10 replies to this topic

[Robb]

It would help me know where I am in my tree if I could see in the edit screen who the current person is in relation to the tree's root person.

 

This is something that Ancestry does and I find it a useful feature.

 

I know I can use Tools -> Relationship Calculator, but that takes time!

 

There is lots of space for this information to be shown at the top of the edit screen where the current person's name appears or, perhaps better, at the bottom where we have 'Last edited'.

 

[Jerry Bryan]

Tools->Set Relationships

 

Jerry

[Robb]

Doh! Thanks Jerry. Even after you pointed it out I had to look pretty hard to find it in bottom left corner of the screen. Without your comment I'd have had no chance!

[Jerry Bryan]

I think RM would benefit by having the information to be displayed in a larger font and higher on the screen. For example, there is an important frame towards the top of the screen that contains the highlighted person's name, birth date, marriage date, and death date. There nearly always is lots of blank space towards the right hand side of that frame. I think the upper right hand corner of that frame would be a good place for the information.

 

Jerry

[Bob C]

It is also a static setting. If you are adding new people to your tree then you have to set relationships periodically to pick them up. There have been several wish list items to make them dynamic, that is automatically update when add people. Hasn't happened yet.

[zhangrau]

I often reset the Set Relationships to reflect that I'm focusing on a different family branch during a given work session. So I may tend to run Set Relationships more often than some RM users. And I do agree that having this feature be dynamic, rather than static, would be nice.

[Welmby]

I would add linear geneaology as well. I know the kinship reoprt kind kf does this but not completely

[zhangrau]

Please define "linear genealogy". I did a web search, and got nothing that seems to be a definition. Just a pointer to a Surname page for a family named Linear, and some links to the lineages listed in the bible.

[TomH]

https://goo.gl/images/KfWn4fI was curious, too. The phrase does appear predominantly in discussions of biblical lineages. The use of this adjective seems redundant but invites further speculation about the nature of "non-linear genealogy".

[Welmby]

Rm uses bloodlines only for relationships. My sideways (linear) geneaology makes things interesting when trying to figure out errors and distant cousins. When tossing in a few marriages things get lost.

[robertjacobs0]

I guess I'm still unclear on what you mean by "sideways" or "linear genealogy. Can you give an example?

 

I agree, by the way, that it would be a great thing if RootsMaqic were to extend the relationships to spouses. I suspect that most of the logic to do that is already present in RootsMagic and is used for the kinship list report.

 

 

Robert