Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Source Citation Images to Events
On 30 Sep 2009 Mike Fry wrote: Ahem! What's the difference between reading a single digest message that's very long and multiple, shorter messages? *Every* message has to be read when it's a digest. When they're separate messages we can decide, based on the Subject or other data, which ones to read. Furthermore, some messages can be automatically routed directly to the bit bucket based on their content, size, format or writer ;-)) Cheers, -- Dave N. 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] Surnames With Mc Standard?
On 11 Sep 2009 Paul Ramshaw wrote: Of course, there will be other Mc's besides McDonalds. So maybe you want to search and replace Mc with Mc and Mac with Mac. (But I'd want to check that process one by one probably.) Why is Search Replace even being suggested!? It is so simple to go to the Master Surname List and scroll down to M. Every unique surname beginning with M will be listed, and they can be edited (once for all individuals with that spelling) and can also be combined (where one has a space and another does not). There is no reason to change records individually. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Re: Report problem
On 24 Mar 2009 Eileen wrote: They are all the same, believe me. Now I know that this could be a old problem, because I have not worked on any of the Location file in years. It would be nice if the program merged all of them together, but it does not, I combine them into one, and sometimes, as I merge a few together, I can see it adding a name like the one I'm working on, and when you click on the added one, there will be no names attached to it, so I merge again. You need to Purge unused locations first. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Exporting to a new Family File
This is an area of Legacy that functions in a way that is not at all user-intuitive in spite of suggestions over many years to eliminate the confusion! As has already been mentioned, when an EXPORT is selected, Legacy creates an empty database which contains all the default values/settings. Unfortunately from that point on Legacy's programming looks at everything from the viewpoint of an IMPORT into that empty database. When an event is exported to that empty file and the exported event doesn't match the default definition value(s), Legacy opens up a very unnecessary and ridiculous window which mentions an IMPORT replacing an existing event. Obviously since this is an EXPORT to a supposedly empty database, Legacy should automatically replace the empty database's default value(s) with the imported values. But instead, it confuses the user with words referring to an IMPORT and these apply to the way it is programmed instead of words that apply to what the user is doing. If you are exporting to an empty file and the Combine Event Definition window appears you need to click on For this import, always overwrite the existing event with the incoming event Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Old Style/New Style dates for pre 1754 England, how to enter
On 14 Feb 2009 Elizabeth wrote: My double dating system works beautifully with my English ancestors, but I now find that my early German ancestors are given the alternative dates as well. Is it possible to allow double dates (ie b. 1 Jan 1748/49) in general, but to override them for the dozen or so German ancestors? No! Using Legacy's double-dating feature can cause many problems as it *assumes* that every country changed at the same time -- WRONG! -- and it assumes that dates are always entered in Old Style -- this can be WRONG! I make sure that Legacy's double-dating feature is always turned off. However, big problem . . . with Legacy's double-dating feature turned off you cannot enter your own double-dates as they should be represented without having them totally corrupted!! So I end up entering them as, for example, 5 Jan 1723-5 Jan 1724 Sadly Millennia isn't willing to fix this BIG deficiency (reported many times over the years) in an otherwise fantastic program. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] uploading changed web pages
On 1 Feb 2009 ronald ferguson wrote: I don't use Filezilla so cannot comment on that program, but all the ones I have tried enable the lists to be sorted in modified date order by clicking Date in the coluimn header. Thus, one can select all those changed after a certain date. I believe this does not really satisfy the intent of the original question -- how to upload only files that have changed. When Legacy web pages are generated *ALL* those files will have a new date but that does not indicate that the contents of a file is any different from the previously-generated one. SyncBack can be used to *compare* the data within the new and previous files and can be arranged to upload *only* those which have really been changed (regardless of their date stamp). The best FileZilla can do (with Legacy-generated files) is to check for differences in the file sizes between the new files and those on the web server. However, obviously you can make changes to an individual record in Legacy and the file size could remain the same, and so would not be uploaded. Furthermore some web servers don't report the filesizes the same as they were when uploaded. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] uploading changed web pages
On 30 Jan 2009 Syble Glasscock wrote: I'd really like something that would compare the files online to my new files and highlight or something showing what files need to be uploaded. thanks, Syble Glasscock I use the free version of SyncBack from 2BrightSparks at http://www.2BrightSparks.com/ to upload my Legacy-generated web pages. It can be programmed to only upload files that have changed -- but make sure you don't have an Updated date on your pages. It can also be stopped during the upload and will continue where it left off (after re-comparing all your files). Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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 overall help
On 30 Jan 2009 Cathy Vallevieni wrote: For places that I want to know exactly the address and that I want to map to that exact address, I enter them in the long description as: City - 123 Main St, County, State, Country The reason for reversing the city and street address in the long description is so it can be found when looking at the Master Locations List. Why would you reverse them when it is unnecessary? They can be entered in a logical sequence from smallest area to largest area complete with comma separators (there are 9 fields for this). Then the Master Locations can be set to a Direction of Sort of Right to Left so that the listing is always sorted from the largest area down. I cannot understand why anyone would use the other available sorts which are all redundant and only apply to (most but not all) USA locations when the Right to Left sort applies worldwide (including all USA locations). The only problem is for those who cannot be bothered to include the country in their locations. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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 update
On 28 Jan 2009 Kathy Miller wrote: I directed it to the same place as the former version on the C drive under program files. However, it installed a new Legacy folder inside the old Legacy folder complete with all new folders of the same names. What I'll bet actually happened is that you selected the location using Browse. When that is done the default location of \Legacy is appended to the selected location. You also need to check the install location that was displayed. It would have shown the extra \Legacy which needed to be deleted before continuing. Can I just delete the original folders - moving the data to the new data folder NO!! You need to uninstall Legacy 7 and then re-install it in the location you want it. But this time check that the location shown is the one you really want. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] RootsWeb's lists and spam -- formerly: Why are we using this mailing list?
