[LegacyUG] Questionable sources
Hi again Everyone This query isn't intended to cause any issues, and I'm well aware of what makes a source more credible etc. Lately, I've seen material that has been channelled through spirit mediums. I know the cataloguing way to source this material, but was curious if others have had any experience with how to deal with it through Legacy. I realise that the vast majority of researchers would never use it. I haven't as yet, but was curious about it and how to deal with an item of this type that lists a family member within it. In other occasions I've used a "Mentioned in" event and listed the source. Cheers Tracy 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] Best fit - image of ancestor
Hi Everyone I've been lurking for ages, going on holidays visiting living and deceased relatives, started getting called a tomb raider by my family. Anyways - I found an image in our national archives of a man that has the same name as my ancestor, in an area the same as my ancestor. His image is startingly like that of my cousin and my brother. I haven't made the paper connections yet, but this man is almost certainly my ancestor. How do I enter this archive image and document into my file? What kind of notes can I write to show that I think he's related but haven't proven it yet? Cheers Tracy 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] GPS coordinates for cemeteries and burial plots
I've never used event addresses, for my locations I've generally added all the cemeteries, hospitals etc into the location field, as I never worry about segmenting my locations with 4 or 5 sections. I'll have a play with these suggestions and see what will work with my methods now. Thanks for the tips, I wasn't sure what would work for me. Cheers Tracy 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] GPS coordinates for cemeteries and burial plots
Hi Listers I'm preparing for a two week holiday where I'll be visiting family (living and deceased) and I'll be using our new beaut GPS thingee which provides coordinates for your location, not just how to travel from A to B. I want to put down the coordinates for any cemetery (maybe the entrance) I'm visiting and also the coordinates for each burial plot for my relatives. At the moment I've got one set of GPS coordinates to use as testing but I'd like advice from others using this feature before I enter these details enmasse. I see only enough room in any address or location field for one set of GPS coordinates either the cemetery or the burial plot - how can I enter both into Legacy? Cheers Tracy 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] Legal surname change - want to display both names in all reports, charts
The only option for different names in Legacy Charting that I could see with Descendant charts was to use a married name or not. This isn't the recommended way to enter names in your file, but I've inherited some names from other family members where they have used a slash between the birth name and current name eg SMITH/JONES. I've just checked a descendant report with one family using the slash: 1st generation uses the birth surname SMITH, 2nd generation had the slash between names SMITH/JONES, and 3rd generation had the current surname JONES. Showed up okay in the chart. Its shows the versatility of Legacy. I have made sure to include AKAs for each surname for the 2nd generation. Cheers Tracy 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] Alternative surnames
It's one of the reasons I wanted to copy my father's lines to two other files, I need to see different preferred names for same people in reports in my grandmother's line to the ones on my grandfather's line. I got tired of changing preferred names and preferred relationships around, especially so that any charting shows up with the right relationships and names for each line. Its only about a hundred people though. Cheers Tracy 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] Re: Descendant Narrative - repeat of child marriage status for mother's 2nd marriage
Hi Ron, Yes I've just run a check/repair, then created the descendant narrative report again - same results with the double name, child marriage status of never married and had no children was repeated for parent in next marriage sentence. I'll check to see if its the same results for mothers and fathers with similar conditions, then I'll put in a bug report. Cheers Tracy 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: Descendant Narrative - repeat of child marriage status for mother's 2nd marriage
Hi Listers I've just checked another mother who had similar situations, but no quoted names, two marriages, last child from first marriage "never married and had no children". Next paragraph reads "Minnie Minnie never married and had no children. Eric, on [date and place of marriage]. He had one son George." Little bit odd that Eric had George by himself, the wording didn't say "They had one son". Minnie may be mentioned in the first sentence but he's a sole parent by the end of the paragraph and she's never been married and never had kids with either of her two husbands. I'm using V7 build 70086, I tried this descendant narrative report on two different machines running the same version and build, with the same results. Cheers Tracy 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] Descendant Narrative - repeat of child marriage status for mother's 2nd marriage
Hi Listers I couldn't see this topic in the Archives. Has anyone else come across this error? I created a descendant report for a woman that had two husbands, all of her children are from the first marriage, and the last child died young and has the text "never married and had no children". In the next paragraph I was expecting "Bertha married" or "Bertha next married" but got "Bertha Bertha never married and had no children. [name of 2nd Husband, son of ...]". I have use quoted names for narratives, but I've never gotten a repeat before. I chose my mother who had been married twice and checked her descendant narrative report, her two marriages were worded fine, so was her quoted name for narratives, but I didn't have the same child marriage status to compare - never married and had no children. Any thoughts or suggestions? Cheers Tracy 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] Updating same people found in separate family files
Hi Listers A few years back I decided to run with one family file and do my research in that, so that I wouldn't have to figure out if I had updated any other files that had the same people. My research needs now require a split for my dad's line. My biggest dilemma is keeping any changes updated on all the files. How do others keep changes synchronised for same people found in separate files? Cheers Tracy 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] MRIN changes
Thanks Dennis, could I still change the numbers if I export to another legacy file and rather than keep MRINs, start them at a particular number set? Cheers Tracy 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] MRIN changes
Hi Listers Can anyone tell me which table has MRINs? I'd like to change the MRINs through Access, rather than changing 5,000 MRINs one at a time through Legacy. Unless anyone has an easier way of changing the MRINs. I have been playing with Passage Express and found that it doesn't always differentiate between RINs and MRINs when I import pictures etc into PE. So some of my marriage information turns up in an individual's folder who has a similiar RIN to the MRIN. I'd like to change my MRINs to higher numbers to prevent any matching with my RINs. I've been watching the threads on changing User IDs and MRINs and have decided to go with MRINs above 20,000 (my db has 14,000 RINs and about 5,000 MRINs). Cheers Tracy 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: Picture links importing into Passage Express
I guess my other query is - would the picture linking issue occur with other exports from Legacy, such as to gedcom files? Cheers Tracy *** 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
