RE: [LegacyUG] New TreeDraw V3?
I agree entirely. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 November 2006 05:15 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New TreeDraw V3? I agree with all who made inputs about Legacy needing charting capabilities as, Reunion, and Family Tree Maker (that I use for charts) , and GenBox. Charting Companion and Tree Draw are not the answer. Very inferior when compared to the above. This has been discussed many times in the past and looks like it is back again. Legacy needs to listen. My opinion anyway. Arnie in Texas In a message dated 11/26/2006 2:16:01 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree, but how do you print these huge everything charts? Don't you need a professional printshop? Jeff Terry Foxcroft wrote: Generations did this, as does Reunion. And do it very very well. Things move easily and borders, photos etc can be added. Family Historian also does it, but the chart is basic. My opions anyway. Legacy (or one of the add ons) needs this chart. It is the best for family reunions. And only takes one click Foxy Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Virus Protection fo Windows 98
To All who responded: Thank you for all the wonderful advice I received. I do so appreciate it. My nephew installed AVG on both my XP and Win 98 computers and it is running well. He also cleaned Norton out of both which was a great help to me. I did receive other advice as well which I will remember. Thank you all. Winifred - Original Message - From: winmcl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 2:23 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Virus Protection fo Windows 98 Off Topic. Please answer at my address. My Windows 98 computer is the one that handles my Email. I have used Norton Antivirus for years. I need to update it for 2007, but cannot find a Norton Product to do so. Last year I was able to update with Norton for XP, but the box for xp does not indicate that it can be used for Win98.. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I could use for virus protection of Win98, free or otherwise? What are other Win 98 users using for 2007? Your suggestions will be much appreciated. Thank you. Winifred Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Elaine, basically you only need to back up your zip files, you should have both one containing the family data and one containing the multimedia (pictures etc.). You may also like to back up the contents of the Settings folder which contains the information relating to how you have set up the various screens/reports/web pages etc. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:49:18 -0600 I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. _ Download the new Windows Live Toolbar, including Desktop search! http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Thanks so much, Gary! I'm off to back up my files now. Elaine On 11/27/06, ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Elaine, basically you only need to back up your zip files, you should have both one containing the family data and one containing the multimedia (pictures etc.). You may also like to back up the contents of the Settings folder which contains the information relating to how you have set up the various screens/reports/web pages etc. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:49:18 -0600 I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. _ Download the new Windows Live Toolbar, including Desktop search! http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Multimedia Files
Hello List, What is the proper way to put pictures in Legacy? I have a folder in My Pictures named Obituary Pictures and I copied the file and pasted it in the Picture folder in Legacy. I have open the file and verified all the pictures in it, however, when I open Legacy and click on a person to add the picture to and then click on Tools Picture Center or whatever, most of the pictures will show in the list but, two or three will not show in the list. I can open the folder in Legacy and they are there with the correct file extension. I will get the message that the file cannot be found and if I want to search for it. I have tried everything I know to do including deleting the picture folder and reloading it to uninstalling Legacy and reinstalling it. Does anyone have any advice on how to correct the problem? Lloyd Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
When you run Legacy's backup, as far as I know, it does all data files needed. Never had a problem. Send the whole backup, as a zip. When I backed up to my old CD burner I learned it could not handle 100Mg disks. If you are concerned, run the standard backup, then restore to another place. Once convinced, delete the test one. I also didn't trust it at first. Rich --- Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] couple married twice
What is the best way to enter a couple who married each other twice? Married each other, divorced and then married each other again? Thank you, mags - Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files
