Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot receive messages from LUG.

If he can't receive - how is he going to see what we say? I would suggest contacting Legacy customer service. Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Lloyd Hite wrote: > At 10:56 AM 5/2/2010, you wrot

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template Conversion Tool

It never existed as far as I recall! Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Arnold Sprague wrote: > Jim, > > For a short while there was a conversion tool built into Legacy. It was > wonderful. It made

Re: [LegacyUG] Delete an Event

Highlight the event - select OPTIONS - Delete Event -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Pam Richardson wrote: > Doe anyone know how do you delete an event? > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > >   ht

Re: [LegacyUG] latest update

Run "Set Relationships" with you as the person highlighted. All will be well. New entries are not "set" - you have to run it again to catch new entries. Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Ruth Ner

Re: [LegacyUG] End of lines?

Thanks! I KNEW I saw it somewhere!! -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:43:11 -0400, GeoSci wrote: > >>Thought this was done long ag

[LegacyUG] End of lines?

Thought this was done long ago but cannot find it. How might one go about doing a search for all "End of Line" ancestors (or - if you prefer anyone without parents). If I could make a list - then tag them - it would make thing so much easier. Thanks Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home

Re: [LegacyUG] Index View - Uses?

u cannot see the view. (Name list give it all to you) > > Thoughts, Critisizm, ? > Regards, > Tim Rosenlof > > > GeoSci wrote: >> Really never bothered with this tab.  How do others use it - it >> appears to be same as the Name Index to me.. >> Thanks >>

[LegacyUG] Index View - Uses?

Really never bothered with this tab. How do others use it - it appears to be same as the Name Index to me.. Thanks Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book

Works fine in .rtf also - at least for me. Did you try the RESET as suggested?? Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Lloyd Hite wrote: > At 11:41 AM 3/16/2010, Ruth Nerud wrote: > > Updated to th

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book

Using last UPDATE (7.4.0.21) - PREVIEW (the therefore .pdf) - Works just fine! Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Ruth Nerud wrote: > Updated to the new 7.4.0.21 version and show line back to st

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book

I have tried 3 different time - 3 different people and it works perfectly for me?? Not sure what is happening to the others - but it does work for me. Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Randy Cla

Re: [LegacyUG] Transferring sources from Basic to SourceWriter

True True... guess old habits are hard to break! :-) Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > GeoSci wrote >>And I have hand converted several - and then changed the

Re: [LegacyUG] FamilySearch

AS soon as LDS releases it to the public - you will be all set. Until then - it does nothing. Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 8:43 AM, glove wrote: > I still don't get this FamilySearch thing - is it p

Re: [LegacyUG] Transferring sources from Basic to SourceWriter

And I have hand converted several - and then changed them back. I will stick with the BASIC format. MUCH mor euser friendly and (if done right) can give more than enough information. Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Sat, Ma

Re: [LegacyUG] Plain text

In Gmail - if you DO NOT click the Rich Formatting at the top (in blue) - it will go as Plain text. If it says plain text - just click it . Works for me! Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Jane

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Email problems

The list is supplied to us - AS IS and FREE by the Legacy folks. How they run it is their option! Can we get back to discussing the software? Amazing how long some of these side discussions go on and on -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gm

Re: [LegacyUG] Help, how to cleanup the mess the 3-bar paste button has made

There is no "little hack". The directions are quite clear - use the "-" for a single source to the item where the cursor is located -- use the triple "-" to source everything on the page that has data. It makes it so easy if you find a family with a bunch of kids on a census. AS you enter the in

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing FreeBMD and the IGI

Speaking about all of this -- is it worth the time to do a second search of the IGI (automatic through LEGACY) after a year from your first? Is that a database that changes much?? Keith -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Sun, Feb 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.4 & Sources

J.B. See below: -- Keith A. McKain Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: mckainances...@gmail.com On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:01 PM, J B Coats wrote: > The newest version does premit multi sources, up to 10, to be added to a > person by using the 'three bar' icon on the indidual inf

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting Help window blank

Go to your Legacy folder and copy the file LegacyCharting.chm. Go to the LegacyCharting7 folder within Legacy and PASTE the LegacyCharting.chm file. Help will now work correctly!! A minor BUG but one that should be fixed - The help files ends up in the wrong directory during INSTALL!! Keith --

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting Help window blank

So you goning to tell us how?? :-) Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Judy Wardlaw wrote: > Ro

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting Help window blank

Bert HAS IT! Go to your Legacy folder and copy the file LegacyCharting.chm. Go to the LegacyCharting7 folder within Legacy and PASTE the LegacyCharting.chm file. Help will now work correctly!! A minor BUG but one that should be fixed - The help files ends up in the wrong directory during INSTAL

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy FamilySearch User Group

You can easily set up multiple emails (like on Gmail) and set them to forward to a single one - I do it all the time! Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geos

Re: [LegacyUG] Updating

Tried most - you will not find one 1/2 as good... and in a few months everyone will be able to get to NFS - and your Legacy software is all set to do it! Good luck -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Updating

Rich, NO PAY for 7.4 or 7.5 -- only when 8.0 comes out and they are not even talkign about that at all yet! Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@co

Re: [LegacyUG] The upgrade.

