[LegacyUG] I need your help ...
Hello, Apologies for having to reach out to you like this, I made a trip early to United Kingdom for a program and had my bag stolen from me with my passport and credit cards in it. The embassy is willing to help by letting me fly without my passport, I just have to pay for a ticket and settle hotel bills. Unfortunately for me, I can't have access to funds without my credit card, I've made contact with my bank but they need more time to come up with a new one. I was thinking of asking you to lend me some quick funds that I can give back as soon as I get in. I really need to be on the next available flight. I will be waiting to read from you soonest because you can only reach me via email. Sally. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Picture list
Ok, my mom gear is kicking inyou boys KNOCK IT OFF! Mom Sally In a message dated 8/18/2012 3:26:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sh...@ws4v.net writes: Pedigree back to 370 AD the end Tim Rosenlof said: Got you beat, I have pictures back in the 1750 range, and parish records back to 1720 in Sweden. 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] RIN numbers: incorporating use of a spreadsheet
Jenny, please send a sample to me. Thank you! =) Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 8/12/2012 7:35:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ge...@cedarbank.me.uk writes: On 12/08/2012 12:01, Charani wrote: > Did you manually enter all the data into the spreadsheet or is there a > way to do an auto input/copy & paste? I think I set it up from scratch, but it was years ago, soon after I first started research so there wasn't too much initial typing. I might think twice about doing it if I had to start from scratch now, with over 3000 names to work on! Happy to send a small sample to show it works if anyone is interested. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Sort Search List by Surname?
I always use the index tab to search for names. You can type given OR surname...or both. Sally In a message dated 8/4/2012 12:56:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bridge...@gmail.com writes: If you create any sort of search of individuals using the Search icon, the resulting list is always sorted by given name. I would like to see it sorted by surname. Gene Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Color blindness a trait
Ron Ferguson brought up an interesting topic with color blindness. Ron, have you found that color blindness is a trait in your family? and how would you document that? My dad was an artist and the talent/trait was passed to me, my 3 sons and my nephew. I want to document that fact. How do others do this? Sally Miller Hindley 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] Same sex "marriage".
This discussion just proves that you can't trust anyone elses database. You must find and verify the facts yourself. If my grandpa were hanged as a horse thief should I omit that fact because I don't like it? Sally In a message dated 7/9/2012 11:41:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, familyt...@wightman.ca writes: ...and now I think I.'ll go build my bombshelterMy experience with this topic is that the issue needs to be how to RECORD the information...not whether you agree with the circumstancesSeems like it has been THOROUGHLY discussed ...yet againNEXT TOPIC PULEASE. 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] Same sex "marriage".
I'm sorry but I don't understand your way of thinking. Are you telling us that if you don't like a FACT, then you are going to ignore it and not include it in your database? Your personal beliefs have nothing to do with recording genealogy FACTS! Sally In a message dated 7/9/2012 7:54:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lhite3...@juno.com writes: On 7/9/2012 5:51 PM, Michele Lewis wrote: > I know my point of view will not be popular but I don't record any gay relationships in my Legacy file. I would be one of those religious freaks :) My husband does have a cousin that is openly gay. In my file he is listed as "never married." I think Legacy doesn't allow same sex marriages because of their ties to the LDS church (I am not LDS but I do agree with them on this one). Amen Michele, I agree with you 100%. Lloyd 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] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from Ancestry.com!
I was just commenting as a warning. I have never merged a file with my legacy database. Sally In a message dated 4/23/2012 3:11:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, murke...@gmail.com writes: I am a believer in NOT downloading and/or merging anything on line into your genealogy database. Put it in another file if you must; download it as a pdf and then review and annotate it, do your research, check things out and if the information is useful - add it in manually yourself ALWAYS thinking about what you are entering - names, locations, facts, sources. You will really regret (and have to spend lots of time doing it over and doing it right) if you take the easy way. I find it really helps to think about what you are doing every step of the way. The problem with downloading into your program and/or automatic merging is that is takes out that "editor" or "eagle eye" aspect. You will also guarantee that your master lists will be a complete and utter mess. Why you would introduce that mess into your data is beyond me. Just my 2 cents. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM, wrote: I also noticed a problem with ancestry gedcoms. They place the burial address under cause of death in Legacy. Sally 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] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from Ancestry.com!
