Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
Trevor, I transcribe all my documents into the "General" section of Legacy under Notes. I can still refer to the originals, no matter if I found them online and downloaded them, or if I actually went to the courthouse and copied the items related to my family. By having a full transcription in "General" I can look in one location under each family member and know exactly what I have. Then when I print out family group sheets or even a book report, all the documentation that I transcribed is included as long as you choose the option to include them under "Report Options". The same goes for "Research" notes and "Medical" notes. Margaret On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 10:37 PM Trevor Good wrote: > Please, what is the best way to add a document to a persons file? It > would be an A4 size and would need to be able to be read in a Book Report > Thanks - Trevor > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
[LegacyUG] Documents
Please, what is the best way to add a document to a persons file? It would be an A4 size and would need to be able to be read in a Book Report Thanks - Trevor -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
Cathy Yes, I have followed all those steps. The only difference it makes is that initially the records processed counter gets a little bit further (ie another 5-10,000 records) before the overflow occurs. It’s no big deal since I can create my own MSAccess query whenever I need to generate the media records information I need. For the present, I’d rather Legacy’s programmer resources were allocated and dedicated to getting the big ticket items resolved, eg Mapping or (in the case of my submitted problem) Merging using Drag and Drop. But I’ll happily submit a problem report if someone can guarantee that this problem will be given the very lowest priority Cheers Alan From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Saturday, 24 February 2018 11:53 AM To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents Alan, Have you done the things in the Support article for Error 6? <http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00206/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Error-6.html> They might help. Also note that Support doesn't control the order of the fixing of bugs and don't do the programming required. So to not contact support about an issue until other things are fixed makes no sense. Cathy Alan Thompson wrote: No, I haven't reported it, yet. I have currently submitted higher priority (for me) problems that I want fixed first. In Version 9.0.0.209, if I am interpreting the screen correctly, there is no option (ie check box) to select "Source Citation Details" media for all individual or a selected individual. There is a "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen but I thought that was for all source citation details in the family file. If I have an individual selected and the four checkboxes within that section checked AND the "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen UNCHECKED, AND all media types selected, then running the report shows the counter at the bottom of screen reach 221,000 (the number of media records in my file but then gives the message "No pictures were found for the options selected" even though there are media items attached to source citation details for that individual. On the other hand, if I have an individual selected and the four checkboxes within that section checked AND the "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen CHECKED, AND all media types selected, then running the report shows the counter at the bottom of screen reach about 19,000 and then hang until the Error 6: Overflow Message is eventually displayed. Alan -Original Message-< BR> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Sherry H Sent: Saturday, 24 February 2018 9:50 AM To: Legacy User Group<legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents I'm not having any problems selecting "Source Citation Details" for an individual. I don't have enough media files linked to test for your error - did you report it to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:supp...@legacyfamilytree.com> ? Sherry On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:35 PM, Alan Thompson<alanthomp...@grapevine.com.au <mailto:alanthomp...@grapevine.com.au> > wrote: Yes, "Print Media File List" would be easier - if it worked The two main problems I have with it are: 1. It does not allow you to select Media attached to source citation details for a specific individual (As most of my media for an individual is attached to the source citation detail record, this is not very useful) 2 . For anything other than a small report, "Error 6: Overflow, error collecting pictures occurs" (Accordingly I am not able to generate a complete report of all my media files) Alan Thompson Canberra, Australia -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
