Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant chart without siblings
Hi Danny, If you just want the line from one person to another, then use the Relationship Calculator on the Tools Ribbon - see the Print options there. If you want all the direct ancestors without their siblings, then you want an Ancestor Chart, not a Descendant Chart. If you want an ancestor chart without all the branches, export the relevant people to a new Legacy file, make the chart and then delete the file. Cathy Danny Crook wrote: Is it possible to make a descendant chart from one ancestor down to a single descendant, without including all the siblings who are NOT ancestors of the descendant? This is something I want to do OFTEN, but I don't know which chart to choose and I can't see which boxes to check or un-check to do it. Surely it must be possible. Thanks. //Peter 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] USA County Verification report
The country verifier is correct. There is no such place as Orleans Parrish. I’d recommend you try a spell checker first. Parish is spelled with only one R. J New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States works just find. Brian in CA From: james christopherson [mailto:james_christopher...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:18 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] USA County Verification report My grandson was born in: New Orleans, Orleans Parrish, Louisiana, United States The county verificaton report gives me an error that there was no County called Orleans Parrish When i enter New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States it does not generate the error It is supposed to be Orleans Parrish not Orleans County. What should i do? James https://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Descendant chart without siblings
Is it possible to make a descendant chart from one ancestor down to a single descendant, without including all the siblings who are NOT ancestors of the descendant? This is something I want to do OFTEN, but I don't know which chart to choose and I can't see which boxes to check or un-check to do it. Surely it must be possible. Thanks. //Peter 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Edit Source Details crashes
Before contacting Support, I would first make sure you have re-booted the computer which I assume you have done several times and the problem still exists. It sounds like a display issue to me so I would then double check to make sure you have the latest video driver installed. Brian in CA From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:genea...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:05 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Edit Source Details crashes Sounds like something to send direct to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Cathy BobsTree2-Gmail wrote: Using latest version 8 on Windows 7, (459 ?). Source Details causing problems. If I select a field, then click to assign the Source Details clipboard, the screen starts to change bit noes not complete, I can only make out the Save/Cancel buttons. If I click on Save, the bad screen closes, and the field labels are red showing the source has been assigned. If I look at the Sources for the individual, they look OK. But if I try to Edit Details, the screen does not open properly, I cannot see the text to be edited, and. I cannot close the window. Sometimes Legacy closes or stops responding. I did a File Maintenance, no change. I get the same result on at least two other files. This is a major problem since I cannot properly add Source Details. Suggestions? Bob Hansen 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Event Info Pop-up
Thanks Jenny. My annoyance at the feature is exacerbated by the fact that I tend to work in a split screen mode. Legacy is effectively only half the width of the monitor screen and the other half is devoted to various research windows outside of the Legacy program, browsers, documents, pictures, etc. (this works well with large monitors in excess of 24) While working on any given person, I am doing the majority of additional work either adding new events or modifying existing events thus the reason for the mouse constantly hovering in that area. I don't remember this being a feature in v7.5 and I don't recall this being mentioned in any what's new text about v8. Strange that the programmers thought it important to allow one to turn off the Tool Tips Pop-Up feature but left this one out of the Customization menu. Oh well, if I can't turn it off, then I'm just going to have to remember to move the mouse out of the Events list. Brian in CA -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:28 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Info Pop-up On 14/01/2015 20:15, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: How does one turn off what I can only describe an Event Info Pop-up similar to the Tool-Tip Pop-up when you hover the mouse over an event’s Desc/Place/Notes column in the Individual’s Information screen. The intent of this feature is to allow you to instantly see much of the data from the event without actually opening the event. I am now to the point of where I found this nice when I first saw it but after a few months I now find it very distracting. Turning the Tool-Tip pop-up feature on or off has no effect on the Event Pop Up. Have I overlooked something in the Help or Customize sections? It seems to only occur when the content of the field is too long to be displayed in the width available. I suspect it's a feature which cannot be switched off. I do wonder at you finding it irritating because I hadn't even realised up to now that it happens. Obviously I am not in the habit of hovering my mouse pointer where you do! -- 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] USA County Verification report
Thnk you.Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhoneAt Jan 13, 2015, 9:20:30 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot<'br...@the-lightfoots.com'> wrote:The country verifier is correct. There is no such place as Orleans Parrish. I’d recommend you try a spell checker first. Parish is spelled with only one R. J New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States works just find.Brian in CAFrom: james christopherson [mailto:james_christopher...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:18 PMTo: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.comSubject: [LegacyUG] USA County Verification report My grandson was born in:New Orleans, Orleans Parrish, Louisiana, United States The county verificaton report gives me an error that there was no County called Orleans Parrish When i enter New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States it does not generate the error It is supposed to be Orleans Parrish not Orleans County. What should i do?James 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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[2]: [LegacyUG] Modify GED File to Remove Shared Events?
