Re: [LegacyUG] ?? easy way to upload Legacy web pages to 'freepages' ??

2007-10-11 Thread Gary Moyers
Hi Allen, Did you per chance do this and I missed it? I was interested in how you did this. Thanks, Gary Allen Prunty wrote: In windows XP and Vista you can create a virtual web drive from a ftp site. I will research the steps to do this and post them step by step later this weekend. This

RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please

2007-10-11 Thread Larry Wilson
Why don't you just give me that correct URL and I will put it in by copy & paste ---Original Message--- From: Sherry/Support Date: 10/11/07 18:19:08 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.Com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please Interesting - you should be getting the co

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on Sourcing Help

2007-10-11 Thread agh3rd
Source and mention ANY info you find on anyone in your line. It may be of little interest to anyone now but at some point in the future someone will wish you had. How many of us complain about not having info on their ancestors? Don't let future decendants do the same about you AND your ancesto

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on Sourcing Help

2007-10-11 Thread Bruce Jones
If it is interesting to you but only to you, why not put it in an event then mark the event as private so it will only show if you request private data. On 10/11/07, Kim Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi listers, > I have a question on sourcing. I have an old insurance claim document from > m

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread Bruce Jones
I agree with Susan but I make two changes. 1. I start each person with a special character "=" to group them instead of using the word "Person" 2. I have started putting the date at the beginning of the Detail Source line (Oct 5, 2007 email from John Doe to Bruce Jones) My 2 cents worth On 10/11/0

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?

2007-10-11 Thread John Carter
There can be a large difference between how the Census was *supposed* to be taken and how each census taker actually *did* the field work ;-) I'm only familiar with the US censuses, but I know that the census takers did *not* always verify who *lived* in the house versus who was *in* the house the

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?

2007-10-11 Thread Richard Hallford
Tks to all who replied. I appreciate the help. One think though, I read an article recently re Census in England that said that the Census information for the address was the people who NORMALLY stay their. That could mean that a person could be listed at that address on the night of the Census, bu

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?

2007-10-11 Thread Kathy Shiell-Stokes
Richard I have a very similar situation. My great great grandmother's sister crawled into a hole and took the hole with her...vanished into thin air. In the course of trying to track her down, I located her death certificate that had"her granddaughter" listed as the reporter of information

[LegacyUG] Question on Sourcing Help

2007-10-11 Thread Kim Jones
Hi listers, I have a question on sourcing. I have an old insurance claim document from my partners grand-dad and it gives a policy # and amount. There are a couple of letters that go with it and an envelope and I think it's an interesting piece of of matereal. Question is though is it worth

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?

2007-10-11 Thread Cathy
Hi Richard, Without further evidence, I wouldn't assume that the children weren't real grandchildren. You appear to be indicating that you know all of the head's children - but children aren't always home on census night. My great grandfather and some of his siblings weren't home in the 1841

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing >1 photo from Photo Gallery in Report

2007-10-11 Thread Cathy
Hi Linda, The only way to print multiple photos is to attach them to events. This actually allows you to say more about the photo or the occasion when the photo was taken. eg: Attach your Dad's military photo to an event detailing his military service. I would attach the wedding photo and the

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding event quickly by tagging

2007-10-11 Thread Susan Daily
Hi Richard - just semantics, but actually, it doesn't take you to the oldest sibling, but rather the next oldest... (I'm sure that is what you meant.) Susan On 10/11/07, Richard Hallford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I may have missed this, but also in regard to this, if you Left mouse > between

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread Susan Daily
I'm more of a lumper, but I make each individual person a source. Then in the details, that might be an email, or telephone call, or personal conversation, etc. I give the full description (i.e. "Telephone call with Susan Daily on 4 Jul 2007; two pages of handwritten notes") in the source detail. B

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding event quickly by tagging

2007-10-11 Thread Richard Hallford
I may have missed this, but also in regard to this, if you Left mouse between spouse in family view, it will take you to the oldest sibling. On 10/12/07, Kirstin Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What happens when you get to the top of the list? Does it start over at > the bottom? > > -- >

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding event quickly by tagging

2007-10-11 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
Yes. It continues to scroll the direction you are going. Rich in LA CA --- Kirstin Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What happens when you get to the top of the list? > Does it start over at > the bottom? > > -- > Kirstin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- > > > > Bruce Jones wrote: > > Also, if y

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures

2007-10-11 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
When I do Option; Customize; Test All Multimedia Paths; There are 2 choices to on/off 1Remove and/or 2Make Under this there are two choices Proceed and/or Remove. You can choose a few different ways to handle them. I just used it successfully last week. Rich in LA CA --- Kirstin Martinez <[EMAIL P

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?