Look at the TABS along the top of the legacy screen - click on LEGACY HOME - the - on the right - UPDATES. Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcas

[LegacyUG] Locations... Which is best for NFS??

I have many ancestors born in an area near Annville, PA, USA. This area was Chester County until 1729 when it became Lancaster County - until 1785 when it became Dauphin County - but in 1813 it became Lebanon County and is called that today. What to use for a County? I have been using what i

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3021 in V7.0x

Thanks Wendy - I have already done the File Maintenance but have no new names to enter right now so I cannot see if the problem is solved. My last comment was just an aside. Appreciate the ideas! Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3021 in V7.0x

~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > GeoSci wrote: >> I keep getting a 3021 Error when I try to add a new person - something >> about unable to find last deleted RIN??  Any ideas??  The HELP files >> only address the 3021 e

[LegacyUG] Error 3021 in V7.0x

I keep getting a 3021 Error when I try to add a new person - something about unable to find last deleted RIN?? Any ideas?? The HELP files only address the 3021 error in v7.4 and I have a friend not yet ready to move up... Thanks Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Kei

Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown Maiden Surnames of sisters

Kathy - Trying your idea for missing names - and I like the way it works! THANKS!! Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Tue, Jan 26

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list

Nina, Welcome to Legacy! Copy and paste the link - being sure to have it ALL (no spaces) - it is split artificially in your email. Should work! Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcas

Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers

ounty Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:32:39 -0500, GeoSci wr

Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers

I think a BACKUP then RESTORE brings all of the USR files with it -- then you do not have to remember which ones to copy. Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email:

Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers

Do a BACKUP then RESTORE to the new machine - everything should be fine! Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Description

I put whatever the census gives as information in the description. One entry for 1900 looks like this: The household headed by Alfred C Fry, age 30, a brakeman on the RailRoad and his wife of 10 years Minnie, age 30 with children Jennie, age 10; Alfred F, age 9; Charles L, age 5 and Emily E, age 1

Re: [LegacyUG] Simple Sourcing

Try BASIC SOURCING -- I still do not use the new type myself. Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Nor

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth Order

View - Children List - Sort - then CLOSE to save the order. Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Jane

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

Though an interesting discussion - this has always been possible with any WIN product. Just resize the windows and drag to where you want. I often run with 2 or even 3 windows at once! I understand the new WIN7 does the snap to 1/2 thing - but it has never been that tough. Love the 22" Samsung LD

Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Sources v. SourceWriter

I still keep them - in fact I even enter new ones in my old format - I find the output in reports more to my liking and think they are quite good at sending anyone wishing to check them to the correct source - in my mind the only requirement for a source. If I have a totally new source - unlike an

Re: [LegacyUG] How to handle possibilities

Jane, I have added SOURCES such as: Personal Knowledge of [Persons Name] Collected family papers and Notes Interview with [Persons Name] (Actually- Surname, First Name - Personal Interview) Hoff Email - [Person Who sent Email] To me these are sources (though the Email may be a questionable one

Re: [LegacyUG] How to handle possibilities

If I am reasonably sure - I put therm in but with NO SOURCES (or show Rootsweb Family Tree or IGI as source and mark it with a SURETY LEVEL of 0 or 1). It gives me a better idea what to look for. Only problem is when I share my info with others - they take it as certain - which is certainly NOT t

Re: [LegacyUG] List of Research notes

Search - Find - Individual - "Notes-Research" - "Not Equal to" - [Leave BLANK - not even a space)] Create list - and there they are. You can used Advanced Tagging to mark them if you want (under OPTIONS at bottom of list). Ho! Ho! Ho! Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County,

Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

Paul, Sounds like a very useful tool! Please let me know how to obtain it. Thanks Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Sun, Dec 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list

Ah - now I get a BLANK message even on REPLY!?!?!?? Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list

Whenever I send a message (not reply - but send to LUG) I get back my messaeg and one of these odd little "Verify your Subscription" things. This is odd since on the old system I did not even get my own messages back at all (using GMAIL). Any ideas yet?? Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" fo

Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

The report is almost 4,000 pages > long because of that. > > Bill Boswell > > -Original Message- > From: GeoSci [mailto:geosc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:38 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event

Re: [LegacyUG] Assigned sources for: (what are these?)

I have stuck with BASIC Sources - the SW ones (I tried a few) ended up so wordy in reports I hated them. Again - just one opinion. Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci

Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

I have an event for each census (1880, 1900, 1910, etc) and include (in the description) The household headed by... and include everything for the head of the household. I then use the event clipboard to put it with the others in the family. Each is then a complete record (but I only had to enter

[LegacyUG] List of ancestors by birth year

Trying to get a list of ancestors of a particular person by birth year only (not date) - sorted by date.  I can get ancestors easily and tag them - then I search on the tag and get a list (alphabetical by Surname).  But I want sorted by birth year.  Ideas? (in other words - what simple little thing