Alan, Have you done the things in the Support article for Error 6? <http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00206/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Error-6.html> They might help. Also note that Support doesn't control the order of the fixing of bugs and don't do the programming required. So to not contact support about an issue until other things are fixed makes no sense. Cathy Alan Thompson wrote: No, I haven't reported it, yet. I have currently submitted higher priority (for me) problems that I want fixed first. In Version 9.0.0.209, if I am interpreting the screen correctly, there is no option (ie check box) to select "Source Citation Details" media for all individual or a selected individual. There is a "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen but I thought that was for all source citation details in the family file. If I have an individual selected and the four checkboxes within that section checked AND the "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen UNCHECKED, AND all media types selected, then running the report shows the counter at the bottom of screen reach 221,000 (the number of media records in my file but then gives the message "No pictures were found for the options selected" even though there are media items attached to source citation details for that individual. On the other hand, if I have an individual selected and the four checkboxes within that section checked AND the "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen CHECKED, AND all media types selected, then running the report shows the counter at the bottom of screen reach about 19,000 and then hang until the Error 6: Overflow Message is eventually displayed. Alan -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Sherry H Sent: Saturday, 24 February 2018 9:50 AM To: Legacy User Group<legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents I'm not having any problems selecting "Source Citation Details" for an individual. I don't have enough media files linked to test for your error - did you report it to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com? Sherry On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:35 PM, Alan Thompson<alanthomp...@grapevine.com.au> wrote: Yes, "Print Media File List" would be easier - if it worked The two main problems I have with it are: 1. It does not allow you to select Media attached to source citation details for a specific individual (As most of my media for an individual is attached to the source citation detail record, this is not very useful) 2. For anything other than a small report, "Error 6: Overflow, error collecting pictures occurs" (Accordingly I am not able to generate a complete report of all my media files) Alan Thompson Canberra, Australia -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
No, I haven't reported it, yet. I have currently submitted higher priority (for me) problems that I want fixed first. In Version 9.0.0.209, if I am interpreting the screen correctly, there is no option (ie check box) to select "Source Citation Details" media for all individual or a selected individual. There is a "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen but I thought that was for all source citation details in the family file. If I have an individual selected and the four checkboxes within that section checked AND the "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen UNCHECKED, AND all media types selected, then running the report shows the counter at the bottom of screen reach 221,000 (the number of media records in my file but then gives the message "No pictures were found for the options selected" even though there are media items attached to source citation details for that individual. On the other hand, if I have an individual selected and the four checkboxes within that section checked AND the "Source citation details" check box at the bottom of the screen CHECKED, AND all media types selected, then running the report shows the counter at the bottom of screen reach about 19,000 and then hang until the Error 6: Overflow Message is eventually displayed. Alan -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Sherry H Sent: Saturday, 24 February 2018 9:50 AM To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents I'm not having any problems selecting "Source Citation Details" for an individual. I don't have enough media files linked to test for your error - did you report it to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com? Sherry On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:35 PM, Alan Thompson <alanthomp...@grapevine.com.au> wrote: > Yes, "Print Media File List" would be easier - if it worked > > The two main problems I have with it are: > > 1. It does not allow you to select Media attached to source citation > details for a specific individual (As most of my media for an > individual is attached to the source citation detail record, this is > not very useful) > > 2. For anything other than a small report, "Error 6: Overflow, error > collecting pictures occurs" (Accordingly I am not able to generate a > complete report of all my media files) > > Alan Thompson > Canberra, Australia > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