On 15 Jan 2009 Jackie King wrote: Roots has not been the most reliable in the past year. All you have to do is note all of the problems being reported in the Listowners-L list on Rootsweb about non-delivery of email since before Christmas on some lists, and sporadic delivery on others. Like Mike Fry, you are making some statements that are incorrect and others that don't relate to all RootsWeb's lists. The problems RootsWeb experienced from Christmas to yesterday were only on one server (Lists-9) and these were due to a high level of spam reaching this server (but *not* going to the subscribers). This unusual level of spam caused the server to crash and then a backup recovery sent many very old messages on their way to members a second time. The volumes have also caused valid messages to be delayed. The list problem has gotten so bad that the moderator there has told the listowners to just quit complaining since they can't do anything about it anyway until rootsweb figures it out. Again, this is incorrect. This had nothing to do with the list problem has gotten so bad! The LO admin said that the complaints were off-topic for the listowners (LO) mailing list because their fellow list admins couldn't do anything about it. At least this shows that RootsWeb's lists are being monitored by their administrators and off-topic threads are ended, as you indeed know. The WashDC list and APG list are two that I am subscribed to that have reported more problems with it in the past several days and this note this morning from the National Coordinator of the Tombstone Transcription Project. These are on the Lists-9 server and were affected by this same single problem. I doubt you would get quite that deluge from the Legacy list since according to its archives it doesn't seem to be all that active. RootsWeb's Legacy mailing list is on the List-3 server which has had no problems. Problems with spam on RootsWeb's mailing lists (and all others including this one) are exacerbated by uneducated web builders who place unprotected links for these mailing lists on their web pages. If anyone, including Millennia, is going to place mail-to links on their web pages then they need to ensure that those links are encrypted to discourage harvesting by spammers. Another cause of high levels of spam being sent to a few RootsWeb's mailing lists is list administrators that respond to spam messages instead of discarding them. This response only results in telling the spammer that a live address has been reached, then even more spam will be received! Hopefully RootsWeb's Legacy list administrator doesn't do this. Cheers, -- Dave N. 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] v.6 usually called (was Update 7.0.0.76)
On 6 Dec 2008 Mary Young wrote: On 12/5/08, Toni Sano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not something you turn off or on. Type the name in the given name box eg Ann Annie where Ann is her name and Annie is her 'usually called' name. Then in the descendant book/narrative you will get ... she was usually called Annie... I'm not seeing this. You're correct Mary. You will not see that sentence because Dave Berdan only added it to Legacy 7 in build 78. Previous versions and builds do not incorporate that sentence even though the AKA feature is there. If you really want to see that sentence you'll have to upgrade to the latest build. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** 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] Backup or file creation procedure when you want to have updated family files
On 1 Dec 2008 v pedersen wrote: Here is what I want to do: I want to backup my family file every week to a new updated family file. My first family file backup was named 20081120 (indicating to me the date I created it). I'd like it to keep creating an updated family file on a weekly basis. I have my computer set up to automatically do something very similar to this. Instead of using Legacy, I find it better to have a batch file that runs weekly and copies the *.FDB database to a MMDD.FDB file. Creating a batch file is quite simple and the date for the filename can be automatically generated. Since batch file use is not really on topic for this list please get back to me privately if you'd like further details. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Duplicate entries
On 26 Nov 2008 Claire Fuqua wrote: I am very concerned about this problem as I am consistently working with three databases, that, collectively, have almost 50,000 entries. I have been working on this family surname since 1990 and would be devastated if I were to lose the information. One thing that cannot be emphasized enough is . . . Backup, Backup, Backup!! I have my computer set up to automatically make a backup every day when I first turn it on. These backups have names containing the date so they don't overwrite each other. If I'm doing some serious editing of my Legacy database I may also make further backups before and after the edits. Having many backups permit you to go back to the point *before* a problem occurred. Do realize that it may take a week or two (or even longer) for you to become aware of a database problem. In the past we've heard from a few users that have restored their one-and-only backup only to discover that it also contained the contaminated data. After a few months some of my old backups are deleted. But I still retain one year-end backup of my genealogy database for each year and I have these going back 25 years! I find it interesting to sometimes look at these old backups to see how my genealogy research has progressed through the years. Now obviously you don't have to create this many backups like me, but I would recommend that you make a backup before and after any major changes to your database, and keep these backups until you are really sure that everything is as expected. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Updating to latest 6.0
On 18 Nov 2008 Barbara Ford wrote: From the download site, it gave a link to download full setup. I know that's what I will need on the new computer, but is this what I need just to update my version on the current computer? (I did check my current version, and it's not the latest upgrade.) Since you need to download the full setup you may as well use it for both computers. It checks your computer's registry and if Legacy is already installed it will only install the needed files -- not that it really matters if it overwrites the others as it's only affecting the program files. The only thing that can cause a glitch is when the registry is corrupted (usually due to a user moving their program files). So just ensure that the Setup program is installing into the same location as your existing program. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] looking for cems
On 28 Oct 2008 Syble Glasscock wrote: I have them in the burial place. example: Hopewell Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. I know this is not politically correct, but I like to see at a glance that I have the location of the cemetery, this is important to me, I'm sure it's not to all, and my dream is for Legacy to add an tiny icon for a photo of the tombstone marker. Is there a problem using the icon that's already there? Click on the + at the end of the Buried Location field, then Burial Pictures. Cheers, -- Dave N -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- ** $10 OFF when you spend $50 or more in our store. Use coupon code: Legacy2008 at checkout. Offer expires 10/31/08 ** 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] looking for cems
On 28 Oct 2008 ronald ferguson wrote: Dave, I take it you mean Burial *Addresses*, which is what this thread is about. The problem is, as JLB has drawn to our attention, this field cannot be searched. No, I was *not* referring to Addresses. I was responding to the message from Syble (which was included in my message) where she said her dream was for Legacy to add an icon for use in attaching a photo of the tombstone marker. Cheers, -- Dave N. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:24:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] looking for cems On 28 Oct 2008 Syble Glasscock wrote: I have them in the burial place. example: Hopewell Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. I know this is not politically correct, but I like to see at a glance that I have the location of the cemetery, this is important to me, I'm sure it's not to all, and my dream is for Legacy to add an tiny icon for a photo of the tombstone marker. Is there a problem using the icon that's already there? Click on the + at the end of the Buried Location field, then Burial Pictures. Cheers, -- Dave N ** $10 OFF when you spend $50 or more in our store. Use coupon code: Legacy2008 at checkout. Offer expires 10/31/08 ** 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] Standardisation Tips
On 12 Oct 2008 Lucky Belinfante wrote: My family tree contains 'ID' numbers and I would like to retain them. But every I open any individual the tip reminds me that it is not usual to have these characters in names. Suggestion -- instead of having the ID numbers in the name fields, place them in the User-ID fields where they belong. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Fw: Ron and Tom
On 11 Sep 2008 Thomas Herson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron Ferguson made a lot of insulting remarks about me. I'm reporting him to Legacy right now. Just how does one report someone to a genealogy program(me)? I must have missed that option/feature. Is it already in ver. 7 or is it on the wish list ?:-)) Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Possible Tagging enhancment
On 6 Sep 2008 Kathy Shiell-Stokes wrote: The idea is this: Having a toggle on off switch that could eliminate a specified tag number from being wiped out when doing a clear all tags. While doing it for only three or four out of the nine would be ok, having a toggle on all tag numbers would be preferable. I really dislike the idea. It's far safer for users to clear tags one at a time or all at once. Having some tags flagged so they don't clear means that some form of indication would then be required to show which tags would and would not be cleared. The user would likely also need to check this setting very carefully before using it. I fail to see any advantage over clearing them individually especially when considering the potential for making errors. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Tree list problem
On 24 Jul 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Legacy 7 has a tool called Tree Finder (accessed from the View menu) that I think is designed to show the individual at the top of the various family trees. But it apparently does so by looking for the individual with the smallest RIN in a tree. The Tree Finder is not designed to show the individual at the top of the tree. It is designed to identify the separate trees in a family file and to identify each one by the lowest RIN used in it. You also have to Refresh it every time otherwise it displays an old listing. A tree may have more than one ancestral line so how could Legacy determine which one of the possible many lines you'd want the earliest ancestor for? Is there another way to find the earliest individual in a tree? Lots of them. One way is to tag all the individuals of a tree (Entire Tree) then generate (Print) a CSV of them with birthdates using the Name List (with Search button for the Tag number). Open the CSV file in your spreadsheet program and sort it on the birthdate column. Note: you may need to change the spreadsheet's birthdate column to Text otherwise it could mess up the date display. Depending on your date format you may also need to copy the birthdate column to a MMDD one to get it to sort correctly. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] 29 February 1894 - What's wrong with this date?
On 22 Jul 2008 Melody B wrote: I don't know if this is a bug or not. I have a date for something or other that is 29 Feb 1894. To me, that sure looks like a valid date. 1894 should have been a leap year. Why should it have? 94 is not divisible by 4 and so is *not* a leap year. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Event order
On 11 Jul 2008 Jane Sarles wrote: I want each person's events always to be listed in chronological order. I know that I can do that by hitting options and choosing sort by date, but can't I set the program to do it without having to change it every time. Why on earth would one want the order to be in order of input? They probably wouldn't. But then, as with children, if an entry does *not* have a date and the user has carefully placed it into the correct order, they wouldn't want an automatic sort to change that order. If you can come up with program code that will sort records by date and still keep records with blank dates in their correct place then you'll make a fortune! ;-)) Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Event order
On 11 Jul 2008 Bill wrote: Dave Naylor Wrote; If you can come up with program code that will sort records by date and still keep records with blank dates in their correct place then you'll make a fortune! ;-)) Cheers, -- Dave TMG already has this. They have a place to enter a sort date. TMG does not have this!! Having a place to enter a sort date is not the same as having a blank date! Let's not make it that easy. :-)) Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Removing a balloon from the map?