I also noticed a problem with ancestry gedcoms. They place the burial address under cause of death in Legacy. Sally In a message dated 4/23/2012 1:50:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tiny...@yahoo.com writes: Since I had only a small family file started, I downloaded an ancestry.com gedcom of the family tree I have on their site. I merged that with what I had (into a third family file so my original is still intact). Wondering if ancestry had caused part of the location problems, I downloaded another gedcom and created a new file from it. The locations are a mess. The sources are way too basic and there are no details given, even though they were there on the record. Only the ones I copied and pasted into Legacy have the detail citation. I also have Family Tree Maker 12 on my computer just to keep my family file synced. The details are in that program but do not get added to the gedcom and are not imported into Legacy. This time I cleaned up the locations in FTM with a feature they have for that purpose. It helped, but was far from perfect. Still a lot of work to do. I've read that ancestry.com is a for profit company and can't be depended on for accurate sources. That seems to be true. I'll have to cut and paste the information from now on. I'm updating the group on this in case anyone else thinks it will be easy to just merge the information you find on ancestry.com with your Legacy file. 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] Location defaults changed
Lloyd makes me want to cry. I didn't start my genealogy until I retired. Lloyd, tuck that work away someplace. Trust me, someone will come along, a randchild maybe, who will bless you for all your hard work. Sally In a message dated 3/12/2012 5:19:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, ancestor...@gmail.com writes: I don't post my stuff on the internet either. I don't like people copying my work and publishing it as their own and copying the material without bothering to cite it properly. Lloyd, send me your stuff when the time comes. I would be interested in it and I promise to take care of it. My children and husband couldn't care less about my research so I understand perfectly. michele --- I am going on 81 years old and when I get to the place where I cannot work on my data, then I am going to delete it all. not going to leave a trace. None of my grandchildren are interested in taking it over. Lloyd 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] MRIN filing
I put ALL birth certs, newspaper birth announcements, etc. in one huge folder. Likewise with death certs, marriages, etc. I know some of you will gasp...just like my genealogy buddy does. LOL But I know EXACTLY where to look instantly. Everything is named in alphabetical order and then date order. I consider it as if it were a repository at a library. Legacy does the work of pulling the files from the repository. Why make life difficult trying to decide where a file goes when Legacy does it for you? Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 2/25/2012 7:48:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, geneal...@gillandtony.com writes: I've started storing scanned or downloaded images etc. in folders named MRIN His name and Her name. I get a lot of folders, but it seems consistent with the recommendation for paper filing given by Legacy. For those who use a similar system, either electronic or paper-based, how do you handle people who don't have marriages? I've been putting children's birth information in their parent's folder and then creating a folder for the child when they marry. If a child leaves home and appears on the census, for example, still unmarried and not with their parents, I put that data in the parent's folder, with a name which suggests the child. E.g. "1881 Census (M0123).jpg" for the main family's census image, but "1881 Census - Mary Ann (I02345).jpg" for the child's individual entry. My problem is what to do when the child marries. Should I move the child's information into the new MRIN folder, even though a lot of the info doesn't relate to that marriage? Should I have Individual folders "RIN Individual Name" for stuff specific to that child? That wuld mean a huge number of folders. What about second marriages, or what about a previous marriage being discovered? There must be an obvious, recommended way to handle this. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks Tony Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] We just upgraded our mail server
www.smartertools.com/ In a message dated 2/23/2012 4:11:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, wood...@msn.com writes: So how do we contact them? CE 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] Another template issue
I always include "county" and "township." Farmers didn't live "in" cities. Sally In a message dated 2/17/2012 3:13:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net writes: Wow, an eye-opener for me. I have not been entering "Co." or "County" ... just the county name. Does this matter if I'm not going to be really publishing my work? (I know you do publish.) On the other hand, I find it hard to believe that EE or people who use EE would have trouble with those abbreviations...? --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams 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] Webinar recording now online
It works great using firefox. Sally In a message dated 1/27/2012 9:14:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, cap...@optusnet.com.au writes: Geoff, Ihave just tried to watch the recording of "Discovering your Massachusetts Ancestors" and all I get is a black page, I have tried a number of times and still the same result. I get a message n the bottom left of screen telling me "Transferring data from www.milleniacorp.com" then when finished the screen stays black. I have tried other recordings with the same result. Anyone else having the same problem? Colin. - Original Message - From: "Geoff Rasmussen" To: Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:38 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Webinar recording now online > "Discovering Your Massachusetts Ancestors" - the recording of today's > webinar is now online at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp. Marian did > a > great job! 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] Locations
I also include the words county and township, etc. And yes, I include township names because it pinpoints an area more precisely. There's never any guessing. We have areas here in Ohio that also used small community names in rural areas. I also include those. Needless to say, I don't use the 4 section placement. Sally Hindley In a message dated 11/19/2011 3:57:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, da...@schmeckabernathy.com writes: “, how do I know that the first word is the name of the county and not the name of a city?” You don’t, that is why I always ADD the word County in ALL cases. I think it is just plain stupid that these mapping sources have gone to this method. If one does NOT know about this method, then they will not know if it is the City or County that is being used. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == From: julia l [mailto:aga...@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:00 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations Well, now I'm confused a little about this naming convention. I understand there are different points of view over this subject, so I'm not trying to stir anything up--just trying to figure which one works best for me. If I have a place name set up: , county, state, country [where I don't actually use the word 'county' after the county name] Then, when I go to generate a report and I leave off the leading commas, how do I know that the first word is the name of the county and not the name of a city? Or *I* may know this type of naming convention but if I give a report to someone not familiar with this, how would this not confuse them? Thanks for your help, Julia 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] Locations
Rural routes are still used all over the US. I'm a retired rural carrier in Ohio and my son is currently a rural carrier. Routes change constantly because of growth, so there's virtually no way of finding out what area a route number meant for a certain time period, sorry to say. Sally Hindley In a message dated 11/18/2011 2:50:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, cranberryf...@cobridge.tv writes: That is correct. I don't think they do this up north. Route 6 is really Rural Route 6 or RR6 which is a MAIL route not a street name. There are still places that have rural routes. My old address in FL was Route 6, Box 4 Plant City, FL. My house was on Quail Meadow Road. michele -Original Message- From: Bain Family Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:53 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations Having been raised in a rural area myself, my thought is that the "Route 6" is probably the post office route and not the name of the road. The post office probably divided up the area into several routes with each route assigned a mail carrier. The mail carrier for each route knew the names in each household and delivered mail accordingly. It probably has absolutely nothing to do with the name of the road or highway. I lived on Route 3 and there was no road or highway of that name. It was just the name of the route assigned to the mail carrier for our area. Lana 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] Showing historical locations.
