Yes, I also see that situation. I am using Gmail as my email client.
On 7/16/07, Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does anyone else get seemingly blank emails from "Pat H" with an
attachment labeled "noname"? I always can see what is in the attached
file by looking at the next person's rep
Hi Susan,
I got one. It was a blank email with an attachment. I noticed someone
else responded to Pat's email and wondered why they could read it and mine
was blank. I was tempted to open the attachment, but know better, so I
simply deleted it. I can't say it's comforting, but at least there
Hi Jan,
You've hit a weakness of the program. Many would like the facility to
source bits of notes.
However, all the Notes in Legacy are only footnoted at the end. You
need to put some abbreviated source information (abbreviated source
name for example) in brackets throughout the Notes to sh
Well, on the 15th all my email from Legacy except one came to the new
address.
However! today I've only received 5 at the new address and close to 50(!)
at the DISCONTINUED address!!
What is the problem & why does it switch back & forth??
I DO appreciate your interest in getting this straig
Hi Pat,
I'm a newcomer to the Legacy environment, but have been a researcher for
40 years, and have worked with computers since 1965. The issue of
keeping separate paternal, and maternal databases has cropped up many
times, and is almost always a habit carried over from when genealogical
rec
I found two of Pat's posts in my Trash folder (having read them
previously) including the one to which you have replied, and they both
had the text visible. Looking at the headers of one, Pat is using
Outlook Express v6.
I can't see so easily what mail client you are using, Susan. Perhaps it
My perfered method of dealing with nicknames is to list their nickname in
the notes for that person.
If I had a person called John Robert Daniel Smith and his nickname is Dan,
then in the notes section for this person I just enter the following:
John Robert Daniel's nickname is "Dan".
If I want
I have been entering information in Marriage Notes and Marriage Sources.
When I went to Descendant Narrative to preview what I had written, I noticed
the 3 sources I had used were all numbered at the last word of my notes. My
marriage notes have 3 paragraphs and each paragraph has a different s
Hi Cathy:
Aha! *That's* the clever way. I'll put a note on the marriage record
source to explain why her birth record and her marriage record parents
differ, and list her only under her birth parents. I might also attach that
source note to her foster parents without showing her as their child.
After ten years of researching my genealogy I am starting from scratch to
ensure I get every scrap of information cited
in my database. I have run across several types of sources that I can't figure
out how to cite in Legacy. One is my
passport from when I was a very young child and the other i
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I agree that the ready made list is not obvious - it takes 4 clicks instead of
the usual 1 or 2. But no search is needed.
Choose >Name List (upper left on the screen), then >Search >Show all tagged >#3
individuals. The list is displayed, and the number tagged is shown at the top.
Select pri
Ron -
Oh s_ _ _! I knew it weas a senior moment. Thanx.
John
On 7/16/07, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
John,
Search>Find>Detailed Search
Look for whom: Individual
Where to look: Tag 1
How to Look: Equal To
What to look for: Tagged
Click "Create"
On the pop up screen click "
I have been hesitant in putting any more info on the web as:
1. I gave some info out once which was added to his web site with
my name as the supplier of the information BUT he got it all wrong and
numerous requests that he fix the information have been ignored.
2. I have also had a rel
Thanks for this Cathy.
I am going to give this my attention to-day.
Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney.
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Sent: Monday, 16 July 2007 4:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leg
Hi Kirsten,
There is no clever way if you don't include Child Status or Events -
you've ruled out the "clever ways".
It is very misleading to attach a non-biological child to parents
without including that that is what you have done in a very clear
way, especially if people are going to be ab
Hi Jerry,
The blank pages are there to reproduce normal book setting out where
these are placed on the odd numbered pages. Most people printing the
report with duplex printing would want these blank pages. There are
places to tick to make sure new generations start on new pages and
the index
Hi Pat,
That's an interesting idea - a database for background info.
However, I think for incorporation into a book, your background
information would have to be handled differently - like in the notes
to locations or attached to key individuals. But for reference, your
idea sounds good and o
I wonder if you have tried to use the Legacy master lists to manage
locations, event addresses and sources? Legacy lets you add pictures,
notes etc to all of these, and then you get a lot of flexibility in what
parts of it to print in reports. I use only one database rather than
maternal and pate
Does anyone else get seemingly blank emails from "Pat H" with an
attachment labeled "noname"? I always can see what is in the attached
file by looking at the next person's reply, so guess it is a text
file, but I never open it. Pat - what type of email program are you
using? Just very curious why
Use the AKA feature. Any other way brings considerable difficulties when
trying to find someone in the index. I look after a database of 65000+ names
and
have learned from experience that the KISS system applies - keep it simple.