On 1 Jul 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does one remove (not move) a balloon from the map in Legacy 7? snipped there seems to be no mechanism to remove the balloon altogether. Is there one? Select the location (if you got into mapping from an individual then first click Resolve) then click on the Geo-Code button and Do not auto geo-code the current location. This will remove the balloon and place a hyphen in the L column. Identify locations you want to return to later by tagging them. BTW, I've done this with all my locations that don't get down to a township level or smaller. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] New topic
On 1 Jul 2008 Robert57P via Gmail wrote: What e-mail programs allow for threads, even if the board does not? Are any of them free or cheap? Many people on this list have asked about this option (at least in part) for this LUG - if a reader on the PC will do that trick, it could help a lot of us. See this web page . . . http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/hobbies/windows_threading.html This mailing list's archives uses threading when it displays messages but it's apparently doing it wrong as it shows all replies to the original message and no replies to other replies -- only one level. It does however show that this New topic subject is part of the Books with more than 2 authors thread even though the subject was changed. It also shows that the subjects Strange characters after names and Unknown given or surnames were also hijacked from this same thread. Actually by scanning down through Legacy's user group archive it's possible to identify the hijackers! :-)) RootsWeb's archives displays threading correctly. For an example of how it should look go to RootsWeb's Legacy archive for January 2008 at . . . http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/LEGACY/2008-01 where it's immediately apparent, by hierarchy, which message was being replied to. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Removing a balloon from the map?
On 1 Jul 2008 Jack Earnshaw wrote: Remembering that, at present, this is not reversible! Once you've checked do not auto-geo code that remains set even if you try to remove it! Of course it's reversible! Clicking on Geo-code current location again turns the do not geo- code off. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Followup to Discussion about Periods after Initials.
On 30 Jun 2008 GeoSci wrote: I KNEW I had read (somewhere) to not place the period after an initial. Opinions/Ideas? I totally disagree with this. In the early 1800s it was fairly common amongst Palatine and other Germanic families in the USA to use a single letter as a middle name to identify which family the person was in. All children in the same family would have the same middle letter as a name. That letter did not represent a name -- it *was* the name. I don't know if this naming pattern was also used in Europe but I have examples of it in my research in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The only way I know to identify these single letter names from an initial that represents a middle name is to use a period (full stop) after the latter. In my family tree a middle letter without a period tells me that the individual was named that way and I know all siblings should be likewise. There's no way I'll be changing the way I enter these. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] English counties with VE
On 30 Jun 2008 Toni wrote: On my location list I usually have something like Town, County, England. That's the way I have mine -- and sorted right to left. When the county lines have been redrawn, VE does not find the town. The county lines don't need to have been changed for this to happen, VE is very poor at finding the correct places. I find Google Maps does far better and in fact I sometimes use Google to pin-point a location so I know where to look for it with VE. It's also possible to get the co-ordinates from Google Maps and plug them into the location in Legacy. My way around this has been to rename the location to Town, England and then VE usually finds the town. The problem I have with this is that it messes up my location list unless I rename the location back to the original. Does anyone have a better method? Don't change the name of your locations. Instead simply select the location yourself. Sometimes VE will find the correct place if you click on the Geo-code button and then Geo-code current location again through Virtual Earth, but if this doesn't work for that location it's still easy enough to zoom out until you can see the map area you want and then zoom in on the correct location. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] New topic
On 30 Jun 2008 Robert57P via Gmail wrote: Why is the below bad? Actually, I try to remember to: hit reply change subject delete unrelated info in body of the msg If you want to start a new topic you should *not* just hit Reply and change the subject line but should start a new thread with a new e-mail. It's bad because your message is still linked to the original thread by its header information. Thread-linking mail readers will show your (new subject) message as a continuation of the thread that you replied to. This is called hi-jacking a thread. To start a new thread/subject you must create a new message addressed to the list and not reply to any list messages. Your message's headers show that you are using M$ Outlook Express 6.0. If you were using a good mail reader that the had extended features the problem would be apparent. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Locations Order Input
On 29 Jun 2008 John Magyari wrote: I noticed that one can set nine fields for locations I'd like to be able to set Loc1, Loc2, Loc3, Loc4, Loc5, Loc6, Loc7, Loc8, Loc9 with Country, State, County, City, Street, Address#, Apt#, Room, Bed # 1) How would I set the above parameters in the proper order?? Click on Sort then set Direction of Sort to be Right to Left. Doing this disables the Pre-defined USA sorts and permits locations and addresses to function just fine with Visual Earth. It also sorts all locations/addresses together correctly no matter how many parts they have. The only disadvantage -- if it is one -- is that users who don't want to include the country in their locations will find them sorting incorrectly. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] V7 - Master Location List, VE, Auto Search Reset Problem
On 12 Jun 2008 Cathy wrote: You don't have to go to Edit to remove a wrong pin. You just have to go to the Geo-code and choose the Do not auto geo-code option. This removes the co-ords. Then you should be able to place the pin wherever you like. One thing I've discovered that's working well for geo-coding my locations is . . . after a wrong location has been set by VE, if I click on the Geo-Code button and select Geo-code current location again through VE it will often find the correct location -- may take two or more tries though. I find this action peculiar as VE will also sometimes give a choice of multiple locations when it's unsure which is correct. All I can surmise in the first instance is that VE is sure it's correct but then telling it to try again forces it to look for a different match. Only M$ knows for sure why these things happen!! :-) Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] a few problems in Legacy 7
On 10 Jun 2008 Ron Taylor wrote: 3) Right click on open source clipboard triangle no longer allows selection from 10 most used choices. It works OK for me. However you do need to have at least one *saved* clipboard for it to display any. And the upgrade to Legacy 7 deleted all the saved Legacy 6 clipboards. If there are no *saved* clipboards then it takes you to either the Add Source or Add Source Detail, depending on what's on the clipboard. Perhaps it would be clearer if right-clicking on the source triangle when there are no saved sources simply brings up a message window saying There are no saved source clipboards. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Ver 7 mapping and push pins
On 6 Jun 2008 Jim Keener wrote: I've tried right clicking and dragging the push pin as suggested and I've right clicked on a location and it doesn't do anything. If you're viewing the map in the Master Location List then after selecting the location name, right-click and release it on the map where you want the pin placed -- no dragging. If you're viewing the map for an individual then you need to first click the Resolve button to take you to the Master Location List. Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Mapping Event Addresses
On 5 Jun 2008 Art Seddon wrote: Dave, how do I change the sort order? In Master Location List, click on Sort button, then at lower right Direction of Sort and set it to Right to Left. Then for some unfathomable reason . . . you also need to place a checkmark in the hole between the Combine and Sort buttons. Cheers, -- Dave Dave said: I think it's far better to write addresses normally -- Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, USA -- and then change the Master Location sort to Right to Left. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Mapping Event Addresses
On 4 Jun 2008 Linda Bischoff wrote: I use the following way of recording cemeteries: Name of town - name of cemetery, county, state, country ie: Dodge City - Maple Grove Cemetery, Ford Co., Kansas, USA snipped I list the town first so that all locations are together in the location index. I think it's far better to write addresses normally -- Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, USA -- and then change the Master Location sort to Right to Left. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Conversion FTM to Legacy
On 1 Jun 2008 Chambro wrote: I have imported a GEDCOM from FTM ver 16 but unfortunately, GEDCOMs from FTM do not transfer properly even though I followed the Legacy suggestions on import snipped there are unwanted spaces in some of the notes. The unwanted spaces are caused by using different export/import rules for the notes. You are getting extra spaces because when your notes were exported to the GeDCom the lines were split in the middle of words but Legacy is expecting them to have been split between words -- so is adding a space. You need to change the import rules during import by clicking on Customize and selecting Line are broken in the middle of words, then Legacy will not insert the space when it re- joins the lines. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] V7 Mapping/Virtual Earth
On 1 Jun 2008 ronald ferguson wrote: Carry on like this and we'll have everbody converted to complete addresses in the Location field :-) Considering that Legacy doesn't map Addresses perhaps that's the way for Millennia to go. I never did like the separation of Locations and Addresses especially when Locations can already have up to 9 fields. Just think how less confusing Legacy would be if Addresses and Locations were combined and they were parsed in a right to left sequence -- highest order to lowest. Users could chuck those double commas away -- not that I have any in my database to start with! Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] V7 Mapping Georgia county vs town
On 31 May 2008 Ann Downing wrote: One of my ancestors was married in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, and lived in Morgan County, Georgia. No city or town is identified with the locations. The map pins are located in Oglethorpe (the town) and Morgan (the town) Georgia. And, of course, in Georgia these towns are NOT in the county of the same name but are in a totally different part of the state. I have tried using Microsoft Virtual Earth to map these counties, and they are in the correct spot. I get the same incorrect map spot if my location field in Legacy is Morgan County, Georgia or , Morgan County, Georgia Have I done something wrong? Or is this a bug? Neither. Locations map differently depending on the way the location is input to VE, and also on what map is being displayed at that time. Ken has been (still is?) adjusting the VE input to get the highest percentage of correct mapping. However, there will always be a few locations that map incorrectly -- especially, as I have found, in England where the same town/city name can exist in many different counties. Locations that don't auto-map correctly will need to be done manually. The Master Location List has a Verified column so you can tick off each location once it has been mapped correctly and verified. For some users this could be a big task but it will only need to be done once for each location. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] What is TMG?
