[LegacyUG] Correct file path for media
As a general rule you should keep your data away from your programs. If you only have one partition, it doesn't really matter. However, if you have more than one drive then it is better to keep all your data on one drive, well away from the operating system and programs. That way, if you have to reinstall the OS (or upgrade to a new one) your data are safe. My layout is C:\ a relatively small SSD for OS, programs and C:\Legacy D:\ 1TB HDD for data, including D:\Genealogy\ which has everything to do with Legacy (except for the programs etc.) in sub folders such as data\, Videos\, Pictures\. E:\ Another 1TB HDD for other stuff Now, I can simply back up EVERYTHING from my data drives onto external 1TB HDD's and can update or reinstall the OS without losing anything important. Tony Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder
All to scary for me!!! Cheers Shirley - Original Message - From: Brian Lehman To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder Thanks Sherry, I restored the file NameSplittingRules.txt so I should be OK, hopefully! Take care, Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder
Thanks Sherry, I restored the file NameSplittingRules.txt so I should be OK, hopefully! Take care, Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Correct file path for media
Hello, Simple question: what should be the file path where I keep media such are scans of vital records,census etc used in sources. I dont have sound or video. Currently my path is C:\Legacy\Docs.. but when I have to relink a scan that displays a question mark of a missing file,it opens the Data folder, then when I relink the scan,I find I have to relink ALL sources and people this particular scan is attached to. Thanks and take care, Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder
Not necessarily. You can delete the log files EXCEPT for Install.log. That keeps track of the installation and you won't be able to uninstall without jumping through some hoops. Don't delete the GeoCountryCodes.txt, GeoCountyCodes.txt, GeoExtraCodes.tx, GeoStateCodes.txt, NameSplittingRules.txt (oops -too late - hopefully an update or reinstall will restore that) or the license.txt files Don't delete the USR files, the TRN files, DBM files, graphic files, CHW or CHM files or HTM files or the LIC files. In other words - yes, you can delete the error logs, but that's all. One should never mess about with deleting files in a program's folder Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Brian Lehman wrote: > Boy,that was close, Thanks for the info! > The only things I deleted were Text Document in notepad. > Things like: NameSplittingRules, Missing docs,RINLog, and pages > referring to old trees that have been deleted for a while. > And error logs, I assume notepad documents are ALL OK to delete, Legacy > will add them as needed,is this correct? > Thanks again and take care, > Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Census Mortality Schedule
I would use the template for the appropriate census year and use the override tabs to change "population schedule" to "mortality schedule" and also change the NARA film number. Terri Brown From: Nancy Stevens To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:52 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Census Mortality Schedule Which source template do people use for federal census mortality schedules? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder
Boy,that was close, Thanks for the info! The only things I deleted were Text Document in notepad. Things like: NameSplittingRules, Missing docs,RINLog, and pages referring to old trees that have been deleted for a while. And error logs, I assume notepad documents are ALL OK to delete, Legacy will add them as needed,is this correct? Thanks again and take care, Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
If you back up and run check/repair and no problems are found, then you can be sure that the file in the backup doesn't have any problems since it's the same file you just ran the utility on. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:19 PM, mbstx wrote: > I keep several backups on a flash drive (each day as I finish entering data I > back up that day's work, which is day/time stamped; I then delete the > earliest of the other back-ups). I'm also backing up everything on my > computer to Mozy once a day. > > Perhaps I could do a check/repair on the 2nd most recent back-up (or one of > the others) to see what crops up? Then I would know what the state of that > one was at least. If I then did check/repair prior to backing up my latest > work, I would only be a bit off if something goofy happens. > > Does that make sense? > > Marianne Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
I keep several backups on a flash drive (each day as I finish entering data I back up that day's work, which is day/time stamped; I then delete the earliest of the other back-ups). I'm also backing up everything on my computer to Mozy once a day. Perhaps I could do a check/repair on the 2nd most recent back-up (or one of the others) to see what crops up? Then I would know what the state of that one was at least. If I then did check/repair prior to backing up my latest work, I would only be a bit off if something goofy happens. Does that make sense? Marianne -Original Message- >From: Ron Taylor >Sent: Jan 20, 2012 6:46 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair > >Marianne, >Very true. If your current database has errors in it and you have never run >check/repair, then all prior backups are suspect because they probably >contained the errors when they were generated. > >Others have stated that they would backup before check/repair which is not a >bad idea but based on the above, if errors are found and fixed, then backups >of the cleaned database would be preferable to backups which might contain >errors. >Ron Taylor > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
Marianne, Very true. If your current database has errors in it and you have never run check/repair, then all prior backups are suspect because they probably contained the errors when they were generated. Others have stated that they would backup before check/repair which is not a bad idea but based on the above, if errors are found and fixed, then backups of the cleaned database would be preferable to backups which might contain errors. Ron Taylor Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] England Places
Oh good, I figured how to make it show up to me with whipped cream and you plain vanilla. LOL Ron Bernier wrote: >Thank you Jerry. This message came through fine - no colored background. > >Ron Bernier >Sent from my iPad > >On Jan 20, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Jerry wrote: > >> Sorry Ron, but I thought it was pretty subtle and I like the contrast. >> But I just un-checked the box to compose in html. Did it still come >> across with the colored background? And thanks - the other Ron - for >> that answer - so looks like I should just use Yorkshire, not Yorkshire >> County, if I understood you correctly. >> >> Jerry >> >> On 01/20/2012 05:52 PM, Ron Bernier wrote: >>> Jerry, >>> >>> With all due respect, I know that the list administrator made the >>> decision to allow HTML on the Legacy list ( a decision that I for one >>> feel was one of the worst decisions ever made on this list), but is >>> really necessary to send messages with a colored background? This is >>> extremely distracting when trying to read email. >>> >>> >>> Ron Bernier >>> Woonsocket, RI >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Jerry wrote: Ron, if you are still up - what is it about 5 or 6 hours difference there between the U.S. Eastern time zone - anyway, I thought you could answer a question for me. Are Yorkshire and Devonshire considered counties in England? And, if so, do you put the term county along with their names or just leave it at Devonshire or Yorkshire if that is all you have? Thanks, Jerry Boor - http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >>> >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >>> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >>> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] University attendance
Thanks to all for the advice. I created a source for everything and then created a University event to handle the Uni side of this and a work event to handle the legal side of it. The other bits will be logged and sourced in the usual way. Thanks again Tony Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Farm-centric report/tree?
