Hi Ron, What a wonderful way to spend Easter!!!
Ok, I will only use the USB stick as you suggested and will back up to DVD's and my computer. Ha! I didn't know I could make a .txt file! Just happened to think the pdf would work...I have not used Legacy nearly as much as I have wanted to, so you can see I don't know all that it will do. Will try that. Yes, Legacy Charting works!!!!! Thank you, Janet On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 3:05 AM, ronald ferguson <ronfe...@msn.com> wrote: > > Hi Janet, > > Yup I'm back on line, having spent Easter in Spain. > > Last one first. No, Legacy cannot be used from a USB stick of any sort, it > needs to be installed on your machine. I do not recommend using data from a > USB directly, preferring only to use it for back-up and transfer of data > from one machine to another. Others may have different opinions :-). > > You have puzzled me be creating PDF's of your notes, which you have > presumably now attached as data files to the Events. I cannot see why you > did not copy/save them as txt files and pasted them into your notes. > > It does seem that you are running the Delux version, try opening Legacy > Charting, if this works OK then you are. > > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:06:32 -0500 > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted computer? > > From: jlee882...@gmail.com > > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > > Ron, > > > > > > > > Don't know if you are around or not, but I finally think I have my files > in Legacy 7. I have put all the .fdb and .zip family files into the "data" > folder in Legacy 7. I still could not get the notes to come in, and I know I > have unlocked the program and put in my serial number because it doesn't ask > for it or give me a place to put it in when I look under "Help." > > > > > > > > > > I didn't have many notes, so I went to Legacy 6 and saved the notes for > each person to a PDF file, then copied it into the appropriate place and > saved it, so now I have my notes. I cannot tell that Legacy is not running > right, seems ok to me. I don't have a lot of stuff in my files, just names > and dates and places. > > > > > > > > > > Do you know if any way I can prove things are right? > > > > > > > > I also have a SanDisk Cruzer U3 flash drive and plan to put everything > there so I won't have this problem anymore. There was a discussion about > loading Legacy onto this particularly flash drive yesterday, and was > wondering can you or can't you load Legacy onto it and use it. That would > really be nice. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your help, > > > > > > > > Janet > > > > > > > > > > flas > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:44 PM, ronald ferguson> wrote: > > > > > > Janet, > > > > It's bed time here now, well, 2-15am.; I will be turning in after I send > this! So I will try and give you the options. > > > > > > You have a confusion between a Gedcom and .fdb file, nor have you said > how you got a Gedcom into the Laptop - if it is not on the DVD then how was > it done? If it was a Gedcom then this could well be how you lost the notes. > > > > > > There are two main ways you can get the files onto your Laptop, either > via a CD/DVD or USB stick. You say that the DVD only has zip files on it, > but do don't the file names mean anything to you ie Filename.zip? You should > be able to tell if they are your Legacy backup from the file name. If you > have more than one then can you tell which is the latest? Did you have more > than one family file? > > > > > > One way of telling the latest is to put the DVD into The Laptop drive and > right click on each file, select properties and look at the date. To see > what is in it you could right click on it and Extract to a convenient folder > (just creat one somewhere and delete it when you've finished) > > > > > > If you have only used Legacy to put the files onto the DVD then they must > be back up files. and you need to drag the latest into the Legacy Data > Folder on your laptop and use File>File restore, as previously described to > open it in Legacy. > > > > > > If you still have Legacy running on your PC then as a last resort you > could create a backup(s) of your family files, giving it a name which is > clear, copy this .zip file to a CD/DVD/USB and drag that into the > C:\Legacy\Data folder on your laptop. > > > > > > I would not consider using a Gedcom. > > > > I hope that will get you going. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ron Ferguson > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages > > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > >> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:03:20 -0500 > > > >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted computer? > >> From: jlee882...@gmail.com > >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > >> > >> Ron, > >> > >> > >> > > > >> I opened the DVD and there are compressed files there only, zip files. > Now I remember, I made a Gedcome of my Legacy 6 on the desktop and that is > how I got it into Legacy 7 on the laptop. Do you still want me to do what > you suggested below? I think the .fbd files are on the gedcom and the zip > files are on the DVD. Both are DVD's. I can insert one and then insert the > other one? > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Janet > >> > >> > > > > > > > >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM, ronald ferguson> wrote: > >> > >> > >> OK Janet, > >> > >> You said that you have your original files on DVD. You need to insert > the DVD into the slot on the laptop and the content folders should be > displayed. Open the Data Folder > > > >> > >> > >> Click the Windows key on your keyboard, then open Drive C, Legacy, and > Data, as before. Arrange the two screens so that they overlap horizontally > and hold down the ctrl key whilst selecting all the files in the DVD Data > Folder with a .fdb and .zip extension. Continue to hold down the cursor when > the last one has been selected and drag the selected files to the Data > Folder in the Vista Legacy Data File. > > > >> > >> > >> They should stick - if not repeat until they do :-) > >> > >> Open Legacy and try and open as previously described. > >> > >> > >> Ron Ferguson > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > > > >> > >> *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages > >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >> > >> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > > > >> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > >> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >>> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:38:08 -0500 > >> > >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted computer? > > > >>> From: jlee882...@gmail.com > >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Ron, it is not there > > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> There are 3 things there: > >>> > >>> SAMPLE 4/3/2009 1:51 PM Legacy Genealogy 3072 KB > >>> > >>> SAMPLE.REL 4/14/2008 2:42 PM REL File 188 kb > >> > > > >>> > >>> SAMPLE.TC <http://sample.tc/> 4/3/2009 1:51 PM TC File 1 KB > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Janet > >>> > >>> > >> > >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Janet Lee wrote: > > > >>> > >>> OK, Ron, I will get back as soon as I have done this...doing it now. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:10 PM, ronald ferguson wrote: > > > >>> > >>> > >>> Great. > >>> > >>> Open the Data folder in C:\Legacy\Data and you should find your .fdb > files and your FileName.zip backup files. If not please come back to us. > >> > >>> > > > >>> > >>> Update Legacy to the latest version, and check that your delux option > is enabled (if you haven't already entered your number). > >>> > >>> Open Legacy and click File>Open File. Ensure that the "Look in" box at > the top of the Screen says "Data". If not use the down arrow at the right > hand edge of the box it and select it from the tree on the drop-down screen. > Select any of the .fdb files - are the notes present? > > > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> If not then try File>Restore Family File and select one of the zip > files. Wnen asked give it a new name to avoid overwriting the original fdb > file. Are the notes present now? > > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>> > >>> Ron Ferguson > >>> > >>> _____________________________________________________________________ > >>> > >>> *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages > > > >>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >> > >>> > >>> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > >>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > > > >>> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > >>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > >> > >>> > >>> _____________________________________________________________________ > > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>>> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:46:07 -0500 > >>> > >> > >>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted computer? > > > >>>> From: jlee882...