On 30 May 2008 Thomas Herson wrote: I'm wondering if a lot of people aren't reading all their e-mail before responding to a quesion. That could be the reason why hours after a question has been posed people continue to respond even though the answer has been posted a dozen times or more. . I believe it's because the server for this mailing list is so tardy that messages don't get sent to all list members until *hours* after they are received. If the server problems were fixed this list would have a significant reduction in (unnecessary) messages. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Using Legacy on 2 Computers
On 29 May 2008 G. C. Oliver wrote: If you have your current Legacy file on a USB drive how do you your multimedia files attached and current? Do they also reside on the USB drive? They could. But for my own purposes I decided to keep them on both my desktop and laptop computers. The decision was based on the (then) small size of memory sticks, the huge quantity and size of my collection of multimedia files (census pages, registrations, certificates, etc) and the fact that they don't need updating -- only additions. So I have my working Legacy database only on the memory stick, and copies of the multimedia files on both of my computers. My memory stick is set up with an AutoRun program so that when I plug it into either of my computers it automatically makes a backup to it. Then it checks to see if any multimedia files have not been archived. Any it finds are copied to the memory stick and will in turn be copied to the other computer whenever the stick is plugged into it. Note: if this memory stick is plugged into any other computer it will not do any copying or backups. So the memory stick's AutoRun program keeps both computers up-to-date with the multimedia files (no matter which computer I add them to) and there's also a database backup on both computers. When the month changes I have another auto-running program on my desktop computer that uploads a copy of the latest database backup to a web site. Rather than have a specific drive letter to identify the memory stick I've added the shield sword icon to it as identification -- via its AutoRun.inf file. That way when more than one removable disk is attached the Legacy one is immediately identified by its icon. Since setting up a drive for AutoRun is off topic for this list I'll not go into further details here about how to do this. There's lots of information available from the web for this. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] V7 Legacy - mapping outside USA?
On 25 May 2008 Kimberly Ryan wrote: All the talk about V7 mapping has me wondering. How well will it work for non-USA locations? It works well. I have many non-USA locations, including lots in England, Canada and even the Titanic sinking in the Atlantic (a cousin's death), most mapped accurately but some (including the Titanic) needed manual correction of the auto geo-coded Lat/Long coordinates. Be prepared to spend a lot of time going through all your locations to verify that each has been mapped correctly and, where necessary, to correct them. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] LG VERSION 7 RE IE7
On 24 May 2008 Shirl wrote: Is what you are trying to get across, that in order for the new version 7 of LG to fuction in every area effeciently; that one must also have IE 7 on their computer?? No! Without Microsoft's IE7 being installed the only part of Legacy 7 that will not be fully functional is the interface with Microsoft's Virtual Earth for the mapping feature. If so I am in big trouble; I have IE6 on my computer and have NO notion of ever upgrading it to IE7; (it in itself can be so toublesome.) No one has said you cannot *use* another web browser. All that has been stated is that IE7 must be *installed*! Comeon now according to you long time users here; I understood that Legacy and the Millennia Corp were tops in Family Tree prorammes. Why on earth would they go to all the work of producung yet another newer version and have it connected in any way to a securtiy programme or any MS products. May I remind you that Windows is an MS product! Is the direct casue of all the error messages as well as blank pages, you people are having now with LG7; the direct results of not having IE7? No! Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Linking files to Legacy 6.0
On 3 Apr 2008 Penny wrote: I can see how pdf would have it's advantages. Among other things, it would simplify those census images where one family continues from the bottom of one page to the top of the next by combining them into one file. So what does PDFs have to do with that? You can do the same thing with any graphic format that's already supported by Legacy. The free graphics program IrfanView has a feature (Create Panorama Image) to join different images together, either horizontally or vertically. They can be cropped within IrfanView before joining, and the resultant single image can be saved in various graphic formats. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?
On 27 Mar 2008 Dawn Del Guercio wrote: I'd really like to be able to see a person's marriage date at a glance from the individual window. Is there a way to do that while keeping the other basics in there (birth, baptism, death, burial)? I have the Individual's Information window sized and positioned at the top of the screen so that the Marriage Information on the Family view is visible just below it. In any case you can drag the Individual's Information window out of the way to enable you to read anything on the Family view under it. It works for me! :-) Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Re: Basic Save Question
Just a further comment about storing backups on the Internet . . . Some ISPs and web space providers do not permit ZIP files to be uploaded. So one trick to get around this is to rename your ZIP file to a JPG. Having it shown as a JPG also causes it to attract less attention and it likely will not be checked by antivirus programs -- so may overcome the problem some are experiencing with their Legacy backups. Just remember to rename it back to a ZIP if you ever need to restore from it! Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] February 74% OFF
On 14 Feb 2008 Dede Holden wrote: I thought it was spam when I received it and I reported it to Google as spam. Spam that appears to be coming from a mailing list should never be reported, because doing so could cause *all* of that mailing list's messages to be blocked. This has happened a few times with RootsWeb's mailing lists. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Comment about the Source Clipboard
On 11 Feb 2008 Jan Roberts wrote: Still doesn't remove the fact that having 5 tabs in the Source Clipboard is probably superfluous unless one can opt to attach a specific source. You are so correct!! The 5 tabs make it appear that these are the feature to select different clipboard sources. New users to Legacy try these out, discover they don't perform as expected, and then assume that Legacy doesn't have the feature they're looking for -- BUT IT DOES!! The saved (Save/Load) clipboards feature in Legacy is really great!! There's a choice of up to 10 different clipboards and these are available at most times when entering data by a simple right-click on the blue triangle. Each saved clipboard can be given a unique name by the user so it's immediately obvious which is which. I agree with previous statements that the 5 tabs are confusing and would be better removed from the program. However, programmers, especially Millennia's) seem reluctant to remove a feature or option because just maybe one user *is* making use of it. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Locations
On 11 Feb 2008 Gene Young wrote: Ray Campbell wrote: Entering the same location in Legacy 6 gets pretty tiresome. Is there a way I can enter key letters in the location area such as NWT for birth location and have it enter Northwest Territories or enter RRS for Red River Settlement, MB, Canada. I would like to make a few of these for entering certain locations into the birth locations and death locations. Create a dummy location called NWT. Enter this as the location for as many places as you need. When finished, go to the master location list and merge NWT into the correct location (Northwest Territories). Then recreate the dummy location for the next time. Why go to all this!!? Like so many other things the feature needed is already in Legacy. Simply right-click on the field name and a menu of the 10 last-typed entries will appear, then all that's needed is to (left) click on the one you want. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] My Grandfather's Name Change
On 29 Jan 2008 Heather Stovold wrote: also seperately, I would like misspellings - where I would put any misspelling of their name that I have seen for that specific person. Playing devil's advocate here . . . There is no such thing as misspellings because there was no such thing as correct spelling! Prior to the 1850s surnames were mostly spoken. There was no correct way of spelling them. A scribe wrote whatever seemed the best representation for the name that was heard. When searching early records the researcher has to be very creative to cover the different ways a surname may have been written. It was only after general literacy (late 1800s) that surnames became fixed with a specific spelling. Obviously the current way of spelling a surname may be classified as correct but it is really no more correct than any of the earlier iterations. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Old Style MONTHS???