[LegacyUG] Picture links importing into Passage Express
Hi Listers Its that time of year again when a lot of us send off reports to family members with latest updates on research. So I've been working with Passage Express, importing my pictures, files and sounds from my Legacy database. After I updated to the 28 Nov build, some of my source pictures began displaying under a different individual. I've got some source pictures with a marriage event as a test, the couple aren't displaying the pictures but someone else is - who doesn't have any links to the source pictures. I've checked all the sources, the links with those three individuals and through the picture centre, run check repair and tested my multimedia paths. Passage Express doesn't change my data or links, it just imports them, so I'm at a loss as to why the links are displaying incorrectly. As a short term fix, I'll delete the pictures from the incorrect person in PE. Its a slight nuisance, I'll check all my pictures again to make sure they have come across correctly. I like the way PE works with Legacy and creates various CD/DVDs, many of my relatives who I send reports to aren't very computer savvy and the autorun CD-ROMs are a wonderful way to help them see the information in a user friendly way. Cheers Tracy *** 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] Timelines
Not a bad idea, thanks Ron. 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] Timelines
After I read "Getting it right" I started looking at Australian Timelines, a year ago I updated the one I had on Australian Prime Ministers. So this time I went to the Australian War Memorial and used their references to create a timeline on Australians at War, the only war not listed was Iraq from 2003, not sure if ihat's because its considered a war or peacekeeping effort here. I followed the help instructions on timelines. I'll be creating more for facts and events across Australia and for personal timelines for my family to help me when it comes to fleshing out the family history side of things. Very easy to turn on a timeline and check out chronology report to see places to do extra research. Cheers Tracy 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] Getting it Right by Mary H. Slawson
I've got both those books, I've read through "Getting it right" and re-thought a few of my processes. It was very helpful in seeing examples of what types of information can be used with events. The one thing I doubt I'll change is how I add names to my data base, the preference is for using the birth registration name as the main name, then add every other variation to AKAs. I don't like to see my birth name as a main name, I changed it through deed poll, I've also got hundreds of names where I've added in apostrophes with the nickname or name commonly used in the first name field eg Gladys Molly "Molly". I think I'll be using this book like Kirsten mentioned, as a style manual, with my variations for what's working with my family file. I haven't had time to read through Mark Lang's book yet, but was keen to see his chapters on add-on programs and was hoping I'd get tips on using them more effectively. Cheers Tracy 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] Internet > Create Web Pages - Individual setting for several people
Thanks Ron, I've done a couple of check/repairs and nothing, then overnight the glitch is gone, not sure what fixed it (possibly more check/repairs), just glad its working again. Its not long til I send out reports etc for family, so I wanted to get it sorted fast. Appreciate knowing about web.usr. Cheers Tracy ** $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] New User: How to clean up files, standardize sources, etc.
There was an email from Geoff Rasmussen on keeping the old source (basic) and creating a new source (sourcewriter) and copying and pasting from the old into the new. I did a silly thing in combining a basic source into a sourcewriter source, there are some elements that appear in the displays that I can't edit in any way. There have been too many changes along the way to restore prior to my combine, so I now follow Geoff's suggestion and I'm also cleaning up my one source that I combined. Thank goodness I only tried it with one source as a test. Cheers Tracy ** $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
[LegacyUG] Internet > Create Web Pages - Individual setting for several people
Hi Listers I have some saved settings for creating web pages in individual report format for several people. Not sure what I've changed but when I create a report, it goes through the process creates everything, but my name lists are blank ie zero names listed, while the individual pages are fine. In my settings everything is checked for creating a name and surname list. When other reports misbehave, I've deleted usr files, to set up a newer, hopefully better working file - which file would I delete for this report? Cheers Tracy ** $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] Considering purchasing GenSmarts & Personal Historian
I'm in Australia and use GenSmarts, I like the sandbox feature where you set up your own complex searches of your Legacy file. From that I could gauge which people to look at for military records, indexes etc, because GenSmarts makes guesses at dating for individuals. While the suggested dating is useful as a guide, don't completely trust it. You may find some other GenSmarts' elements useful, where it suggests some online searching for some of your gaps, Legacy now has more powerful searching so it covers some of GenSmarts features. I've only just bought Personal Historian, so I can't really comment on it yet. It's supposed to help you write out your personal history on various topics. I've noticed that it will suggest various themes and the help section was useful. I have plans on using it and mixing the themes and some of the interview questions from Legacy to get information in oral/video history format, then I'll use Personal Historian to help me flesh it out into a more readable format - I like using the Fog Index for that. So yes there are many Americanisms in the programs, but you can pick and choose the elements that are useful to you. Cheers Tracy ** $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] pictures and scanned documents
I've haven't been watching the list for a couple of days, family's been struck down with flu. I'd like to point out for anyone who would like to use Passage Express with their files and photos, it doesn't always like underscores in file names. I like to use PE, so I've renamed files I want to import into PE, from using an underscore to a hyphen ie surname_firstname_rin to surname-firstname-rin Cheers Tracy 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] Sentence Override
I liked learning from Help how to use some of the formatting like [-Desc] when the first letter of the description appears in lowercase. I prefer sentence style events, so it works well with my occupation event eg I can put Farmer in Description but the sentence reads - He worked as a farmer. I use an event that includes the various elements available in a nominal roll at the Aus Dept. of Veteran's Affairs on military service, and I use an override when I get a Navy person usual - [HeShe] served in the [Desc]; [HeShe] enlisted [inPlace]; [HeShe] served [onDate]. [Notes][Sources] Navy - [HeShe] served in the [Desc]; homeport/port division was [Place]; [HeShe] served [onDate].[Notes][Sources] Cheers Tracy 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] Adoption challenges
Kathy, has anyone mentioned that if you have more than one spouse, the spouses will appear in the order that you put them into your file, regardless of chronological order? The spouses will display differently though, if you set a preferred relationship - usually defaults to the first relationship. eg sounds like you have = Wife + Husband 2* then Husband 1 (* is the preferred relationship that displays in Family View) Displays/Prints as Husband 2* and children, then Husband 1 and children I'm my husband's second wife, so in my file his 1st wife is listed before me, but my name and marriage is the one I prefer to see in Family View. In any reports I print with my husband's line, I'm listed in chronological order - 2nd. Cheers Tracy 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] Creating a CD - Error Message "File Not Found"
