Re: [LegacyUG] MERGING 2 GEDCOMS
Sam A nice feature that I use is from the “Tools” section “Compare Two Files For Duplicates”. This allows you to view potential duplicates in your own file and your wife’s, and tag the ones that you would wish to merge. The simplest way (assuming that you are not using these tag numbers already) is to use the number “1” tag on one file and the number “2” tag on the other file. You then import the “wife’s” file into yours, find the tagged individuals and manually merge them. Most often when you merge one duplicate Legacy will automatically switch to duplicates mode and find other potential duplicates, usually your tagged persons. When you have finished merging, go to the names list, click on the “Search” box at the bottom of the list, choose the “Show All Tagged Tag 1 Individuals”. The list should now show all these individuals with both tags “1” “2”. Any individuals that only have only tag”1” still require to be merged with their tagged “2” duplicate. Les Williamson Bonnie Scotland From: Sherry/Support Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2013 4:04 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MERGING 2 GEDCOMS Sam, Let's give you the correct terms for what you want to do so it'll be easier to find the instructions in the Help file.- You *import* one file into another and then *merge* the duplicates. If you look up Import and Merge in the Help index, you'll find great instructions for doing both of those processes. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Sam Franc fr...@oregonfast.net wrote: The instructions in the help file are very confusing. What I want to do is merge my wife's to mine to get one big file to look at. We have few common ancestors and I would like to see who they are. What is a simple way to merge them? I have them in a split screen but can find no menue to merge them together. Sam 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] Trellis Chart
Hi Folks, I received an email mailshot from Prodgeny before this list appeared. I have version 3 and was offered a 40% discount to upgrade, which I took advantage of because I have been keen to be able to use the matrix style chart (Prodgeny call it Trellis). I have a large main database and when using it to view the Trellis chart it is like watching paint dry as it gathers the names. I tried it using a smaller family file (about 200 names) and it loaded very quickly. There is a company called GeneaQuilts, who might just be the originator of the system and offer a free download and show very good examples of large and small files. I have not downloaded their program yet, however I am tempted. I had emailed Legacy a while ago about the possibility of them adding it to their charting program, and they informed me that it was something they were considering. Les Williamson Bonnie Scotland -Original Message- From: Denise Moss-Fritch Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 11:54 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Trellis Chart Apparently someone from Prodgeny Software is reading this list. A couple of hours after my earlier email I received the information that this new chart was in version 4 of the Charting Companion. Best, Denise L. Moss-Fritch -Original Message- From: Denise Moss-Fritch [mailto:den...@newmoonalpacas.com] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 11:57 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Trellis Chart Hi Tim, Yes, the Trellis cart is new, however it is a part of Charting Companion according to the information at the Prodgeny Software web site. Unfortunately the site does not state whether this chart is an addition to version 3, or is part of a new version 4 release. I am hoping for a bit more information from the company. Best, Denise L. Moss-Fritch -Original Message- From: Tim Rosenlof [mailto:spa...@xmission.com] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 9:07 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Trellis Chart Prodgeny Software, the creator of a few Legacy addons (Legacy Charting Companion, Map My Family Tree, Genlines), has created a new 'all in one' chart. From their webpage: The Trellis chart is a new way to tell the story of your family. Unlike traditional box charts, the Trellis can show all the people in your tree, even those who are not in the direct bloodline. Your ancestors and descendants are listed by row within their generation. Members of a family are grouped by columns. http://progenygenealogy.com/products/family-tree-charts/trellis.aspx Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Swedish Research 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5258 - Release Date: 09/09/12 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] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info
Peggy I produced a PDF from Legacy and used PDF software called Nitro (it’s much less expensive than Acrobat) and I can then do further editing, adding text, pictures etc. This is not the PDF reader software which is free, this is software that you have to purchase (there is a 2 week free trial period) for about £60 sterling (guessing about $100 US) that lets you work within the actual PDF. That is exactly how I produced that sample book, but I have to be honest and say that I normally use a desk top publishing program called Quark Express, although the cost is not justifiable for the average person (about $1,000 US). As far as the content of the book goes, just using Legacy can restrict you a bit to more or less the historical aspect, my sample was to throw some other ideas into the publication. The finished article will then have much more appeal to others, almost a book to leave on the coffee table! I would always start by making a “Legacy Report”, it still does most of the work for you. Les PS Did you like the montages? From: Marg Strong Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:33 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info I really enjoyed looking at your book example and it's encouraging that it was produced mostly with Legacy reports. As I looked it over, other ideas came to mind and I jotted them down. I'm not sure what you mean by learning more, but not on PDFs. I have open source software that produces PDF files, but at this point have so much to learn about legacy that it will be awhile before I am at the place of using it. Did you mean more tips on how you enter information into legacy? I am always interested in that, since I still have so much to enter. Peggy -- From: Les Williamson les-william...@ntlworld.