Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Diane Christensen]

Thanks for that explanation
Di in Melbourne Australia 

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> On 15 Jun 2016, at 10:15 am, "Trevor Carlson"  wrote:
> 
> It is a city that is not within another municipal or county jurisdiction. 
> Several in Canada like this too. Washington D.C. is an example where it isn't 
> even in a state.
>  
> I use 'City of' as my placeholder. Works well.
>  
> Thanks,
> Trevor Carlson
> Edmonton, AB
>  
>  
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> Behalf Of Diane Christensen
> Sent: June 14, 2016 5:03 PM
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> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities
>  
> For a person living in Australia could you please what an Independent city is?
> Thank yo
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 15 Jun 2016, at 8:57 am, Hogrooter  wrote:
> 
> I also have a lot of Virginia activity.  I also use the Independent City 
> term.  However, Legacy does not like that.  Every time I use it, Legacy tells 
> me that it does not exist.
> 
> Dean Ada,s
>  
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Gene Young  wrote:
> On 6/14/2016 5:30 PM, Poppke Genealogy wrote:
> For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
> I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
> Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
> 
> For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a placeholder 
> in the spot.
> Something like (Independent City)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ted
> 
> 
> Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA is what the Geo Location Database uses 
> and it works well.
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Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Trevor Carlson]

It is a city that is not within another municipal or county jurisdiction. 
Several in Canada like this too. Washington D.C. is an example where it isn't 
even in a state.

 

I use 'City of' as my placeholder. Works well.

 

Thanks,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

 

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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

 

For a person living in Australia could you please what an Independent city is?

Thank yo

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On 15 Jun 2016, at 8:57 am, Hogrooter  wrote:

I also have a lot of Virginia activity.  I also use the Independent City term.  
However, Legacy does not like that.  Every time I use it, Legacy tells me that 
it does not exist.

Dean Ada,s

 

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Gene Young  wrote:

On 6/14/2016 5:30 PM, Poppke Genealogy wrote:

For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a placeholder in 
the spot.
Something like (Independent City)?

Thanks,

Ted



Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA is what the Geo Location Database uses 
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Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Debby Flood]

I use Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, United States.  if you leave it
blank, you will come back later and think you did not know what it was.

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Poppke Genealogy 
wrote:

> For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
> I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
> Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
>
> For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a
> placeholder in the spot.
> Something like (Independent City)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted
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Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Diane Christensen]

For a person living in Australia could you please what an Independent city is?
Thank yo

Sent from my iPhone

> On 15 Jun 2016, at 8:57 am, Hogrooter  wrote:
> 
> I also have a lot of Virginia activity.  I also use the Independent City 
> term.  However, Legacy does not like that.  Every time I use it, Legacy tells 
> me that it does not exist.
> 
> Dean Ada,s
> 
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Gene Young  wrote:
>>> On 6/14/2016 5:30 PM, Poppke Genealogy wrote:
>>> For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
>>> I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
>>> Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
>>> 
>>> For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a placeholder 
>>> in the spot.
>>> Something like (Independent City)?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Ted
>> Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA is what the Geo Location Database 
>> uses and it works well.
>> 
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Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Hogrooter]

I also have a lot of Virginia activity.  I also use the Independent City
term.  However, Legacy does not like that.  Every time I use it, Legacy
tells me that it does not exist.

Dean Ada,s

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Gene Young  wrote:

> On 6/14/2016 5:30 PM, Poppke Genealogy wrote:
>
>> For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
>> I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
>> Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
>>
>> For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a
>> placeholder in the spot.
>> Something like (Independent City)?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ted
>>
>>
>> Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA is what the Geo Location Database
> uses and it works well.
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Gene Young]

On 6/14/2016 5:30 PM, Poppke Genealogy wrote:

For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a placeholder in 
the spot.
Something like (Independent City)?

Thanks,

Ted



Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA is what the Geo Location Database uses 
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Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Eliz Hanebury]

I use the place holder so I know I am dealing with an Independent
city. From Wikipedia 

There are 41 independent cities in the United States. Of these, 38 are
in Virginia. They are called 'independent' because they are not in the
territory of any county or counties. Independent cities in Virginia
may, however, serve as county seats for neighboring counties.

