Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations
Chick Lewis wrote You mentioned database program.. rang a bell. I have Microsoft Office which does have Access. I changed the extension on my Legacy file to mdb. (using a copy -- not my main file) It works !! It's not really important, but as it happens there is no need to change the extension. Just select All files (*.*) in the Files of Type field when you want to open your Legacy file and it will happily open the .fdb file. The advantage of changing the extension is that it does remind you that you need to be working on a copy of you family file ... just in case! -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations
Good Point... Thank you Lew On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: Chick Lewis wrote You mentioned database program.. rang a bell. I have Microsoft Office which does have Access. I changed the extension on my Legacy file to mdb. (using a copy -- not my main file) It works !! It's not really important, but as it happens there is no need to change the extension. Just select All files (*.*) in the Files of Type field when you want to open your Legacy file and it will happily open the .fdb file. The advantage of changing the extension is that it does remind you that you need to be working on a copy of you family file ... just in case! -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations
Lew, If I understand you correctly then, yes, the Master Sources are each unique. If you have Access or OpenOffice the you will find the Source Details in tblSX. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:15:41 -0700 Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations From: cglewi...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com If I have several events all referenced to the same source, how can I tell whether there is actually multiple copies of the source in the database, or one copy that is linked to all the events. Am I correct in assuming that there is only one copy of the source itself but each citation is a stand alone regardless of whether or not it is duplicated? Is there any way that I can view that in the database itself? Thanks for listening... Lew _ 25GB of FREE Online Storage – Find out more http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665320/direct/01/ 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] Sources and Citations
Thanks, Ron. I don't have Access or Open Office, but I have MS Word and Excel. Not sure I understand how to access Legacy in either one. Lew On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:44 PM, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote: Lew, If I understand you correctly then, yes, the Master Sources are each unique. If you have Access or OpenOffice the you will find the Source Details in tblSX. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:15:41 -0700 Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations From: cglewi...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com If I have several events all referenced to the same source, how can I tell whether there is actually multiple copies of the source in the database, or one copy that is linked to all the events. Am I correct in assuming that there is only one copy of the source itself but each citation is a stand alone regardless of whether or not it is duplicated? Is there any way that I can view that in the database itself? Thanks for listening... Lew _ 25GB of FREE Online Storage – Find out more http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665320/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations
Sorry, Lew, but you can't. The Legacy database is an Access file ie. a '.mbd' file, although Legacy names it as '.fdb', hence can only be opened in some database programs, such as the two I mentioned, but not in a wordprocessor nor a spreadsheet progam. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:15:15 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations From: cglewi...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Thanks, Ron. I don't have Access or Open Office, but I have MS Word and Excel. Not sure I understand how to access Legacy in either one. Lew On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:44 PM, ronald ferguson wrote: Lew, If I understand you correctly then, yes, the Master Sources are each unique. If you have Access or OpenOffice the you will find the Source Details in tblSX. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:15:41 -0700 Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations From: cglewi...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com If I have several events all referenced to the same source, how can I tell whether there is actually multiple copies of the source in the database, or one copy that is linked to all the events. Am I correct in assuming that there is only one copy of the source itself but each citation is a stand alone regardless of whether or not it is duplicated? Is there any way that I can view that in the database itself? Thanks for listening... Lew _ 25GB of FREE Online Storage – Find out more http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665320/direct/01/ 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] Sources and Citations
Thanks again, Ron. You mentioned database program.. rang a bell. I have Microsoft Office which does have Access. I changed the extension on my Legacy file to mdb. (using a copy -- not my main file) It works !! I found the citation details in tbl1SX like you said and yes, they are repeated. I played around a bit and found the sources in tblSR. It looks like the sources are not repeated, but the citations are. That seems to answer my question... Sources are linked, but citations are repeated for each event. Thanks again... Lew On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote: Sorry, Lew, but you can't. The Legacy database is an Access file ie. a '.mbd' file, although Legacy names it as '.fdb', hence can only be opened in some database programs, such as the two I mentioned, but not in a wordprocessor nor a spreadsheet progam. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:15:15 -0700 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations From: cglewi...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Thanks, Ron. I don't have Access or Open Office, but I have MS Word and Excel. Not sure I understand how to access Legacy in either one. Lew On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:44 PM, ronald ferguson wrote: Lew, If I understand you correctly then, yes, the Master Sources are each unique. If you have Access or OpenOffice the you will find the Source Details in tblSX. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Create Standards Compliant CSS Pedigree web pages http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:15:41 -0700 Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources and Citations From: cglewi...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com If I have several events all referenced to the same source, how can I tell whether there is actually multiple copies of the source in the database, or one copy that is linked to all the events. Am I correct in assuming that there is only one copy of the source itself but each citation is a stand alone regardless of whether or not it is duplicated? Is there any way that I can view that in the database itself? Thanks for listening... Lew _ 25GB of FREE Online Storage – Find out more http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665320/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
