as they are added. To set the option, click on Options > 2. Data Entry and go to 2.2 When Adding New Spouses, Children, and Events. Next select the sorting options you want and click Save.
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2. You can globally sort all the children in your family file in Legacy by clicking on Tools > Other Tools > Sort Child, Marriage, and Event Lists.... Next check mark the lists you want and click Sort the Selected List.
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3. If you do not want to upgrade to the current version of Legacy, create a Potential Problems List that contains only searches for children listed out of birth order. You can sort the birth order right in the Potential Problems List. Here's how:

  • Click on Reports on the menu bar, then select All Reports (Books and others) and click the Potential Problems button.

  • Clear all of the check-marks from the Warnings, Problems, Standardization and LDS tabs, with the following single exception. On the Warnings tab leave checked the box for Check sort order of children.

  • Click the Create Problems List button.

  • Going line by line, click the Edit Children button on the right side of the list.

  • In the Children screen click the Sort button on the right side of the screen; then click OK and Close.

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