@gmail.com > >>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > >> > >>> > >>>> > > > >>>> Ron, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> The Legacy folder is in C:\ > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:22 PM, ronald ferguson> wrote: > > > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> OK Janet, let's take this slowly. > >>>> > >>>> The first thing which I would like you to check is the location where > you have Legacy7 installed on your laptop. It is possible that Vista > installed it in the Program files, and if so it will not work properly. So > would you let me know whether your Legacy folder is in C:\ or C:\Program > Files\. > > > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> If you do not know how to do this in Vista then click the Windows key > on your keyboard you will see "Computer" in the right column, click this and > then double click on the hard drive icon labelled "system (C:). In the > folders you should see one called Legacy, if not double click the Program > Files folder and see if it is there. > > > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Ron Ferguson > >>>> > >>>> _____________________________________________________________________ > > > >>>> > >>>> *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages > >> > >>> > >>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >>>> > > > >>>> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > >>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > >> > >>> > >>>> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > > > >>>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > >>>> > >>>> _____________________________________________________________________ > >> > > > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ________________________________ > >>>>> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:36:51 -0500 > >>>> > >>>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted > computer? > > > >> > >>> > >>>>> From: jlee882...@gmail.com > >>>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > > >>> > >>>> > >> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Ron, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Sorry to be so vague, maybe it is because I don't know what I am > doing! > > > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> > >>>>> When I installed Legacy 7 on my Vista laptop, I used my Legacy 7 > Disk. I have Legacy Deluxe. > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On my desktop, I "backed up" each family file onto a DVD. I just > opened each family file and chose "Backup Family File." > >> > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Then I cannot remember what I did, but I got it to Legacy 7 on the > laptop only to find there are no notes. I do remember that I went in and > made a blank family file for each family. I think I "saved" each family file > to Legacy 7. I did this last week and cannot remember what I did as far as > "saving" or "backing up" the files to Legacy 7. When I get this done, I am > going to combine into just one family file. > > > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I do have a new large thumb drive that I can use for Legacy. Should I > just start over and use my thumb drive? > > > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank you very much, > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Janet > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > >>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:49 AM, ronald ferguson> wrote: > >> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Janet, > >>>>> > >>>>> Your question is very vague and I wonder if you could be more > specific. Windows and Vista operate quite differently and store data in > different places. When you installed Legacy7 from the Web on your Vista > machine, did you follow the instructions for Legacy? > > > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> You say: "I did a backup on my desktop with XP and Legacy 6 with all > of my family files on a DVD" > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Presumably you mean that on your PC, which is XP, you copied your > Legacy 6, but do you mean the Legacy Folder as a whole or just the Data > Folder? > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > >>>>> Again when you say you copied your files onto your Laptop what files > do you mean - the whole Legcy folder, or just those in the Data folder - and > where did you copy them to, and how did you do it? > > > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Ron Ferguson > >>>>> > >>>>> _____________________________________________________________________ > > > >>>>> > >>>>> *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages > >> > >>> > >>>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > >>>>> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > >> > >>> > > > >>>>> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > >>>>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _____________________________________________________________________ > > > >> > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ________________________________ > >>>>>> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:56:21 -0500 > > > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted > computer? > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> From: jlee882...@gmail.com > > > >>>>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > >> > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have a similar problem to Elizabeth and need help please, > > > >>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I did a backup on my desktop with XP and Legacy 6 with all of my > family files on a DVD. > >> > >>> > >>>>>> > > > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I loaded the files into my laptop with Vista and Legacy 7. It seems > everything is there except the "notes" that I made for some people.. Do I > have to start over? and if so, what do I do? > > > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thank you, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Janet > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >> > >>>>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Dermot McGlone wrote: > >>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Elizabeth, > >>>> > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> You can't just copy the whole Legacy folder onto yoru flash drive > and > >> > >>>>>> paste it back in, that won't work. > >>>>> > >>> > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'd just do a backup of the family file onto the USB flash drive, > and > >>>> > >> > >>>>>> also copy the downloaded setup file (Legacy7Setup.exe) to the same > > > >>>>>> stick. > >>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> When your computer is ready again, use that setup file to load > Legacy > >> > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> onto it, and then restore your family file from the backup. Et > Voila! > > > >>>> > >>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If you need more info, get back on, and we'll try and guide you > >> > >>>>>> through it in baby steps. > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Dermot. > >>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>> > >> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Try out Legacy Family Tree Software today! It's FREE!! > >>>>>> http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/?Click=1440 > > > >> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Groucho Marx - "A child of five would understand this. 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