I always use the original name and note the current location. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 10/29/2011 10:22:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, apple1...@centurylink.net writes: Similar situations have occurred in the United States, i.e. Washington County, Tennessee was at an earlier time Washington County, North Carolina. All tutorials that I have read or viewed indicate that a location should be recorded as it existed at the time of the event, and not as it is now. Perhaps this is extraneous information from some points of view. Would this not be similar? Charles 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] I know there must be an easy way to do this
Go to tools > relationship calculator. This gives you a place to type in 2 names.from/to. In a message dated 9/12/2011 12:57:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cranberryf...@cobridge.tv writes: I want to print out a three generation descendant report that only includes the direct line ancestor for the 2nd and 3rd generations. I am working on my Compiled Genealogy for the Board of Certified Genealogists. I cannot use the Legacy generated report. The report has to be just so and I will not be able to manipulate Legacy to print out exactly in the right format. I will be hand typing it in Word. HOWEVER, I CAN use the Legacy report as an outline for me to follow. The problem is, I can’t seem to figure out how to make it do a 3 generation descendant report that only carries the direct line descendant to the next generation. I do not want to follow all of the descendant lines. michele 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] Location for Bristol England
The US also has names for small areas. Some that you'll never find on a map. Usually areas outside of official "city limits". I know some of these areas in my vicinity, but in other areas, I wouldn't have a clue because most aren't even documented. Census records do mention some. For instance, Groves Patch was a small community outside of Massillon, Ohio. They had a Massillon address because they were in the postal (mail) region. I include "Groves Patch" because it pinpoints an area. It then becomes a 5 field address. When I started adding my husband's English ancestry, I wisely listened to Ron F. and dropped the 4 field setup. =) When searching addresses, if you invert the order, it's very easy to locate places. Sally In a message dated 8/24/2011 7:03:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jk...@yahoo.com writes: I'd be interested to see how anyone could fit my rural address into 4 fields - it takes 6 lines if you include 'Scotland' Surely the important thing is to use a system that suits your way of working. US addresses are far more consistent than those outwith the States. I tend to allow 6 lines for addresses as that copes with most eventualities. The US also calls every habitations a 'city' -which seems very alien this side of the Pond. 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] Legacy file organization
I love familysearch.org! I have gotten over 500 copies of actual death certificates and they're now adding marriage affidavits. Sally In a message dated 8/2/2011 9:41:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chap...@gmail.com writes: David: I have exactly the same experience as you with familysearch. It was better 3-5 years ago than it is today with no access. I was told about 2 yrs ago the new system would be open to the public is a few months - it has been about 2 hrs and no access. They seem to have all these volunteers duplicating what is already available commercially and placing that data into a restricted set of databases. They appear to be heading toward a fee based system with all their limited access restrictions. For me, as a non- LDS person, familysearch has very limited utility. Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.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://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] gedcom
Rich, Thanks, but my question was answered. When I clicked on File only 3 files were showingwhich seems to be the limit on that view. I had to click on File>Open to see all my files. Sally In a message dated 7/3/2011 5:57:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, fourpa...@verizon.net writes: How were the gedcoms named? If similar spelling, one may have stepped on the other. At one point I had seven gedcoms to add to my DB. It worked. How big is your hard drive? Rich in LA CA --- On Thu, 6/30/11, salude...@aol.com wrote: > From: salude...@aol.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] gedcom > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 6:37 PM > Is there a limit to how many gedcoms > can be imported into Legacy? I had 3 > family imports, then when I imported a 4th, one of > them is no longer > showing. > I'm using the latest build on XP. > > Sally 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] gedcom
What a great group you are! Thank you Ron, Joan and Mike. You resolved my dilemma. I didn't know you can only see 3 files at the bottom. That's what was confusing me. Sally In a message dated 7/1/2011 6:01:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mike...@iafrica.com writes: On 2011/07/01 03:37, salude...@aol.com wrote: > Is there a limit to how many gedcoms can be imported into Legacy? I had 3 > family imports, then when I imported a 4th, one of them is no longer > showing. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] gedcom
Is there a limit to how many gedcoms can be imported into Legacy? I had 3 family imports, then when I imported a 4th, one of them is no longer showing. I'm using the latest build on XP. Sally 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] Legacy's Association with World Vital Records