On 22 Jan 2008 Peter Haughton wrote: Birth: (1) 24 Aug 1729, s/o Joseph Haughton/Mary Payne. (2) 24 8th mo., 1729, Dublin. (NOTE: In old style dating, 8th month is October.) I have never seen before such an assertion that under Old Style dating the months were renumbered, and I believe it to be incorrect for many reasons. One is that the twelve months were in order from January through December with mostly the same names Not so! In early English parish records for 1600s-1700s which I am transcribing for FreeREG the months are often written in Roman/Latin numerals which agree with the Latin prefix-names of the end-year months -- Sept = vii (7), Oct = viii (8), Nov = ix (9), Dec= x (10). March is month i (1), April is month ii (2) and so on. Jan and Feb are always written out and I have never seen them written as xi (11) or xii (12). Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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 record unconnected families
On 20 Jan 2008 Arnold Sprague wrote: Over the years, I have just plopped all my individuals into a single .fbd file. If I had a change of heart and wanted to separate all the unconnected individuals into a new .fbd file, is there a way I can find them? Click on View Tree Finder Refresh. This will cause Legacy to count the individuals in *every* separate tree in your database. You can then chose to tag all the individuals in one or more tree(s). These can then be exported to a new family file for reporting or other temporary use. Obviously they can also be exported to a gedcom if you need to send a tree to someone else. I keep everything in one file where all updating is performed, but I often generate a subset of individuals into a temporary file for specific reporting or web page creation. As soon as that task is completed the temporary file is deleted. Cheers, -- Dave N -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Found picture files not sticking
On 21 Jan 2008 ronald ferguson wrote: The fact is that ampersands are not allowed in any file names, notes or anything else at all on webpages as they have a specific meaning in html. I have to disagree with this statement. Ampersands are quite OK. They just have to be coded correctly. My web pages, including those generated by Legacy are riddled with ampersands in picture file names. As long as every one is coded as amp; there are no problems. I do however agree with your statement (following) that it is better not to use them in file names It is best never use anything other than alphanemeric and the _, - symbols in file/folder names (not even spaces). Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] past tense wording on web page report
On 7 Jan 2008 Lisa Davis wrote: I'm trying again to create a pedigree web page. Is there anyway the event wording can be set up to read His hobbies ARE for those living, instead of His hobbies WERE? I don't like reading facts for my living relatives in the past tense. Thanks for your suggestions! My only suggestion to solve this is to *not* place information about living persons on the web. I can think of no reason where this will help your genealogy research. Yet the implications of doing it could be disastrous for those individuals. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] past tense wording on web page report
On 7 Jan 2008 Lisa Davis wrote: What in the world would be disastrous? (I'm only putting hobbies, education, degrees, and the church we attend for my children, myself, spouse and parents.) No dates, locations, marriages, etc.? Identity theft would be disastrous and all it takes is enough information in the wrong hands. Why risk anything like it? There are too many recent examples of people losing their paid-for homes when thieves took out new mortgages on them. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Research advice, using single or multiple databases
On 28 Dec 2007 Timothy K. Cox wrote: whether it makes more sense to set up a research database for each surname I'm researching, separate from my own family tree database or use the same database with multiple unlinked trees. I strongly recommend having only one Legacy database file. My file currently contains 345 separate trees. I have had no problems due to having all these unlinked trees in one file. And, as you stated the advantages are that you are not duplicating locations, sources, etc. The biggest advantage is that when you are adding new individuals to a tree you can immediately see if they are already in another tree and you therefore will not mistakenly duplicate them. If you have many separate files you'd need to check every file to discover any overlap/duplication. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et 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] Burial Location Entry
On 19 Nov 2007 Barbara Ford wrote: I was asking if there was any reason to have to repeat the same information. I understand that you could enter the exact address of the cemetery on that screen. But, if on the individual's information screen you have put city, county, state, country, and that's all the information you have, is there a reason for putting the city, county, state, country AGAIN on the Burial Address screen? You only need to enter it *once* on the Address tab. These address locations are a common list accessible from many places in Legacy and shared. So one church address could be used for marriages, christenings and burials. *Don't* enter the same address more than once! Instead click on the Address List button and select the one you want from those you've previously entered. When entering addresses *always* check the Address List to see if it's already in there, otherwise you'll get duplications. To verify if you have duplications click on View Master Lists Address Lists Event to see the listing. To identify similarly-named places in the list, for example Hillside Cemetery, add a suffix to the name within double square brackets -- so it becomes Hillside Cemetery[[Scotch Plains NJ]] The brackets prevent the identifying suffix from printing in reports. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et 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] Y-DNA test results for women?