Don, I'm sorry I don't have an answer for your dilemma, but TNG also maintains an email list for its users and it has quite a few programmer types involved there as well as the owner/creator of the software. If there is a way to do what you need, they might be able to help. A large number of them use Legacy and TNG. Here's the link to join the email group: http://lythgoes.net/mailman/listinfo/tngusers2_lythgoes.net Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org -- Original Message -- From: Don Quigley dwquig...@cox.net To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Sent: 1/13/2015 12:28:18 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Modify GED File to Remove Shared Events? Jay, That works for the “delete” lines, but doesn’t help with the “add” lines that are needed for the “secondary” individuals to get their “own” event. I don’t want to give up the Share feature of Legacy because it’s a big time saver. But I do want accurate trees in Ancestry to help with my research, and in TNG (though I’m just starting there) to get my tree on to the Web. I ‘m going to play around with importing the text GED file into Excel and writing some VB macros to do what is needed. Was hoping to avoid that effort. Don From: Jay Wilpolt [mailto:jaywilp...@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 7:30 PM To:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Modify GED File to Remove Shared Events? Don. Try Using Notepad++ for editing your gedcom Search for 2 _Shar and select the find all lines with this then repeat the process for the 3 _Role Then at least you can see all the lines and I think you can even delete them all at once. Otherwise I would just go back to Legacy 7.5 and use that to keep in sync. On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Don Quigley dwquig...@cox.net wrote: Has anyone developed a simple way to modify GEDCOM files so they can be uploaded to sites like Ancestry and TNG that don’t support Legacy’s shared events and now lose the events for all individuals except the one for whom the event was originally created? The partial GED file below shows that the changes are not complicated and could be made manually in a text editor – except for the fact that family files may have 100s or 1000s of shared events/individuals. Way too many to do by hand. `` 0 @I1@ INDI 1 NAME Peter /Piper/ 2 GIVN Peter 2 SURN Piper 1 SEX M 1 CENS 2 DATE 1999 2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States 1 CENS [copied below] 2 DATE 2000 [copied below] 2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States [copied below] 2 _SHAR @I2@[deleted] 3 ROLE Household Member[deleted] 1 _UID A519BE2CF0BB421B99E9EB0ACD7F34EF961A 1 CHAN 2 DATE 17 Jul 2014 3 TIME 11:29 1 FAMS @F1@ 0 @I2@ INDI 1 NAME Mary /Contrary/ 2 GIVN Mary 2 SURN Contrary 1 SEX F 1 CENS 2 DATE 1999 2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States 1 CENS [inserted] 2 DATE 2000 [inserted] 2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States [inserted] ` Thanks for your ideas. Don Quigley Escondido, CA 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Event Addresses
Thanks for the reply, Wendy. In response: On 13/01/2015 00:57, Wendy Howard wrote: Hi Arthur, In Legacy, there are addresses and locations. They might appear to be the same, but they're separate fields in the program. 1... the Event Address list contains a lot of duplicates... Is there a way to get round this so that they are automatically combined? I choose to put the entire address into the Location field, and don't use the Event Address field at all (except for some early entries that I haven't changed yet). That's my choice, others may do things differently - Legacy is a very flexible program, so there are choices like this to be made. In my current program I've only got part-way through converting the single-field locations into separate location and address fields, and my experiments so far make me wonder if I should be recombining them. As well as the issue I've had here in Legacy, a different program has put the Address data into the event Notes field, which is clear enough and presents reasonably on the reports I would do, but doesn't seem quite right to me. In my experience, before I made this decision to use only Locations, you're not given the opportunity to apply an existing address. This kind of rings a bell with me from when I tried this out years ago in v.5, and since I could see I was going to end up with a long long list of addresses I decided to stick with the single field. (It's only in my current software that I've actually started making the changes.) You can combine Event Addresses if you wish - go to the Master Event Address List (View Master Lists Address Lists Event), select one address then click on the button Combine the highlighted event address with another one in the list; next click on the address you want to combine this one with, then click on the button which now says Highlight the Destination, then Click this Button. You've now combined the two addresses, and only the second one remains in the list. Thanks - I just wondered if there was some way of doing this more automatically. 