Hi Donna Did you get an answer to your question yet? I found when I use Passage Express it saves all the files again into its own set of folders within Passage Express project folders, and the length of the file path is long and seems weird. To set your menu button with the fdb file, choose the one within Passage Express folders and check to see if it works for you. It may also mean that you will need to use the pictures within Passage Express folders, otherwise, when you create your CD they won't work for you. I'll try to duplicate what you're attemptin, and I'll get back to you with more information on the process. Cheers Tracy 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] Sharing family research - sourcing
Thanks guys, I've been unsure of what to use for some merging I'm doing. In the past I've had people who haven't used my research, I've given them credit, but now some are passing the sourcing credit on to me. I'll add their name/s to each piece of information they have given me. Cheers Tracy 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] Multiple as yet unconnected persons on timeline
I also use Genelines for Legacy, and I just tried a comparative biographical chart for three people, it worked with timelines etc. Genelines for Legacy is one of the add on programs you could use, but it is also an added cost to purchase if you don't already have it. Cheers Tracy 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] Sharing family research - sourcing
Hi Listers How do you deal with others sharing your research and using you as a source? Especially when they aren't picking up on the fact that you've used this or that book, certificate, database etc as your source. They are in effect adding your research to their file and crediting you not your sources. I like to show where different people or research use the same information, but when they send your own research back (now added to their file), without any comments or further research on their part, I have a hard time believing they have independently come to the same information. Should they be included as added sources using the same information in your file? It doesn't show a whole lot of credibility if you've made a mistake and they all follow along with you, continuing mistakes in their files. I especially find it difficult when I've estimated or calculated a date or locality and it comes back to me as fact because they don't use those abbreviations or realise the information is tentative. Are there any guidelines for how to deal with these types of sharing issues and sourcing for your Legacy file? - Ms Mills has 800+ pages that I haven't had time to read through yet, any tips are very welcome. Cheers Tracy 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] Source pictures
Ok then, I'll add the source picture to my source, include the text from it in my source information, but I'll stop adding picture details for each source picture (I'm only repeating the source details, so I won't miss anything about the source). Each element of sourcing is time consuming and to my mind necessary, but adding details to each source picture every time I used the picture again was particularly cumbersome to me. Thanks for the tips. Cheers Tracy 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] Re: Relationships - update
Elsie, you can still have an event displaying in the Family View (see my previous email), but the event will not display in the same place in an Individual edit screen, it will appear in the Events/Facts area of the Individual edit screen. Cheers Tracy 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] Source pictures
Hi Listers I'm about to start using source pictures in my file and would like to know if I should continue transcribing the information from the source or leave it for the source picture to display? I can't seem to use the Picture Gallery to add a source picture, I seem to have to add the picture to each source. I noticed that the source picture wasn't sticking when I used the source writer and source picture for different people. It's very time consuming to have to add details to the picture each time you add it to a different individual. Is there a short cut that I'm missing? Cheers Tracy 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] Relationships
Elsie, Your Relationship event can be viewed on the Family View screen, right click to the left of the screen where the labels are eg born, died, buried - 'Customise Family View Information' box will display. Pick one of the field names (when I view something different to the default I usually choose from the bottom fields), click on the "..." button, scroll down to 'Event', click on 'Select' button and choose the event you want eg Relationship (double click or use 'Select' button), then close the box. When you set relationships with a start person, as you move around your file, Family view will display the relationship of the individual to the start person above the Husband and Wife boxes. Go to Tools > Set Relationships and choose the start person - the individual to whom the relationships will point to eg yourself and limit the relationships you wish to see. You can change the start person at any time to anyone, just remember reset relationships. One of the previous Legacy versions or builds showed relationships to both me and my husband if I was the start person (eg husband's cousin), that doesn't happen anymore, something I've missed in all the many changes in Legacy. I also like to see relationships via the Index, by setting a column to display relationship. In Index view, go to 'Options' button > 'Customise Columns' > choose a column, click on the "..." button, scroll down to 'Relationship', click on 'Select' button and close the screen. The Relationship column and Family view (not your event) will only show a single relationship, so if you are related to people more than once, you can check the Relationship calculator in Tools menu to see other relationships. I've used most of these things in v6 and it all works in v7 too. Thanks for the idea of having a Relationship event, because my family don't follow the American or just the English way for family relationships, add a kinship system with Australian Aboriginal people and the Relationship event makes life a whole lot simpler to show my daughter later down the track why someone was a cousin/sister, cousin/brother, in the same skin group or just called me family because they grew up with one of my grandparents on a mission etc. Cheers Tracy 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] Same people, multiple marriages
Dave, there were a couple of threads last year that you may find in the Archives that could have suggestions on inputting Chinese names, the subject lines and dates were: - Changing the order of Chinese names sept 2007 - Chinese surnames June 2007 Cheers Tracy 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] v7 update 1 July
Hi Listers I wasn't aware there had been an update, my Legacy Home page in v7 and the 'Update' link both display that build 7.0.0.45 2 June 2008 is still the latest build. Thanks for raising awareness of the new build through the list. Cheers Tracy 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] Single parent