> What do you do about surnames that may have many variations.
I have one surname (Markle) where a researcher has counted 128 spelling
variations. In desperate cases like this, and because a primary goal is to
have my data found at RootsWeb, I've "standardized" the spelling to the most
common. In other surname situations where there are two or three records
Marilyn,
You really should have started a new thread as this is not realted to the
first name(s) question.
However you have hit the bain of our lives I cannot count the number of
variations of my surname that I have come across and most will not be found
using Soundex. There is no answer as
Jon,
No problem, but I would suggest leaving a space between the name and the
question mark, otherwise the computer will regard the name as being
"Henry?".
Personally I do not do this and where I have a doubt about a name I mention
it in the notes.
Ron Ferguson
Now you have hit on another question that I have been considering asking - I do
have the manual and first set of CDs, but I am saving all the
information I have been
reading on the list.
What do you do about surnames that may have many variations. I am so
thankful for my Sharp family. But I have
More specifically, I'm referring to the question mark. For example, if I'm
unsure of a given name, I'd like to enter "Henry?" rather than just "Henry."
Jon Raymond
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But you can use "Mary or Polly" (without the quotes) and either one will be
found in a RootsWeb search. I haven't been successful in searching on AKA's
there though. Has anyone else had luck with that? The "or" solution only
works for given names, however. My recollection is that I tried it so
What do you mean by "non-alpha"??? Are you referring to - eg. Henry VIII,
King of England???
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How about AKA? it prints as AKA on Group Sheets and as "Another name for"
in reports.
I just switched computers and unfortunately my Legacy CD is in another
geographic location at present! So I can't check this one way or the
other...sorry.
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Kirsten,
There is no problem with giving children two sets of parents and in fact
this is how I handle these situations setting their realtionship to parents
as biological/adopted/foster/step as appropriate.
In reports ensure to check "don't show duplicates" though.
Ron Ferguson
No it wouldn't. One would have to search for (Polly) and the facility which
Legacy has for using as names the ones in inverted commas would not work
either.
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John,
Search>Find>Detailed Search
Look for whom: Individual
Where to look: Tag 1
How to Look: Equal To
What to look for: Tagged
Click "Create"
On the pop up screen click "Print"
Select from the options at the top of the new screen and/or customise as
required.
Ron Ferguson
__
I'm running into several situations where parents apparently died and the
children were raised by other family members. In one instance the birth
record gives the names of the child's parents while her marriage record
lists different parents (probably her aunt and uncle).
I've seen long discussi
Hi Marilyne,
Legacy views nicknames within quotes as special, and in narrative
reports you have the opportunity to have the person called by that
nickname instead of their given name. If you used brackets, that
feature wouldn't work.
But as Anne has mentioned, there is also the AKA field, w
How about AKA? it prints as AKA on Group Sheets and as "Another name for" in
reports.
Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud
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Would this also work if you put it in ( )?
Such as Mary (Polly)
I don't see why not, but the suggestion to use AKA was good also.
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I'm sure I'm having a "senior moment" but I can't figure out a quick and
easy way to print a list of individuals (and their data) which I have
assigned "Tag 3." I've been through the "User's Guide" and the "Help" files;
I'm not saying the answer is not there - just that I couldn't find it.
Many t
> I always put nicknames in the same space with the first name:
As your database grows you will have enormous problems with indexing if you
do that. I use the AKA feature - much more efficient.
>
> Last Name: Smith
>
> First Name: Wayne Alan "Snuffy"
>
> That way, if you upload to rootsweb
Would this also work if you put it in ( )?
Such as Mary (Polly)
Thank you,
Marilyne
On 7/16/07, Karl Plenge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Secondly - when adding a nickname ( such as 'Grumpy') for an individual
> named Charles what surname do I use in the information block?
I always put
What you need to do for the people you have entered more than once is use
the Merge feature. If you have the RIN numbers handy, you can do a manual
merge, or you can do an automatic merge and it will look for people that
might be the same. For each possible match, you can review the information
Secondly - when adding a nickname ( such as 'Grumpy') for an individual
named Charles what surname do I use in the information block?
