Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
Hello again everyone, I'm sorry to have had to take a couple of day's break from this thread, and I thank you all for your help and patience. Original query was snip Error opening database When I answered 'yes' to the query if I wanted to try again, up came the words 'could not lock file'. I've been unable to open the .fdb family file from the flash drive since. This is the message I get when I try to save the Legacy file to Flash drive K, which is the one I've been having trouble with since the update of Legacy. Error saving Family File as: K:\glover main one 1-01-2009. Error 67: Too many files Would you like to TRY IT AGAIN? There is very little 'used' space in the flash!! Mike , I have checked for multiple copies of Legacy to be running, and also switched the machine off, restarted it, etc. That doesn't make any difference. Gary, I have looked at the 'read only' box, it's not ticked, 'archives' is ticked. I am able to save the Legacy files to another flash drive though. That's working alright. So though the problems not solved, I will just copy the files on the K flash to my hard drive, and then to the other flash I have. So problem solved that way. Thank you all for your help, Happy New Year, Jill Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
Hi Jack and Elizabeth, As suggested by you both:- snip Maybe the best thing to do is copy all the files onto your hard drive and then copy them to a new flash drive. and snip Is it possible to move the files from the Flash Drive and open them from her hard drive? That's what I'll do, thanks for your input and help with this problem. Happy New Year, Cheers, Jill Who needs a pail of water to cool down in a heatwave. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
jmglover wrote: This is the message I get when I try to save the Legacy file to Flash drive K, which is the one I've been having trouble with since the update of Legacy. Error saving Family File as: K:\glover main one 1-01-2009. Error 67: Too many files Would you like to TRY IT AGAIN? There is very little 'used' space in the flash!! I am able to save the Legacy files to another flash drive though. That's working alright. So though the problems not solved, I will just copy the files on the K flash to my hard drive, and then to the other flash I have. So problem solved that way. Well, that was going to be my final, final suggestion - that the flash drive was beyond it's 'best by' date and it was time to get the stuff off and ditch it in favour of a new one. Lesson for everyone: Don't rely on flash drives for permanent storage! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
- Original Message - From: Mike Fry To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database--could not lock fileflash drive jmglover wrote: This is the message I get when I try to save the Legacy file to Flash drive K, which is the one I've been having trouble with since the update of Legacy. Error saving Family File as: K:\glover main one 1-01-2009. Error 67: Too many files Would you like to TRY IT AGAIN? There is very little 'used' space in the flash!! I am able to save the Legacy files to another flash drive though. That's working alright. So though the problems not solved, I will just copy the files on the K flash to my hard drive, and then to the other flash I have. So problem solved that way. Well, that was going to be my final, final suggestion - that the flash drive was beyond it's 'best by' date and it was time to get the stuff off and ditch it in favour of a new one. Lesson for everyone: Don't rely on flash drives for permanent storage! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. Should the above read, There is very little un'used' space in the flash!! and that the flash drive was full! A right click on the drive in Windows Explorer and click on Properties will tell. Unless I have missed it, so far I have not seen this mentioned. Colin. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
- Original Message - From: Hope Bagot Bees To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:59 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file, composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the information is to be found in both files. As it happens I would like to copy information from one file, which contains the sources, to the other, which lacks them. Does this mean I have to tackle another merge? I would like to drag and drop as suggested by Ron Ferguson some time ago. Any advice before I give up completely would be welcome. Elizabeth -- Check that you actually have to two different files in the window, it sounds to me as though you have the same file in each window. Colin. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file, composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the information is to be found in both files. As it happens I would like to copy information from one file, which contains the sources, to the other, which lacks them. Does this mean I have to tackle another merge? I would like to drag and drop as suggested by Ron Ferguson some time ago. Any advice before I give up completely would be welcome. Elizabeth Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 19:27:20 +1000, jmglover jmglo...@tpg.com.au wrote: This is the message I get when I try to save the Legacy file to Flash drive K, which is the one I've been having trouble with since the update of Legacy. Error saving Family File as: K:\glover main one 1-01-2009. Error 67: Too many files Would you like to TRY IT AGAIN? There is very little 'used' space in the flash!! But do you have a lot of files on the flash? Maybe try moving a few files off the flash drive and then see if your Legacy DB will open. -- Dennis Kowallek http://ltools.kowallekfamily.com/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