On 20/01/2012 22:56, Bjørn K Nilssen wrote: > A lot of my family comes from small farms. Such farms ususally starts > (or my records do anyway) around 1500-1600 as one big farm, and is > then split into smaller farms as more children arrives. Farms have a > Gnr, like 26, and when split they get a bnr as well, like 26/1, 26/2, > 26/3 and so on. Sometimes they use an lnr as well, like 93a, 93b etc, > and sometimes the numbers changes too:( Some of my ancestors moved > around a lot, while other branches lived at the same farm > continuously for 450 years (and still going strong). > > I would like to make some reports/trees that are centred around these > farms, to see who lived where and when. Would this be possible in > Legacy? Or are there other charting programs or addons that will be > able to do this? I've been fiddling around trying to find a way that > works, but am not quite happy. How would you experts do this? Use > custom events? As I see it, the problem is that Legacy is "centred around" families, not locations, and you say you want Reports or Trees that are "centred around" certain locations. One way of tackling it, and it may not be the best way, but it's all that comes to me so far, is to create a separate Legacy family file where instead of entering people to create a tree , you enter farms! Put the numbers in the UserID field and the create Residence (or other name) Events for each family who lived in that farm. So you might start with Farm 26 entered in the "Father" position with Events showing which families lived there at which dates. Then if the farm splits, enter "sons" with user IDs 26/1, 26/2 etc. You could then run, say, a Descendant Book Report which instead of showing a series of families with their Events would show a series of related farms and which family lived there at different times. I hope that makes some sort of sense. I am not familiar with Norwegian history, so just basing my suggestion on how I understand what you wrote. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] England Places
Thank you Jerry. This message came through fine - no colored background. Ron Bernier Sent from my iPad On Jan 20, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Jerry wrote: > Sorry Ron, but I thought it was pretty subtle and I like the contrast. > But I just un-checked the box to compose in html. Did it still come > across with the colored background? And thanks - the other Ron - for > that answer - so looks like I should just use Yorkshire, not Yorkshire > County, if I understood you correctly. > > Jerry > > On 01/20/2012 05:52 PM, Ron Bernier wrote: >> Jerry, >> >> With all due respect, I know that the list administrator made the >> decision to allow HTML on the Legacy list ( a decision that I for one >> feel was one of the worst decisions ever made on this list), but is >> really necessary to send messages with a colored background? This is >> extremely distracting when trying to read email. >> >> >> Ron Bernier >> Woonsocket, RI >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Jerry wrote: >>> Ron, if you are still up - what is it about 5 or 6 hours difference there >>> between the U.S. Eastern time zone - anyway, I thought you could answer a >>> question for me. >>> >>> Are Yorkshire and Devonshire considered counties in England? And, if so, do >>> you put the term county along with their names or just leave it at >>> Devonshire or Yorkshire if that is all you have? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jerry Boor - http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org >>> >>> >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >>> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder
Everything's right where it belongs. Don't move anything and don't delete anything (unless a tech tells you to to help resolve a problem) In the Help file in Legacy, look up File: Extensions to see a list of the file extensions. They don't "open" because they're not supposed to open on their own. They're files that work with the program. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Brian Lehman wrote: > Hello, > I have a problem,I hope can be corrected, firstly my Legacy files works > fine,everything opens properly. > Years ago, I went through several Legacy installs and installed it in > the wrong place, since corrected. > > My problem is that in the Legacy folder, C: Legacy, I have the usual > folders, > Backgrind, Backups,books,ColorSchemes,Common > files,Data,Dictionaries,Docs,FamilySearch,forms,Geo,Interview, > Legacyhome,LegacyCharting7,Passage > Express,Pictures,sounds,temp,timelines,TreeImages,Video,videos,web,webpics. > > And many other files that don't open,I think belong in a sub folder. > That I would like to clean up and place properly. > Such as (foreign language).trn, ,dbm, and many .usr files. > Problem is I don't know if these files belong in the main Legacy folder > or in a sub folder. > > Example, the (foreign language).trn files MIGHT belong in the Common > Files>PubCenterExamples because > it has folders matching the language of the (foreign language).trn. > Or maybe everything belongs in the main Legacy folder. > > Is there a list somewhere that would tell me where these files belong > and will moving the create problems? > Thanks for the advice, > take care, > Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] England Places