Sheri I can't help you with every report. I've got an aunty who had two relationships and children to both, then when she was single fostered another child who doesn't belong to either of the first two relationships. So in Legacy the foster child is linked to another MRIN where I've changed the status of the MRIN to single (rather than the default married) and checked the "This couple did not marry" box, and I've changed the wording options from "married" to "was single and fostered". I've just run a descendant report for her and found that for v7 I also needed to go to the 'Wording options' tab and make sure that the wording fits. In 'Report phrases for first marriage or partnership' I have the text "was single and fostered" but my example has this relationship as a 3rd relationship so I've also changed 'Report phrases for subsequent marriage or partnership' to include "was single and fostered'. In the 'Other word substitutes for this marriage' boxes I've used "Spouse" (won't show in most cases anyway) and "Single". I should also mention that with v7, even though I've got 'Word for blank records' selected as 'Just leave it blank' the text "Unknown" still appears, you may have to wait for an v7 update to see this bug fixed. In descendant narratives it reads "[Name] was single and fostered. They had one son". I haven't yet found how to change "They" to "She" as an automatic Legacy default. But if I send the report to a text, rich text or html file then I can change the wording to suit myself anyway. You could change your wording to "was single and adopted". The status for "adopted" will display in some reports where you have the option to select "Child status". Hope this gives you some idea of how to play with the wording to make it fit the way you'd like it displayed in reports. Cheers Tracy 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] Restoring backups from v4, v5, v6 now using v7
Hi Listers I didn't always keep the scraps of paper I wrote down information from conversations with family members, I have changed my ways now. So without printouts or other more accessible electronic versions of my file that list my sources, I thought of restoring some of the backups I've kept. I've been entering data and backing up since v4, I didn't always upgrade my backups to the next version or create periodic gedcoms as I upgraded through the latest versions. Had I created gedcoms I could now just view them through GENViewer or GenMatcher, reports with sources would have helped me out now too, but back then I didn't do what I do now. I want to now get to the older backups and check some of my sourcing and information. Will I have to load v5 and restore v4 backups into it? Then load v6 and restore v5 backups into it? I've always kept a copy of the full download (not upgrade) of each version as it becomes available, so I could load them again. I'd just like to know if I will need to? Cheers Tracy 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 V7 Australian/NZ Version
Thanks Colin, I've already paid for v7 and Mills Evidence explained in pdf, that's what I meant by rats I was too impatient. I'm slowly building my CD collection of AUS/NZ info so I could have waited. Ah well no probs with what I've got now, so no worries. Thanks for the heads up, I forget about the other places who stock Legacy. Cheers Tracy 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] Mr & Mrs (was Standardization)
hmmm, I use plain text, can't see why there would be gunk happening on my emails, curiouser and curiouser. Early Australian newspapers use text like "announcing the birth of a new child to Mr and Mrs John Smith", this is why I've added an AKA for Mrs John Smith for most of my pre-1960 married females. For my convenience in cross checking my file. One of the reasons I asked about deed poll information and the birth certificate is also the sourcing issue - using the new source writer format, my birth certificate is going to show two names. I'll now have Mills pdf version of Evidence Explained, mayhap it'll give some example I could follow, other wise, I'll have to improvise with things that don't fit the norm. I remember someone awhile ago saying that they listed all their events sentencing and sourcing information that was different. I've been trying to follow that to help me keep track of what I've done. Cheers Tracy 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] Mr & Mrs (was Standardization)
Just a quick note to Ron - when I finished the deed poll and it got formalised. I had to surrender my birth certificate and apply for the new one, looking back it seems funny. Pity I never thought back then of my later love for genealogy, I never kept copies of the old birth certificate. But my new one has the same registration, just a note at the side stating the deed poll name change. I guess I'll add notes in my family file to explain the differences. Cheers Tracy 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 V7 Australian/NZ Version
rats, I could have wait - oh impatient me. :) I'll just get them in a different way. Cheers Tracy 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] Mr & Mrs (was Standardization)
Some of the emails here have discussed change of names. I've changed my name through deed poll and now I use my husband's surname. I've seen other family files where the surname is listed as "Jones Now Smith" or "Jones/Smith". Others have used birth names and add AKAs for all the names, as well as a note. I have AKAs for my birth name, married name and I use my deed poll name as my maiden name, and I have a deed poll event. Some of my school records show my stepfather's surname, so I've also got an AKA for that surname too. My little girl will know all my name variations - but it could cause some confusion for others looking at my names and trying to verify all the different names as attached to me. In my home state my birth certificate has been amended to show both birth and deed poll names. How do others show these changes? Cheers Tracy 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] MRIN filing system
One of the tips I noticed in the Legacy website is to create a family report for each MRIN. I guess its up to you whether you print it out with each family or not. I keep mine in various ways, print and electronic files, either through Passage Express or straight copy to CDs/DVDs, or I save to my USB stick and zip disks. I don't mind having several versions, in case one fails. Every few months I forward my Passage Express CDs, my printed descendant reports and Legacy file to family members. At least that way I have some chance of recovering my information if my place has problems again (big storm last year - lost a lot of paperwork, photos and some discs). Cheers Tracy 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] Assigned Source List
Wouldn't an Individual report do what you want too? As long as you've selected all the source elements you want to see (eg pictures), I just tried these methods with a person who has more sources than one screen shot if I used the screen shot and paste method, but the Individual report is pretty quick. Cheers Tracy 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] GEDCOM
Hi Walt The easiest way is to create a Focus Group through Search > Miscellaneous. You can add one or more family lines, with or without extra spouses and children, save the list. Create the gedcom by Exporting to gedcom, identify who to add through the Record Selection button and choose the radio button for Selected records contained in the Focus Group. If the radio button for "Selected records contained in the Focus Group" is only in v7 (I can't remember now), you can still get the list of people in other versions of Legacy by tagging the Focus Group as a list with an unused number, then once you're at the Record Selection button, choose the radio button for "All records with an individual tag of " and add the tag number you've just used. If you need more information, the archives have plenty of emails on Focus Groups. Cheers Tracy 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 verified check box for sources
Thanks Ron, while I'm playing with the new features, I'm also rechecking my sources and wanted to clarify a couple of things, so I could plan the changes to my file that I think I'll be making. Cheers Tracy 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 deluxe ? to make 'Show entire source' option stick ?