Lloyd, I am not fully clear as to what you are saying but may I initially clarify one or two points. It is not necessary to put your pictures in the Picture folder in Legacy (although apart from taking up more memory, if you don't delete the originals, there is nothing wrong with doing this.) Secondly Legacy only remembers the path as to where the pictures are and finally the Picture List only shows those pictures which have been linked to a person or event etc. This only leads to four possibilities: 1) the path is incorrect 2) the file name is incorrect 3) the picture is not linked to anything 4) the picture isn't in the folder If 2) and 4) are correct, as you say, then the problem would seem to be either 1) or 3), so the first thing I would do is to check that the picture is linked to something. There is one remote possiblity that I have come across and that is that the file extension is incorrect ie the extension given in the name is wrong. You can check this by trying to open the picture in Irfan View which will tell you if this is the case. (other programs may also do this but I don't know of one.) Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:27:17 EST Hello List, What is the proper way to put pictures in Legacy? I have a folder in My Pictures named Obituary Pictures and I copied the file and pasted it in the Picture folder in Legacy. I have open the file and verified all the pictures in it, however, when I open Legacy and click on a person to add the picture to and then click on Tools Picture Center or whatever, most of the pictures will show in the list but, two or three will not show in the list. I can open the folder in Legacy and they are there with the correct file extension. I will get the message that the file cannot be found and if I want to search for it. I have tried everything I know to do including deleting the picture folder and reloading it to uninstalling Legacy and reinstalling it. Does anyone have any advice on how to correct the problem? Lloyd _ Download the new Windows Live Toolbar, including Desktop search! http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] couple married twice
I would - it's the truth! Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: Mary Ann Gauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] couple married twice Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:36:40 -0800 (PST) What is the best way to enter a couple who married each other twice? Married each other, divorced and then married each other again? Thank you, mags _ Find Singles In Your Area Now With Match.com! msnuk.match.com Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] couple married twice
Mary Ann, I added a new wife and selected the same person (link to an existing person), and used the new date. I made sure to note the status of the divorce in the previous MRIN. I also changed the wording in the second marriage to say remarried instead of married - comes out much neater and clearer. So it reads something like (from memory): John Doe married Jane Smith on 2 Feb 1966. This marriage ended in divorce on 28 Jan 1970. John Doe remarried Jane Smith on 6 Aug 1980. Susan On 11/27/06, Mary Ann Gauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best way to enter a couple who married each other twice? Married each other, divorced and then married each other again? Thank you, mags Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] couple married twice
I do not know if it is correct. We showed them divorced and in events put remarried date etc. On the marriage information page. Walt -- Original message -- From: Mary Ann Gauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is the best way to enter a couple who married each other twice? Married each other, divorced and then married each other again? Thank you, mags Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Birth/Death locations
I would appreciate knowing how others cite a birth or death location when the event happened on a body of water. Other than a few relatives who were reportedly born/died on steamships headed to the US, I am particularly referring to accidents on lakes/rivers. I have considered the embarkation port, the name of the lake, the state to which the lake is contiguous or the area where most of the bodies washed up. I have been unable to locate death certificates or burial locations for about 6 people, and I don't want to add the name of the steamship to the location field. I can always add notes in the events or cause of death field, but the actually location has me stymied. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files
In a message dated 11/27/2006 2:57:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lloyd, I am not fully clear as to what you are saying but may I initially clarify one or two points. It is not necessary to put your pictures in the Picture folder in Legacy (although apart from taking up more memory, if you don't delete the originals, there is nothing wrong with doing this.) Secondly Legacy only remembers the path as to where the pictures are and finally the Picture List only shows those pictures which have been linked to a person or event etc. ** * Thanks Ron for you response. I did as you suggested and they are all in Legacy. I am wondering why there is a folder named Pictures in the Legacy folder. Lloyd Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Ron, Where is the Settings folder you mention? I can't see such a folder. I see all of the .usr files individually which in my understanding would need to be selected one by one (or, of course, by selecting them all) but I haven't yet found a Setting folder as such which contain all of those settings. What am I missing? June McD - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:30 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Elaine, basically you only need to back up your zip files, you should have both one containing the family data and one containing the multimedia (pictures etc.). You may also like to back up the contents of the Settings folder which contains the information relating to how you have set up the various screens/reports/web pages etc. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:49:18 -0600 I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. _ Download the new Windows Live Toolbar, including Desktop search! http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.16/552 - Release Date: 26/11/2006 11:30 AM Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] option for Cremation - how long ago?