Since I'm heavily into DNA testing I'll jump into this thread. While Y-DNA testing doesn't apply to females, the need to record Y- DNA for them *is* required because in many cases the person, be it brother or whomever supplies the DNA, may not be included in the Legacy database. So I would not want to see the Y-DNA features removed for females. As I see it there is *no* problem to be fixed! Obviously mt-DNA result fields need to be added for both males and females. Hopefully Millennia will add these soon as well as other needed DNA features. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Bulk Editing Master Lists
On 4 Nov 2007 PCDC wrote: Is there a way to open up the Master Location database and apply bulk changes to it by using like a Find Replace function? Sure! Use Legacy's Search Search and Replace function. the majority of locations I have for 'South Australia' are mostly recorded as ' somewhere, Sa, Aust' and I wish to change all of these Master Location Entries to ' somewhere, South Australia, Australia'. For that example set Find where: to Lists-Location. Find what: would be best as Sa, Aust. Replacement text: South Australia, Australia. You'll probably also need to set Find whole word only as otherwise it would change any Sa. Australia into South Australia, Australiaralia. Set Ends with (or Anywhere in field), and set Replace only found text with replacement text. If you have the same case for all entries then also set Match case. One *very*important* action . . . make a backup of your family file before making any changes like this (and test it to ensure that it is a good/viable backup). If something goes awry -- and at some time it will -- you can easily revert to the backup and try again. Also realise that sometimes what went awry may not be noticed at first, so keep the backup. Good luck. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] another question ... names
On 25 Sep 2007 Alice McVearry wrote: In the Master Surname list I have Latona, LaTona and LaTONA. No matter which one I select for dear old Biaggi, in Family View it will not show as LaTONA. All three come up LATONA. That's because LATONA is the first match Legacy finds in the Master Surname List. You need to go to the Master Surname List and delete the entries you *don't* want. If they are in use then highlight one you don't want, then at the bottom of the list click on Combine the highlighted then highlight the spelling you want for that surname and click the bottom button again. Repeat this for the others. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Alt. Birth - date field missing
On 10 Sep 2007 Janis Gilmore wrote: When I try to enter the event Alt. Birth - the date field disappears from the screen, leaving only the description and location fields. Start to add an Alt. Birth event then click on Edit Event Sentence Definition. You'll likely find that the checkmark has been removed from Show a Date Field. Simply click on it to show it again. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] A Plea to Legacy
On 29 Aug 2007 ronald ferguson wrote: when you change the default/fixed wording in reports can you tell us in the Update List rather than letting us find out for ourselves. For example, in the last update the default wording of Died in 1857 about age 70 was changed to Died in 1857 aged about 70. Sorry Ron, but you have *me* to blame for that one. The decision was made to change the wording in the UK and Canadian English versions -- so you're using one of them. The USA version still has about age. In defence of Millennia showing these changes in the Update List . . . there are ongoing changes being made for Legacy's different language versions. Keeping track of these and their impact on users of all languages would be an immense job, possibly requiring an additional employee. However, I will watch out for this in the future for language changes that I am making and will try to identify anything that affects reports or web pages. Regarding . . . For those of us who only add new and changed webpages when updating our sites it is important to know of such changes, particularly if, like myself, we are forced to make individual page changes in order to overcome the bugs in Legacy's html. In my cases this has affected 242 pages and as I *must* make 3 changes per page in order to overcome the bugs which affect my presentation There are editing programmes available which will search-replace through multiple files. I don't remember the names right now but a web search should find them. I've written my own small programme which goes through my Legacy-generated web pages and corrects the HTML errors, as well as adding a different file name on specific pages for the enlarged picture. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Default browser etc in OptionsCustomizeLaunch
On 29 Aug 2007 Pat Hickin wrote: Lately, when I access the Internet directly from Legacy, I get a message saying I don't have a default browser. snipped So where DO I enter the default? and how, e.g. IE7 or do I have to write it out? Do I give the version number etc.? It's entered in your operating system (Windows?), but this sounds very strange to me. What happens if you click on one of the links at the bottom of this message -- does it open up that web page in your default browser? If it does then you have a default browser and Legacy should be using it. If not, then in Windows (assuming you use Windows) you need to click on Settings Control Panel Internet Options Programs tab Default Web browser. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Spaces in Imported Notes
On 28 Aug 2007 Thomas Herson wrote: I imported my family file from Family Tree Maker. I just discovered that many words in Legacy's imported notes have spaces in them that aren't there in the Family Tree Maker version. I realize these can be corrected through editing, but is there another fix? Legacy has an option to import your notes correctly. The problem is that some versions of FTM split GeDCom note lines between words and other versions split them within words -- this latter being the current standard. You need to import the GeDCom again but this time click on the import window's Customize button and select the way your note lines are split. This problem makes me wonder if it's worth continuing using Legacy. Will version 7.0 contain a fix for this problem. Legacy already contains this fix for FTM's problem. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Spaces in Imported Notes
On 28 Aug 2007 Thomas Herson wrote: in the Legacy import selections are 3 choince: [1] Let Legacy choose... [2] Split lines in the middle of words [3] Split lines between words. which combination would solve the problem of spaces in the middle of words when importing notes from FTM to Legacy? Look at your GedCom using Notepad or some other plain text editor. When you find a Note that's been split into more than one line in the file, see if the lines are split between words (at spaces) or within words. I suspect you'll find yours has the latter, which BTW is the current standard. There is however also the possibility that the GeDCom has been imported more than once -- into FTM then out again -- and had these extra spaces *before* being exported. But viewing the file in a text editor will allow you to confirm how it is. The old way of breaking lines between words words caused problems because only one space would be inserted upon import, but many may have originally been there -- consider someone using spaces to align columnar data. Millennia has tried to program Legacy to figure out which version of FTM generated the file so that Legacy can automatically import it without error -- the Let Legacy Choose option. However in this instance Legacy appears to be choosing the wrong option. So if you import the file using Customize and select Lines are broken in the middle of words, Legacy will join the lines back together *without* adding a space. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Spaces in Imported Notes
On 28 Aug 2007 Thomas Herson wrote: I looked at the GedCom in Notepad. I discovered that each time a word is split on two lines, that same word has a space in it at the point a new line was started when imported into Legacy.This space remains even when I choose the option to split lines between words. What do you mean you choose the option to split lines between words? Where are you finding that option when importing a GeDCom into Legacy? That would be an *export* option. It sounds as though you're not at the GEDCOM Import dialog in Legacy. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Legacy question
On 26 Aug 2007 Frank Sommer wrote: I am trying to develop a family tree with pictures and notes for my kids. I would like to put the finished product on a CD for each of my kids. Can you do this and if so, how? I would suggest that you experiment with Legacy's Internet Create Web Pages feature and create a set of web pages to a new folder on your hard drive. You can view these files on your system to see how they look. When you get the result you're after simply burn this folder to CD for anyone to browse without the need for Legacy. It's also possible to create these CDs with an autorun feature so they open automatically upon insertion into a CD drive. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Favorite Legacy Tip
Another tip of which many users are likely unaware . . . You can have up to 10 different sources saved for use by the Source Clipboard feature. So after saving your 10 source clipboards, any one can then be selected by right-clicking the blue source triangle. Use the Save button in the Source Clipboard window to Save a selected source and give it a name to identify it to yourself. You'll need to check Prompt for Detail before saving it so you'll get a chance to specify the Details when you later use it. Note: this has nothing to do with the 5 different Source tabs which allows *each* of your clipboards to contain *more* than one source -- a very seldom-needed feature. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Favorite Legacy Tip
On 17 Aug 2007 Renee Zamora wrote: If you have the husband or wife highlighted and then click in the middle between them on the background it will rotate through the highlighted person's siblings. If you click on the background to left of the husband or right of the wife, depending on who is highlighted it will rotate through their other spouses. If you click on the background next to the highlighted person's parents it will rotate through any additional parents they might have. You didn't mention that if it's a Left-Click it goes forward, whereas if it's a Right-Click it goes backward to the next individual. :-) Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Searching surname, etc., in Events, Notes
On 12 Aug 2007 Sharon Perdue wrote: If you use search and replace, I know of no way to know what record you have found. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to identify the record found in the search? The Search and Replace window shows the name of the individual having the found text. It should really also show the RIN to distinguish between like-named individuals. Hopefully this will get on the suggestion list. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Searching surname, etc., in Events, Notes
On 11 Aug 2007 Pat H wrote: Is there any way to search for a proper name/noun in Events /or notes. If so, how. I looked in Help but it didn't help me at all. Legacy has the feature you need but doesn't have it where users would look for it! You need to use Search Replace. Just don't make a replacement. For years now I've requested Millennia to add a menu item for just the Search part of Search Replace, but it never appears (or I can't find it!) Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Re: Sneak Peek of Legacy 7 - should be Bottom Posting