Hi JB I asked a similar question a week ago, no responses yet, but then with the high traffic on the list its not surprising. Someone will chime in with something sooner or later. Cheers Tracy 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] Evidence Explained (PDF version) now available in the online store
Probably the same reason it initially defaulted the postage cost to Australia, but I eventually got no shipping cost because it was download only. Cheers Tracy 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] Using verified check box for sources
Hi Listers I'm trying to determine how to use the verified check box for sources, I know that its probably a personal choice. But I'd like to clarify which is the most widely used. Verfied checked: a) only if I've personally checked the source b) only if there are two or more sources with the same information == causes me problems when family have passed on incorrect information to other family members (worse when its published) c) other? Cheers Tracy 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] V7 Standardisation - surnames
Hi Listers I was somewhat peeved that my favourite way of entering/displaying Surnames (uppercase) was giving me grief with the Standardisation tip messages. I'd spent too many days changing master lists for uppercase surnames to intial case and back again. Then after constantly getting this Standardisation message, I changed my options 'Initial capitals" and hit the "Apply" button, it took less than a minute, but it also takes the same time to turn it back to uppercase surnames when I want to produce reports. So I'm be "conforming" to standard practice when I need to, but still get uppercase surnames displaying in reports as I prefer it. However, I will need to keep track of names like MacCARTHY which need extra work to display the way those family members use them. Now that little 'Apply' button is one of my favourite parts of V7. Is this a button I missed in V6 or is it new to V7? Either way, I'll be using it more with this version. This example has been fun in showing me elements of Legacy I hadn't used much previously, I'm having fun rechecking my sources too and finding more info to add to my file. Cheers Tracy 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] V7 Source details ghost
Hi Listers Does anyone else have the Source Detail information showing up with text you didn't put in there (for a master source in sourcewriter format)? In my case text in Source Detail information from a previous source is displaying in the Assigned Sources view, yet the text doesn't display in the Show Entire Source citations, the text is not loaded on the clipboard, its not in the master source, but it is in Assigned Sources view. I can't get rid of the text through a check/repair. Can only make it disappear if I go into each assigned source, edit details, click around and save (not cancel). This kind of memory would be great if it was appropriate for that source. Does anyone know if I have my settings wrong or have I found a bug? Tracy 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 register "foster siblings"?
The one foster child I've got in my file, adding him was tricky as I had to add an unlinked person then link to the mother only, so that the child appeared while she was single, rather than with her other marriage relationships. I added this child because I do family history and add whatever relationships I find that make up the 'family'. Most people would add the child to a couple, then change the child/parent relationships to show 'Foster' (have to add to list). Legacy doesn't seem to like that relationship, keeps trying to fix it. After I upgraded to V7, I ran a Check/Repair and it fixed the relationship again. So I changed 'Fix relationship' status to Foster, with the next Check/Repair I ran, it didn't come up with the error. So yay v7. Cheers Tracy 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 AND 7 Child-parent relationship not found
Pat, you'll need to change your settings, you emails appear on the LUG list with a text attachment. I've added your text to this email, so others can read it. Cheers Tracy snip 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 Potential Problem Reports
Ahhh, I enter surnames in all capitals, prefer them for my reports. Was wondering why I got the should use mixed case pop up at me. I knew about the Options>Customise check box for all capitals, but not about the potential problems. Thanks for sharing. I don't believe this, I spent I don't know how long changing surnames to Mixed Case, didn't like the look of it in reports, so I started changing them back. I have just set the Options>Customise to UPPERCASE, it changed the hundreds of my surnames to uppercase in two seconds flat. Yay Legacy, pity I didn't know about it before. I'm going to have to play some more and uh read the manual :-) Cheers Tracy On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > Are you entering Surnames in All Capitals or displaying them in All > Capitals? > > If you are entering them in All Capitals and want to keep doing that, just > turn off the Potential Problem check for that. > > Modern practice is to enter Surnames in mixed case and then use the Software > to display and print with All Capitals when appropriate - See the Format tab > in Reports (and web pages??) and Options > Customise - Data Format Tab for > Display > > It's up to you. > > Cathy 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] V7 Assigned Sources view
Hi Listers Is there anyway to set a default for "Show Entire Source" tab for an individual rather than "Show Source Printing Options" tab. I can't find this information in the manual or Help file. I prefer to see a summary of the source information I've added. I miss the Summary tab, but the "Show Entire Source" is a new way of looking at what I want to see. Cheers Tracy 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 - Maiden Names and Married Names
Thanks Ron, I feel a little better about it now. I'll leave the AKAs in, but still use the global change for married names. I don't mind having extra AKAs in my file, although I do use an event for spelling errors in names from research provided by family where they were guessing at spelling etc. Cheers Tracy 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 - Maiden Names and Married Names
I've added AKAs in v6 for married names. If I use v7 global change to married name (because I like the look of the name index format for married names), do I then have to go into my file and delete all the AKAs for married names I added in previous versions? (thousands unfortunately) Cheers Tracy 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] TM 2008
I went through this also a few months ago, a cousin had some research that he was willing to share with me, but he couldn't figure out how to create a gedcom, he could only send me the full FTM file or pdf reports. A willing soul in this list helped me convert the FTM file to gedcom. Unfortunately, some people have software but aren't able to use all the functions in them, sometime through computer literacy/inexperience issues. Cheers Tracy 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] V7 location format and mapping features
Hi Listers Just a quick question about the format of locations in v7 and the mapping features, I'd like to know early if the v7 mapping features require locations entered in a specific way to work effectively. I don't use the standard USA location format, ie for v6 geodatabase locations, I change and remove the excess commas and keep the lat/long data. I also use abbreviations for both normal location and short location name. I don't use all the commas that could be used for an American location because I don't like the look of it on my screen. While I know I can remove them or use short locations for Legacy screens and reports, add-on programs like Legacy Charting Companion uses the normal location (with all the commas), not my preferred short location name in its charts and reports. I also use Chapman codes rather than using the full place name eg Canberra, ACT, AUS vs Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Cheers Tracy 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] Sharing family research - adding shared research details to Detail Text
Hi Listers I've just received from a cousin a gedcom with over 3000 people on it. Many of these people are in my main file. When I use research from others I add them as a Master source and add their exact text in Detail Text - so a straight merge won't add to Detail Text, I've always copied their text into Detail Text manually in the past. I'm reasonably competent in using Access and have changed some elements in my Legacy fdb through Access. Can anyone give me some advice on ways to add my source's text into Detail Text (with or without using Access? - perhaps off-list. Or will I need to bite the bullet and continue with the slower manual process of merging family by family, then adding their exact text into Detail Text? This is months of work, but I'm still willing to do it if there is no alternative. Suggestions are most welcome. Cheers Tracy 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] Cremation and Burial
I've got a couple of people who were cremated and later buried or ashes interred. For those people, I used the burial details for where they are finally located, and put in the burial note information on the cremation and burial plot. If I have more information on the cremation, I'll add a cremation event. 1st eg from burial note - She was cremated in Karrakatta Crematorium, Perth, WA, and her ashes interred in Salisbury Memorial Park (with plot information) 2nd eg - She was cremated at Centennial Park, Adelaide aged 90 years, and her ashes interred at Murray Bridge Cemetery Three on my father's side have been cremated with the ashes scattered - for those I change buried details to cremated details and use the burial note to show where the ashes were scattered. Reads fine in reports. Cheers Tracy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Error in new family File
Did you stop changing your Legacy file at a certain date before you upgraded to Legacy 6? If yes, then you can do a search for any modified information after that date in a search. This may help you find differences. I also use GenMatcher to check against Legacy and gedcom files for differences in data, notes, sources etc. Cheers Tracy 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] family updates
Sorry forgot to mention why I create a CD-ROM over uploading to the Internet - my immediate family members have let me know they don't want to find themselves on the Internet. So I create CD-ROMs with a big note on it - please don't publish this information on the Internet. Cheers Tracy 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] family updates
I use Passage Express, it can save the whole Legacy file (including private notes/events/addresses) and can be copied to a CD-ROM. I go the extra distance of creating a reports as web pages and as pdf, I add photos and gedcom files for those who use other family history programs. Its a lot of work, but you don't have to add all the things I do, it really doesn't take long to create the CD-ROM. Cheers Tracy 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] Speaking of alternate names...