3. What is the best way to differentiate between apparently identical addresses which belong in different locations (eg St Peter's Church in two different towns)? My choice is to include the street address if I know it, and the town, county (or whatever it is called in this particular place), and country. I put all of this into the Location field. Yes - if you're using a single Location field it's not really a problem, because you'd get things like: St Peter's Church, Bradford St Peter's Church, Leeds plus whatever other elements you choose to include, such as street, county, country etc, and as these would all show in the location list, it would be easy to select the right one. What I'd wondered was, if you're separating the Address from the Location, how in the address list do you distinguish between two different St Peter's Churches. With parish churches, I don't usually include a street name, so unless I included something else in the address field I wouldn't be able to tell which was which. If, as you say, there isn't an option to select an existing address when entering a location, then at least the potential confusion is avoided there. But trying to combine addresses could be a lengthy process as it would involve a search list for each one to see who used it and which location it was attached to, in order to make sure that St Peter's Church, Bradford was kept distinct from St Peter's Church, Leeds etc. Anyway, thanks for your suggestions. Arthur 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Event Addresses
Nice thought, but that would apply to the other address too - Harrogate was in the former West Riding but is now in North Yorkshire. Whatever the explanation, I'd like to know what's going on. I've converted some of the locations in my current software to show the address in a separate field, but not others. I quite like having them separated, but if they aren't going to import properly I'll have to think about recombining them first. I still wonder if there was some setting that I might have missed - or is there some tool in Legacy which would tidy up these addresses? Arthur On 12/01/2015 22:29, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: It may be that the location is not being recognised because the Yorkshire Ridings no longer exist Middlesbrough is now on North Yorkshire. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Returning to Legacy - general questions
Hi Wendy Thanks for your comments. As you'll have seen from my other posts, I still have concerns over some issues, but the updates situation is something that I think I can live with. When I first started using Legacy v.4, at a guess in about 2002, one of the things that attracted me was that it was regularly updated - unlike the program I'd been using until then, which seemed to have been more or less abandoned by its owner. Updates then were frequent but small, though over time they increased in size, and eventually, rather than a small patch, they involved a download of the full set-up file. This was a problem on dial-up. From what you say, updates sound as though they are less frequent now, and with broadband shouldn't be a problem anyway. I do realise that it's often the people with axes to grind who make the most noise and post the most reviews. There's a Top Ten Reviews site which puts Legacy on top (I think it was a single reviewer's assessment), so I was just wondering if anyone could account for the discrepancy between that and Gensoft Reviews, which collates lots of peoples' reviews and ratings - and which I've always thought of as a pretty reliable site. Anyway, thanks again, Arthur 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Returning to Legacy - general questions
Arthur, I just read several of the GENSOFT reviews. As I did not read them all, I cannot make comprehensive statements, but of those I read EVERY ONE of the negative reviews focused on a single problem that Legacy had. The positive reviews were nearly all 5 star, and comments indicated it was easy to use and the best genealogy program. I suggest you go to http://www.gensoftreviews.com/ and read some of the actual comments. On the combined Legacy review, click on Legacy and you will find the bunch. I concur with the positive reviews. Carl I do realise that it's often the people with axes to grind who make the most noise and post the most reviews. There's a Top Ten Reviews site which puts Legacy on top (I think it was a single reviewer's assessment), so I was just wondering if anyone could account for the discrepancy between that and Gensoft Reviews, which collates lots of peoples' reviews and ratings - and which I've always thought of as a pretty reliable site. Anyway, thanks again, Arthur 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Descendant chart without siblings