That's correct, Jerry, 'County' is never used as a subscript btw. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Jerry Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:13 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] England Places Sorry Ron, but I thought it was pretty subtle and I like the contrast. But I just un-checked the box to compose in html. Did it still come across with the colored background? And thanks - the other Ron - for that answer - so looks like I should just use Yorkshire, not Yorkshire County, if I understood you correctly. Jerry On 01/20/2012 05:52 PM, Ron Bernier wrote: > Jerry, > > With all due respect, I know that the list administrator made the > decision to allow HTML on the Legacy list ( a decision that I for one > feel was one of the worst decisions ever made on this list), but is > really necessary to send messages with a colored background? This is > extremely distracting when trying to read email. > > > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Jerry > wrote: >> Ron, if you are still up - what is it about 5 or 6 hours difference there >> between the U.S. Eastern time zone - anyway, I thought you could answer a >> question for me. >> >> Are Yorkshire and Devonshire considered counties in England? And, if so, >> do >> you put the term county along with their names or just leave it at >> Devonshire or Yorkshire if that is all you have? >> >> Thanks, >> Jerry Boor - http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org >> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder
Brian, I do not know of a list of folders, but from your description the files to which you refer are in the correct place. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Brian Lehman Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:46 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder Hello, I have a problem,I hope can be corrected, firstly my Legacy files works fine,everything opens properly. Years ago, I went through several Legacy installs and installed it in the wrong place, since corrected. My problem is that in the Legacy folder, C: Legacy, I have the usual folders, Backgrind, Backups,books,ColorSchemes,Common files,Data,Dictionaries,Docs,FamilySearch,forms,Geo,Interview, Legacyhome,LegacyCharting7,Passage Express,Pictures,sounds,temp,timelines,TreeImages,Video,videos,web,webpics. And many other files that don't open,I think belong in a sub folder. That I would like to clean up and place properly. Such as (foreign language).trn, ,dbm, and many .usr files. Problem is I don't know if these files belong in the main Legacy folder or in a sub folder. Example, the (foreign language).trn files MIGHT belong in the Common Files>PubCenterExamples because it has folders matching the language of the (foreign language).trn. Or maybe everything belongs in the main Legacy folder. Is there a list somewhere that would tell me where these files belong and will moving the create problems? Thanks for the advice, take care, Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] England Places
Sorry Ron, but I thought it was pretty subtle and I like the contrast. But I just un-checked the box to compose in html. Did it still come across with the colored background? And thanks - the other Ron - for that answer - so looks like I should just use Yorkshire, not Yorkshire County, if I understood you correctly. Jerry On 01/20/2012 05:52 PM, Ron Bernier wrote: > Jerry, > > With all due respect, I know that the list administrator made the > decision to allow HTML on the Legacy list ( a decision that I for one > feel was one of the worst decisions ever made on this list), but is > really necessary to send messages with a colored background? This is > extremely distracting when trying to read email. > > > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Jerry wrote: >> Ron, if you are still up - what is it about 5 or 6 hours difference there >> between the U.S. Eastern time zone - anyway, I thought you could answer a >> question for me. >> >> Are Yorkshire and Devonshire considered counties in England? And, if so, do >> you put the term county along with their names or just leave it at >> Devonshire or Yorkshire if that is all you have? >> >> Thanks, >> Jerry Boor - http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Farm-centric report/tree?