I saw emails a while back, where some users had created dummy records with family names, then listed AKAs, history of the names and various spellings, and used the Research log. I like the idea myself for a master file and don't link them to the family lines. I try not to clutter up my AKAs with the incorrect spellings that family members have used when they are adding names without any research, I use an event "Incorrect names/spelling", but when the incorrect spelling is documented elsewhere I add it to my AKAs. Cheers Tracy 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] Version 7 family charts
Hi again Listers I saw the wall chart in the last lot of Legacy news and I can't wait to do play with the photos I've been gathering after begging and copying from family members for the past couple of years. Does anyone have any more news on the release date for version 7? Cheers Tracy 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] Adding from books published with other people's family research and sourcing
Hi Listers I haven't been following the list for a while because of holidays, but was curious about the thread on how others add to their files from gedcoms etc. I have been fortunate in that some of my husband's family has been researched and documented into two books that I know about, while two of my mother's great-uncle's family lines were documented in another book because their wives' family history was researched and published. I was lucky enough to have photos and references of sources listed that I can cross check. How do others deal with this type of information when it comes to adding it to your file. For my part, I've added from two of the books, sourced the books and started cross checking the information. I can't use the photos because of copyright issues, but I was thinking of adding an event listing that a photo of an individual is available and cite the book. I now have lots of original research from my 93 year old grandmother-in-law with photos etc, I plan to list her as my source, along with the various places/publications etc that she gathered the material from. Is this the most appropriate way to source the information? Other thoughts are most welcome. Cheers Tracy 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 notes
Or if you haven't added the cemetery to the burial notes change Notes:Burial to Burial Place. Cheers Tracy 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 notes
If you do a Search > Query by example tab: Look for whom - Individual, Where to look - Notes:Burial, Contains - [cemetery you want to find] > Create List button You should get a list of the people you've added that cemetery to their burial notes, you can then print the list or used advanced tagging with an unused number if you want to keep them separate for awhile. Its easy enough to untag them again when you want to use that tag again for something different. Cheers Tracy 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 notes was Lumping/Splitting or Events
Do others modify the event details and format? eg Event Name: [Date], [Desc], [inPlace].[Source][CR][Note] Could the Note appear as [[Note]] just as easily as adding [[]] to the text of every single note for events? so that the note doesn't appear in reports. Or are there implications I'm not aware of? Cheers Tracy 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] certificate dates
That's interesting about the certification dates for adoption birth certificates. In Australia in the 1960s there were still the hassles of uhoh the parents weren't married when a child was born. My parents married when I was about two, so by the time my sister was registered, the Registrar asked Mum if she wanted my brother and my certificates re-registered to show my parents as married - she said yes. So my birth certificate was re-registered and is dated a couple of years after my birth, my brother's would show 4 years after his birth. Then when I changed my name through deed poll, the certificate was re-issued with my deed poll details along the side of it. Governments do strange things with certificates. How on earth would anyone find my certificate in years to come if they didn't know what had happened with my birth registration. My daughter's birth certificate also shows her time of birth and weight. Glad Legacy is flexible enough to manage the variety of certificate's that are created today. In Australia, if siblings are added to certificates, its usually because they share a father. My grandmother remarried and had two more girls, her other 7 children are not listed on younger two girl's birth certificates. So the email I read of biological brothers meeting up because the certificates showed a sibling and they shared a mother not a father is pretty nifty. Over here, that relationship wouldn't have shown on the certificate because of not sharing the same father. Cheers Tracy 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] Grandaugher without parents?