I was very excited just recently to discover the option to use Cremation - how long has it been there? I have must have missed the notification of it along the way. I was in hospital at the bginning of the year so maybe it was then?? I would also now like the option to use Dedication in the Baptism/Christening field so I guess I should go and put in a suggestion. June McD Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Birth/Death locations
There is not an eay answer to this. I only have one relative for whom this specific circumstance applies and he was a war casualty who died in the English Channel. As such the exact cause of death is not known and as I do not know the ship he was on only the sea in which he died. His body was never recovered. Thus the entry can only be Cause: War Casualty. Place: The English Channel. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com (Legacy) Subject: [LegacyUG] Birth/Death locations Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:59:03 + I would appreciate knowing how others cite a birth or death location when the event happened on a body of water. Other than a few relatives who were reportedly born/died on steamships headed to the US, I am particularly referring to accidents on lakes/rivers. I have considered the embarkation port, the name of the lake, the state to which the lake is contiguous or the area where most of the bodies washed up. I have been unable to locate death certificates or burial locations for about 6 people, and I don't want to add the name of the steamship to the location field. I can always add notes in the events or cause of death field, but the actually location has me stymied. Any thoughts would be appreciated. _ Download the new Windows Live Toolbar, including Desktop search! http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files
I guess it's there if you wish to use it LLoyd. You say all the pictures are there but are the ones which are not showing linked to anything and have you checked that the given extension is correct? Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:26:57 EST In a message dated 11/27/2006 2:57:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lloyd, I am not fully clear as to what you are saying but may I initially clarify one or two points. It is not necessary to put your pictures in the Picture folder in Legacy (although apart from taking up more memory, if you don't delete the originals, there is nothing wrong with doing this.) Secondly Legacy only remembers the path as to where the pictures are and finally the Picture List only shows those pictures which have been linked to a person or event etc. ** * Thanks Ron for you response. I did as you suggested and they are all in Legacy. I am wondering why there is a folder named Pictures in the Legacy folder. Lloyd _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
June, assuming that you used the Legacy default installation, it is in C:\Legacy and comes after the Legacy Home and Pictures folders. The usr files which you see are those generated by Legacy (personally I don't bother to back them up as Legacy will recreate them when reinstalled) and the folder is at the top before you get to them Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: June McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:28:08 +1100 Ron, Where is the Settings folder you mention? I can't see such a folder. I see all of the .usr files individually which in my understanding would need to be selected one by one (or, of course, by selecting them all) but I haven't yet found a Setting folder as such which contain all of those settings. What am I missing? June McD - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:30 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Elaine, basically you only need to back up your zip files, you should have both one containing the family data and one containing the multimedia (pictures etc.). You may also like to back up the contents of the Settings folder which contains the information relating to how you have set up the various screens/reports/web pages etc. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:49:18 -0600 I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. _ The new Windows Live Toolbar helps you guard against viruses http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] couple married twice
I would just enter the second marriage. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mary Ann Gauer To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:36 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] couple married twice What is the best way to enter a couple who married each other twice? Married each other, divorced and then married each other again? Thank you, mags -- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006
Re: [LegacyUG] Norwegian birth place question
Rich, For some reason I never received your reply, although it is found in the archives. Maybe AOL's spam filter has struck again...gin. You make some interesting suggestions. I'd suspect that Norwegian researchers are not the only ones dealing with this issue. What you propose is very similar to what TMG already offers. (And if I recall correctly, Legacy v5 was to have a witness feature similar to TMG, but we never saw that, either.) I'd agree with you that perhaps Legacy will incorporate some feature that will allow us to track this data. Until then, it is almost impossible to do. Given the current constraints of Legacy, do you have a solution? Jon Raymond St Paul Park, MN Web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raymond/ Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files