I'm not having any problems selecting "Source Citation Details" for an individual. I don't have enough media files linked to test for your error - did you report it to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com? Sherry On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:35 PM, Alan Thompson <alanthomp...@grapevine.com.au> wrote: > Yes, "Print Media File List" would be easier - if it worked > > The two main problems I have with it are: > > 1. It does not allow you to select Media attached to source citation details > for a specific individual (As most of my media for an individual is attached > to the source citation detail record, this is not very useful) > > 2. For anything other than a small report, "Error 6: Overflow, error > collecting pictures occurs" (Accordingly I am not able to generate a complete > report of all my media files) > > Alan Thompson > Canberra, Australia > > -Original Message- > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On > Behalf Of Sherry H > Sent: Saturday, 24 February 2018 7:21 AM > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents > > Easier yet is to go to the VIew > Scrapbook and select the options of which > files you want to include and click on the "Print Media File List" button. > > That list is easily readable - gedcoms are gobeddly gook to most people! > > Sherry > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
Yes, "Print Media File List" would be easier - if it worked The two main problems I have with it are: 1. It does not allow you to select Media attached to source citation details for a specific individual (As most of my media for an individual is attached to the source citation detail record, this is not very useful) 2. For anything other than a small report, "Error 6: Overflow, error collecting pictures occurs" (Accordingly I am not able to generate a complete report of all my media files) Alan Thompson Canberra, Australia -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Sherry H Sent: Saturday, 24 February 2018 7:21 AM To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents Easier yet is to go to the VIew > Scrapbook and select the options of which files you want to include and click on the "Print Media File List" button. That list is easily readable - gedcoms are gobeddly gook to most people! Sherry -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
Thanks to everybody for all the different ideas/options for me to consider. gc On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 3:20 PM, Sherry Hwrote: > Easier yet is to go to the VIew > Scrapbook and select the options of > which files you want to include and click on the "Print Media File > List" button. > > That list is easily readable - gedcoms are gobeddly gook to most people! > > Sherry > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Ward Walker > wrote: > > A quick and dirty workaround, if you just need the info in any form, is > to > > create a GEDCOM export. When you view the file in Notepad, you can see > all > > of the media links associated with the individual, including file paths. > > > >Ward > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
Easier yet is to go to the VIew > Scrapbook and select the options of which files you want to include and click on the "Print Media File List" button. That list is easily readable - gedcoms are gobeddly gook to most people! Sherry On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Ward Walkerwrote: > A quick and dirty workaround, if you just need the info in any form, is to > create a GEDCOM export. When you view the file in Notepad, you can see all > of the media links associated with the individual, including file paths. > >Ward -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
A quick and dirty workaround, if you just need the info in any form, is to create a GEDCOM export. When you view the file in Notepad, you can see all of the media links associated with the individual, including file paths. Ward From: dec...@eircom.net Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 10:36 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents Hi there, Here is my effort to do something similar I think. I have a folder called Genealogical Office on my Computer in which I keep every type of record relating to family, including BMD, Census and property records, etc. All these are numbered sequentially as I receive them. In the Research Tab in Legacy I build references to all these as I research. eg: My External hard copy sources for him can be found in:- Extracts: Vol.1 Births: Bir 24 Extracts: Vol.1 Baptisms, Bap 40 for first baptism Extracts: Vol.1 Baptisms, Bap 41 for second baptism Extracts: Vol.1 Weddings, Wed 3 for first marriage Extracts: Vol.1 Marriages, Mar 2 for second marriage Extracts: Vol.2 Census, C 34 Extracts: Vol.2 Miscellaneus, Mis 4 British National Archives, WW1 Medals document Family Tradition: T5 to T14 copy of army documents Family Tradition: T7 127 Commons rd House documents Family Tradition: T9 Driving Licence Family Tradition: T10 to T14 Jeannie Gordon letters to him Family Tradition: T42 Jeannie Gordon letter to him Family Tradition: T40,41 His letters to compiler Family Tradition: T45 Telegram re his death to compiler, Declan Chalmers 20 Jul 1963 Family Tradition: T62 letter Army Records Office to brother of compiler, James Chalmers 1965 Family Tradition: T64 letter Andrew Buchan to James Chalmers 1967 Extracts: Vol. Maps 2 Mp 1 Aerial photo of national school, Badenscoth he attended in Auchterless Extracts: Vol. Maps 2 Mp 2 parishes of Aberdeenshire Extracts: Vol. Maps 2 Mp 5 Upperthird, Auchterless, Aberdeenshire where he was born PhotoVol.1 1-17 Photos of Birth place and early childhood Family Tradition: T5 original army papers received 2002 from my brother Alec Research: Vol. ResearchLog 1.1 Chalmers Research: Vol. British Army, Diary of 1st Batt Gordon Highlanders 1914-1918 External Genealogical Descendant Scroll from Ancestor: James Chalmers RIN 29 I have also a printed version of above in binders so that I can easily find any document re any person quickly. When I do a report above will be placed almost directly after the vital records so it is at the start of info re each person. Declan Chalmers From: 2need...