I also got 2 calls a few weeks ago from these people and asked about it in this forum. The first thing they mentioned was Legacy which caught my attention and made me listen for awhile. That's their "hook" and it made me mad once I realized what they were doingkind of like false advertising, if you ask me. If Legacy is going to make "deals" with other companies, there should be stipulations.like, DO NOT ANNOY LEGACY CUSTOMERS! This tactic by Legacy of trying to get new customers may actually backfire and push current and loyal Legacy users away. Feeling like you're being manipulated is not a good thing. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 3/24/2011 11:50:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, syble_...@yahoo.com writes: I wondered where they got mine also, but I have, if absolutely required put mine in with an order, so I'm not 100% sure about that. One call was bad enough, they ask who and where was I researching, said they wanted to know so as to what direction to further their data in, but they continued to call at least 3 times it was in the middle of a subscription period and by then I was annoyed. Syble 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] New product in our online store
I received 2 calls in the last 2 days from Legacy trying to sell something. I never quite figured out what it was because the caller went on and on about nothing until I finally hung up on him. I do NOT appreciate these calls wasting my time!!! Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 3/11/2011 12:17:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, ge...@legacyusers.com writes: See http://tinyurl.com/46nwhsu. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com 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://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] How to manage Research / TODOs / Sources ?
I also would love to see your copy of a spreadsheet. Thank you. Sally In a message dated 1/24/2011 2:13:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, seh0...@gmail.com writes: James: If you want, I'd be happy to send you my files for your perusal. Let me know. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:01 PM, James Cook wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Ron Ferguson > wrote: >> BTW I also publish these spread sheets on my website (I use OpenOffice.org). > > I tried clicking around and the a search for "spreadsheet", "xls" and > "sdc" (calc's file extension I think). No results. Where might I > find an one of these? 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available
I, for one, am very greatful for those databases, flawed or not. Where would any of us be without the efforts of others through all these years? The hints and clues are what keeps me digging until I find the proof. It's like a giant jigsaw puzzle, and quite frankly, the thrill of the hunt is exciting! We're all detectives and shouldn't be whining about obstacles. Legacy has given us a very good tool to help in our adventures! Sally In a message dated 1/19/2011 12:53:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, wood...@msn.com writes: Yes it does, being that Legacy has invested enormous amounts of time and money to hook up with a flawed database. That effort and money might have been better spent perfecting Legacy on its own. CE From: Wendy Howard [mailto:wendy.how...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 5:23 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available This has nothing to do with Legacy! Wendy 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] WorldVitalRecords.com
I get newspaperarchives.com through my local library website for free. And you are correctI found my grandma's obituary and it gave me many clues to unanswered questions! Sally In a message dated 1/4/2011 7:03:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, y.moreho...@comcast.net writes: Yes, I did subscribe about a month ago. I found that 99.5% of the records that were useful to me were the newspapers. However, what was not told to subscribers is you could only look for 10 surnames--you learn about this restriction after you've been in the site for a little while. At some point, you are asked to identify 10 surnames and are locked into those 10. (They didn't explain why you had to pick 10 surnames so I locked myself into surnames that weren't that important to me.) Once the surname lock happens you can't search the newspapers for differing surnames for about the next 60 days. And, to have full access to anyone at any time in the newspaper archives you have to pay an extra fee. The good news--the WorldVitalRecords people were very helpful and, they lived up to their promise of money back if you were not satisfied. I ended up canceling my WVR subscription and subscribed to Newspaper Archives for about $73 for two years. I'm very pleased with this subscription as you cannot imagine how many obituary, wedding and other various pieces of information I've located. You are able to copy the newspaper articles and their source information into your database or save or print them. Some of the newspapers available are quite old...into the early 1900's and perhaps even earlier than that in some cases. Of course, there are many newspapers that have not yet been scanned but they keep adding to the database. Me, I'm very pleased with Newspaper Archives and would rate it quite high as it gives us a glimpse of ancestor/family activities, interests and events. I've found a number of "cousins" in these articles as, often, the writer includes the names of everyone who attend. So, in summary, I can't readily compare Newspaper Archives directly to Ancestry which I also like. Yvonne 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 To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] REMINDER!