A lot of my family comes from small farms. Such farms ususally starts (or my records do anyway) around 1500-1600 as one big farm, and is then split into smaller farms as more children arrives. Farms have a Gnr, like 26, and when split they get a bnr as well, like 26/1, 26/2, 26/3 and so on. Sometimes they use an lnr as well, like 93a, 93b etc, and sometimes the numbers changes too :( Some of my ancestors moved around a lot, while other branches lived at the same farm continuously for 450 years (and still going strong). I would like to make some reports/trees that are centred around these farms, to see who lived where and when. Would this be possible in Legacy? Or are there other charting programs or addons that will be able to do this? I've been fiddling around trying to find a way that works, but am not quite happy. How would you experts do this? Use custom events? -- Bjørn K Nilssen - b...@bknilssen.no - 3D and panoramas Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] England Places
Jerry, With all due respect, I know that the list administrator made the decision to allow HTML on the Legacy list ( a decision that I for one feel was one of the worst decisions ever made on this list), but is really necessary to send messages with a colored background? This is extremely distracting when trying to read email. Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Jerry wrote: > Ron, if you are still up - what is it about 5 or 6 hours difference there > between the U.S. Eastern time zone - anyway, I thought you could answer a > question for me. > > Are Yorkshire and Devonshire considered counties in England? And, if so, do > you put the term county along with their names or just leave it at > Devonshire or Yorkshire if that is all you have? > > Thanks, > Jerry Boor - http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] England Places
Jerry, Yes, I’m still up – it’s early yet! Yes they are both counties. In actual fact ‘shire’ is the old name for for ‘county’, although not all counties end with it, eg. Essex, Cornwall etc.. In England the only county which is prefaced by ‘County’ is County Durham. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Jerry Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:33 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] England Places Ron, if you are still up - what is it about 5 or 6 hours difference there between the U.S. Eastern time zone - anyway, I thought you could answer a question for me. Are Yorkshire and Devonshire considered counties in England? And, if so, do you put the term county along with their names or just leave it at Devonshire or Yorkshire if that is all you have? Thanks, Jerry Boor - http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Crowded Legacy folder
Hello, I have a problem,I hope can be corrected, firstly my Legacy files works fine,everything opens properly. Years ago, I went through several Legacy installs and installed it in the wrong place, since corrected. My problem is that in the Legacy folder, C: Legacy, I have the usual folders, Backgrind, Backups,books,ColorSchemes,Common files,Data,Dictionaries,Docs,FamilySearch,forms,Geo,Interview, Legacyhome,LegacyCharting7,Passage Express,Pictures,sounds,temp,timelines,TreeImages,Video,videos,web,webpics. And many other files that don't open,I think belong in a sub folder. That I would like to clean up and place properly. Such as (foreign language).trn, ,dbm, and many .usr files. Problem is I don't know if these files belong in the main Legacy folder or in a sub folder. Example, the (foreign language).trn files MIGHT belong in the Common Files>PubCenterExamples because it has folders matching the language of the (foreign language).trn. Or maybe everything belongs in the main Legacy folder. Is there a list somewhere that would tell me where these files belong and will moving the create problems? Thanks for the advice, take care, Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] England Places
Ron, if you are still up - what is it about 5 or 6 hours difference there between the U.S. Eastern time zone - anyway, I thought you could answer a question for me. Are Yorkshire and Devonshire considered counties in England? And, if so, do you put the term county along with their names or just leave it at Devonshire or Yorkshire if that is all you have? Thanks, Jerry Boor - http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
Ron Taylor wrote: "External drive backups are valuable but will not provide a "saved version" of your file should it be necessary to return to an earlier edition of the database. The external file would only be a backup of the last version saved." Not so. If you use incremental backups you can keep as many historic versions as you like, with the relevant pictures, media, gedcoms etc. And by using automatic scheduling you ensure that you never forget to backup or mess it up. John Clifford -Original Message- From: Ron Taylor [mailto:doit4...@yahoo.com] Sent: 20 January 2012 14:10 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair The Legacy backup collects all the various pieces of the database into a zip file container. That zip file is smaller because of the techniques used in the zip process but the container also preserves the file integrity. A zip file will not open if it is corrupted or partial. External drive backups are valuable but will not provide a "saved version" of your file should it be necessary to return to an earlier edition of the database. The external file would only be a backup of the last version saved. At times, an error is only discovered days after the problem occurred and the current file and the last backup are both infected. Check/Repair is a very necessary procedure on any database. It determines if file structures are properly connected. It does not repair data errors which may be discovered in various problem reports. It does not change data. It may remove incorrectly linked marriages, etc. Anyone who fails to run check/repair on a regular basis is going to be surprised to find that the computer programming is not flawless. Even if check/repair never finds and fixes problems, it still needs to be run. As a general rule, I believe that a clean Check/Repair should be completed just prior to a backup so that if the backup needs to be restored, it can be considered to be a clean database without structural errors. Ron Taylor Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