On 1 Aug 2007 Elizabeth Cunningham wrote: Could I throw my unpopular 2 cents in and say I HATE bottom posting? I do not have very much space on my screen for messages to show, and to have to scroll down for every one of the 200 or so messages I get each day is a pain. Then obviously you have *no* idea what bottom posting is. I do agree it is much easier to follow if you bottom post, It sure is. but to just simply have repeated post after repeated post come up with no idea of whether or not the answer matters to one is annoying If bottom posting is done correctly the stuff you hate has gone. Oh, did I mention . . . I'm using bottom posting (and always have). Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Correctly entering adopted children - and then some
On 28 Jul 2007 Heather Stovold wrote: Now if someone could just tell me what to do (in any genealogy program) with someone that had a sex change operation! (I'm tempted to leave the gender as ? and put in notes. - just can't remember if the person in question had a long term close relationship or not) I cannot tell you what to do . . . but I have a nephew that was married (now divorced), had 2 sons. Then had a sex change operation and official name change. Now he-she is planning to marry a man that has biological children. I'm dreading adding this second marriage to my family tree!! Even his-her photos in Legacy's Picture Gallery make it look like I've made some stupid errors!:-)) Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] 3 Legacy problems
On 22 Apr 2007 Elsie Saar wrote: I souce my censuses like this. I'm sure others do it differently. Master source: US Federal Census Detail: 1900 NY, Kings, ED 213, sheet 6a, line 5. I prefer to keep the year as part of the Master Source and so have Master Sources such as Census - USA 1900 Federal and then have the state, etc. as the Detail. The reason for me doing it this way is that a Show List for a Master Source can then identify which individuals have been found for a particular census year. Then a further search for individuals living during that year (and country) can identify those that still need to be found in each census. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Quoted Names
On 23 Feb 2007 Bruce Jones wrote: It occurred to me that a change in Legacy might help many of us to better deal with the quoted name issue. If Legacy would search the AKA field as well as the given name field for quoted names we could put quoted names in AKAs leaving the given name field pure. If there are multiple quoted names, the first encountered would be used (starting with the given name field so as not to change what people already have coded). Anyone else like this idea? If so, I will suggest it to Legacy. No thanks!! I repeat, NO THANKS!!! Why confuse users even more than they already seem to be? The quoted name is to identify a name that Legacy is to use in reports when that name differs from the first given name. You can only have *one* -- you surely wouldn't want Legacy to cycle through multiple ones when creating a single report. Why have more than one when the extras will have no purpose? If there's more than one then Legacy will have to be told which one to use. Why have the one quoted name any place other than the main given name field, where it's visible at a glance? What's the advantage of a so-called pure given name field if it contaminates the AKA fields? Please don't break something that's not broken. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Readily visible Link Proof
On 10 Feb 2007 John Roose wrote: In Family View - I'm seeking help as to how to see/show which child/children have a Link Proof. I know I can check birth notes, events, notes (general or research), etc to find the info. That can be very time consuming. I'm seeking a readily visible or one click way to see this as I move thru the screens. Any suggestions? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your needs . . . but with one click you can open the Assigned Sources window, and if you uncheck Show all Events the source/proof of the link to the father (Father Rel.) and the one for the link to the mother (Mother Rel.) will be visible if you have the source/proof recorded there -- if you have them sourced and they're not visible then simply make the window longer. If they don't show unless you check Show all Events then you don't have the proof sourced in Legacy. BTW, you *are* showing your source/proof in that (correct) place, right? Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Re: [Legacy UG] Moving Family List
On 30 Jan 2007 James Neely wrote: I am wanting to start different files as I add more entries. I assumed it would be adequate to just make 4, using my grandparents' names. snipped are 4 files enough? In my opinion that 3 files *too* many! Why create any duplication of descendants? What is so *wrong* with having just one database file? I've been doing genealogy for over 20 years and have had various databases over that period. Currently I have only one Legacy (obviously) database which contains my own family tree plus a One- Name study that I administer. My *one*and*only* Legacy database contains 335 separate trees. Using Legacy's features I can produce reports, gedcoms, etc. for the whole database or any subset of it, including each tree. For example, I produce a web site for only the individuals included in my One-Name study. Advantages of one file -- no duplication of data or data entry, only one file to backup, etc. Disadvantages of one file -- ?? -- I can't think of any!! Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Re: Legacy and pictures
On 23 Jan 2007 Bonnie wrote: Another great free tool is the Irfanview program - you can resize there as well, either by size in inches, or by pixels. I have been working on some census images that I am including in a book, and it great for that. It crops that black edges off (no more printing directly from the source,such as Ancestry and wasting all the black ink), will resize, and has a nice 'fine rotation' feature, that will help straighten out the images that are on a bit of an angle. Further to what Bonnie mentioned . . . Another handy feature in IrfanView is the capability to join 2 or more separate graphics together. Sometimes pages are scanned in sections and this feature under Image Create Panorama Image, enables stitching them together either horizontally or vertically into one image. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Text formatted incorrectly
On 20 Jan 2007 Bonnie wrote: I imported my GedCom from Family Tree Maker, snipped have noticed that the text is a little 'off' - words that should be whole are appearing with a separation - Caro lina, re cord, an d, etc. Was there some setting in the GedCom import that I might have overlooked Yes there was. Older FTM gedcoms split Notes up into lines at spaces and the importing program had to re-insert a space -- which is what Legacy did. However, your gedcom is split in the middle of words. So you need to re-import the gedcom file, but this time click the Customize button in the Gedcom Import window, and set the Lines are broken in the middle of words option. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Unlinked individuals and lines
On 14 Jan 2007 Nicholas Cirillo wrote: I thought that if one entered an unlinked individual with or without a related line that a new tree was established and could be visualized by entering viewtree. I did not experience this on a recent group of entries. Legacy's Tree Finder does *not* update itself from the previous time you viewed it. So whenever you use it you should click on Refresh to ensure it is up to date. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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] Transfer files between computers.
Another removable drive method . . . I also have my files on a flash/zip/jump/whatever drive but do things slightly different to what's already been mentioned. My Legacy database has links to so many graphics -- all census pages, registrations, certificates, newspaper clippings, etc. -- that there is not yet a mini-drive available that will hold them all. But I still need to run Legacy on both a desktop and a laptop computer. So I have my Legacy database on the removable drive and the multimedia files are duplicated on the hard drives of both computers. The removable drive also contains some small files that automatically make a backup whenever it is inserted into one of my computers (and when the computer is started with the removable drive in place), and they also automatically keep the multimedia files in synch on both computers. Doing things this way means the removable drive need only be slightly larger than the database and both computers contain full backups of all data. Before I get told these backups are inadequate I should mention that I also have off-site backups on the Internet (also automated). Setting up the files and computers to do all this can get a bit complex but I believe it is well worth the effort. Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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] Legacy Crashes
On 3 Dec 2006 Allan Bruse wrote: the opening screen appeared with the usual 'tip'. That's as far as I get. Whatever I click on, nothing happens. The tool bar at the top remains white, with nothing clickable. I can't even close Legacy using the top right x. No message appears. This sounds like the old problem of Legacy opening a window off- screen. Because that non-visible window has the focus it appears as if Legacy has frozen. Try temporarily renaming Legacy2.USR to something else and see if that cures the problem. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** 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] Legacy in an XP Limited User Account
On 17 Nov 2006 Michael Carroll wrote: I believe this is the second post to take Sherry's quote out of context, so I'm going to jump in here. I believe Sherry meant If you want to use Legacy from an XP Limited User account, then you'll simplify your task if you put the Legacy folder at C:\. She did not mean or say that it belongs there in general, which is what folks are taking her to have said. That's not the case. I do realise what Sherry meant, but the quote was Legacy works better if the program is installed in c:\Legacy My point is that this is incorrect. Legacy does not work any better in this location no matter what the context! Saying that Legacy works better in that location could cause users to create that folder and move their Legacy files there with a resulting increase in complaints to Support because things don't work correctly -- because after that move the registry would be out-of-step with Legacy's file locations. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Legacy in an XP Limited User Account
On 18 Nov 2006 ronald ferguson wrote: As it happens mine is at C:\Legacy for historical reasons and I see no reason to change this. BTW I have yet to hear a substantive reason as to why it should not be in C:\Legacy and I don't consider the avoidance of keeping the program and the data in separate folders substantive. Talk about getting things out of context! I was *not* recommending that Legacy should be moved to a different folder, nor was I asking how to do this. In fact the sole reason for my messages was my concern that users may attempt to move their Legacy files in order to get Legacy to work better. Obviously if Legacy is working OK wherever it is then it is best to leave it there. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] GEDCOM Export - A serious bug???