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 4:39 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents I include my file number in the description for each of my media files in Legacy. When I print a report, i will have to look up which one, I get bullet points of events with a thumbnail of the image and the file number as a caption. I use Evernote and tag each document with the people it connects too. I find it a faster way to find all the documents and files related to an individual. It also serves as off site backup and I have access to it from any device. I can save files for off line viewing. On Feb 22, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Gary Crull <treeclimber1...@gmail.com> wrote: To all who've replied The documents I refer to consist of any format you can think of: WORD, JPG, PDF, TIF. I store all my documents in the format -mm-dd (if known) Surname,Given,ID#, type document. So for this exercise for Henry say I have a birth record, marriage record, death notice, and a will. These would look like this: 1910-01-28 Brown,Henry (990) - birth cert 1932-07-13 Brown,Henry (990) - marriage cert 1950-03-25 Brown,Henry (990) - death cert 1950-03-02 Brown,Henry (990) - obit 1949-02-02 Brown,Henry (990) - will What I've been mulling around is something for Henry Brown (Legacy ID 990) that would include his INDIVIDUAL sheet, or FGS, with any documents associated with his ID #. Thus, what I'd like is a 'container/report' for Henry Brown (990) his INDIVIDUAL SHEET, (or FGS) with all 5 of these documents in it. The only solution I've come up so far would be to manually create a separate 'portfolio' for each individual in my database that would contain this information. I did take a look at CLOOZ and it looks like it might might have some promise. AND, the scrapbook option needs to be checked out further. Then again perhaps, my idea is a pie in the sky and fool hardy and unattainable one. gc On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: Gary, You can see from the responses that we're not sure what you want to do. If you want a list of all media linked in Legacy and who it's linked to, then in Legacy go to View - Scrapbook choose your options and then click Print Media File List and on that next screen make sure you at least check "include description of what media is linked to"
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
Hi there, Here is my effort to do something similar I think. I have a folder called Genealogical Office on my Computer in which I keep every type of record relating to family, including BMD, Census and property records, etc. All these are numbered sequentially as I receive them. In the Research Tab in Legacy I build references to all these as I research. eg: My External hard copy sources for him can be found in:- Extracts: Vol.1 Births: Bir 24 Extracts: Vol.1 Baptisms, Bap 40 for first baptism Extracts: Vol.1 Baptisms, Bap 41 for second baptism Extracts: Vol.1 Weddings, Wed 3 for first marriage Extracts: Vol.1 Marriages, Mar 2 for second marriage Extracts: Vol.2 Census, C 34 Extracts: Vol.2 Miscellaneus, Mis 4 British National Archives, WW1 Medals document Family Tradition: T5 to T14 copy of army documents Family Tradition: T7 127 Commons rd House documents Family Tradition: T9 Driving Licence Family Tradition: T10 to T14 Jeannie Gordon letters to him Family Tradition: T42 Jeannie Gordon letter to him Family Tradition: T40,41 His letters to compiler Family Tradition: T45 Telegram re his death to compiler, Declan Chalmers 20 Jul 1963 Family Tradition: T62 letter Army Records Office to brother of compiler, James Chalmers 1965 Family Tradition: T64 letter Andrew Buchan to James Chalmers 1967 Extracts: Vol. Maps 2 Mp 1 Aerial photo of national school, Badenscoth he attended in Auchterless Extracts: Vol. Maps 2 Mp 2 parishes of Aberdeenshire Extracts: Vol. Maps 2 Mp 5 Upperthird, Auchterless, Aberdeenshire where he was born PhotoVol.1 1-17 Photos of Birth place and early childhood Family Tradition: T5 original army papers received 2002 from my brother Alec Research: Vol. ResearchLog 1.1 Chalmers Research: Vol. British Army, Diary of 1st Batt Gordon Highlanders 1914-1918 External Genealogical Descendant Scroll from Ancestor: James Chalmers RIN 29 I have also a printed version of above in binders so that I can easily find any document re any person quickly. When I do a report above will be placed almost directly after the vital records so it is at the start of info re each person. Declan Chalmers From: 2need...