Re: [LegacyUG] Followup to Discussion about Periods after Initials.
As in the case of: Harry S Truman. His whole middle name was S , not an abbreviation. Should his family simply add a period arbitrarily, as needed, so as to not upset the software? GB On Jun 30, 2008, at 2:02 AM, Dave Naylor wrote: 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 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 7.o - Where are U?
I think the month and the day were valid; it's just the year that was a little hazy... :-) GB On May 10, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: wrote Have I missed something? Yes! I was under the impression that Legacy 7.0 was to be released today or was this some sort of late April Fools Day Hoax? You missed Geoff saying that he had *not* said the release date was 10 May, but that it would be soon. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp 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] Warning from LUG Administrator - Subject Ban
Well done. Gary On May 2, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Jim Terry/Support wrote: Listers, We are getting complaints about two ongoing messages threads, Who Do You Think You Are - Live! and A question of etiquette that are marginally related to the topics of Legacy and it's add-on programs. I am requesting a ban on these topics. Anyone replying to these message threads after 12:00 noon (Pacific Time) today may find themselves unsubscribed without further warning. Please review the following Legacy User Group (LUG) guidelines: The LUG is an opt-in mailing list maintained and administered by Millennia Corporation. You can unsubscribe or change your e-mail address at any time by visiting http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ LegacyLists.asp. The purpose of the LUG is to provide a forum for mutual help and the friendly exchange of ideas related to the use of Legacy Family Tree and its add-on programs. Millennia Corporation reserves the right to remove without warning any subscriber who violates the purpose of this forum; who ignores warnings from the LUG Administrator; or who violates the rules of LUG etiquette. Persons believing they have been unfairly removed from the LUG may appeal to the Administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Format: Please only send messages in plain text format, because: 1. HTML format messages require more server space for archiving than plain text messages. 2. HTML messages can hide viruses. 3. HTML messages will increase a message's Spam rating by Spam blocking software. 4. It takes longer for persons with dial-up connections to download HTML messages. 5. Some older e-mail readers display HTML messages by including hypertext code, which makes them hard to read. 6. Some people with visual impairment may have difficulty reading messages with colored text or tinted backgrounds. For help with sending in messages in plain text format, please visit http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/listadmins/plaintext.html. Do not send attachments of any kind. Because viruses can hide in attachments, don't open any Legacy Users Group message that has one. Please do not send digitally signed messages. Don't require replies to messages sent to the Legacy Users Group. Additional information is available at http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp. Thank you for choosing Legacy, Jim Terry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree Legacy Charting http://LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] maiden or married name - suggestions please
Perhaps you have already investigated this, but is there any chance that the burial record in India accidently omitted the comma between CULLODEN and Alice, and that Alice was her first or given name, rather than her last-name/married-name/maiden-name? Just a thought. GPB On Apr 9, 2008, at 8:46 PM, Valerie Garton wrote: I am wondering how people treat a death/burial of eg 1850 CULLODEN Alice, India Records, Bengal Presidency, Vol 77 f 189. I know how to put these references in to the source list but I am wanting suggestions about the fact that I do not know if Alice is her maiden name or her married name ? Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney. Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow Wexford Guild of One-Name Studies No: 4825 for CULLODEN HIGGINSON Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] [EMAIL PROTECTED] has been unsubscribed
Why? GPB On Apr 7, 2008, at 2:47 AM, Jim Terry/Support wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] has been unsubscribed. Thank you for choosing Legacy, Jim Terry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree Legacy Charting http://LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JLB Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:50 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: asking questions associated with Legacy You missed your big chance to write to those of us who keep on going and tell us to shut up. If there's more people talking than people saying shut up, the conversation continues. Simple Math. JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Art Seddon wrote: This thread has sure kept my delete key busy Art Seddon - Original Message - From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:56 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: asking questions associated with Legacy They have made the determination about what's on topic. I'm not sure why it's even in doubt. It's pretty clear in the Legacy User Group Guidelines. It states The purpose of the LUG is to provide a forum for mutual help and the friendly exchange of ideas related to the use of Legacy Family Tree and its add-on programs. Now all we have to do is keep the topic about Legacy and keep it friendly. But I wouldn't take their lack of time to step in on every violation as a sign that it's ok to change those rules to whatever someone would like them to be. Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jackie King Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:39 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: asking questions associated with Legacy I've been sitting here watching this thread for three days now. There is one simple point to make - What any of you or I think - we don't count and whatever we say doesn't count. If the listowners don't declare something off-topic then it may be on topic no matter what the rest of you say or what I think. Something to think about is the fact someone is here asking about something you think is off-topic may be telling the folks at legacy that they need to change their documentation etc. So before any of us starting telling someone else they are on or off topic, perhaps we should defer to the people who actually own this list and make that determination. In the first place it would eliminate a lot of the discussion of what is on and off topic. I'm not paying for this list - most of you aren't. They know who this list is aimed at and the technical skills they think those people should have. We don't. They represent the company that is paying for this and perhaps they should be the ones making the determination. In the past they've stepped in when they have felt something was off-topic. In my humble opinion, they do a pretty darn good job. And actually, this whole thread is probably off-topic in that it has NOTHING to do with how to use the Legacy software. But I'll let them make that determination. Jackie Gary Templeman wrote: - Original Message - From: John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: asking questions associated with Legacy Technology is an ever-evolving concept - blackboards in schools were once controversial because they were new technology. If you were transported back in time 70 years, would the people there consider you technologically challenged? Could you set the spark and throttle and hand crank your car's engine? Could you find a station on an AM radio with three separate tuning dials? Could you start the arc on a carbon arc lamp? Could you trim the wick on a kerosene lamp? Could you draw water from a well using one of these http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp? itemID=97itemTyp e=PR ODUCTiProductID=97 ? Would you know when and how to plant corn and tomatoes? technologically challenged has much more to do with mindset (and possibly genetics) than age. I'll be 65 this year and my Information Systems degree is dated 2002 (yes, I'm the family's technology geek). I know people half my age who fall into the category of technologically challenged when it comes to computers - but they can manage a class of 15 three-year-olds all day and retain their sanity (I do well to deal with one 3 year old grandchild for a day). A very different mindset, which is probably partly nature and partly nuture - but caring for children is more important for the survival of the species then being able to convert TIFF to JPEG ;-). John The point is that it is better to get training than to fumble around for an extended period of time.
Re: [LegacyUG] [EMAIL PROTECTED] has been unsubscribed
You realize he may not have received your closed subject notice (very welcome, BTW) until after he had posted? I, for example, did not see YOUR notice until AFTER I had seen his last post. I saw him before I saw you. I would bet the same thing happened to him. Out of sequence delivery is very, very common on this list, from our perspective. Motion to reconsider? GPB On Apr 7, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Gene Young wrote: Gary Brown wrote: Why? GPB He posted to a closed subject after being advised that doing so would result in being unsubscribed. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/ Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/ legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Large Files Size of Files and Plain text
LOL = Laugh Out Loud. BTW = By The Way IMHO = In My Humble Opinion (Or so my daughter tells me.) GB On Jan 12, 2008, at 10:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does LOL mean?? I'm new. **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Census
Read Glenny's signature line, under her name. I'll bet we were all wondering the same thing as John.:-) Love it, Glenny Gary B. On Jan 1, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Ruth Nerud wrote: excuse me? I don't get it. Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: John S. Adams To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census How many goats want or need web sites? - Original Message - From: Glenny To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 11:09 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Census Is there a special place in Legacy to put census info? Glenny www.capriella.com Serving the goat community with quality affordable web sites since 1998 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Hollerith
Gary C., Your comments on disks relate to our recent discussion on the disk defrag function and perfectly illustrate how disk performance is inevitably degraded by too much related data stored on non- contiguious disk blocks. One need only picture multiple read/write heads flying in and out of a stack of four foot disks, searching for the bits in a single file. Much better if they are all right next to each other. Defrag. It's easy, although it does take awhile, even with a single platter. Then cyber life improves. Gary B. On Dec 15, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Gary Crull wrote: The disk drives of that day were about 6 feet tall and the platters, or disk surfaces, where the data was physically stored, were probably about 4 feet in diameter. As a programmer back then we had to program our reads and writes to disk by coding cylinder and head addresses. If you were not efficient in doing so the whole unit would get a workout moving up and down the individual disk platters and moving in and out on an individual disk platter. Fun to watch, but highly inefficient! Even though it sounds, and is, archaic by todays hard drives the principle is still relatively unchanged - and fits in a housing not much larger than an oversized pack of playing cards, and in many cases far smaller. 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