The three independent cities outside of Virginia are Baltimore,
Maryland; St. Louis, Missouri; and Carson City, Nevada.
I have a lot of family in Virginia 
Eliz
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For all that will be, yes.
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Poppke Genealogy
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> For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
> I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
> Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
>
> For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a placeholder
> in the spot.
> Something like (Independent City)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted
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[LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Poppke Genealogy]

For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a placeholder
in the spot.
Something like (Independent City)?

Thanks,

Ted
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Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship calculator different

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 Only using tools Set Relationship calculates the values which appear 
above people's names in family view. Were you the starting person when 
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Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

[Brian/Support]

Only you know exactly where these many surnames are used and if you have 
the SAME person entered more than once because you found something about 
them that used a different surname from when you first entered them in 
your database. Advice from this list can only give you general guidance 
and there is no simple step that will magically solve your problem.


Here are some features built into Legacy that can help you sort out the 
mess:


1. If the same person has been entered more than once Legacy will let 
you merge the two copies into a single person. A merge takes two records 
and combines then into a single person, the second copy no longer 
exists. During this you can transfer events, pictures etc between the 
two copies so that the remaining person has all the data entered for the 
copies. You can even transfer some data to alternate events such as 
alternate birth, chr/bapt, death etc. and names can be added as 
alternate names to maintain data from the copy that will be removed by 
the merge.


2. Where the same person is referred to by multiple surnames in 
different records you can use the Alternate Name feature to record those 
variations. You can even attach a source to each variation so you know 
where it came from.


3. Legacy has an ability to search your database and suggest possible 
duplicate people based on similarity in data and in family connections.


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On 14-Jun-16 1:53 PM, Jodi wrote:

 In my genealogy, I have some names Couwenhoven, Kouwenhoven,
VanCouwenhoven, VanKouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, Conover, Konover, and
Covenhoven.  I have put them in my genealogy pages, they are mostly
mixed up now I have some of the same with the different spellings of the
last name, but they were from different sources and I had no idea they
were the same people, so now I have this mess in my tree, how do I fix
this tangle of mess?  Thank you for your time.





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Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship calculator different

[Brian/Support]

Only using tools Set Relationship calculates the values which appear 
above people's names in family view. Were you the starting person when 
you used Tools > Set Relationships? Have you ever used Tools > Set 
Relationships to calculate the relationships of everyone to you? Have 
you added that person since you last calculated relationships? Legacy 
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you have to use Tools > Set relationships often if you are regularly 
adding new people to the file.


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Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

[Poppke Genealogy]

Not only do you have to deal with the family changing the names, some names
were spelled differently handwritten and in print.  In my family, Faelchle
was used when typed, Fälchle was the handwritten form.  The surnames are
used interchangeably.  Of course, it anglicized into Felchle.  Same with
Weingärtner / Weingaertner.

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> Jodi,
> One way that you might get them all together is to choose the spelling of
> the surname such as Covenhoven and use it consistently.  To do that, click
> on any one of those people.  You will see the dropdown arrow at the end of
> the surname line.  By opening that up, you will see the MASTER SURNAME
> LIST.  Edit that surname to your preferred spelling and click on save.
> Everyone under that spelling will now change to your preferred spelling.
> HOWEVER - before you do that you might want to enter the ORIGINAL spellings
> that you entered them under by selecting the AKA option and enter every
> variation that you found that particular person with.  That way you can
> always have all the various spellings that you found them as and still have
> them under your preferred spelling in order to control your families.  In
> addition, when you print out or look at the family group sheet you will see
> all your variations for that individual.
> I hope this makes sense.
> Margaret
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Jodi  wrote:
>
>>  In my genealogy, I have some names Couwenhoven, Kouwenhoven,
>> VanCouwenhoven, VanKouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, Conover, Konover, and
>> Covenhoven.  I have put them in my genealogy pages, they are mostly mixed
>> up now I have some of the same with the different spellings of the last
>> name, but they were from different sources and I had no idea they were the
>> same people, so now I have this mess in my tree, how do I fix this tangle
>> of mess?  Thank you for your time.
>>
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Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

[Martha Graham]

Hi Jodi,
I would begin with the Name List.
Because the Name List comes up alphabetically, it will be fairly simple 
to find the various spellings.