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 4:39 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents I include my file number in the description for each of my media files in Legacy. When I print a report, i will have to look up which one, I get bullet points of events with a thumbnail of the image and the file number as a caption. I use Evernote and tag each document with the people it connects too. I find it a faster way to find all the documents and files related to an individual. It also serves as off site backup and I have access to it from any device. I can save files for off line viewing. On Feb 22, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Gary Crull <treeclimber1...@gmail.com> wrote: To all who've replied The documents I refer to consist of any format you can think of: WORD, JPG, PDF, TIF. I store all my documents in the format -mm-dd (if known) Surname,Given,ID#, type document. So for this exercise for Henry say I have a birth record, marriage record, death notice, and a will. These would look like this: 1910-01-28 Brown,Henry (990) - birth cert 1932-07-13 Brown,Henry (990) - marriage cert 1950-03-25 Brown,Henry (990) - death cert 1950-03-02 Brown,Henry (990) - obit 1949-02-02 Brown,Henry (990) - will What I've been mulling around is something for Henry Brown (Legacy ID 990) that would include his INDIVIDUAL sheet, or FGS, with any documents associated with his ID #. Thus, what I'd like is a 'container/report' for Henry Brown (990) his INDIVIDUAL SHEET, (or FGS) with all 5 of these documents in it. The only solution I've come up so far would be to manually create a separate 'portfolio' for each individual in my database that would contain this information. I did take a look at CLOOZ and it looks like it might might have some promise. AND, the scrapbook option needs to be checked out further. Then again perhaps, my idea is a pie in the sky and fool hardy and unattainable one. gc On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: Gary, You can see from the responses that we're not sure what you want to do. If you want a list of all media linked in Legacy and who it's linked to, then in Legacy go to View - Scrapbook choose your options and then click Print Media File List and on that next screen make sure you at least check "include description of what media is linked to" If you want a list of everything you've scanned, then you need a program/utility that will print a directory. It's awhile since I've used one. In Windows 10 I find I can copy a list from File Explorer and paste it into something after I've copied something else from my clipboard extender program. I use Spartan from http://m8software.com/ but I'm sure the free versi
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents
I include my file number in the description for each of my media files in Legacy. When I print a report, i will have to look up which one, I get bullet points of events with a thumbnail of the image and the file number as a caption. I use Evernote and tag each document with the people it connects too. I find it a faster way to find all the documents and files related to an individual. It also serves as off site backup and I have access to it from any device. I can save files for off line viewing. > On Feb 22, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Gary Crull <treeclimber1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To all who've replied > > The documents I refer to consist of any format you can think of: WORD, JPG, > PDF, TIF. > > I store all my documents in the format -mm-dd (if known) > Surname,Given,ID#, type document. So for this exercise for Henry say I have a > birth record, marriage record, death notice, and a will. These would look > like this: > 1910-01-28 Brown,Henry (990) - birth cert > 1932-07-13 Brown,Henry (990) - marriage cert > 1950-03-25 Brown,Henry (990) - death cert > 1950-03-02 Brown,Henry (990) - obit > 1949-02-02 Brown,Henry (990) - will > > What I've been mulling around is something for Henry Brown (Legacy ID 990) > that would include his INDIVIDUAL sheet, or FGS, with any documents > associated with his ID #. > > Thus, what I'd like is a 'container/report' for Henry Brown (990) his > INDIVIDUAL SHEET, (or FGS) with all 5 of these documents in it. > > The only solution I've come up so far would be to manually create a separate > 'portfolio' for each individual in my database that would contain this > information. > > I did take a look at CLOOZ and it looks like it might might have some > promise. AND, the scrapbook option needs to be checked out further. > > Then again perhaps, my idea is a pie in the sky and fool hardy and > unattainable one. > > gc > > >> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Gary, >> You can see from the responses that we're not sure what you want to do. >> >> If you want a list of all media linked in Legacy and who it's linked to, >> then in Legacy go to View - Scrapbook choose your options and then click >> Print Media File List and on that next screen make sure you at least check >> "include description of what media is linked to" >> >> If you want a list of everything you've scanned, then you need a >> program/utility that will print a