There is no reason on this earth why a mail server can't change all replies automatically to plain text. This constant nitpicking is ridiculous and an annoying waste of time! Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 10/26/2010 1:47:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lemccum...@gmail.com writes: It may not be that they are inconsiderate. Everyone using Legacy is not as computer literate as you. For instance, I have no idea in what format this reply is going to be. I hope it's not HTML. Larry On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > > That's fine, Sherry. > > Unless the post is from a newbie, I have all but stopped replying to posts > in html. What I find especially annoying is when I change a post to plain > text the OP is so inconsiderate that they don't even have their email client > set to reply in the same format as that of the sender i.e.. me! > > 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Half- & step-siblings
DNA will be shaking alot of trees. Sally In a message dated 9/3/2010 11:00:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk writes: That *is* how it works. One can, however, also set their relationship to the nonbiological 'parent' as step, which, indeed, is what they are. David's comment, whilst stictly genealogically accurate, is, in my view, over prescriptive, especially for users who are interested in family relationships, rather than blood lines. In fact given the historically high proportion of children who have been attributed to a spouse as their father, rather than the milkman, I would take bets that pretty well every genealogist has a non-bloodline relative somewhere in their trees. Ron Ferguson. 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and County Names
There are even smaller areas that received nicknames over the years. My mom-in-law always referred to one area as the Patch. On a census I found, on the left-hand column, a reference to Groves Patch. I'm now using that as in ...Area, Township, County, State, Country. It pinpoints exactly where they lived. I've also started using defining words in names. Such as: Benjamin "Magnolia" Wallick. There are quite a few Benjamin Wallicks in my line and by inserting the city, "Magnolia", where he lived, I know immediately which one he is. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 8/2/2010 11:20:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, seh0...@gmail.com writes: Brian: This is an excellent system I think I'll adopt. I notice Slawson's "Getting it Right" is silent on this point, but provides examples that use descriptors such as "City" or "County", especially when the city / town and county share the same name. I adopted the "four comma" approach when I switched to Legacy, principally because I got better verification from the GeoDB. I'm now of the opinion that the GeoDB be damned, adding "County" or "Township" helps avoid ambiguity. I think the four comma approach is still a good alternative, but the "straw" that pushes me to modify it to an approach similar to yours is that I find it too common that the "city" is not often known, and in many cases may be the town or township. For example, a record for one of my ancestors may indicate an event that took place in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Is that Muncy Borough or Muncy Township? How would you record it if you did not know? The trick in getting this right is knowing each state's govermental entity hierarchy. Having grown up in New York State, I am used to the Village inside a Town inside a County system. For example, I grew up just outside of Shortsville, a small incorporated village in the town of Manchester, which is located in Ontario County. Despite having a Shortsville mailing address and attedning the Manchester-Shortsville school system, I actually lived inside the neighboring town of Hopewell, within no incorporated village. So, if one were listing where I spend my childhood, it would be: Town of Hopewell, Ontario County, New York, USA While I could just say "Hopewell" and leave off town, it would become ambigous if I were referring to Manchester, the neighboring town where I went to school, as the Town of Manchester has within it a village also named Manchester. So, like the Muncy example, clarity come from listing like this: Village of Manchester (or just Manchester), Town of Manchester, Ontario County, New York, USA But here is the $64,000 question the "four comma" approach says city OR town, county, state, country. Is it then overkill to consistently use a five comma approach? A month ago I might of said yes, but now I say no. What do you think? In Massachusetts, where I live now, the system is similar, except there are no incorporated villages or any incorporated government below the town level. There are plenty of unincorporated villages and places, but the lowest level of government is the town. As with New York, towns are within counties, although some Massachusetts counties have been disbanded and exist only for historical geographic purposes (such as Hampden County). I currently live within the Town of Grafton, located in Worcester County. Thus the listing could be: Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Beacuse there is nothing lower than Grafton, it is probably not necessary to say "Town of Grafton". But now we have state-by-state variation, and that could get confusing. While Massachusetts is similar to Pennsylvania in that the town (MA) or township / borough (PA) is the lowest form of government, its different from that of NY, where villages are smaller that towns. So, although obvious, perhaps its better to say: Town of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA which would align the method with that of New York. Thoughts? Scott 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Source Names
I would very much like to see Jenny Benson's filing structure if she doesn't mind posting it. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 7/25/2010 12:52:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, a...@ajsquared.us writes: Katy, you bring up a good question and a good point ... one that ties this all back to the Legacy list and why I want to get the names source names right before I do much with Legacy and attaching images. I have started using "_" underscore for spaces i.e. between first and last name and middle name and a dash between fields. Not sure why but it seams right. Doe_John_B-Obituary.pdf. I am still working out how and where to put the word Obituary and if i want to include the RIN and how. Your 2nd question about if you attach an image to Legacy then reorginize the file structure or names is a key Legacy question and one reason I have NOT attached any source files to Legacy except for testing. If you move an image Legacy can't find it and will just complain. If Legacy had a feature to move or at Least let you rename a file that Legacy was linked to and you did the move/rename inside Legacy then you would not have your links messed up. Nice feature but I am sure it is not on the top of the Legacy Developer's list of features to even consider. For those wondering for a naming standard I am leaning to a variation of something Jenny M Benson was doing. Off line she offered to send me more details and filing structure once she had it all together. I am sure she would be happy to off list forward to others as interested. Even on list if others would not complain. Alan 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy User Group reputation