2007-10-11 Thread Richard Hallford
Thanks Mary. Re these "Grandchildren", I agree that they are part of the family. In fact in later census (cenci?) the female granddaughter is still with the famiy head, thirty years later. However, just taking the age of the femal, 8yrs old and that the eldest of the "sibling" in the rest of the fa

[LegacyUG] Adoptions

2007-10-11 Thread TH
Sometimes the church that a child was baptised in isn't aware that the child was ultimately adopted and, if you're lucky, might provide copies of the baptismal certificate or record. That is what happened with regard to a new found cousin that I was trying to assist. After her adopted mother passed

RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please

2007-10-11 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
Here is what I changed it to. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=[FirstName]&gsln=[Surname]&prox=0&gsco=1&gspl=1,&year=[StartYear]&yearend=[EndYear]&refine=1&gl=allgs Copy this into the program into: Search the Internet Customize searches Select Ancestry.com Select Edit Remove old URL

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding event quickly by tagging

2007-10-11 Thread Kirstin Martinez
What happens when you get to the top of the list? Does it start over at the bottom? -- Kirstin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Bruce Jones wrote: Also, if you RIGHT click between the main couple in Family View you go to the PREVIOUS sibling. I didn't know this until it was mentioned by someone on thi

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems/Comcast

2007-10-11 Thread Sherry/Support
Awesome! Now the problem is contacting the Comcast users to let them know to check that folder! Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please

RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please

2007-10-11 Thread Sherry/Support
Interesting - you should be getting the correct URL with that build and after resetting the search file and folder. If I email the link, then it's going to get broken and you'll have a mess on your hands. Please go to our website at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Solutions by Error De

[LegacyUG] Pictures

2007-10-11 Thread Kirstin Martinez
I have a request for the next update. When I go to Options > Customize >Locations & click Test all Multimedia Paths it defaults to Remove unreferenced pics... I would much rather have it default to making a list than remove. I'm afraid I'm going to inadvertently click without changing it. Too

RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please

2007-10-11 Thread Larry Wilson
Sherry, yes and it still did not work... Got this message: This merchant is no longer participating in the affiliate program. I'm using Latest build of Legacy v6.0.0.155 Can you tell me the new URL so Ancestry will work If you know it Larry ---Original Message--- F

Re: [LegacyUG] adoption/birth certificate

2007-10-11 Thread Kirstin Martinez
I guess it would be the only way to maintain the confidentiality of the birth parents. Never really thought about it that way. -- Kirstin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- GBallard wrote: Kirstin, I am adopted. I live in California and am 41 years old. My birth certificate shows my adoptive parents o

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread Pat Hickin
"Personal Conversation" or "Interviews" I believe are a TYPE of source, not a source. The individual interview and/or your summation of it would be the source, together with the date, time, place, and how the info was recorded (taped,video,notes--at the time or when) and where the record is loc

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems/Comcast

2007-10-11 Thread Dave
Sherry, All of a sudden they started coming thru. I just received two messages via the list. Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alice Hawrilenko Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:02 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems/Comcast

2007-10-11 Thread Alice Hawrilenko
Thanks for posting this Sherry. I have comcast and this is the first legacy e-mail to come through today so i went on line and checked my screened mail folder. Sure enough I found 5 legacy messages there. I have marked them as non-spam and they did come through. Everyone on comcast may need to d

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Question...

2007-10-11 Thread Alice Hawrilenko
I list them as separate sources. As you have already noticed the information from each source can vary. The purpose of sources is to verify the accuracy of the information. For example. My g-grandfather Wm was a member of Liberty Church so Liberty Church is entered in as a Master Source. He is b

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-11 Thread Sherry/Support
Dave, I tried responding to your email to Support this morning. Comcast is bouncing our emails. I checked into this and it showed that we weren't on their two spam blocker lists so I don't know why we're still being bounced. If you could check with Comcast about why LegacyFamilyTree.com is being

RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please

2007-10-11 Thread Sherry/Support
Did you get that message after doing the steps I recommended? Do you have the latest build of Legacy v6.0.0.155? Ancestry dumped their affiliate program which caused the URL in the earlier builds to no longer be correct. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EM

[LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-11 Thread Mike in Atlanta
I haven't received a single message from the list via my comcast email address since the evening of 10/09. But I can receive it via hotmail. I suspect it's the same old thing where Comcast has added Legacy to their blacklist again. Is there anyone on here with a Comcast address that is st

RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please

2007-10-11 Thread Larry Wilson
I get this message for ancestry.Com This merchant is no longer participating in the affiliate program. ---Original Message--- From: Sherry/Support Date: 10/10/2007 6:19:04 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.Com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please With Legacy c

Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming Pictures

2007-10-11 Thread Bruce Jones
I did a quick test and it looks like if you do the rename from the Legacy Picture Center, that it will change ALL entries. On 10/11/07, John Magyari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like each and every file has to be done individually. > > I also noticed each time I select to manually find (Brow

[LegacyUG] Printing >1 photo from Photo Gallery in Report

2007-10-11 Thread linda kolinski
I have Legacy 6.0 Deluxe Edition. I would like to print more than one photo from the photo gallery in a report. It seems that only one photo can be tagged to print in the photo gallery. For example, for my parents, I have a wonderful military photo of my dad, a wedding photo and a ph

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread Bruce Jones
I am a lumper, so I started with just one source "Personal Communication" for all emails and phone calls that provided me with information. However as I go more and more of these (several hundred from over 75 persons), I decided to create a Master Source for each individual. In addition to not ha

RE: [LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread Janis Gilmore
Well, as a splitter I source each individual source of information. For instance: Informal conversations with Elizabeth (Bennett) Welker (Mountain View, Missouri), from 1965 to the present (2007); regarding the Welker and Bennett families of Some County, Somewhere. For the filing title I

Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming Pictures

2007-10-11 Thread John Magyari
Looks like each and every file has to be done individually. I also noticed each time I select to manually find (Browse for the file yourself) the 30 files I am sent to the Default location of family files, instead of Default location of picture, sound, video files Picture Files which is the dir

RE: [LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread familyjesse
I have both oral and written family histories, stories and such from various sides of the family that are extremely different in background and origins. I have used these sources for this: First hand Information . that would be me or members of my family who were there, involved etc. Fam

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread Jenny M Benson
Jess M wrote I have stories and information that is being relayed to me via word of mouth by varying people in the family. My disclaimer is that I am doing family HISTORY, not genealogy in it's pure form. Anyway, how do you all cite this in Legacy? Do I make one master source titled something

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread John Carter
I think this may be a "lumper" versus "splitter" topic ;-) You could either lump all stories under a source of " Conversation" or split them out by " Conversation ". If the source is a living person, you might want the date/place if you need clarification or details of a specific conversation. "

[LegacyUG] Citing Source: Person to Person

2007-10-11 Thread Jess M
I have stories and information that is being relayed to me via word of mouth by varying people in the family. My disclaimer is that I am doing family HISTORY, not genealogy in it's pure form. Anyway, how do you all cite this in Legacy? Do I make one master source titled something like "Personal C

Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming Pictures

2007-10-11 Thread Ron Taylor
Jenny, You could use a master source and have the picture attached to it. Then cite that source on all people involved. If the picture name changes, you only need to fix the master source. Ron Taylor Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archi

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?

2007-10-11 Thread Mary Young
Hi, Richard I feel these grandchildren are part of the family and must be linked. Create two "ghost" children for the grandparents. Mark them as "unknown gender" and attach a grandchild to each. When you have more info. you can put name and gender to the ghosts, or merge with known children. It's w

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?

2007-10-11 Thread MJMethod
I have several such situations. I create an Unknown given name under the Surname, with an explanation in the Notes, then create the Grandson or Granddaughter, again with an explanation in the Notes. At some point you will (hopefully) figure out the relationship. Then it is a simple p

[LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?

2007-10-11 Thread Richard Hallford
I have obtained a Census re my Ancestors. However, also listed on the Census are two entries. One is a male, with a different Surname, but listed as Granson, 11 yrs old. The other is the main family Surname, listed as Grandaughter (5 yrs old). I have know ideat who the parents were at this stage. D

Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming Pictures

2007-10-11 Thread Jenny M Benson
John Magyari wrote Is there an easy way to do the following I had a shipping manifest which I created a jpg lets say 1931.jpg Assigned it one by one to the 30 individuals using add pictures (I submitted enhancement request to see if tag feature could be applied to pictures) Now I discovered th

Re: [LegacyUG] Group picture

2007-10-11 Thread Jenny M Benson
Cathy wrote Clarification. You can already print Marriage Event pictures in reports. You currently can't print the picture associated with the actual marriage. Ah, thank you! Sorry for confusing the issue. I had forgotten about that distinction. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guide