Hi Richard It probably sounds odd, but I add a child to the parents A&B and name the child "Placeholder for A&B's grandchildren", then add the grandchildren to the Placeholder. I have several of these Placeholders because I've got the names of the descendants, but I haven't yet been able to connect grandchildren or great grandchildren with the correct set of parents. I fill in sources and notes for what I've done and how the connection is made to the grandparents. As I find out more details I link the children to the right couple. They show up in reports, but at least I get the right relationships (descendant's reports) and just have a couple of extra children called Placeholder. Cheers Tracy 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] Entering dates - day and month are known, year is estimated
Thanks for the thoughts, I'll play with different variations. I vaguely remember that when I used a ? right next to a date, in reports the date was listed as unknown. I now try to at least have "space(?)" after questionable dates, this doesn't seem to mess up date calculations in reports. It also helps me see at a glance for locations that some part of the location is a guess of some sort. Cheers Tracy 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] Unique Events you have made
Thanks Allen for those thoughts, I'm still new to researching family history and haven't checked court information yet. I have seen a news clipping of one court appearance for my family members on sly grogging charges, a similar type of thing to running moonshine in Australia. So I'll keep your email in mind when I'm ready to check that side of things. Cheers Tracy 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] Unique Events you have made
I have added an event "Exemption from the Aboriginal Protection Act" the proper name for the Act is "Aboriginal Protection and the Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897", I think its a very odd name for an Act, so I just shorten it. I've just noticed the "Physical description" event, never seen it before, but was curious how people used it. For my great grandmother who was Aboriginal, one of her forms shows that she had a crooked index finger on her right hand, this event would be a good place to show this, I had it in general notes previously. Cheers Tracy 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] Foster children
Thanks for the different views. My aunt was between partners when she fostered this child, so I've ended up with a new relationship just to add this cousin. Carol - I think you are referring to witness events, at the moment Legacy doesn't support this. Check the archives there have been lots of threads about witnesses, and it seems that most people use the workaround of creating an event, copying it to the event clipboard and pasting it to the various individuals who are included in the source - such as census information. Cheers Tracy 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] Entering dates - day and month are known, year is estimated
Hi Listers I'm not happy with trying to enter dates into my file. I've got some dates where the day and month are known, but the year is listed as 19??. I'm not sure how to enter it into my file. I could enter it twenty or more years after the bride's birthday 1950, but how to do that? eg 20 Feb the year could be between 1971-1999. Any suggestions? Cheers Tracy 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] Foster children
Hi Listers I prefer the family history view of the world, I've got heaps of yyy begat zzz, which are easy to add to the file. What about foster children? I've got a cousin and in my family's view he is very much a member of the family even with no biological ties, he became part of the family originally as a foster child. How can I add him in to the file? If I link him to my aunt, the reports come up with the sentence aaa had a relationship and had a child bbb. Where do I change his status to foster child? Cheers Tracy 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] Definitions and abbreviations
If you use an abbreviation or acronym and later find out what it means, you could always do a global search and replace to change it the form that you prefer. Cheers Tracy 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] Thanks for tips
Hi Listers Thanks for the various tips that show up on the list. I have saved myself lots of mouse and keyboard usage by right clicking on MRIN and RIN for husband and wife at the bottom of the family view, its a big time saver when you know which MRIN or RIN you want to go to. For a couple of years I was moving to the index tab, name or marriage lists or moving through pedigree views to change my person/people. I use this function all the time nowadays, as I'm cleaning up some of my sources, I've really appreciated this tip. Cheers Tracy 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 True Beginner
Hi Diane I won't retype all the variations and reasons people lump or split. Whichever is chosen should suit your own material and possible needs in future research. Lumpers use fewer master sources and add more information in the details box, splitters use many more master sources for names, family groups and will often group them by type of source. lumpers - [State] Census, [Newspaper title] splitters - Smith [County/State] Census, John Smith [County/State] Census, Birth notices [Newspaper title], Death notices [Newspaper title], Smith birth notices [Newspaper title], Smith death notices [Newspaper title] Very very basic examples, each lumper and splitter would have lots of examples and variations they use to that main source, but Legacy lets you go a variety of ways. I like Rich's thoughts of putting it on paper/card first, to help you clarify your thoughts and then putting it into your Legacy file. Cheers Tracy 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] Cause of death and medical notes
Sorry Christine, I realise you posted this awhile ago. I use cause of death, but I don't use capital letters eg leukaemia, and with my reports I prefer sentence style for research and events, so it displays in a narrative report something like: The cause of her death was leukaemia. Cheers Tracy 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] Unnamed individuals
Hi Listers As always I find most of the threads on the list very helpful. Got a question that some may have faced and would like some ideas on how others have dealt with it. How do others list an individual when you don't have a name, however you may have some information on the person eg Chinese male. I realise that this is up to the individual user and personal preference, but I'd like some feedback on possibilities I could use. My great-grandmother tried to marry a Chinese man but was denied permission. I don't have his name, but he became part of our gene pool as my grandmother's father. I think that all I'll ever know is that he was Chinese, so I've listed him as "Chinese Man (Unnamed)" in Given Names because it looked a little better in the sentence style of reports. Eg Maggie had a relationship with Chinese-Man (Unnamed). I've got the report that listed that permission to marry was refused in a PDF file, am I right in thinking that Legacy 6 won't allow me to add the PDF unless I convert it to an image format, but Legacy 7 will accept PDFs? Cheers Tracy 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] Parent listing
Hi listers, I've been following the adoption thread and find the way to list parents interesting. My cousin was adopted by friends, so I list him in with his biological family, and with adoptive parents. I have a friend who used donor sperm for her twins, there was another participant/parent but it will never be known. I'm sure there are many other examples of where one or two of the biological parent/s are just not going to be listed. Then there's surrogate pregnancies, I don't have any surrogate pregnancies in my file, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. Tricky stuff for those who list DNA. In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures a child is often passed over to a sibling or cousin, sometimes grandparent to raise. That child then has more than one set of parents, but one set of biological parents. I don't have the answers for these issues, but it will be interesting to see what Legacy 7 and other software will come up with to keep up with society's trends. Cheers Tracy 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] VIEW ONLY setting?
I also regularly check what's been modified on my file and can pick up changes she's made that way. Legacy is truly so flexible and user friendly my 4yo loves using it, particularly the pedigree tab with all the pictures. So I can relate to Bob's issues. Cheers Tracy 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] VIEW ONLY setting?
Tried that Ron, can't seem to lock out the programs on the start menu in XP for her logon. I've come into the computer room to find her on software programs like Legacy and Word. She's also prone to changing shortcut icons on the desktop to her name, very helpful child. So, my workaround is to keep regular backups through each session I'm in my file, probably will have to do this until she loses interest in computers :) Cheers Tracy 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] VIEW ONLY setting?