Ditto! And you're right, it is too bad. Sally In a message dated 6/26/2010 3:19:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dtrounst...@comcast.net writes: Hi Charles - I appreciate your comments about the LUG as a whole. I have to say though, that I was shut down rather rudely in the past by a know-it-all on this list and just decided to quit commenting at all. A lot of what goes on here is ridiculous and a waste of time. Offering a helpful suggestion or opinion about how to solve a problem - sometimes after a great deal of thought and careful writing - is more likely than not to be hijacked by somebody who just wants to be the resident expert. There would have to be a really compelling reason for me to participate in this list anymore and, at the moment, I can't think of one. Too bad. 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] New Award Winning Software
What is the name of the program? Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 6/17/2010 12:00:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, genechar...@comcast.net writes: Well, I downloaded the trial version and I most un-impressed with it. I can’t see how it even won one award as it is unfinished and in my humble opinion, not even worthy of wasting time downloading. Legacy, keep up the quality work! This other software doesn’t even come close the capabilities of Legacy. Gene C. Harris 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] possible problem
Putting a date on every photo will make all "mary.jpg" photos unique. It also automatically puts them in chronological order. For instance... 2010-05-03mary.jpg year-month-day Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 5/3/2010 3:38:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk writes: Tony, I'm sorry, but in this case Legacy are correct. This is basic computing, if you have files with the same file name in various directories just how do you expect a machine to tell which is the correct one - it cannot see a picture. You can't blame the operating system either because it also is blind. Ron Ferguson 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] tree size
I have direct ancestors, Zacharia Rice (1731-1811) and Abigail Hartman (1742-1789), who had 21 children, all well documented. Guestimating at only two children each, every twenty years would produce 21,504 people today. That's all from only ONE family. It's very easy to have a huge database. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 4/28/2010 5:05:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dmg.familyt...@gmail.com writes: Same thing could be said for many Irish Catholic families also, and I'm not just talking about 100 yearrs ago. 2 people I was in school with in the 1970s/1980s came from large families, one of 16 siblings, the other of 14 siblings. In fact, the guy from the larger family was an uncle of the guy from the smaller family! Regards, Dermot. On 28 April 2010 04:40, Gene Hutson wrote: > > and let us not forget Amish and Mennonite genealogies. > > Some families had 16 or more living children. > > Gene Hutson > norfolk, Nebraska 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] cannot start legacy
Hi Dick, I'm just a newbie at this but I see you're desperate by sending 2 emails, so I'll try to help with a link I found. I had problems with the upgrade, too, and I had to go to the actul website to get a good install as opposed to upgrading thru the program. _http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpDLL-OCXerrors.asp_ (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpDLL-OCXerrors.asp) Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 4/2/2010 12:19:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, dickhutchin...@tassiemail.com.au writes: Hi I have just installed Legacy 7 I loaded my Family file and the program worked very well until a few moment ago when I got a message that a file was missing. I re installed the program, however Legacy 7 would not open the message I got was “COMDLG32.oxc or one of its dependencies not registered: a file is missing or invalid” any ideas anyone. Further to the above I ran system restore and tried to start up Legacy now I get. Run time error 339 Component “RICHTXX32.ocx or one of its dependencies not registered: a file is missing or invalid” again any ideas Dick Hutchinson 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] latest update
Downloading and installing worked! YAY! Thank you, Ron. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 3/16/2010 1:39:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk writes: salude...@aol.com wrote: > I just installed the latest update v. 7.4.0.21 and now my search and > report tabs do not work. > Please advise. > > Sally Miller Hindley > Sally, I take it that you mean the ones at the very top of the opening screen. This may be an installation problem. Sometimes just shutting down Legacy and then re-opening may clear this, otherwise I would try a reinstallation, using the download from the Webpage, rather than the update. Ron Ferguson 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] latest update
I just installed the latest update v. 7.4.0.21 and now my search and report tabs do not work. Please advise. Sally Miller Hindley 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events
I am in the US. On some census records they only list the township because they lived on farms and weren't actually in any city. I also add townships to help pinpoint areas. Such as Massillon, Tuscarawas Twp, Stark, Ohio, United States Stark being the county. Hope this helps, Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 3/8/2010 7:43:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, rong1...@gmail.com writes: Hi Ron, I would prefer an option in Legacy that would allow users to use 3 or 4 place locations depending on the country they are entering information on. I understand that you prefer and only use 3 place locations, so how would you handle the United States locations? I have relatives in Canada, England, Australia as well as the United States and well 3 place locations fit most countries I have some locations within several States within the USA where the same town name appears more that once within the same State and the only way to identify the correct location is by using the County identifier. Any suggestions? Ron Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child