Marnie, I have always backed up both before *and* after using check/repair, it's always easy to delete one or the other. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Marnie Oakes Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 8:57 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair To back up before running check/repair or to run check/repair before backing up..that is the question. LUG seems to be pretty evenly split. Thanks for all the input. For me, since I currently have no visible problems, I think I will back up before the check/repair, BUT I will note that the backup was before check/repair. My decision would be different if I suspected a corrupt file. Once I've looked at the error.log or discovered that there were no errors, I guess that I will run check/repair more often before I back up. Keeping track of backups seems to be essential here. Marnie On 1/19/2012 3:19 PM, Marnie Oakes wrote: > Right now I have no Legacy problems. However, I have not run File > Maintenance in weeks because the last time I did I ended up with a very > mixed up files. Children of parents in the 1900s ended up in Medieval > families; individuals from my husband's database were intermixed with > mine, etc. I went back to my backups and have been ignoring the > problem. I am concerned that I should be doing the maintenance or that > a problem may occur that requires maintenance for the solution. > > Any hints on how to do run check/repair without problems? Making > backups certainly saved my data. I checked the archives, but didn't find > that anyone else had had my problems. > > Marnie Oakes > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Checking for file DIFFERENCES
How would Intellishare work for that? It should merge all records that are the same, and present you with the changes. I think it works automatically. I would first make a backup, perhaps of each one, then just merge the files. I am looking for comments, as I may need to do this myself. Carl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
To back up before running check/repair or to run check/repair before backing up..that is the question. LUG seems to be pretty evenly split. Thanks for all the input. For me, since I currently have no visible problems, I think I will back up before the check/repair, BUT I will note that the backup was before check/repair. My decision would be different if I suspected a corrupt file. Once I've looked at the error.log or discovered that there were no errors, I guess that I will run check/repair more often before I back up. Keeping track of backups seems to be essential here. Marnie On 1/19/2012 3:19 PM, Marnie Oakes wrote: > Right now I have no Legacy problems. However, I have not run File > Maintenance in weeks because the last time I did I ended up with a very > mixed up files. Children of parents in the 1900s ended up in Medieval > families; individuals from my husband's database were intermixed with > mine, etc. I went back to my backups and have been ignoring the > problem. I am concerned that I should be doing the maintenance or that > a problem may occur that requires maintenance for the solution. > > Any hints on how to do run check/repair without problems? Making > backups certainly saved my data. I checked the archives, but didn't find > that anyone else had had my problems. > > Marnie Oakes > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information
There is also HuMogen from http://humogen.com/ , a php/MySQL program, similar to TNG but free Open Source. As with TNG you need a web host. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Bob Rowe Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 8:11 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information The first thing that comes to my mind is The Next Generation that you upload to an Internet host. Hosting costs vary but you could easily find a $5 per month plan. TNG is only $30. I exported my entire Legacy family tree to a 5.5 gedcom and uploaded it to MySQL on my host have have a wonderful family sharing situation. http://www.lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php Bob From: "Carolyn White" To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:20:35 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Fw: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information From: Carolyn White Subject: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 10:46 AM My quite small family history organizations wants to create at reasonable cost ($5 a month or less) some centralized communications mechanism for family announcements (deaths, births, upcoming reunions) and family history (GEDCOM) files. Several of us have different computerized info on different formats (I use Legacy; others use other programs). Does anyone have experience with and can recommend a host website or similar function that we can consider? It would be particularly helpful if you have had experience in uploading Legacy files to such a hosting-type mechanism. Thanks in advance for any responses. Carolyn White Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information
The first thing that comes to my mind is The Next Generation that you upload to an Internet host. Hosting costs vary but you could easily find a $5 per month plan. TNG is only $30. I exported my entire Legacy family tree to a 5.5 gedcom and uploaded it to MySQL on my host have have a wonderful family sharing situation. http://www.lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php Bob - Original Message - From: "Carolyn White" To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:20:35 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Fw: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information From: Carolyn White Subject: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 10:46 AM My quite small family history organizations wants to create at reasonable cost ($5 a month or less) some centralized communications mechanism for family announcements (deaths, births, upcoming reunions) and family history (GEDCOM) files. Several of us have different computerized info on different formats (I use Legacy; others use other programs). Does anyone have experience with and can recommend a host website or similar function that we can consider? It would be particularly helpful if you have had experience in uploading Legacy files to such a hosting-type mechanism. Thanks in advance for any responses. Carolyn White Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information
Hi Carolyn. I'm sure you will get a thousand different opinions, but quite a few people who use Legacy on the desktop use a thing called TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding) on their websites. Legacy is the best desktop program, but TNG has better features when it comes to the application to the website. TNG can do all that and more and after the initial outlay of $29.95 for the software (one time until a major upgrade), the cost can be as low as about $4.99 per month on the hosting sites that TNG recommends. You can use Legacy and transfer to your website via a GEDCOM. Good luck! Jerry Boor - http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org To Take A Look - enter username=FullGuest; password=merriam On 01/20/2012 02:20 PM, Carolyn White wrote: > > > From: Carolyn White > Subject: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 10:46 AM > > My quite small family history organizations wants to create at > reasonable cost ($5 a month or less) some centralized > communications mechanism for family announcements (deaths, births, > upcoming reunions) and family history (GEDCOM) files. Several of > us have different computerized info on different formats (I use > Legacy; others use other programs). > Does anyone have experience with and can recommend a host website > or similar function that we can consider? It would be > particularly helpful if you have had experience in uploading > Legacy files to such a hosting-type mechanism. Thanks in advance > for any responses. > Carolyn White > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information