With the Name List up, over to the right is the data for each person.
Click on the 'edit tab' and notice bottom right are slots for tagging.

Using a tag # that is not currently being used, I would tag all of the 
Surnames that are the ones you feel may be different spellings of the 
same name. Then create a list of all tagged folks. I would then create a 
spreadsheet for the tagged folks that shows dates of birth and parents.

You won't know if they are the same person unless you have vital data.

Brian has a point though, time frames do make a difference. But since 
you have so many who may be the same, I would pick the earliest 
spelling, then create aka's for the later spellings. But you will have 
to do manual merging to get everyone connected properly.


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[LegacyUG] Relationship calculator different

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Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

[Margaret Gagliardi]

Jodi,
One way that you might get them all together is to choose the spelling of
the surname such as Covenhoven and use it consistently.  To do that, click
on any one of those people.  You will see the dropdown arrow at the end of
the surname line.  By opening that up, you will see the MASTER SURNAME
LIST.  Edit that surname to your preferred spelling and click on save.
Everyone under that spelling will now change to your preferred spelling.
HOWEVER - before you do that you might want to enter the ORIGINAL spellings
that you entered them under by selecting the AKA option and enter every
variation that you found that particular person with.  That way you can
always have all the various spellings that you found them as and still have
them under your preferred spelling in order to control your families.  In
addition, when you print out or look at the family group sheet you will see
all your variations for that individual.
I hope this makes sense.
Margaret

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Jodi  wrote:

>  In my genealogy, I have some names Couwenhoven, Kouwenhoven,
> VanCouwenhoven, VanKouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, Conover, Konover, and
> Covenhoven.  I have put them in my genealogy pages, they are mostly mixed
> up now I have some of the same with the different spellings of the last
> name, but they were from different sources and I had no idea they were the
> same people, so now I have this mess in my tree, how do I fix this tangle
> of mess?  Thank you for your time.
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] what a mess

[Brian L. Lightfoot]

In my opinion you’re in for a manual editing procedure to change the spelling 
to whatever a particular family used during their lifetimes. And please note 
that siblings and parents often used different spellings. For example, I have 
some parents with the spelling of HANSEN but the children are listed as HANSON. 
I even have gravestones where the children are buried next to the parents but 
their surnames are spelled differently. 

 

Be careful of how other sources may spell the name as sometimes they want to 
keep the same spelling of the name for everybody especially if they are related 
and have the same surname. I tend to use the spelling as each person used it 
during their lifetime. The difficulty of that occurs when there are various 
documents for a person and even then the spelling varies. In those cases, try 
to remember that most of those documents were completed by a 3rd party person 
who wrote down what he thought he heard or how he thought it was spelled. The 
gravestones are usually the final answer (no pun intended) but even then the 
gravestones are purchased by survivors who may wish to utilize their particular 
spelling and not as how the deceased spelled it. Sometimes there just isn’t a 
right or wrong answer. Just add notes to describe the conflicts.

 

 

Brian in CA

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Jodi
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 10:54 AM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] what a mess

 

 In my genealogy, I have some names Couwenhoven, Kouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, 
VanKouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, Conover, Konover, and Covenhoven.  I have put 
them in my genealogy pages, they are mostly mixed up now I have some of the 
same with the different spellings of the last name, but they were from 
different sources and I had no idea they were the same people, so now I have 
this mess in my tree, how do I fix this tangle of mess?  Thank you for your 
time. 

 

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[LegacyUG] what a mess

[Jodi]

 In my genealogy, I have some names Couwenhoven, Kouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, 
VanKouwenhoven, VanCouwenhoven, Conover, Konover, and Covenhoven.  I have put 
them in my genealogy pages, they are mostly mixed up now I have some of the 
same with the different spellings of the last name, but they were from 
different sources and I had no idea they were the same people, so now I have 
this mess in my tree, how do I fix this tangle of mess?  Thank you for your 
time. 
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Re: [LegacyUG] Complete Family Tree

[Shirley Brodt]

Hi Terry,

Thank you for the info. Much appreciated!