I always put nicknames in the same space with the first name:
Last Name: Smith
First Name: Wayne Alan "Snuffy"
That way, if you upload to rootsweb for
I am a new user and have made mistakes in getting started. Now I am trying
to go back and correct those mistakes.
I seemingly have entered some individuals two different times and they have
been assigned individual RINs. How can I remove the incorrect RIN entry
without losing that persons conn
Well, it sounds like an interesting idea.
For printing a book combining info from more than one database - I think you
would have to make a temporary database with both databases merged
together
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Jon,
You do not say what characters. In general the answer would be yes, but what
you intend to use the data for is just as important. For example if you are
to use the DB to create webpages then would html allow your characters?
Ron Ferguson
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Jose,
What you seem to be saying is that even without the pictures the program
still crashes . Hence the problem must be elsewhere as you suggest.
In this instance I think you are best contacting Legacy Support as there may
be a relationship problem from within your DB.
Ron Ferguson
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Johnny V wrote
It seems that Legacy doesn't have the option of choosing Burial notes.
I've tried everything I can think of and finally used Research Notes in
place of Burial Notes.
I don't see why Birth, Christening, Death, Burial and Marriage notes are
not included in the fields available fo
Will Legacy v6 support non-alpha characters in the given and surname fields
or will this cause problems?
Jon Raymond
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John,
I suspect that that is the only way ( or at least the most convenient) way
of doing this. Certainly I have not found a way of printing these notes in
the way you wish. This is part of the reason why I tend to use Research
Notes more than any other.
Ron Ferguson
John,
You make my point for me. Because I do not adhere to the convention of
trying to fit my locations into the Geoloaction format I can put what I like
in the location fields, hence I do not have your problem. Thus my format is
eg. House Street/District or Parish or Hamlet/town/city/county/
I've been experimenting with this Report. After I've entered the two
MRINs and preview the report, I find that the title page is for the
first entered MRIN, but the actual report begins with the second entered
MRIN. Is this the way it should be or is there a bug in this report?
Also, there's a
I'm trying something new (for me):
In addition to my two main family databases (paternal, maternal), I've
added two databases for background info for the two families (one for each
line): for example town, county, or church histories, geographical
information, etc. Of course, most of the info
I solved my problem by creating a Cemetery event and putting all the
necessary information in the event field.
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Talk to you soon
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Thanks, Ron and Betsy.
Concerning the way I handle pictures, I open the original .tiff file in
IrphanView, and save them as .jpg (not .jpeg) in the Legacy/pictures folder.
The problem seems however to be somewhere else. Some of the descendant
charts with pictures work without problems. Only two o
Hi all,
I used the search function to find all the individuals in my database that
are deceased.
Next I wanted to make a report showing Name, Sex, Birth, Death, and most
importantly Burial notes (these notes give the cemetery, plot number, and
specific directions on how to locate the stones or mo
To some extent this problem may be resolvable if we have the ability, (for
which we can hope in 7.0 ) whereby we can create our own Geolocations. I
have a lot of my family living very close, but in areas with different
names. They may all be within walking distance, but the areas are separate.
A
Jean-Marie,
Generally speaking we are in agreement over consistency but I am uncertain
about entering INSEE codes (or equivalent) since these are relatively modern
inventions. I have thought about this when entering current locations but as
I use the location at the the time of the event for
Hi
I agree there is no such thing as a"standard location", however I
believe it is important to enter the location data consistentely, so
one has to make up his mind on a way to do it.
If you were consistent, it will be easier (may not easy though) to
change format if you change your mind late
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2007/7/16, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi Lorraine,
Yes your Gedcom imported into Legacy becomes a Legacy family file -
BUT it did not originate from y
Hi Lorraine,
Yes your Gedcom imported into Legacy becomes a Legacy family file -
BUT it did not originate from your own family file so can't be merged
with your own family file using Intellishare.
All my original comments still apply except that in "It could also be
that you need to do more
Thanks, Cathy, for the comments. I did not make myself clear on that score.
It was a GEDCOM file that I downloaded onto my harddrive, then created a
Legacy family file just for it, and imported the GEDCOM file into the Legacy
family file with the *wizard importer.* When I had checked it over, I u
Carl,
That is exactly the same place I directed Valerie to before and I still
consider my method easier.
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Ken,
There are a couple of options.
Option 1: set the picture path on your computer to the appropriate drive
letter for the share (assuming you are connecting using a specific drive
mapping)
Option 2: create a data volume on your wife's computer. This second volume
would need to have a driv
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