I love Weebly. Up to 3 free websites, unlimited pages, free blog. I've uploaded legacy report PDFs, no problem. Not a genealogy tree site, but not bad for free and you can always make screen shots.. On 1/20/2012 12:20 PM, Carolyn White wrote: > > > From: Carolyn White > Subject: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 10:46 AM > > My quite small family history organizations wants to create at > reasonable cost ($5 a month or less) some centralized > communications mechanism for family announcements (deaths, births, > upcoming reunions) and family history (GEDCOM) files. Several of > us have different computerized info on different formats (I use > Legacy; others use other programs). > Does anyone have experience with and can recommend a host website > or similar function that we can consider? It would be > particularly helpful if you have had experience in uploading > Legacy files to such a hosting-type mechanism. Thanks in advance > for any responses. > Carolyn White > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Fw: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information
From: Carolyn White Subject: Recommendations on Website/Sharing Information To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 10:46 AM My quite small family history organizations wants to create at reasonable cost ($5 a month or less) some centralized communications mechanism for family announcements (deaths, births, upcoming reunions) and family history (GEDCOM) files. Several of us have different computerized info on different formats (I use Legacy; others use other programs). Does anyone have experience with and can recommend a host website or similar function that we can consider? It would be particularly helpful if you have had experience in uploading Legacy files to such a hosting-type mechanism. Thanks in advance for any responses. Carolyn White Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Checking for file DIFFERENCES
Hi Laurie, I really agree with you about the difficulty of version control. I have complained on this LUG about Legacy changing the file date stamp even if you just view a database. Seems as though this isn't a Legacy problem but a problem with the Microsoft database system they use. In my case my database got corrupted and I needed to compare the Legacy zipped backup files to see which version one was good. Sometimes when I know I am just browsing I will create a copy of the data file to use for viewing so the real file doesn't get a new date stamp. This is what I do to compare file1 vs file2: Do this for both file1 and file2. In Legacy, click File>Export To>GEDCOM File A window will open-in the top on the Options tab Produce file for: (select) Legacy, Character Set ANSI then click Select File Name and START EXPORT Now you have saved two GEDCOM files which you can compare. I use WinMerge which is free/open source, user friendly and presents the differences quite well. You can get WinMerge here: http://winmerge.org/ When viewing the GEDCOM data note the Update/modified date in the GED file. This isn't the best solution, i.e. it doesn't do a direct compare of Sourcewriter sources. And likely some other things I am not aware of. I spent a lot of time trying to do this. I bought MudCreek GENMatcher hoping it would do what I wanted but it didn't. On 1/20/2012 9:32 AM, laurie curtis wrote: > > I’m made a mess of things and cannot be the only one with this problem. > Really lost the plot with version control and have managed to enter new data > in to back up versions of files. Also because every time a file opens, it gets > a new date, I don’t always know what file is the newest –just know which > one I > opened most recently. This compounds the version control issue when I THINK > I’m entering data in most current file, but entering it in a back up. > Because > I’m afraid to lose what I’ve done, I save the backup with a new name. > Now I’m > in a real mess. > > > Would love to know if anyone has figured out a way to compare files for what > is DIFFERENT. I know we can compare for what is the same, but that won’t > help > me figure out which files have new data? Thoughts for how to get myself out > of this mud hole? Would also really welcome ideas for how people handle file > management – I obviously need some lessons!! > > > Laurie > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Gallery Default
Using the "Suggest a new Feature" link in the Support section of the Legacy Home tab in Legacy, please submit this to us on the Suggestion form You can also go to our website www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > Help Center > Make A Suggestion for the same form. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Carol Gardner wrote: > In the Picture Gallery where you can choose to look at "Individual" > pictures, or "All Pictures," etc., is there a way to set the default to > seeing "All Pictures," when the Gallery opens? The default is "Individual" > pictures. Even if I choose "All Pictures," then close the window, when I > return to that person's Picture Gallery, it opens up with "Individual" > pictures. I would preferably like the picture gallery to open with "All > Pictures" for everyone in the database. > > Thanks. > Carol Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check repair - error log
Woo hoo - no errors! ;) Thanks, --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams From: Brian/Support To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Fri, January 20, 2012 10:46:25 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Check repair - error log Paula, The error.log file is only created if Legacy finds and fixes errors. If the error.log file is created you will get a window reporting that errors were found and it will offer to open the error log file. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 20/01/2012 11:33 AM, Paula Ryburn wrote: > I just ran check repair and can't find the error log. Help says: > > Error Log > All actions taken during the verifying process are recorded in a text file > named ERROR.LOG in the program folder. This file can be viewed with any text > editor or word processor. > > "program folder" = "Legacy" right? No file. Does that mean no errors? >Nothing > was repaired? > > I thought maybe "All actions" meant there would be at least a recording of the > 170 or so steps with "successful" or something ? > > Thanks,--Paula in Texas Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check repair - error log