Shirley

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Terry  wrote:

> Try using CUTEPDF as a printer, it’s also free...
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Shirley Brodt
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2016 13:40
> *To:* Legacy User Group
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Complete Family Tree
>
>
>
> Hi Susan,
>
>
>
> You're very welcome! I use the program Doxillion Converter, but I'm sure
> there are other programs for converting the bmp to pdf. I hope it works.
>
>
>
> Shirley
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Susan Osborne <
> randomreflecti...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> Thank you for letting me know that I can make a pdf by saving it as a bmp
> and converting it.
>
>
>
> I have been having problems with that too.
>
>
>
> Susan
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 9:25 PM, Shirley Brodt 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Susan,
>
>
>
> Thanks for replying. I bought the deluxe version. I was able to fix the
> issue by using the wall charts, selecting the descendants option, exporting
> it as a BMP, and then converting that to a PDF. I got an error message when
> I clicked on PDF, and someone had written to me about this, saying that the
> inability to select PDF is a glitch in the program. Again thank you for
> having taken the time to write.
>
>
>
> Shirley
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Susan Osborne <
> randomreflecti...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> Which version of Legacy do you have?   The complete charting features are
> available in the Deluxe version and are not available in the Standard
> version.  Could this be the issue?
>
>
>
> On Sunday, June 5, 2016 9:08 AM, Shirley Brodt 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Cathy,
>
>
>
> I just saved the chart as a BMP, which I converted to a PDF. I'll be
> sending it to my client to see if she can read the info once it's
> magnified. Thanks again for replying.
>
>
>
> Shirley
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Cathy Pinner  wrote:
>
> Shirley there is a bug in Legacy Charting only for some people and you
> can't publish to a PDF. But if you have a PDF printer on your computer you
> can print to PDF. It's best to change to a suitable paper size for the
> chart though there are ways to put smaller PDF pages together and print a
> wall chart. However, since its wanted on a computer screen, choosing the
> right paper size would help.
> Does your client realise that for the number of people she can't see it
> all on the computer screen at once?
>
> Cathy
>
> Shirley Brodt wrote:
>
>
> Hi Sue,
>
> Thanks for replying. I need the final format for emailing. My client
> wants to email the chart to family members, but when I saved it as a
> jpg and sent it to her, it was unreadable although it was very clear
> on my computer. I tried to save it as a png, but that resulted in the
> s ame problem. I also clicked on PDF, but for some reason, Legacy
> didn't allow that format. I appreciate your having replied.
>
> Shirley
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:51 PM, smm >
> wrote:
>
> Our local shop Postal Connections (it's a franchise, so they are
> everywhere) can print anything up to 3 ft wide and as long as you
> want. I have printed a large chart with them. Be sure to check
> your local shop to see the file formats they can deal with. I
> exported as a PDF and had no problems.
>
> Sue
>
> Susan Wallace Masse
> Stayton, Oregon
>
>
> On 6/3/2016 5:31 AM, Shirley Brodt wrote:
>
>
> Dear Stan,
>
> Now that's one big family! Thanks for th e information. It's
> interesting that you used the Legacy charting instead of
> TreeDraw. I also produced the Legacy chart, which spans several
> pages, but the customer for whom I'm doing this work wants the 5
> generations, with tons of offspring, on one page -- now that's a
> problem that I'll figure out one way or another.
>
> Thanks again for replying.
>
> Shirley
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Stan  > wrote:
>
> Hi Shirley
>
> I have a family tree that covers 14 generations and over 5000
> names.  I have TreeDraw but I recently used the charting
> & nbsp;   within Legacy to produce the family tree with all names
> including spouses on it for a family reunion. All on one
> chart in 8pt font spreading  many metres around 3 walls of a
> large hall.  I thought it better than charts I could get out
> of TreeDraw for the purpose
>
> We also used some nice charts from TreeDraw I should add
>
> Its horses for courses
>
> Cheers Stan
>
> *From:*LegacyUserGroup
> [mailto:
> legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com
>   ;  

Re: [LegacyUG] Complete Family Tree

[Terry]

Try using CUTEPDF as a printer, it’s also free...