On 5 Nov 2006 Arnold Sprague wrote: When I do a GEDCOM Export and (1) enter a change in the Customize option to Exclude Regular Notes From Export and *then* (2) change the Produce File For option from Legacy to GEDCOM 5.5 Only, it turns out that my choice to EXCLUDE REGULAR NOTES is blown away. I would like for the Legacy programmers to let us choose the options in the GEDCOM Export in any order we want. The difference between producing a file for Legacy, Gedcom 5.5, etc. is only in the items included and excluded. So if you don't want Legacy to change these then what exactly *do* you want it to do when you change the Produce File For setting? Changing the Produce File for setting should set the gedcom items to the defaults as needed by that application. Any customizations you wish to make in those items must therefore be made *after* that. If you regularly make a specific type of customized gedcom then you should save your settings to a file -- click on Save List. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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 and locations
On 3 Nov 2006 malkajef wrote: Do you know why my installation would not follow the picture location I set for it? I'm working with the latest version in Windows XP. Actually, its defaulting to the last folder used for pictures is fine with me, but unlike Ronald Ferguson's, mine only does so until I close it and restart Legacy. Then it loses that ability. Maybe a wrong setting I have set somewhere? Check this . . . Click on Options Customize Locations View Current List of Multimedia Locations, and ensure that you don't have any paths that don't apply to your current configuration. If you see a path that no longer applies then select it and click Options Delete. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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]--Sourcing problem-Copying events and sources by clipboard
On 7 Oct 2006 Judy Wardlaw wrote: Am I not understanding this problem? When I add a source from the clipboard, I click on the event in Assigned Sources window (show all events ticked), click the blue [-], Click Edit Detail (Right upper side). The problem is that users seem to be thinking of *the* clipboard when there are actually three of them. It is important that users do not confuse them otherwise they could be pasting incorrect information. There is the Windows clipboard. Then Legacy has a Source Clipboard and also an Event Clipboard. The confusion that's arising is between Legacy's Source Clipboard, which has a Prompt for Detail option, and Legacy's Event Clipboard, which does *not* have a Prompt for Detail option. These two Legacy clipboards are not connected in any way and may contain totally different data. Legacy's Event Clipboard is merely a pointer to a previously saved event, complete with its source and any *existing* source detail. In order to get Prompt for Detail functionality with Event Clipboard pastings it is necessary for the user to first copy that event's source and detail to the Source Clipboard and to set the Prompt for Detail. Cheers, -- Dave N -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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]--Sourcing problem-Copying events and sources by clipboard
On 5 Oct 2006 Pat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't understand what you are saying -- When I CREATE an event and add the source from the Source clipboard, isn't it picking the source up from the Source Clipboard and adding it to the Event Clipboard?? If not, where is it getting the source? It's not mind-reading! You are creating an event, and the source and source detail (from wherever) is being added to that event. When you copy that event to the Event Clipboard all that is happening is a memorizing of that event complete with its sourcing. Note that this *does*not* change whatever is contained in the Source Clipboard. When you paste that event to another individual Legacy is copying the original individual's event and sourcing. It is not doing anything with the *Source* Clipboard and that is why there is no Prompt for Detail. Let's try an example . . . you could have a census source on the Source Clipboard and could later copy a military event to the Event Clipboard. Pasting the Event Clipboard to an individual will copy that military event data to them. BUT clicking on the Source Clipboard's horizontal bars will still paste the old census source -- it does *not* change to be the same as the saved event. This oversight has bitten many a user and caused them to have incorrect sourcing!! Cheers, -- Dave -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Error Messages?
On 31 Aug 2006 Susan Perrett wrote: All the little box/window says is - LEGACY - Error 53. File not found - then the OK box. Red X top right corner. As it says, error 53 means that a file cannot be found. If you just provided a filename for some task and Legacy is generating this message then perhaps you've done something with the name that Legacy isn't programmed for -- did the name have any spaces, extra periods or unusual characters in it, or did it have an unusual path? Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Colonies, Provinces and Territories
On 24 Aug 2006 Kirsten Bowman wrote: My current headache is Canada prior to 1867 (before that designation was adopted). I can cope with the changes from Upper Canada to Canada West to Ontario, but those are province names. What goes in the country field? After 1867, Ontario, Canada is a no-brainer, but what about Upper Canada and Canada West? I use, for example, Upper Canada, British North America, New Brunswick, British North America and Pennsylvania, British North America etc. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Sources for parents
On 31 Jul 2006 Renee Zamora wrote: is there a place to put your source for the parents to someone? When I have two different possible sets of parents I would like to be able to see my sources for both sets. Scroll down in the individual's Assigned Sources to Father Relationship and Mother Relationship -- when you've added two sets of parents you'll have 2 of each of these. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] What is the value of a Legacy backup?
On 24 Jul 2006 Brian Balkcom wrote: I understand the value of a backup of information that is not on the same computer, but I don't understand its value when on the same computer. A couple more reasons that haven't yet been mentioned . . . . It's recommended to make a backup prior to making any major changes to your database. Then if something goes wrong with your updates, or you don't like the result, it's likely easier to restore from the backup than to undo your edits. I have 2 different physical hard drives in my computer. So even though I'm making backups to the same computer they are on different hard drives and therefore protect against a fairly common computer problem -- a hard drive failure. Realize . . . it's not if your hard drive will fail, it's when! Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Using USB drives and making backups
On 23 Jul 2006 Kirstin wrote: How do you automate the backups? I have a thumb drive, that I actually have a copy of the program on (that way I can run the program on someone else's computer). Then I put the latest zip backup on it. I know a little bit about auto-run batch files, but not much. Well I have the Legacy data file(s) on a removable thumb drive or whatever people wish to call them -- USB drives, zip drives, flash drives, etc. Obviously this doesn't prevent the Legacy program files also being on that same drive. The backups are on my desktop and my laptop computers, as well as being uploaded off-site to my web space on my ISP's server -- so backups are in 3 different places. Adding autorun files to the removable drive allows you to write coding into a batch file which will be run whenever you plug that removable drive into a computer. That batch file can do anything you want -- verify which computer it's plugged into and copy files from or to itself, etc. I found that the autorun feature wouldn't work on USB drives with my version of WinXP unless I installed APO USB Autorun which is available free from the Internet -- just Google it. The batch files are fairly straightforward to write depending on what you want to do and where you want your backups. I'll provide assistance to anyone in setting this up for Legacy backups but please contact me off-list as I don't think this is on-topic for this list. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] Location Lists
On 22 Jul 2006 Diane Murach wrote: Your steps worked beautifully, with only a few minor problems. First, I certainly noticed my errors in entering the locations and had to do some repairs due to spelling and consistency. They jumped right out Changing the Sort Order to Right-to-Left certainly shows up these things. :-) I wish Millennia would change the program internals to process locations this way. Doing so would eliminate most, if not all, the problems users are having with the quantity of location parts and would eliminate the need for extra commas. I'm seeing several names who don't seem to be from the areas designated. Is it possible they are included based on location entries in notes or events or because of parent or spouse locations? It would be because there is an event for them with one of your specified locations. Actually I find this isn't such a bad thing because if they had any event at all in the area you are going to research then there may be records there for them and you would want to know to check for any. Is there anyway to make a list of direct ancestors only (actually I'd love the siblings also) from these states so I can work on what is most important first? I'd probably just create another list(s) with an earlier cutoff date(s). Thanks so much! I'm pleased with what I have but wondered if it can be refined more. It can always be refined further but sometimes the work involved isn't worth the effort. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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] List Messages Problems
I find it so interesting that users are complaining about this mailing list when there is a very simple solution . . . . RootsWeb has had a Legacy mailing list for a few years but it is underused because Millennia has this one. If everyone here was to switch over to the RootsWeb Legacy mailing list then all current mailing list problems should be solved because: 1. RootsWeb has digest messages 2. all messages are allowed through but any html is stripped out. 3. RootsWeb has an archive that works and can be both searched and browsed. 4. Millennia support responds to messages on RootsWeb's list and would no doubt continue to do so. Why not scrap this non-functional mailing list?? Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- 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