You probably have all the files in the root K:, put some of the files on the flash drives in folders and try again. For Legacy make a folder K:\Legacy and backup to theat folder. Evert 2009/1/1 jmglover jmglo...@tpg.com.au: Hello again everyone, I'm sorry to have had to take a couple of day's break from this thread, and I thank you all for your help and patience. Original query was snip Error opening database When I answered 'yes' to the query if I wanted to try again, up came the words 'could not lock file'. I've been unable to open the .fdb family file from the flash drive since. This is the message I get when I try to save the Legacy file to Flash drive K, which is the one I've been having trouble with since the update of Legacy. Error saving Family File as: K:\glover main one 1-01-2009. Error 67: Too many files Would you like to TRY IT AGAIN? There is very little 'used' space in the flash!! Mike , I have checked for multiple copies of Legacy to be running, and also switched the machine off, restarted it, etc. That doesn't make any difference. Gary, I have looked at the 'read only' box, it's not ticked, 'archives' is ticked. I am able to save the Legacy files to another flash drive though. That's working alright. So though the problems not solved, I will just copy the files on the K flash to my hard drive, and then to the other flash I have. So problem solved that way. Thank you all for your help, Happy New Year, Jill Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
Maybe first reformat the flash-drive before reusing it, Guido jmglover schreef: Hi Jack and Elizabeth, As suggested by you both:- snip Maybe the best thing to do is copy all the files onto your hard drive and then copy them to a new flash drive. and snip Is it possible to move the files from the Flash Drive and open them from her hard drive? That's what I'll do, thanks for your input and help with this problem. Happy New Year, Cheers, Jill Who needs a pail of water to cool down in a heatwave. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1861 - Release Date: 22-12-2008 11:23 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
Good point. For FAT 16 there is a limit of 512 files in the root directory. On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:28:47 +0100, Evert van Dijken evandij...@gmail.com wrote: You probably have all the files in the root K:, put some of the files on the flash drives in folders and try again. For Legacy make a folder K:\Legacy and backup to theat folder. Evert 2009/1/1 jmglover jmglo...@tpg.com.au: Hello again everyone, I'm sorry to have had to take a couple of day's break from this thread, and I thank you all for your help and patience. Original query was snip Error opening database When I answered 'yes' to the query if I wanted to try again, up came the words 'could not lock file'. I've been unable to open the .fdb family file from the flash drive since. This is the message I get when I try to save the Legacy file to Flash drive K, which is the one I've been having trouble with since the update of Legacy. Error saving Family File as: K:\glover main one 1-01-2009. Error 67: Too many files Would you like to TRY IT AGAIN? There is very little 'used' space in the flash!! Mike , I have checked for multiple copies of Legacy to be running, and also switched the machine off, restarted it, etc. That doesn't make any difference. Gary, I have looked at the 'read only' box, it's not ticked, 'archives' is ticked. I am able to save the Legacy files to another flash drive though. That's working alright. So though the problems not solved, I will just copy the files on the K flash to my hard drive, and then to the other flash I have. So problem solved that way. Thank you all for your help, Happy New Year, Jill Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
Don't know if this applies or not, or even if there is a connection here, but about a couple of weeks ago I began to have problems with printing, flash drive errors, and malfunction errors for anything connected to my USB ports. It started right after a automatic update of Windows XP and since that was the only thing that had changed on my system, I feel that has been the problem. My external hard drive is connected via USB and it continued to work fine, so that eliminated a USB port failure. Anyway, just thought I would pass this along as updates (Windows, anti-virus, etc.) can sometimes be the culprit of problems. Sheri Georgia www.westharrisfamily.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
No, definitely completely different files. Colin Liddell wrote: Check that you actually have to two different files in the window, it sounds to me as though you have the same file in each window. I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file, composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the information is to be found in both files. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. On Split Screen, the 'working' file is denoted by strong blue top line, while the inactive file is grayed somewhat. When I click on one file, on someone's name, then click on a name on the other 'inactive' file, I get that message. However, if I first click on the top grayed line to make that the working file, I do not get the message. In any case, once you click OK to the message, you can then click on the inactive file and do what you were intending to do anyway. It just takes an extra click sometimes. -- Carlct...@getgoin.net Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] How to convert Family Tree to Legacy
Let me put in my 2 cents worth As I advise in my classthere is a way to gedcom the data in ...but I myself am doing it manually... now I have 18,000 names to move from FTM to Legacy and it will take me a year to finish this move but it is well worth it because I have in FTM some very large bodies of notes because of the limitation FTM had and find Legacy gives a better method of showing timelines on the person. I did gedcom a small portion at first to see how it worked and found it took me longer to correct the problems than to just enter manually. It also gives me an opportunity to review my data and especially on the source data find need to make adjustments to better meet proper documentation because my earlier data from 10 years ago wasn't up to par. Mind you also found that the notes data would be divided between the event field and various note fields in the Legacy formatt and also some of the note data had to be rewritten to give a better read in published reports. I work on one group sheet at a time and when I need to add a piece of data within a group sheet at that time make the connection in Legacy and update in Legacy, but still if someone wants details on a family group not in Legacy can pull the report from FTM even tho it has not been moved to Legacy. Richard From: macdonald...@hotmail.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] How to convert Family Tree to Legacy Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:05:37 -0400 I have checked the archives but could not locate the correct answer, if it has been answered please accept my apologies. I have always used Legacy and think that it is the best program on the market. I have a friend who has always used Family Tree Maker, she has just purchased the Legacy 7 program and would like to know what is the best and easiest, step by step way to transfer all her data from her Family Tree Maker program into Legacy. I'm sure that there are quite a few x-ftm's out there who have been converted to Legacy, I'm sure that those of you who have transferred your data base incorrectly have learned by trial and error. There must be a way to transfer the data and still keep one's sanity intact. Thanks, Leo Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp _ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] need help getting rid of duplicates