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Shirley Brodt
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 13:40
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Complete Family Tree

 

Hi Susan,

 

You're very welcome! I use the program Doxillion Converter, but I'm sure there 
are other programs for converting the bmp to pdf. I hope it works.

 

Shirley

 

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Susan Osborne 
 wrote:

Thank you for letting me know that I can make a pdf by saving it as a bmp and 
converting it.

 

I have been having problems with that too.

 

Susan

 

On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 9:25 PM, Shirley Brodt  wrote:

 

Hi Susan,

 

Thanks for replying. I bought the deluxe version. I was able to fix the issue 
by using the wall charts, selecting the descendants option, exporting it as a 
BMP, and then converting that to a PDF. I got an error message when I clicked 
on PDF, and someone had written to me about this, saying that the inability to 
select PDF is a glitch in the program. Again thank you for having taken the 
time to write.

 

Shirley

 

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Susan Osborne 
 wrote:

Which version of Legacy do you have?   The complete charting features are 
available in the Deluxe version and are not available in the Standard version.  
Could this be the issue?

 

On Sunday, June 5, 2016 9:08 AM, Shirley Brodt  wrote:

 

Hi Cathy,

 

I just saved the chart as a BMP, which I converted to a PDF. I'll be sending it 
to my client to see if she can read the info once it's magnified. Thanks again 
for replying.

 

Shirley

 

On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Cathy Pinner  wrote:

Shirley there is a bug in Legacy Charting only for some people and you can't 
publish to a PDF. But if you have a PDF printer on your computer you can print 
to PDF. It's best to change to a suitable paper size for the chart though there 
are ways to put smaller PDF pages together and print a wall chart. However, 
since its wanted on a computer screen, choosing the right paper size would help.
Does your client realise that for the number of people she can't see it all on 
the computer screen at once?

Cathy

Shirley Brodt wrote:


Hi Sue,

Thanks for replying. I need the final format for emailing. My client 
wants to email the chart to family members, but when I saved it as a 
jpg and sent it to her, it was unreadable although it was very clear 
on my computer. I tried to save it as a png, but that resulted in the 
s ame problem. I also clicked on PDF, but for some reason, Legacy 
didn't allow that format. I appreciate your having replied.

Shirley

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:51 PM, smm > 
wrote:

Our local shop Postal Connections (it's a franchise, so they are
everywhere) can print anything up to 3 ft wide and as long as you
want. I have printed a large chart with them. Be sure to check
your local shop to see the file formats they can deal with. I
exported as a PDF and had no problems.

Sue

Susan Wallace Masse
Stayton, Oregon


On 6/3/2016 5:31 AM, Shirley Brodt wrote:


Dear Stan,

Now that's one big family! Thanks for th e information. It's
interesting that you used the Legacy charting instead of
TreeDraw. I also produced the Legacy chart, which spans several
pages, but the customer for whom I'm doing this work wants the 5
generations, with tons of offspring, on one page -- now that's a
problem that I'll figure out one way or another.

Thanks again for replying.

Shirley

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Stan > wrote:

Hi Shirley

I have a family tree that covers 14 generations and over 5000
names.  I have TreeDraw but I recently used the charting
& nbsp;   within Legacy to produce the family tree with all names
including spouses on it for a family reunion. All on one
chart in 8pt font spreading  many metres around 3 walls of a
large hall.  I thought it better than charts I could get out
of TreeDraw for the purpose

We also used some nice charts from TreeDraw I should add

Its horses for courses

Cheers Stan

*From:*LegacyUserGroup

[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com
  ;  ] *On Behalf
Of *Shirley Brodt
*Sent:* Friday, 3 June 2016 1:49 p.m.
*To:* Legacy User Group
<legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
>


*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Complete Family Tree

Hi R G,

Thanks for replying. I'm working on five 

Re: [LegacyUG] Complete Family Tree

[Shirley Brodt]

Hi Susan,

You're very welcome! I use the program Doxillion Converter, but I'm sure
there are other programs for converting the bmp to pdf. I hope it works.