I use the Ancedtor Father's chart, as it includes the spouse of each direct line male ancestor. It looks great with pictures added as far back as I have them. Carolyn 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Event Info Pop-up
On 2015/01/14 07:28 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: Strange that the programmers thought it important to allow one to turn off the Tool Tips Pop-Up feature but left this one out of the Customization menu. Oh well, if I can't turn it off, then I'm just going to have to remember to move the mouse out of the Events list. What you're seeing is a Windows 'Feature' of text fields that exceed the space they've been given. So far as I know, the feature is included as one of the properties of the field: it's either on or off. A re-build of the program seems to be required to switch it off. I actually find it useful. You don't. So, just park the mouse in a place that won't offend you. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Returning to Legacy - general questions
I've obviously read more than you have, then. On the first page (most recent 20 reviews) the problems include: Irritation with Potential Problems feature Report layout issues (at least 3 different ones mentioned) Installation issues (missing DLLs) Research Guidance lost when upgrading Jumbling of complex families (multiple marriages/children) Wife's birth date attributed to husband in report I'm still only trying out the program and haven't experienced those particular issues, but as I've written elsewhere, I have experienced a corruption of some event addresses when importing a .ged file. No-one has been able to explain why, and while this is relatively easy to fix, the worry remains that somewhere along the line I'll find something else that got mangled. No-one has been able to explain the freezing issue either. One comment on Gensoft Reviews with which I do agree is about the way Legacy's website proclaims its superiority over other programs. The comparison chart lists the features of Legacy v.8, but the comparison is not against the currently available versions of other programs. For example, RootsMagic is shown with v.4: this was available from approximately December 2010 to December 2011, and RootsMagic is now at v.7. This is not a fair comparison. Arthur On 13/01/2015 18:21, Carl Cox wrote: Arthur, I just read several of the GENSOFT reviews. As I did not read them all, I cannot make comprehensive statements, but of those I read EVERY ONE of the negative reviews focused on a single problem that Legacy had. The positive reviews were nearly all 5 star, and comments indicated it was easy to use and the best genealogy program. I suggest you go to http://www.gensoftreviews.com/ and read some of the actual comments. On the combined Legacy review, click on Legacy and you will find the bunch. I concur with the positive reviews. Carl I do realise that it's often the people with axes to grind who make the most noise and post the most reviews. There's a Top Ten Reviews site which puts Legacy on top (I think it was a single reviewer's assessment), so I was just wondering if anyone could account for the discrepancy between that and Gensoft Reviews, which collates lots of peoples' reviews and ratings - and which I've always thought of as a pretty reliable site. Anyway, thanks again, Arthur 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Event Addresses
Just to add to the mix, here is another option that has been mentioned on this list a number of times. It works for some people and others dislike it. It works for me because I seldom record street addresses, and when I do it is in notes. But I do like to record hospital, church, and cemetery names right in the location field for vital events. The method is to add the institution name in the same field as the town/township, as in this example with 3 separate locations: Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA Spokane - Fairmount Cemetery, Spokane, Washington, USA Spokane - Sacred Heart Hospital, Spokane, Washington, USA I like the way this sorts in the location list (either left to right or right to left). It doesn't rely on using a 4-field convention. Now, in non-vital Legacy events, I would put the institution name in the event notes or description field, and use the city-only version of the location in the location field. That way you can make the event readable with the desired prepositions and punctuation. Ward -Original Message- From: Arthur Pauline Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 12:24 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Addresses Thanks for the reply, Wendy. In response: On 13/01/2015 00:57, Wendy Howard wrote: Hi Arthur, In Legacy, there are addresses and locations. They might appear to be the same, but they're separate fields in the program. 