We all have reasons and preferences for doing genealogy. As CE states, his/her passion is history. I believe that brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles and etc, all had influences and sometimes great impact on our direct ancestors. Why would you not want to include these people? Clues about indirect ancestors can lead to great clues about our direct ancestors. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 2/3/2010 12:36:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, wood...@msn.com writes: Exactly, Mike. I am sure most people, like me, are interested in ancestral relatives. My passion is the history of the various periods in which my ancestors and ancestral relatives lived. The issue is that, interesting and wonderful as they may be, ancestral relatives are not ancestors. CE Wood -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:mike...@iafrica.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:46 AM "Some of us strive for precision in our research. Labelling people as ancestors when they strictly are not is, to me, an example of imprecision which can lead to - no offence intended to anyone in particular - sloppiness in research. As an example of this, I view the past behaviour of some contributors to the LDS records as being sloppy in the extreme. Just name collecting. Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg" 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Updating
Rich, you're confusing me. I initially paid for the Legacy Deluxe program but all updates have been free. What fees are you talking about? Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 2/1/2010 7:29:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, fourpa...@verizon.net writes: That wasn't what I meant. I forgot when they came out. L5 about 2004/5? L6 2006/7? L7 2007/2008? If I am wrong. I don't care. I love it and feel the fees are reasonable. Since I am using oldFS daily, I will wait until 7.5 comes out. Was I accurate that a deluxe user, downloading the updates, will lose deluxe if not paying at update time. Rich 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Family Group Pictures
Ron is correct. .Jpg is called a loosey format for good reason. If you mess with them too much you can see blurry spots develop. I keep a master file in .tif format and convert them to .jpg copies for usage. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 1/29/2010 6:26:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk writes: Brian, Broadly speaking I can confirm your comments, but with a slight reservation. In general, even jpeg images have a resolution which is much higher than required for web pages and viewing on PCs, especially if they are from a digital camera. As a result frequent editing and saving will make little difference as to how the images appear on the screen, or indeed on web pages. This is less true for printed copies though, and degradation of the image is noticeable after far fewer "save as". I still recommend saving a master copy using a lossless format (.bmp or .tiff, for example) and using jpegs, gifs, png etc. on web pages where the resolution is less critical. Indeed, I would recommend that the resolution should be significantly reduced for web pages to enable faster loading. Ron Ferguson _ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > Since all of us probably have many JPEG pictures to go with our > Legacy database, your post probably grabbed the attention of quite a > few people. > > Unfortunately you are mistaking a "copy" with doing a "save as". When > you make a copy of a JPEG image using Windows Explorer, you get > exactly that: the same exact image with no loss in quality. They are > bit-for-bit identical. Even if you just change the filename, it is > still the same exact image. Make a copy 100 times over and the last > one is identical to the first one. > > On the other hand, if you load a JPEG image into any photo program, > make the most minor change, and then change the JPEG compression > factor from what the original image as you do a "Save As", then yes, > there will be some loss of data. You can never get back what was > there before. > > Now here is the most important part: even if you resave the image a > dozen times over again, the human eye will never see any loss of > image quality (assuming the compression factors were all reasonably > the same as the original). This concept has bounced around the > Internet for years now and on some photography forums tests were done > by resaving an image over 100 times. The result was that the vast > majority of users could not tell the resaved image from the original. > > So don't be afraid to make a copy of an image over and over again. > And with the vast amount of cheap hard drive space available now, > keep your compression factors down low (large file size) and you'll > never see any differences even if you have to edit the picture a > dozen times. > > More info at: > http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00695v > > > 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Google Earth and ScotlandsPlaces - Brilliant !!!!!
Well, that was easy! Thank you, Sherry! http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/LEGACY.htm Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 1/26/2010 11:12:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, she...@legacyfamilytree.com writes: Alastair, It's not a "purist" issue - it's a list guideline that posts stay on topic about Legacy and add-on programs. Rootsweb has a ton of great mailing lists for all sorts of non-Legacy related topics. As well as a Legacy mailing list which is not sponsored by us. You can check out all their lists at http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ There's no sense in re-inventing the wheel by creating even more lists, is there? Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping Physical Locations in Legacy
Thank you, Ron! Once again your blog website has been very informative. I'm wondering what actually happens if you only put in three place names. I see you live in Manchester. That's where most of my Hindleys are from. Now on to Germanyis the place name format similar to England's? Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 1/18/2010 11:37:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk writes: Dermot, I am sure that Mike's attribution of pre 1919 Ireland to England was a slip of the keyboard, but it certainly illustrates why accurate recording of our correct Locations is essential and why the 4 field convention is quite unsuitable for Irish purposes as well as those of the consitituent countries of the United Kingdom. To quote from one of my Blogs on UK Locations (http://ronfergy.blogspot.com/2009/11/location-location-location-and-uk.html ) to use this convention is like trying to get a square peg in a round hole. Ron Ferguson 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping Physical Locations in Legacy
I've been struggling with this myself. What is the correct way to write an address in England? For instance, in one of my files I have.. Stanhope, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK How would this be written correctly? Thank you for any help, Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 1/17/2010 12:42:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk writes: Joyce, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales are countries, The United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, that is, a Kingdom not a country, and Great Britain is only a land mass comprising England Scotland and Wales, as is the British Isles which includes England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man (which is a crown dependancy btw and not part of the UK). If *you* wish to Americanize us then do so, and continue to enter your British locations incorrectly, but I would be grateful if you would not encourage others so to do. Meanwhile we will continue to enter them correctly. Ron Ferguson 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Caption/Text for images (.jpg)