Shirley

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Susan Osborne <
randomreflecti...@ameritech.net> wrote:

> Thank you for letting me know that I can make a pdf by saving it as a bmp
> and converting it.
>
> I have been having problems with that too.
>
> Susan
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 9:25 PM, Shirley Brodt 
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Susan,
>
> Thanks for replying. I bought the deluxe version. I was able to fix the
> issue by using the wall charts, selecting the descendants option, exporting
> it as a BMP, and then converting that to a PDF. I got an error message when
> I clicked on PDF, and someone had written to me about this, saying that the
> inability to select PDF is a glitch in the program. Again thank you for
> having taken the time to write.
>
> Shirley
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Susan Osborne <
> randomreflecti...@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> Which version of Legacy do you have?   The complete charting features are
> available in the Deluxe version and are not available in the Standard
> version.  Could this be the issue?
>
>
> On Sunday, June 5, 2016 9:08 AM, Shirley Brodt 
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Cathy,
>
> I just saved the chart as a BMP, which I converted to a PDF. I'll be
> sending it to my client to see if she can read the info once it's
> magnified. Thanks again for replying.
>
> Shirley
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Cathy Pinner  wrote:
>
> Shirley there is a bug in Legacy Charting only for some people and you
> can't publish to a PDF. But if you have a PDF printer on your computer you
> can print to PDF. It's best to change to a suitable paper size for the
> chart though there are ways to put smaller PDF pages together and print a
> wall chart. However, since its wanted on a computer screen, choosing the
> right paper size would help.
> Does your client realise that for the number of people she can't see it
> all on the computer screen at once?
>
> Cathy
>
> Shirley Brodt wrote:
>
>
> Hi Sue,
>
> Thanks for replying. I need the final format for emailing. My client
> wants to email the chart to family members, but when I saved it as a
> jpg and sent it to her, it was unreadable although it was very clear
> on my computer. I tried to save it as a png, but that resulted in the
> s ame problem. I also clicked on PDF, but for some reason, Legacy
> didn't allow that format. I appreciate your having replied.
>
> Shirley
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:51 PM, smm >
> wrote:
>
> Our local shop Postal Connections (it's a franchise, so they are
> everywhere) can print anything up to 3 ft wide and as long as you
> want. I have printed a large chart with them. Be sure to check
> your local shop to see the file formats they can deal with. I
> exported as a PDF and had no problems.
>
> Sue
>
> Susan Wallace Masse
> Stayton, Oregon
>
>
> On 6/3/2016 5:31 AM, Shirley Brodt wrote:
>
>
> Dear Stan,
>
> Now that's one big family! Thanks for th e information. It's
> interesting that you used the Legacy charting instead of
> TreeDraw. I also produced the Legacy chart, which spans several
> pages, but the customer for whom I'm doing this work wants the 5
> generations, with tons of offspring, on one page -- now that's a
> problem that I'll figure out one way or another.
>
> Thanks again for replying.
>
> Shirley
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Stan  > wrote:
>
> Hi Shirley
>
> I have a family tree that covers 14 generations and over 5000
> names.  I have TreeDraw but I recently used the charting
> & nbsp;   within Legacy to produce the family tree with all names
> including spouses on it for a family reunion. All on one
> chart in 8pt font spreading  many metres around 3 walls of a
> large hall.  I thought it better than charts I could get out
> of TreeDraw for the purpose
>
> We also used some nice charts from TreeDraw I should add
>
> Its horses for courses
>
> Cheers Stan
>
> *From:*LegacyUserGroup
> [mailto:
> legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com
>   ;  ] *On Behalf
> Of *Shirley Brodt
> *Sent:* Friday, 3 June 2016 1:49 p.m.
> *To:* Legacy User Group
> <
> legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
> >
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Complete Family Tree
>
> Hi R G,
>
> Thanks for replying. I'm working on five generations, but I
> think I'll buy the TreeDraw Legacy program to ensure that an
>