1... the Event Address list contains a lot of duplicates... Is there a way to get round this so that they are automatically combined? I choose to put the entire address into the Location field, and don't use the Event Address field at all (except for some early entries that I haven't changed yet). That's my choice, others may do things differently - Legacy is a very flexible program, so there are choices like this to be made. In my current program I've only got part-way through converting the single-field locations into separate location and address fields, and my experiments so far make me wonder if I should be recombining them. As well as the issue I've had here in Legacy, a different program has put the Address data into the event Notes field, which is clear enough and presents reasonably on the reports I would do, but doesn't seem quite right to me. In my experience, before I made this decision to use only Locations, you're not given the opportunity to apply an existing address. This kind of rings a bell with me from when I tried this out years ago in v.5, and since I could see I was going to end up with a long long list of addresses I decided to stick with the single field. (It's only in my current software that I've actually started making the changes.) You can combine Event Addresses if you wish - go to the Master Event Address List (View Master Lists Address Lists Event), select one address then click on the button Combine the highlighted event address with another one in the list; next click on the address you want to combine this one with, then click on the button which now says Highlight the Destination, then Click this Button. You've now combined the two addresses, and only the second one remains in the list. Thanks - I just wondered if there was some way of doing this more automatically. 3. What is the best way to differentiate between apparently identical addresses which belong in different locations (eg St Peter's Church in two different towns)? My choice is to include the street address if I know it, and the town, county (or whatever it is called in this particular place), and country. I put all of this into the Location field. Yes - if you're using a single Location field it's not really a problem, because you'd get things like: St Peter's Church, Bradford St Peter's Church, Leeds plus whatever other elements you choose to include, such as street, county, country etc, and as these would all show in the location list, it would be easy to select the right one. What I'd wondered was, if you're separating the Address from the Location, how in the address list do you distinguish between two different St Peter's Churches. With parish churches, I don't usually include a street name, so unless I included something else in the address field I wouldn't be able to tell which was which. If, as you say, there isn't an option to select an existing address when entering a location, then at least the potential confusion is avoided there. But trying to combine addresses could be a lengthy process as it would involve a search list for each one to see who used it and which location it was attached to, in order to make sure that St Peter's Church, Bradford was kept distinct from St Peter's Church, Leeds etc. Anyway, thanks for your suggestions. Arthur 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
RE: [LegacyUG] Returning to Legacy - general questions
Arthur, The Gensoft Reviews are written by individuals. The TopTenReviews genealogy software evaluations are written by Katherine McEntire, an employee of TopTenReviews (the Google + page for TopTenReviews describing Katherine McEntire should be https://plus.google.com/107846926226096572547/posts). I subscribe to lists for three other genealogy software. (I retired from the software industry some years ago, so am interested in how each software handles data.) Each of those lists have people who write about their problems and how bad the software operates. As one person on one list wrote in response to one of those negative posts, the many people who have no problems never write in about the smooth operation. What you should evaluate is how Legacy functions for you, with your computer(s). Please remember that there is a very wide range of computers (different operating systems, processor, RAM, hard drives, video boards, and other components) running Windows, along with the other software on those computers also having some effect. So please, take the 'reviews' with a very large 'grain of salt'. Best, Denise Moss-Fritch -Original Message- From: Arthur Pauline Kennedy [mailto:ken...@paxnet.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:26 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Returning to Legacy - general questions [clipped] I do realise that it's often the people with axes to grind who make the most noise and post the most reviews. There's a Top Ten Reviews site which puts Legacy on top (I think it was a single reviewer's assessment), so I was just wondering if anyone could account for the discrepancy between that and Gensoft Reviews, which collates lots of peoples' reviews and ratings - and which I've always thought of as a pretty reliable site. Anyway, thanks again, Arthur 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Edit Source Details crashes