Mike, I use photoshop. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 1/15/2010 2:55:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, mjkeevi...@gmail.com writes: I'm creating images (.JPGs) from old photos. I'd like to add a caption/text to the bottom or top of the image (.JPG) without overlapping any of the original photo. I've found software that adds text, bubbles, watermarks. etc., 'within' the actual image covering some of the original photo, but not software that 'adds to' the .JPG at the top or bottom of the image. I know I can add text on web pages, but I want to have the text as a permenant part if the image. Any thoughts? Best regards, mike 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Christmas Wishes
Leo, I've seen the poem 3 times now. LOL It's coming thru loud and clear. Great poem! Thank you! Merry Christmas to everyone! Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 12/24/2009 5:55:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, macdonald...@hotmail.com writes: I'm sorry about the last two posts, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I copied and paste a poem, maybe that is where I went wrong. I hope that by typing the whole letter it will work better. I found this wonderful poem a while back and thought I'd share it with everyone on this list. This may be a bit off "Legacy Topic", but I wanted to wish everyone a "Merry Christmas" and a joyous holiday season. Leo 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list
Geri, copy and paste the link into firefox or IE. I use aol, too, and it can be a hastle sometimes. Another hint: This forum requires using plain text only. I scoured and scoured for the answer to changing aol mail to plain text. I was about to give up ever replying to this group...BUT... When you compose an email, right click in the text area and at the very bottom click on "compose as plain text." Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 12/24/2009 9:43:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, dinky...@aol.com writes: This link does not work on aol Please let me know how to verify my subscription? Thanks Geri Shuster -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com To: dinky...@aol.com Sent: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 7:31 am Subject: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list You have requested a subscription to the LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com mailing list. To be added to the list you must click the following link to verify your subscription: http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/optin.aspx?id=b2d3aa81e56e4b8286de812155f 62641&ml=3&domain=LegacyUsers.com Thank you, 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy with Ancestry.com or other online programs
I'm new to this group and to the Legacy program. I've been reading all the posts, and quite frankly, found the comparisons between programs very useful. I researched and debated on which program to buy and the discussion made me feel confident in my choice. But now, this attitude of being told what to say is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. Is Legacy so insecure that any mention of other programs is an insult to them? I'm just shaking my head here. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 12/22/2009 1:39:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, she...@legacyfamilytree.com writes: Because I've been reading this list for many years and I know the direction this topic will end up going! I don't want this to become a thread about Ancestry. Note that I also wrote " Unless it's on how to incorporate data from Ancestry (or any other website) into Legacy." The "third-party products" which are acceptable to discuss are those specifically sold by us as add-on programs. You can find a list of them on the website under the Add-Ons menu. You are free to discuss how to create web pages in Legacy. However, if you wish to get into more detail about editing the HTML web pages, best FTP programs for uploading, etc, there's a group started by one of our listers at http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/WUL/, which is populated by people who are very well versed in HTML and websites. The purpose of this group is described as "a self-help group for genealogists wishing to create and improve their websites which are based on the Legacy genealogical software. In particular its aim is to give support to those with no knowledge of website construction. It is also anticipated that the group will assist those with more experience in overcoming the programming questions/problems relating to Legacy which we all meet and try to overcome on a regular basis." Please review the LUG list guidelines at http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp. "The purpose of the LUG is to provide a forum for mutual help and the friendly exchange of ideas related to the use of Legacy Family Tree and its add-on programs, only. Please keep on topic. "Send messages only in plain text "2. Please stay on topic of Legacy and Legacy Add-on Programs Stay on the topic of Legacy and its add-on programs, which is the sole purpose of the LUG User Group. "5. Please only include relevant return text when replying. Mail boxes can quickly become cluttered by with meaningless "me too" or "thank you" messages that are devoid of any other relevant text, and replies containing pages and pages of an ongoing message thread." Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone
Paul, what is the name of the program ...or did you write it? Sounds really interesting! Sally Miller Hindley salude...@aol.com In a message dated 12/20/2009 11:27:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, donald.fr...@gmail.com writes: Paul I would interested in it please send it to me at _donald.fr...@gmail.com_ (mailto:donald.fr...@gmail.com) On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:01 PM, <_pd...@stny.rr.com_ (mailto:pd...@stny.rr.com) > wrote: I have just finished a program that reads the Legacy database and reports on the status of the census events for the individuals in the file. You have to specify which year(s) you want to check and if a person was alive during the year(s), it will produce a report showing if a census event exists. It has shown me all of my missing entries...I have a lot of work to fill hem in. It will be a nice tool for when the 1940 US census becomes available to know who you have to look for. If anyone is interested in it, let me know and I would be willing to share it. Paul Romanowicz 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