You have to individually add the picture to each person you want to display it for, and you also ahve to check the one you want to show as the preferred photo, or nothing will display. I'm not totally sure what you're saying. Are you saying that when you go through the little wizard thing to add the photo to your individual, the photo does not show up in its folder in that wizard? What formats are the photos that aren't showing up? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files Hello List, What is the proper way to put pictures in Legacy? I have a folder in My Pictures named Obituary Pictures and I copied the file and pasted it in the Picture folder in Legacy. I have open the file and verified all the pictures in it, however, when I open Legacy and click on a person to add the picture to and then click on Tools Picture Center or whatever, most of the pictures will show in the list but, two or three will not show in the list. I can open the folder in Legacy and they are there with the correct file extension. I will get the message that the file cannot be found and if I want to search for it. I have tried everything I know to do including deleting the picture folder and reloading it to uninstalling Legacy and reinstalling it. Does anyone have any advice on how to correct the problem? Lloyd Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Elaine, Others have given good advice on what and how to backup Legacy data. Here are a couple more ideas that I have found helpful. I regularly run the FileFile MaintenanceCheck/Repair to be sure that the database has no structural problems. Then if the database needs to be restored, I will not have to wonder if it had errors before the backup. I also include the full Legacy install file with my backup so that if I need to return to that earlier data I will also be able to re-install the version of the program which created the backup. This could prove useful if a later version was shown to be responsible for corruption of the data. And last, just to second what has been said about the backup...always use the zipped backup files to store or move the database because they will contain all the pieces of the data structure which the Legacy program utilizes in the Microsoft Access database. Based on recent memos from Millennia, it seems that they are working on a programmed method to restore the backed up multimedia files so that those items will be easy for the end user to move and restore like the regular data files. That will be a welcome improvement. Ron Taylor Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] couple married twice
Well, actually, you could also put teh information in the notes. I'd say it's a matter of how you prefer to handle it. Tehre is no hard and fast way to handle data in genealogy. For instance, I never went through the detailed source screens - I just put sources in my notes, and I have only one sort of them per person. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Walt Marie To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] couple married twice I do not know if it is correct. We showed them divorced and in events put remarried date etc. On the marriage information page. Walt -- Original message -- From: Mary Ann Gauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is the best way to enter a couple who married each other twice? Married each other, divorced and then married each other again? Thank you, mags Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006
Re: [LegacyUG] option for Cremation - how long ago?
I don't remember how long ago I bought Legacy, about a year ago I think, but it has been a feature since then, as I used that when I entered my Dad's info. Ted Rissmiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you heard about Legacy Family Tree? This highly acclaimed genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=6527Oji I handle all of my spam problems with MailWasherPro. Do you?a href=http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=pastortedrpage=1; - Original Message - From: June McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:02 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] option for Cremation - how long ago? I was very excited just recently to discover the option to use Cremation - how long has it been there? I have must have missed the notification of it along the way. I was in hospital at the bginning of the year so maybe it was then?? I would also now like the option to use Dedication in the Baptism/Christening field so I guess I should go and put in a suggestion. June McD Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
The data files are in the Data folder under Legacy. Legacy is pretty straightforward. You should see Rootsmagic's system! You wan tto copy the family file, and then there are two or three little associated files with the same name, that I always copy to be safe. If you want to you can go into the backup folder and copy the backup files as well. Always delete any preexisting copies of these before you make new copies, or you will find yourself with a single zipped file containg more than one file. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:49 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006 Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] couple married twice