Paula, The error.log file is only created if Legacy finds and fixes errors. If the error.log file is created you will get a window reporting that errors were found and it will offer to open the error log file. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 20/01/2012 11:33 AM, Paula Ryburn wrote: > I just ran check repair and can't find the error log. Help says: > > Error Log > All actions taken during the verifying process are recorded in a text file > named ERROR.LOG in the program folder. This file can be viewed with any text > editor or word processor. > > "program folder" = "Legacy" right? No file. Does that mean no errors? > Nothing > was repaired? > > I thought maybe "All actions" meant there would be at least a recording of the > 170 or so steps with "successful" or something ? > > Thanks,--Paula in Texas Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check repair - error log
Check the folder where the Family File is stored. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Paula Ryburn wrote: > I just ran check repair and can't find the error log. Help says: > > Error Log > > All actions taken during the verifying process are recorded in a text file > named ERROR.LOG in the program folder. This file can be viewed with any text > editor or word processor. > > > "program folder" = "Legacy" right? No file. Does that mean no errors? > Nothing was repaired? > > I thought maybe "All actions" meant there would be at least a recording of > the 170 or so steps with "successful" or something ? > > Thanks, > --Paula in Texas Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
Please note that there is a warning to do a backup *before* doing the check/repair. That's becuase this can make some changes in the Family File which you're not happy with and you can always delete the file after the check/repair and restore the backup. It doesn't happen often, but we do see it. Backups should be done before *any* global change to the Family File. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Ron Taylor wrote: > As a general rule, I believe that a clean Check/Repair should be completed > just prior to a backup so that if the backup needs to be restored, it can be > considered to be a clean database without structural errors. > > Ron Taylor > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check repair - error log
I just ran check repair and can't find the error log. Help says: Error Log All actions taken during the verifying process are recorded in a text file named ERROR.LOG in the program folder. This file can be viewed with any text editor or word processor. "program folder" = "Legacy" right? No file. Does that mean no errors? Nothing was repaired? I thought maybe "All actions" meant there would be at least a recording of the 170 or so steps with "successful" or something ? Thanks,--Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams From: Jenny M Benson To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thu, January 19, 2012 4:29:43 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] University attendance On 19/01/2012 06:16, Tony Rolfe wrote: > I have just discovered the Ancestry database "Cambridge University > Alumni, 1261-1900" which records information about almost all Cambridge > Alumni. > > One of our family is recorded with a wealth of information about his > schooling and subsequent career. > > Can anyone advise the best way to record this? > > I'm trying to build a "University" event but this doesn't seem adequate > to cover all the information. The actual record is shown between the lines > > -- > > Name: William [John] Smelter. Cadman > College: TRINITY HALL > Entered: Michs. 1860 > Born: 1838 > Died: 13 Sep 1881 > More Information: Adm. pens. (age 22) at TRINITY HALL, Aug. 18, 1860. > S. and h. of William, Esq., of Handsworth Grange, Sheffield, Yorks. B. > 1838. Matric. Michs. 1860. Migrated to Peterhouse, Oct. 25, 1864. Adm. > at Gray's Inn, Nov. 17, 1860. Migrated to the Inner Temple, Nov. 20, > 1861. Called to the Bar, 1865. On the Midland Circuit; afterwards on the > North Eastern Circuit. Of Redworth House, Clifton, York. Died Sept. 13, > 1881, at York. Father of Philip S. (1890). (Index Soc. Publications, > Obit. Notices, 1881.) > > --- > > I really don't want to create a whole list of events for the university > stuff, but I suspect that things like admission to the bar would warrant > their own event. I would create a University Event and and put the relevant parts of the information above into the Notes field. Then create Events for the other significant facts. I have used the Cambridge Alumni list from Ancestry as a Source and used the Generic>Online database SourceWriter template, copying all the text into the Source Detail Text field. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Checking for file DIFFERENCES
On 20/01/2012 14:32, laurie curtis wrote: > > I’m made a mess of things and cannot be the only one with this problem. > Really lost the plot with version control and have managed to enter new > data in to back up versions of files. Also because every time a file > opens, it gets a new date, I don’t always know what file is the newest > –just know which one I opened most recently. This compounds the version > control issue when I THINK I’m entering data in most current file, but > entering it in a back up. Because I’m afraid to lose what I’ve done, I > save the backup with a new name. Now I’m in a real mess. > To avoid this sort of effor in the future I would suggest that you save your back-ups somewhere quite different to where your working file is kept (you should be doing this anyway) and got to Options>General, check the box for "Always open this file" and select your working file in the box below. It also sounds as though your "backups" are not the zip files created by Legacy Backup, as these need to be Restored, not Opened as you do with a normal family file. If you use Legacy Backup you will can choose where to save the backup file and you have the option to have the current date and/or time appended to the filename so there would never be doubt as to which was your latest backup. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
On 1/20/2012 10:00 AM, Ron Bernier wrote: > Check/repair is checking/repairing the currently "open" database. Not > your backups. > > Ron Bernier > Sent from my Verizon iPhone > But if your currently open database has corrupted information and you save it and back it up to your external drive, the back up will also have corrupted information. The check/repair BEFORE exit and back up ensures the back up is clean also. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