LouAnn, Legacy has some searches that will help you with this problem. What you are seeing are multiple links between some people either as children of the same couple or as multiple marriages between the same people. Go To Search Find Miscellaneous Searches There you can search for people with multiple spouses and for children with multiple parents. Use the search for multiple spouses first. For those who have multiple spouses who are the same person you can fix the problem from the search list. In the right side select the family tab. You will see the list of spouses and children as well as their parents and siblings. Examine the lists to see if any full families are duplicated. ie. the spouse and all children are the same. Select one of the duplicate spouses then click the Spouse list button below the family list. Select one of the duplicate spouses and use the UNLINK button. That will remove that duplicate link. NOTE: The children will still be linked to that person and he/she will now have an unknown spouse so you will have to repeat the unlinking step to remove the unknown spouse and make a final break with the children. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Corrigan wrote: After I imported another Legacy file and merged duplicate people with different ID #s, I now have real duplicates. People on the spouse and children lists in the family view are listed several times, with the same ID #s and exact same info in all areas. Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas how to fix it??? HELP! Thanks! LouAnn in WI Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file----flash drive
Sheri Harris wrote Don't know if this applies or not, or even if there is a connection here, but about a couple of weeks ago I began to have problems with printing, flash drive errors, and malfunction errors for anything connected to my USB ports. It started right after a automatic update of Windows XP and since that was the only thing that had changed on my system, I feel that has been the problem. My external hard drive is connected via USB and it continued to work fine, so that eliminated a USB port failure. Anyway, just thought I would pass this along as updates (Windows, anti-virus, etc.) can sometimes be the culprit of problems. I allowed Win XP to upgrade to SP3 and it was a disaster for nearly everything USB. One or 2 things connected via USB continued to work, but most (including modem, which was a bit of a disaster) didn't and plugging any one of them rendered the computer unusable. The tech guy couldn't sort the problem and in the end had to resort to disabling all USB ports on the motherboard and installing a 4-port USB PCI card. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem
But that is not how Americans (IMHO) do it. We do the months for the first year, and become one year old on the 365/366 date, and are called one year old from that date until the 730/731 day. So the program uses this plan. It might be a future fix that whichever language/dialect you use, also picks the date standard used by the majority of that group, but I for one became aware of this situation when reading letters and books originating in the other areas, that seemed to be counting ages 'wrong'. This is a cultural thing, and it will be incorrect for 1/2 the world, even if switched to the other. Rich in LA CA --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Wynthner wynth...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Wynthner wynth...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 4:55 PM If your birthday was 1 jan 1900 then on 1 jan 1901 you would have entered your 2nd year. --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com wrote: From: Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 7:33 PM RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: This is probably because of the difference in how Americans and British count years. In US, on your 365 day of life you become one, on your 365x2 day you become two. In some places people are called 2 after the 366 day, ignoring leap years. Is this what you mean. Rich --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com wrote: Has anyone noticed that the reminders about Birthdays, Death Dates and Anniversaries on the Legacy Home tab are wrong? I have cousin whose birthday is 1st Jan 1974, and the tab shows that he is 35 today (31st Dec). No Rich. Read it again. Today is the 31st Dec. His birthday is 1st Jan. Legacy says he's 35 today - not tomorrow as it should be. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] need help getting rid of duplicates