directory. It's awhile since I've used >> one. In Windows 10 I find I can copy a list from File Explorer and paste it >> into something after I've copied something else from my clipboard extender >> program. I use Spartan from http://m8software.com/ but I'm sure the free >> version would work as well. But that's only the filename + path. So you'd >> probably want a proper utility. Karen's Directory Printer was one of the >> best and worth trying - but I'm out of date. >> >> One or both of those should help. With the print from the Scrapbook in >> Legacy, you'll see you can just choose a tagged group. With thousands it >> would probably be more helpful to print for particular family lines. >> Note if you get inspired to change filenames, you permanently break the link >> in Legacy. The only way to change filename and not break the link is to use >> the Legacy Picture Centre to rename. That only works for image formats. >> >> Cathy >>> Mary Leek <mailto:ml...@comcast.net> >>> Friday, 23 February 2018 6:57 AM >>> >>> Gary, >>> >>> How are you wanting to use these scanned documents? >>> >>> What format have you used for these scanned documents? Are they scanned as >>> a graphic or are they in PDF format or a combination of formats? >>> >>> Are you wanting to combine all of the documents pertaining to each >>> individual into a single file, with the first page being, for instance, a >>> printout something like the Legacy Individual Report or a Family group >>> sheet might provide? If so, would this be geared toward a printed hard copy >>> or something that could be shared electronically? >>> >>> Congratulations on locating, scanning and linking this material to >>> individuals in your database. I like to save items like this, too. >>> >>> Mary >>> >>> *From:*LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On >>> Behalf Of *Gary Crull >>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 22, 2018 3:38 PM >>> *To:* Legacy User Group >>&
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Gary, You can get a list from the scrapbook for a particular individual. It really depends on whether the media is attached to the individual or to a source. To see all media attached to a particular individual minus any media that may be attached to one of their sources click the Gallery icon on Family View or their Individual Information screen and from the drop down list at the top move up to All. The All is hidden :( so you may not realise it's there. Cathy Gary Crull wrote: To all who've replied The documents I refer to consist of any format you can think of: WORD, JPG, PDF, TIF. I store all my documents in the format -mm-dd (if known) Surname,Given,ID#, type document. So for this exercise for Henry say I have a birth record, marriage record, death notice, and a will. These would look like this: 1910-01-28 Brown,Henry (990) - birth cert 1932-07-13 Brown,Henry (990) - marriage cert 1950-03-25 Brown,Henry (990) - death cert 1950-03-02 Brown,Henry (990) - obit 1949-02-02 Brown,Henry (990) - will What I've been mulling around is something for Henry Brown (Legacy ID 990) that would include his INDIVIDUAL sheet, or FGS, with any documents associated with his ID #. Thus, what I'd like is a 'container/report' for Henry Brown (990) his INDIVIDUAL SHEET, (or FGS) with all 5 of these documents in it. The only solution I've come up so far would be to manually create a separate 'portfolio' for each individual in my database that would contain this information. I did take a look at CLOOZ and it looks like it might might have some promise. AND, the scrapbook option needs to be checked out further. Then again perhaps, my idea is a pie in the sky and fool hardy and unattainable one. gc On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com <mailto:genea...@gmail.com>> wrote: Gary, You can see from the responses that we're not sure what you want to do. If you want a list of all media linked in Legacy and who it's linked to, then in Legacy go to View - Scrapbook choose your options and then click Print Media File List and on that next screen make sure you at least check "include description of what media is linked to" If you want a list of everything you've scanned, then you need a program/utility that will print a directory. It's awhile since I've used one. In Windows 10 I find I can copy a list from File Explorer and paste it into something after I've copied something else from my clipboard extender program. I use Spartan from http://m8software.com/ but I'm sure the free version would work as well. But that's only the filename + path. So you'd probably want a proper utility. Karen's Directory Printer was one of the best and worth trying - but I'm out of date. One or both of those should help. With the print from the Scrapbook in Legacy, you'll see you can just choose a tagged group. With thousands it would probably be more helpful to print for particular family lines. Note if you get inspired to change filenames, you permanently break the link in Legacy. The only way to change filename and not break the link is to use the Legacy Picture Centre to rename. That only works for image formats. Cathy Mary Leek <mailto:ml...@comcast.net <mailto:ml...