Mary Ann Gauer wrote What is the best way to enter a couple who married each other twice? Married each other, divorced and then married each other again? I presume you already have the couple's original marriage and then any other marriages they contracted entered. Click on the icon representing the wife/wives of the husband and then select Add New Wife and then select Link to an Existing Person. Choose the woman to whom he was previously married and has married again. Legacy will point out that he is already linked to this woman and ask if you want to link him again. Click Yes. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files
Llyod; Have you tried deleting the pictures that are the problem and reloading them with a new name? Being that this is a problem with just a few pictures instead of the whole folder, it seems to me that you may have cross linked sectors on your drive. To solve this problem, run disk check (dskchk) with the f option, this will convert the crosslinked sectors to files which can then be deleted. This is a function of the computers operating system, it is not a Legacy function. Linda Altman http://www.southerngenealogy.com _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files Hello List, What is the proper way to put pictures in Legacy? I have a folder in My Pictures named Obituary Pictures and I copied the file and pasted it in the Picture folder in Legacy. I have open the file and verified all the pictures in it, however, when I open Legacy and click on a person to add the picture to and then click on Tools Picture Center or whatever, most of the pictures will show in the list but, two or three will not show in the list. I can open the folder in Legacy and they are there with the correct file extension. I will get the message that the file cannot be found and if I want to search for it. I have tried everything I know to do including deleting the picture folder and reloading it to uninstalling Legacy and reinstalling it. Does anyone have any advice on how to correct the problem? Lloyd Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Hi Ron, Settings isn't a default folder - unless it's very recently been introduced. It's one you've chosen to create to save Report Settings etc. I also have created a folder but mine is called Report Options ;-) When you are saving report or web page options, like in all save dialogues, you have the choice of where you save them. It's a good idea to create a special folder so that they are easily backed up. Also give the files a useful name so it's easy to choose which one to load. I have Karen's Replicator set up to save my .usr files (along with bits and pieces from other programs) to my Backup folder - which I then backup to my external hard drive and periodically cut to CD. Like all settings, the .usr files can be recreated but it takes time going through Options Customise etc. Other settings you might want to backup are Colour Schemes you've created. Cheers, Cathy At 06:19 AM 28/11/2006, you wrote: June, assuming that you used the Legacy default installation, it is in C:\Legacy and comes after the Legacy Home and Pictures folders. The usr files which you see are those generated by Legacy (personally I don't bother to back them up as Legacy will recreate them when reinstalled) and the folder is at the top before you get to them Ron Ferguson Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Dora, The back-up zip files contain all the information necessary to restore the Family files if the whole thing goes belly-up. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: Dora Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:22:35 -0600 The data files are in the Data folder under Legacy. Legacy is pretty straightforward. You should see Rootsmagic's system! You wan tto copy the family file, and then there are two or three little associated files with the same name, that I always copy to be safe. If you want to you can go into the backup folder and copy the backup files as well. Always delete any preexisting copies of these before you make new copies, or you will find yourself with a single zipped file containg more than one file. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:49 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. _ Find Singles In Your Area Now With Match.com! msnuk.match.com Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Ron, I think you must have set this up yourself somehow. I don't have such a folder and all the report settings etc are in the data folder. Jack -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: 27 November 2006 22:19 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? June, assuming that you used the Legacy default installation, it is in C:\Legacy and comes after the Legacy Home and Pictures folders. The usr files which you see are those generated by Legacy (personally I don't bother to back them up as Legacy will recreate them when reinstalled) and the folder is at the top before you get to them Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: June McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:28:08 +1100 Ron, Where is the Settings folder you mention? I can't see such a folder. I see all of the .usr files individually which in my understanding would need to be selected one by one (or, of course, by selecting them all) but I haven't yet found a Setting folder as such which contain all of those settings. What am I missing? June McD - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:30 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Elaine, basically you only need to back up your zip files, you should have both one containing the family data and one containing the multimedia (pictures etc.). You may also like to back up the contents of the Settings folder which contains the information relating to how you have set up the various screens/reports/web pages etc. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:49:18 -0600 I have been through the archives and did not find the answer to my specific question. I don't know if I'm just not using the right criteria or if I'm simply missing something. This is a very basic question and I'm sure the answer is somewhere, I just haven't found it. Anyway, I finally got a new CD burner (my other one wouldn't recognize any disks) and I want to back my family files up on a regular basis. My question is WHICH files do I back up to maintain current backups of my family files? Do I just back up the zip files? Do I back up everything in my C:/Legacy/Data folder? Or do I back up both? I'm relatively new to Legacy after using FamilyTreeMaker for years. FTM didn't make zip files, and it was easy to tell the correct files to back up. I'm just a bit confused and don't want to miss anything. Thanks in advance for your help. Elaine O'. _ The new Windows Live Toolbar helps you guard against viruses http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Files
Hi Lloyd, Like Ron, I'm not quite clear what you were asking originally. You use file at times when I think you mean folder - but I'm not sure. Legacy has a Picture folder under the Program folder as it's a good idea to keep all the pictures you attach to Legacy together. Whether you keep them in the folder Legacy provides or elsewhere is up to you. If you don't put the photos you are attaching together in a folder or set of folders, then the only way you have to collect them is the multimedia backup in Legacy. This creates a very large file if you have attached lots of photos, especially if you haven't thought about resolution. Unless you understand unzipping, you also have problems when you come to unzip this file on another computer as it will recreate all the folders from the originating computer. I keep my Legacy pictures in subfolders in a folder called Legacy pictures in My Pictures. I've moved My Pictures so the path is C:\My Pictures\Legacy Pictures\Harris ... This means that the path is the same on both my laptop and my desktop. I like to keep all my Pics together. Legacy doesn't need large archive sized copies of pictures, so, with the exception of source documents which need to be a higher resolution in order to be read, I don't attach photos larger than Screen sized. Even this small is 2 or 3 times larger than most uses in Legacy. So, unlike Ron, I do have two copies on my hard drive - though not necessarily the same resolution or format. I also have them all backed up. Size may be why the couple of pictures aren't showing up. Your computer may have run out of display memory. Free programs like Irfanview or Faststone Image Viewer - which I now use more often than Irfanview as it's interface is easier - will batch resize photos and batch convert from one format to another. If you haven't used these features before, just make sure you have backups and experiment. It's well worth reading the Photo Tips on the Legacy Web site. Follow the Tips from the Experts link on the Legacy Home Tab. Cathy At 05:26 AM 28/11/2006, you wrote: In a message dated 11/27/2006 2:57:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lloyd, I am not fully clear as to what you are saying but may I initially clarify one or two points. It is not necessary to put your pictures in the Picture folder in Legacy (although apart from taking up more memory, if you don't delete the originals, there is nothing wrong with doing this.) Secondly Legacy only remembers the path as to where the pictures are and finally the Picture List only shows those pictures which have been linked to a person or event etc. *** Thanks Ron for you response. I did as you suggested and they are all in Legacy. I am wondering why there is a folder named Pictures in the Legacy folder. Lloyd Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Birth/Death locations
I have two cases in my family, one where a relative was born at sea and another where the relative died at sea. I have the birth as Aboard ship at sea, Atlantic Ocean. The death is shown as Aboard ship at sea, near Bahia state of Brazil, Atlantic Ocean. The cause of death was yellow fever, and Brazilian authorities would not allow the ship in port. I don't know the vessel name in either case. In cases similar to yours, I would probably name the body of water and the best location near the accident site (near ...), if available. If the lake or river was entirely within one state, province or country, I would show the appropriate name. Causes might be shipwreck, drowning, etc. Byrom Wehner Houston, TX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:59 PM To: Legacy Subject: [LegacyUG] Birth/Death locations I would appreciate knowing how others cite a birth or death location when the event happened on a body of water. Other than a few relatives who were reportedly born/died on steamships headed to the US, I am particularly referring to accidents on lakes/rivers. I have considered the embarkation port, the name of the lake, the state to which the lake is contiguous or the area where most of the bodies washed up. I have been unable to locate death certificates or burial locations for about 6 people, and I don't want to add the name of the steamship to the location field. I can always add notes in the events or cause of death field, but the actually location has me stymied. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Yes Ron, that is what prompted my question to you because it definitely is not there between the Home and Picture folders, or anywhere else and I think it is a really handy one to have. June McD - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Hi Cathy, I'm not going to disagree with you but I have absolutely no recollection of ever having created it! I've assumed it was there by default since I spotted it (or perhaps respotted it) a while back which was when I got 2 different versions of my web settings mixed up. Must say that that made life interesting for a while ;-) Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: UK Civil Registration Timeline* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ __ From: Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:40:51 +0800 Hi Ron, Settings isn't a default folder - unless it's very recently been introduced. It's one you've chosen to create to save Report Settings etc. I also have created a folder but mine is called Report Options ;-) When you are saving report or web page options, like in all save dialogues, you have the choice of where you save them. It's a good idea to create a special folder so that they are easily backed up. Also give the files a useful name so it's easy to choose which one to load. I have Karen's Replicator set up to save my .usr files (along with bits and pieces from other programs) to my Backup folder - which I then backup to my external hard drive and periodically cut to CD. Like all settings, the .usr files can be recreated but it takes time going through Options Customise etc. Other settings you might want to backup are Colour Schemes you've created. Cheers, Cathy At 06:19 AM 28/11/2006, you wrote: June, assuming that you used the Legacy default installation, it is in C:\Legacy and comes after the Legacy Home and Pictures folders. The usr files which you see are those generated by Legacy (personally I don't bother to back them up as Legacy will recreate them when reinstalled) and the folder is at the top before you get to them Ron Ferguson _ Windows LiveT Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.16/552 - Release Date: 26/11/2006 11:30 AM Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Birth/Death locations
I have a fisherman who drowned at sea when his ship sank. I've entered the location in the four comma format as At Sea, La Have Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada and changed the short location name to read sea on La Have Bank, Nova Scotia with the preposition changed to at (haven't tested the preposition yet). You can adapt Jenny's idea to read something like - long location: Winchester,(Mystic Lake), Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA and short location to Mystic Lake in Winchester, MA so that He died at Mystic Lake... would be the wording in the report. You can change the preposition to read in or on as appropriate. Note that by putting the body of water in parenthesis, this place gets sorted with the town. Susan On 11/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would appreciate knowing how others cite a birth or death location when the event happened on a body of water. Other than a few relatives who were reportedly born/died on steamships headed to the US, I am particularly referring to accidents on lakes/rivers. I have considered the embarkation port, the name of the lake, the state to which the lake is contiguous or the area where most of the bodies washed up. I have been unable to locate death certificates or burial locations for about 6 people, and I don't want to add the name of the steamship to the location field. I can always add notes in the events or cause of death field, but the actually location has me stymied. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up?
Cathy said ...It's a good idea to create a special folder so that they are easily backed up. Ah, thks Cathy - that's what I wanted to know. June - Original Message - From: Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Which files do I back up? Hi Ron, Settings isn't a default folder - unless it's very recently been introduced. It's one you've chosen to create to save Report Settings etc. I also have created a folder but mine is called Report Options ;-) When you are saving report or web page options, like in all save dialogues, you have the choice of where you save them. Also give the files a useful name so it's easy to choose which one to load. I have Karen's Replicator set up to save my .usr files (along with bits and pieces from other programs) to my Backup folder - which I then backup to my external hard drive and periodically cut to CD. Like all settings, the .usr files can be recreated but it takes time going through Options Customise etc. Other settings you might want to backup are Colour Schemes you've created. Cheers, Cathy At 06:19 AM 28/11/2006, you wrote: June, assuming that you used the Legacy default installation, it is in C:\Legacy and comes after the Legacy Home and Pictures folders. The usr files which you see are those generated by Legacy (personally I don't bother to back them up as Legacy will recreate them when reinstalled) and the folder is at the top before you get to them Ron Ferguson Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] couple married twice
Mary Ann, Do you want one group sheet or two? The couple in my files had one son born during each marriage and I wanted to keep the family together on one group sheet. Second marriage was on the same date and month as the first marriage. No other spouses were involved. Consider the Legacy reports and charts for each data entry option. Check file transfers if you use non-Legacy products for wall charts or a web site. - Original Message - From: Mary Ann Gauer What is the best way to enter a couple who married each other twice? Married each other, divorced and then married each other again? Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