Check/repair is checking/repairing the currently "open" database. Not your backups. Ron Bernier Sent from my Verizon iPhone On Jan 20, 2012, at 9:57 AM, mbstx wrote: > RE your last sentence - if one has never used Check/Repair, wouldn't all > back-ups be suspect, and none considered clean? Marianne > > -Original Message- >> From: Ron Taylor >> Sent: Jan 20, 2012 8:10 AM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair >> >> The Legacy backup collects all the various pieces of the database into a zip >> file container. That zip file is smaller because of the techniques used in >> the zip process but the container also preserves the file integrity. A zip >> file will not open if it is corrupted or partial. External drive backups >> are valuable but will not provide a "saved version" of your file should it >> be necessary to return to an earlier edition of the database. The external >> file would only be a backup of the last version saved. At times, an error >> is only discovered days after the problem occurred and the current file and >> the last backup are both infected. >> >> Check/Repair is a very necessary procedure on any database. It determines >> if file structures are properly connected. It does not repair data errors >> which may be discovered in various problem reports. It does not change >> data. It may remove incorrectly linked marriages, etc. Anyone who fails to >> run check/repair on a regular basis is going to be surprised to find that >> the computer programming is not flawless. Even if check/repair never finds >> and fixes problems, it still needs to be run. >> >> As a general rule, I believe that a clean Check/Repair should be completed >> just prior to a backup so that if the backup needs to be restored, it can be >> considered to be a clean database without structural errors. >> >> Ron Taylor >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
RE your last sentence - if one has never used Check/Repair, wouldn't all back-ups be suspect, and none considered clean? Marianne -Original Message- >From: Ron Taylor >Sent: Jan 20, 2012 8:10 AM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair > >The Legacy backup collects all the various pieces of the database into a zip >file container. That zip file is smaller because of the techniques used in >the zip process but the container also preserves the file integrity. A zip >file will not open if it is corrupted or partial. External drive backups are >valuable but will not provide a "saved version" of your file should it be >necessary to return to an earlier edition of the database. The external file >would only be a backup of the last version saved. At times, an error is only >discovered days after the problem occurred and the current file and the last >backup are both infected. > >Check/Repair is a very necessary procedure on any database. It determines if >file structures are properly connected. It does not repair data errors which >may be discovered in various problem reports. It does not change data. It >may remove incorrectly linked marriages, etc. Anyone who fails to run >check/repair on a regular basis is going to be surprised to find that the >computer programming is not flawless. Even if check/repair never finds and >fixes problems, it still needs to be run. > >As a general rule, I believe that a clean Check/Repair should be completed >just prior to a backup so that if the backup needs to be restored, it can be >considered to be a clean database without structural errors. > >Ron Taylor > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Checking for file DIFFERENCES
I’m made a mess of things and cannot be the only one with this problem. Really lost the plot with version control and have managed to enter new data in to back up versions of files. Also because every time a file opens, it gets a new date, I don’t always know what file is the newest –just know which one I opened most recently. This compounds the version control issue when I THINK I’m entering data in most current file, but entering it in a back up. Because I’m afraid to lose what I’ve done, I save the backup with a new name. Now I’m in a real mess. Would love to know if anyone has figured out a way to compare files for what is DIFFERENT. I know we can compare for what is the same, but that won’t help me figure out which files have new data? Thoughts for how to get myself out of this mud hole? Would also really welcome ideas for how people handle file management – I obviously need some lessons!! Laurie Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
The Legacy backup collects all the various pieces of the database into a zip file container. That zip file is smaller because of the techniques used in the zip process but the container also preserves the file integrity. A zip file will not open if it is corrupted or partial. External drive backups are valuable but will not provide a "saved version" of your file should it be necessary to return to an earlier edition of the database. The external file would only be a backup of the last version saved. At times, an error is only discovered days after the problem occurred and the current file and the last backup are both infected. Check/Repair is a very necessary procedure on any database. It determines if file structures are properly connected. It does not repair data errors which may be discovered in various problem reports. It does not change data. It may remove incorrectly linked marriages, etc. Anyone who fails to run check/repair on a regular basis is going to be surprised to find that the computer programming is not flawless. Even if check/repair never finds and fixes problems, it still needs to be run. As a general rule, I believe that a clean Check/Repair should be completed just prior to a backup so that if the backup needs to be restored, it can be considered to be a clean database without structural errors. Ron Taylor Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair
I can't see the point of making Legacy backups. I keep all Legacy datafiles in a sub-folder of My Documents and they are backed up every week (onto an external hard drive) with all my other documents and data by a specialised backup/restore program, which is likely to be more reliable and flexible than anything built into Legacy (and much safer than anything in the cloud). I have used Legacy for about 8 years without problems and never heard of File Maintenance or run it to my knowledge. John Clifford -Original Message- From: Marnie Oakes [mailto:marnie.oa...@verizon.net] Sent: 19 January 2012 20:20 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair Right now I have no Legacy problems. However, I have not run File Maintenance in weeks because the last time I did I ended up with a very mixed up files. Children of parents in the 1900s ended up in Medieval families; individuals from my husband's database were intermixed with mine, etc. I went back to my backups and have been ignoring the problem. I am concerned that I should be doing the maintenance or that a problem may occur that requires maintenance for the solution. Any hints on how to do run check/repair without problems? Making backups certainly saved my data. I checked the archives, but didn't find that anyone else had had my problems. Marnie Oakes Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