Sounds like something to send direct to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Cathy BobsTree2-Gmail wrote: Using latest version 8 on Windows 7, (459 ?). Source Details causing problems. If I select a field, then click to assign the Source Details clipboard, the screen starts to change bit noes not complete, I can only make out the Save/Cancel buttons. If I click on Save, the bad screen closes, and the field labels are red showing the source has been assigned. If I look at the Sources for the individual, they look OK. But if I try to Edit Details, the screen does not open properly, I cannot see the text to be edited, and. I cannot close the window. Sometimes Legacy closes or stops responding. I did a File Maintenance, no change. I get the same result on at least two other files. This is a major problem since I cannot properly add Source Details. Suggestions? Bob Hansen 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Event Info Pop-up
On 14/01/2015 20:15, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: How does one turn off what I can only describe an Event Info Pop-up similar to the Tool-Tip Pop-up when you hover the mouse over an event’s Desc/Place/Notes column in the Individual’s Information screen. The intent of this feature is to allow you to instantly see much of the data from the event without actually opening the event. I am now to the point of where I found this nice when I first saw it but after a few months I now find it very distracting. Turning the Tool-Tip pop-up feature on or off has no effect on the Event Pop Up. Have I overlooked something in the Help or Customize sections? It seems to only occur when the content of the field is too long to be displayed in the width available. I suspect it's a feature which cannot be switched off. I do wonder at you finding it irritating because I hadn't even realised up to now that it happens. Obviously I am not in the habit of hovering my mouse pointer where you do! -- 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] USA County Verification report
My grandson was born in:New Orleans, Orleans Parrish, Louisiana, United StatesThe county verificaton report gives me an error that there was no County called Orleans ParrishWhen i enter New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States it does not generate the errorIt is supposed to be Orleans Parrish not Orleans County.What should i do?JamesSent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Legacy Genealogy Cruise 2015 - there's still time to join!
In just 5 months we will depart from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for our 12th annual Legacy Genealogy Cruise. I've just been told that our discounted group pricing is good through February 1. If you're thinking about joining us in June, contact us soon to take advantage of our rates (currently lower than what Royal Caribbean offers). All the information is below. Oh, my four kids, each a budding genealogist, will be joining us for the first time this year. Yep, they're excited, and so am I! The *12th annual Legacy Genealogy Cruise*, to be held June 20-27, 2015, departs from Fort Lauderdale, Florida aboard Royal Caribbean's *Oasis of the Sea* ship and will feature top genealogy speakers including members of the Legacy Family Tree staff. We're a little early to be talking about 2015 when we haven't left for our 2014 cruise to Asia http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/CruiseInfo_2014.asp yet, but pricing is so good right now. We will visit the following ports: - Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Labadee, Haiti - Falmouth, Jamaica - Cozumel, Mexico *Genealogy Classes at Sea* While at sea attend classes taught by some of genealogy's finest educators, Legacy Family Tree webinar speakers, and Legacy developers. In addition to the classes, you will benefit from the small-group sessions and lots of time to learn from each other. GenealogyGems.com's http://www.genealogygems.com/ Lisa Louise Cooke will be our featured speaker. You've enjoyed her many webinars http://familytreewebinars.com/presenter_details.php?presenter_id=62, now meet and learn from her in person! During the seven-day period, Lisa’s presentations will be focused on getting quality genealogical results, quickly. In her sessions you'll receive loads of strategies and tips you can start using right away, from high tech solutions to busting brick walls. What an opportunity you will have to learn in person from such an expert! *The Ship* Royal Caribbean International innovation and imagination rule supreme on the groundbreaking *Oasis of the Sea*. A new adventure