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info I have mentioned my website before and don’t want to appear to be promoting it again, however there is a lot of tips and help in it that is worth absorbing. Here is a link to a PDF on the site http://www.familytreebooksandcharts.com/products/family-tree-books/example-content/ The book was almost all produced using the “Legacy reports”. Some seasoned users will spot some of the “Legacy” deficiencies, and in fairness to Legacy, if I spent more time mastering all of it’s features, I could probably overcome many of them. If anybody wants to learn more (and is prepared to spend a little money buying PDF software) I am more than happy to give you full instructions (not lessons on PDFs). Les Bonnie Scotland From: Marg Strong Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:46 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info Actually, I was looking at it more from the viewpoint of printing out a book than as a website presentation. I liked the interspersing of images with text since I think the average person not into family history might find that more interesting. I would make changes, but it added to my ideas for presenting a book. I'm not sure how legacy prints out the media files with reports because I am far from learning that as yet. From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info Definitely more contrast! A lot of us have vision problems which require good contrast. If I had found that site through a google search of my surnames, I would have immediately backed out of it because it's too hard to read and, if I could find your contact info, send you an email to that fact! Check out www.WebAim.org for information on web accessibility for those with vision and other disabilities. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote: That certainly is nicely done, though I would have more contrast between background and font color. I'm sure others on this list will be chiming in on how feasible it is to expect that sort of output from Legacy. --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
Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info
I have mentioned my website before and don’t want to appear to be promoting it again, however there is a lot of tips and help in it that is worth absorbing. Here is a link to a PDF on the site http://www.familytreebooksandcharts.com/products/family-tree-books/example-content/ The book was almost all produced using the “Legacy reports”. Some seasoned users will spot some of the “Legacy” deficiencies, and in fairness to Legacy, if I spent more time mastering all of it’s features, I could probably overcome many of them. If anybody wants to learn more (and is prepared to spend a little money buying PDF software) I am more than happy to give you full instructions (not lessons on PDFs). Les Bonnie Scotland From: Marg Strong Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:46 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info Actually, I was looking at it more from the viewpoint of printing out a book than as a website presentation. I liked the interspersing of images with text since I think the average person not into family history might find that more interesting. I would make changes, but it added to my ideas for presenting a book. I'm not sure how legacy prints out the media files with reports because I am far from learning that as yet. -- From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info Definitely more contrast! A lot of us have vision problems which require good contrast. If I had found that site through a google search of my surnames, I would have immediately backed out of it because it's too hard to read and, if I could find your contact info, send you an email to that fact! Check out www.WebAim.org for information on web accessibility for those with vision and other disabilities. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote: That certainly is nicely done, though I would have more contrast between background and font color. I'm sure others on this list will be chiming in on how feasible it is to expect that sort of output from Legacy. --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 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4836 - Release Date: 02/27/12 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] Best practice for adding scans/PDFs of source documents
Hi Folks, This is my first posting, so be kind with your responses. I produce personalised family history books for a living, and to get the best results you need to use more than just Legacy or Word to get a decent finished book (a printed hard copy that is). You can manage (just) using Legacy and PDF creation software such as Acrobat (Nitro is much cheaper to buy for individuals). Myself, I use Legacy to create the usual ancestral/descendant book report and import it into Quark Express (not a low cost product - but there are good DTP programs that will do similar). This is a link to the relevant page on my website (I am not plugging or advertising it - I'm based in Scotland) http://www.familytreebooksandcharts.com/products/family-tree-books/ - but I hope it will give you some fresh ideas for your next family blockbuster. Look at the demo video clip and/or the example content PDF, there is the odd glitch in the PDF although you'll get the idea. The names in the PDF are fictitious, but it won't take rocket science to figure out that it's based on my own family. The montages are created by a simple piece of software from Microsoft. Cheerio, from Les Bonnie Scotland -Original Message- From: Mark Lang Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:25 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Best practice for adding scans/PDFs of source documents Sherry, Robert, It doesn't matter (when using Word anyway) when you create the Index in Word. I do this all the time with the books I create (The Legacy Family), especially my new book (The Legacy Handbook). Yes Word pushes things about, but if you've already included an Index, when you add to your book, simply navigate to the index and right-click any item (it doesn't matter which one) and select the option to Update Field. Easy. Kind Regards Mark Lang -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2011 5:18 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Best practice for adding scans/PDFs of source documents It should. However I never create the index or TOC until after I'm done editing. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1890 / Virus Database: 2108/4680 - Release Date: 12/14/11 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