Wonderful suggestions, pity my 4yo likes to come to my file while I'm doing something else, like answering the phone. She likes to type her name and see the pictures of herself and her grandparents - I can't always easily find where she's helped me out with data entry/changes. I did find one the other day when I did a narrative report, others looking at it must have thought I was losing it to type in repeated letters eg. sss. I'd love to have a lock on the file so munchkin can't adjust anything really important. I try to backup before I move away from the file, at least if I really can't be certain of her changes, I can restore from the backup. Cheers Tracy 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] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother
Ron, do you also check "Just leave it blank" instead of "Unknown"? Options > Customise > Data Format > Word for Blank Records > (Just leave it blank.) It works well for Legacy, but add-ons like Legacy Charting Companion put in "Unknown" if the person field is blank for MRINs. Cheers Tracy 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] Filenames without spaces or commas
Let me put it this way, it can strip them sometimes or leave them in. The inconsistancy annoys me, so I prefer to replace underscores with hyphens. Cheers Tracy 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] Filenames without spaces or commas
I use Legacy with Passage Express to create autorun CD-ROMs. I've found that PE regularly removes any "_" for file names, so all files with "_" aren't found and I see the dratted box with the red cross for my images etc that have "_" in them. I've had to work around this by changing all of my "_" in file names to "-". Learning early on about spaces in file names from this list was a wonderful tip. I create reports using html, the coding isn't particularly great and I usually end up reworking it, very time consuming. PE won't accept text folder names in the root directory, it shows up in the CD-ROM with text folder names you've used, but in the root directory the folders are listed as numbers. I've ended up keeping two sets of headers and footers that I use for generating my html reports - one with text folder names and one with number folder names, so that I can send the PE CD-ROM out to those with later model PCs and a generic CD-ROM for those with older PCs or MACs. I'm not good at programming, so I do all the changes myself - very very time consuming. Cheers Tracy 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] Names VS AKA
I use LANE/LANE-HUDSON for myself and similar format for others who were born with one surname and later changed it for various reasons. In my case using stepfather's name, deed poll and marriage name changes, with notes in private brackets [[]] listing dates etc. I use AKAs for each variation of the name if its officially listed somewhere. For spelling variations from family files I share with others, I either put in AKA or if incorrect spelling (which I am fully aware of for my family line) then I put the incorrect version in an event. So I guess I use most of the versions people have listed already. Cheers Tracy 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] Mills book on sourcing
Hi Listers I've also been watching the sourcing threads with interest. I'm not for or against any particular style. However, having never seen the Mills book, I was curious if the material/examples used are generic/universal (ie can be used across countries) or predominently North American. Living in Australia, with most of my ancestors in England and Europe, I don't have much need for the American sources. To justify spending AUD$80-90 on her book, I'd need to have more than minimal usage of sources from the book. Cheers Tracy 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] Private check box - events (eg residence, disproved information)
Hi Listers I'm looking for some advice on how others handle the private check box on events. I have some events that are on my master list as private, but most are available for display on reports. Most of my information is coming either from relatives or publicly available information sources. My major concern is for disproved events and residence events. To date I've displayed residence events only for deceased people, unless the deceased is a child and parents are still living, these events I check private. When information such as from War Nominal Rolls shows an address at time of enlistment etc - should they be displayed or checked private? What do others do with publicly available information - display or check private? What do others do when they've disproved information - display or check private? I'm still trying to work out where to draw the line for keeping privacy issues and not embarrassing some of my family sources, who may take offence when further research shows errors or discrepancies. AND I don't want to put my sources offside and put an end to any further information sharing. How do others handle this balancing act? Cheers Tracy 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] Repository Question
Reproductions of publications can be messy, even in library cataloguing, Library of Congress uses the original publication details as publisher, cataloguing rules say use the publisher who reproduced it. The advice that I keep seeing of being consistent is very practical. I've got no particular pet sourcing style, I just go for what I can reasonably find at the time and unfortunately with Internet sourcing, it may never be found again by others. I do a lot of research at National Library of Australia and National Archives of Australia, I copy what I can reasonably and legally manage, and end up with many things at home. I still try to show as the major repository, where I obtained the original information. Internet based sources I print out where possible, and add to my source any URLs and when I sighted them. I am about to start gathering BDMs from Tasmania, so I really appreciated seeing so many tips on this topic and on validation. Cheers Tracy 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] Free Printscreen Program
Hi Listers Another freeware printscreen program I like to use, which helps with text or image conversion or just copying/pasting into other programs is Printkey2000. http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm I've used it for years at work and at home. Cheers Tracy 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] Creating a gedcom
Valerie, one suggestion for you if you have more than one family in your file is to create a focus group using Search and tag your focus group with an unused tag no eg 8 or 9, then create your gedcom by exporting to Gedcom all individuals tagged with 8 or 9 (whichever you've chosen to use), remember to exclude any information like addresses private notes etc that you have in your file or others will have access to them too. More details: Search > Miscellaneous search > Focus group > 'View/select focus group' button - add as many people and descendants that fit your criteria, save and close your list - Back at Miscellaneous search, 'Create list' button > Options > Advanced Tagging - select 'Everyone in Search list' button, select an unused tag no eg 8 or 9, close your list - Go to File > Export to > Gedcom file, choose all the settings you'd like to show as much or as little detail in the Gedcom, go to 'Record selection' button, choose 'All records with an individual tag" of # use the tag no you allocated for your focus group. Hope this helps. Cheers Tracy 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] Gedcoms and 'Open with' default program
Thanks for clarifying that for me. I couldn't figure out why I could open it in the programs but not from a directory. I'll make mention of that in my CD-ROMs that I create for others. Cheers Tracy 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] Gedcoms and 'Open with' default program
Hi Listers I've spent months creating reports from Legacy in various formats and setting up an autorun CD-ROM using Passage Express. My biggest problem was Gedcom files and 'Open with' default program, no matter how I tried, I couldn't get a Gedcom file I'd created through Legacy to open using a genealogy program. I tried to tell the type of file to default to GenViewer Lite but it made no difference. Are there certain settings I should have used when creating the Gedcom files? Cheers Tracy 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] AKAs for females with Norwegian and Russian last names
Thanks for the thoughts Heather, I'll need to do some more research on Norwegian and Russian names. I found out some useful details about Spanish and Dutch names through this list, so it was worth a shot at seeing if others had experience with Norwegian and Russian names. Cheers Tracy 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] GEST - Gensmarts estimated dates
Thanks for the thoughts, GenSmarts is a nice research tool, but I should be realistic with limitations, such as some very odd dates at times. Still, when you are trying to figure out if someone may have been alive during particular events such as wars etc, the GEST dates can be useful. Cheers Tracy 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] Family Name History
Give it a rest Mike, nobody likes being flamed. This list is very helpful and informative, and how you reacted to an innocent question was unreasonable, but there is no need to go on - I'm done with this topic Cheers Tracy 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