waits around every corner on this Deluxe world-class cruise ship. Featuring seven incredible neighborhoods, packed with first-at-sea experiences. Also enjoy the Oceanside Aqua Theater, Starbucks, Broadway hit musical Hairspray, 3D movie theater, a daring zip line that passes over the fun below, a real carrousel, Johnny Rockets old fashioned hamburgers, handmade milk shakes and bottomless fries, giant rock climbing walls, Surf Rider, putt putt golf, designer shopping at COACH and GUESS stores, and much, much more. This is truly the most awe-inspiring and award-winning cruise ship in the world. *Reservations or questions* Prices begin at $943 per person, based on double occupancy. The price includes: - Genealogy classes - Shipboard accommodations - Ocean transportation - Meals - Some beverages - Most onboard entertainment Airfare, port charges, gratuities, government fees/taxes, and optional tours are extra. Click here https://www.legacyfamilytree.net/Secure/OrderCruise2015.htm to securely book your cruise online. To reserve a cabin, or ask questions, contact our travel coordinator, Christy, at 1-800-557-8601 or send an email to legacyfamilytreecru...@gmail.com. *More Information* For class descriptions, frequently asked questions, descriptions of the places we'll visit, or pictures of our past cruises, visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/CruiseInfo_2015.asp. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Event Addresses
To add to my previous post, I have now found how to merge addresses in the Event Address list (File Maintenance List Cleanup...), but it does of course merge the entries for St Peter's Church in whatever town they may be, unless there is some extra note or element to distinguish them. One thing which I have yet to find is how to search in event addresses, and this is rather putting me off using them. I know how to search for people who have an event location which includes a certain word (eg a town or road name which is not the start of the address), but not if the keyword is in the address. Some other programs that I've looked at have a global search option, which looks for a word literally everywhere in the file - does this exist in Legacy? Arthur On 13/01/2015 17:24, Arthur Pauline Kennedy wrote: You can combine Event Addresses if you wish - go to the Master Event Address List (View Master Lists Address Lists Event), select one address then click on the button Combine the highlighted event address with another one in the list; next click on the address you want to combine this one with, then click on the button which now says Highlight the Destination, then Click this Button. You've now combined the two addresses, and only the second one remains in the list. Thanks - I just wondered if there was some way of doing this more automatically. 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Help with several problems on report
To all you who were so kind to help me in getting the reports done for my granddaughter - I appreciate your help more than I can say. With you kind help I was able to send her a complete Ancestor report, a relationship chart showing her descent from a guy born in 1450, a timeline of all her ancestors, and a fan chart showing her ancestry graphically. You know who you are. Thanks a bunch. Jane Sarles 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Event Info Pop-up
How does one turn off what I can only describe an Event Info Pop-up similar to the Tool-Tip Pop-up when you hover the mouse over an event's Desc/Place/Notes column in the Individual's Information screen. The intent of this feature is to allow you to instantly see much of the data from the event without actually opening the event. I am now to the point of where I found this nice when I first saw it but after a few months I now find it very distracting. Turning the Tool-Tip pop-up feature on or off has no effect on the Event Pop Up. Have I overlooked something in the Help or Customize sections? Brian in CA 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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] Edit Source Details crashes
Using latest version 8 on Windows 7, (459 ?). Source Details causing problems. If I select a field, then click to assign the Source Details clipboard, the screen starts to change bit noes not complete, I can only make out the Save/Cancel buttons. If I click on Save, the bad screen closes, and the field labels are red showing the source has been assigned. If I look at the Sources for the individual, they look OK. But if I try to Edit Details, the screen does not open properly, I cannot see the text to be edited, and. I cannot close the window. Sometimes Legacy closes or stops responding. I did a File Maintenance, no change. I get the same result on at least two other files. This is a major problem since I cannot properly add Source Details. Suggestions? Bob Hansen 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