Thanks Brian. I will use that to see if I have found all the clones of people and marriages. I have unlinked all that I could find as I went through the people. Why do you think this happens? I have merged databases before and this didn t happen. LouAnn ---Original Message--- From: Brian/Support Date: 01/01/09 12:35:32 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] need help getting rid of duplicates LouAnn, Legacy has some searches that will help you with this problem. What you are seeing are multiple links between some people either as children of the same couple or as multiple marriages between the same people. Go To Search Find Miscellaneous Searches There you can search for people with multiple spouses and for children with multiple parents. Use the search for multiple spouses first. For those who have multiple spouses who are the same person you can fix the problem from the search list. In the right side select the family tab. You will see the list of spouses and children as well as their parents and siblings. Examine the lists to see if any full families are duplicated. ie. the spouse and all children are the same. Select one of the duplicate spouses then click the Spouse list button below the family list. Select one of the duplicate spouses and use the UNLINK button. That will remove that duplicate link. NOTE: The children will still be linked to that person and he/she will now have an unknown spouse so you will have to repeat the unlinking step to remove the unknown spouse and make a final break with the children. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Corrigan wrote: After I imported another Legacy file and merged duplicate people with different ID #s, I now have real duplicates. People on the spouse and children lists in the family view are listed several times, with the same ID #s and exact same info in all areas. Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas how to fix it??? HELP! Thanks! LouAnn in WI Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp . Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem
I don't seem to have this Legacy Home Tab that you are discussing. Is it an addition that came in a later version? I am using version 4. LouAnn ---Original Message--- From: Art Seddon Date: 1/1/2009 12:28:45 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem But on 1 Jan 1901 you would celebrate your first birthday and be considered one year old until your second birthday on 1 Jan 1902. Art Seddon - Original Message - From: Wynthner To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem If your birthday was 1 jan 1900 then on 1 jan 1901 you would have entered your 2nd year. --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com wrote: From: Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 7:33 PM RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: This is probably because of the difference in how Americans and British count years. In US, on your 365 day of life you become one, on your 365x2 day you become two. In some places people are called 2 after the 366 day, ignoring leap years. Is this what you mean. Rich --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com wrote: Has anyone noticed that the reminders about Birthdays, Death Dates and Anniversaries on the Legacy Home tab are wrong? I have cousin whose birthday is 1st Jan 1974, and the tab shows that he is 35 today (31st Dec). No Rich. Read it again. Today is the 31st Dec. His birthday is 1st Jan. Legacy says he's 35 today - not tomorrow as it should be. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp . Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Date format question
On a side issue, but related, for some dates in the 'double year date' era I put the date as appeared in the event description area, and my translation in the actual date area. (ex: 17th day 4th month 1732.) Rich in LA CA --- On Wed, 12/31/08, esh...@comcast.net esh...@comcast.net wrote: From: esh...@comcast.net esh...@comcast.net Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Date format question To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 4:55 PM Ron wrote: Having used a 'Church Record' master source with a source detail for a 'Baptism Certificate' and entered an 'Issue date' in the 09/08/1949 format expecting it to appear in the record (and subsequent descendant report) as 08 Sep 1949. Ron, you've received several good answers by now, but your question struck me from a different angle. Does it take into account the need to record different source information when we use a church's baptism *certificate* as opposed to an image copy of the actual record entered into the original register? (All records being not created equal, even when they come from the same church, and all that.) Elizabeth --- Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
Elizabeth, I have tested this and have added it as a problem in our problem reporting system. You should not be getting that message box. Until it is fixed in an update to Legacy here are a couple of ways to avoid the message (Thanks Carl! for pointing out that using the title bar avoids the message) a. Click on the title bar above each file b. Click on either the parents or children area of the other pane. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Hope Bagot Bees wrote: I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file, composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the information is to be found in both files. As it happens I would like to copy information from one file, which contains the sources, to the other, which lacks them. Does this mean I have to tackle another merge? I would like to drag and drop as suggested by Ron Ferguson some time ago. Any advice before I give up completely would be welcome. Elizabeth Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem
LouAnn, The Legacy Home tab was introduced in Legacy v6. It includes a browser, links to various pages on our website, statistics and To-Do and Birthday, Anniversary and Death reminders. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Corrigan Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:38 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem I don't seem to have this Legacy Home Tab that you are discussing. Is it an addition that came in a later version? I am using version 4. LouAnn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem
RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: But that is not how Americans (IMHO) do it. We do the months for the first year, and become one year old on the 365/366 date, and are called one year old from that date until the 730/731 day. So the program uses this plan. It might be a future fix that whichever language/dialect you use, also picks the date standard used by the majority of that group, but I for one became aware of this situation when reading letters and books originating in the other areas, that seemed to be counting ages 'wrong'. This is a cultural thing, and it will be incorrect for 1/2 the world, even if switched to the other. No, Richard, it's not a cultural thing. The program simply has a bug in it. Words of 1 syllable :- dob 01 Jan 1974 current date was 31 Dec 2008 reminder claimed age of 35 TODAY. What you seem to be describing is an artefact of some old gravestones which mention that a person died in the nth year of their life. That means they'd had n-1 birthdays. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Date format question
RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: On a side issue, but related, for some dates in the 'double year date' era I put the date as appeared in the event description area, and my translation in the actual date area. (ex: 17th day 4th month 1732.) Ahem! That's not a date that requires double-dating :-) For England Wales (Scotland doesn't apply), only dates between 01 Jan and 24 Mar in the years 1751 and previous, need the double year notation. Sequence is 31 Dec 1700 - 01 Jan 1700/01 - 24 Mar 1700/01 - 25 Mar 1701 -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem
If your birthday was 1 jan 1900 then on 1 jan 1901 you would have entered your 2nd year. But on 1 Jan 1901 you would celebrate your first birthday and be considered one year old until your second birthday on 1 Jan 1902. This is a cultural thing, and it will be incorrect for 1/2 the world, even if switched to the other. No, ... it's not a cultural thing. What you seem to be describing is an artefact of some old gravestones which mention that a person died in the nth year of their life. That means they'd had n-1 birthdays. Perhaps a different type of analogy would help to clarify the two different types of dating being debated here--both of which seem to be used in at least all cultures that follow our calendar. Let's say I took a job as a software engineer (snickers allowed g). --- On Day 1, I could say it was my first day on the job, even though I had not finished a full day of work. --- If I'm still there 3 months later, I could say I was in my first year on the job, even though I had not finished a full year. --- If I'm still there 12 months and 1 day later, I could say - I had been there for 1 year, or - I was in my second year on the job. Both statements would be correct Age works the same way. Two days ago I had another birthday. I turned 29 (snickers are still allowed ;-). Today I'm 29 years and 2 days, which I'll call 29 until my next birthday, rather than keeping track of days and months. But I'm already into my 30th year. Elizabeth (the other one) --- Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG Hendersonville, Tennessee Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] sourcing a War Department Certificate
I have a certificate from the US War Department, Army Service Forces, Corps of Engineers regarding a family member, who was most likely a civilian, participating in the Manhattan District, Tennessee Eastman Corporation, production of the Atomic Bomb in WWII. It's dated 1945. Would you show this event as a military event or what? Which source template would you use to cite this? Thanks for the advice!! Sheri Georgia Researching the West, Harris, Prater, McDonald and Daugherty families. www.westharrisfamily.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] sourcing a War Department Certificate
I have a certificate from the US War Department, Army Service Forces, Corps of Engineers regarding a family member, who was most likely a civilian, participating in the Manhattan District, Tennessee Eastman Corporation, production of the Atomic Bomb in WWII. It's dated 1945. Would you show this event as a military event or what? Which source template would you use to cite this? Sheri, if he was a civilian, then this would not represent military service for him. It would be a job, handled the same way you'd handle any other job. If this certificate was passed down in the family, then it's cited like a privately held artifact. (EE 3.24-3.25, Basic Format, Family Artifacts, pp. 138-39; or QuickCheck Model, p. 105). Essentially, you give the basic who/what/when/where that describes the document, cite the current or last-known whereabouts of the certificate, and then cite the provenance of the artifact (the chain of title that would justify trust in its validity). Elizabeth --- Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter
Thanks, Kristen and Elizabeth, That makes sense Lew On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net wrote: Lew: That line must have been added automatically and, as Elizabeth said, probably has something to do with those can't post messages we were getting from the list. Kirsten -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Chick Lewis Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:52 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter Hi Kristen, Thank you for your comment, but I am confused. I noticed at the bottom of your message that an **Original Message from k...@legacyfamilytree.com on behalf of Chick Lewis ** was referenced. I did not receive a message from Ken. Do you know something I don't? Lew On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net wrote: Lew: The only thing you can be sure of is that the answer *won't* be, Soon. ;-) Kirsten -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Chick Lewis Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:31 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic sources into sourcewriter Maybe so, but it would be nice if Legacy would at least acknowledge why the merge feature has been removed and tell us the pitfalls of having done it that way. Legacy has been extremely silent on this question and has not answered a message I sent directly to support. If, as you say, the sourcewriter tool will be available in the next build, I would like to ask, WHEN? Lew Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
OK it was worth an ask.{;-)
Colin.
- Original Message -
From: Hope Bagot Bees
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 3:05 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
No, definitely completely different files.
Colin Liddell wrote:
Check that you actually have to two different files in the window, it
sounds to me as though you have the same file in each window.
I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen.
When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following
message You cannot copy to/from the same family file.
Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file,
composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the
information is to be found in both files.
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