@comcast.net>> Friday, 23 February 2018 6:57 AM Gary, How are you wanting to use these scanned documents? What format have you used for these scanned documents? Are they scanned as a graphic or are they in PDF format or a combination of formats? Are you wanting to combine all of the documents pertaining to each individual into a single file, with the first page being, for instance, a printout something like the Legacy Individual Report or a Family group sheet might provide? If so, would this be geared toward a printed hard copy or something that could be shared electronically? Congratulations on locating, scanning and linking this material to individuals in your database. I like to save items like this, too. Mary *From:*LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com <mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>] *On Behalf Of *Gary Crull *Sent:* Thursday, February 22, 2018 3:38 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Documents I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast number of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, obituaries, wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, other's secondary. I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology (early 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford it! Thus, NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As technology advanced and scanners became available I scanned everything I had collected to new computers with ample HD's as well as adding new scanned information. I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade
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To all who've replied The documents I refer to consist of any format you can think of: WORD, JPG, PDF, TIF. I store all my documents in the format -mm-dd (if known) Surname,Given,ID#, type document. So for this exercise for Henry say I have a birth record, marriage record, death notice, and a will. These would look like this: 1910-01-28 Brown,Henry (990) - birth cert 1932-07-13 Brown,Henry (990) - marriage cert 1950-03-25 Brown,Henry (990) - death cert 1950-03-02 Brown,Henry (990) - obit 1949-02-02 Brown,Henry (990) - will What I've been mulling around is something for Henry Brown (Legacy ID 990) that would include his INDIVIDUAL sheet, or FGS, with any documents associated with his ID #. Thus, what I'd like is a 'container/report' for Henry Brown (990) his INDIVIDUAL SHEET, (or FGS) with all 5 of these documents in it. The only solution I've come up so far would be to manually create a separate 'portfolio' for each individual in my database that would contain this information. I did take a look at CLOOZ and it looks like it might might have some promise. AND, the scrapbook option needs to be checked out further. Then again perhaps, my idea is a pie in the sky and fool hardy and unattainable one. gc On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gary, > You can see from the responses that we're not sure what you want to do. > > If you want a list of all media linked in Legacy and who it's linked to, > then in Legacy go to View - Scrapbook choose your options and then click > Print Media File List and on that next screen make sure you at least check > "include description of what media is linked to" > > If you want a list of everything you've scanned, then you need a > program/utility that will print a directory. It's awhile since I've used > one. In Windows 10 I find I can copy a list from File Explorer and paste it > into something after I've copied something else from my clipboard extender > program. I use Spartan from http://m8software.com/ but I'm sure the free > version would work as well. But that's only the filename + path. So you'd > probably want a proper utility. Karen's Directory Printer was one of the > best and worth trying - but I'm out of date. > > One or both of those should help. With the print from the Scrapbook in > Legacy, you'll see you can just choose a tagged group. With thousands it > would probably be more helpful to print for particular family lines. > Note if you get inspired to change filenames, you permanently break the > link in Legacy. The only way to change filename and not break the link is > to use the Legacy Picture Centre to rename. That only works for image > formats. > > Cathy > >> Mary Leek <mailto:ml...@comcast.net> >> Friday, 23 February 2018 6:57 AM >> >> Gary, >> >> How are you wanting to use these scanned documents? >> >> What format have you used for these scanned documents? Are they scanned >> as a graphic or are they in PDF format or a combination of formats? >> >> Are you wanting to combine all of the documents pertaining to each >> individual into a single file, with the first page being, for instance, a >> printout something like the Legacy Individual Report or a Family group >> sheet might provide? If so, would this be geared toward a printed hard copy >> or something that could be shared electronically? >> >> Congratulations on locating, scanning and linking this material to >> individuals in your database. I like to save items like this, too. >> >> Mary >> >> *From:*LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] >> *On Behalf Of *Gary Crull >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 22, 2018 3:38 PM >> *To:* Legacy User Group >> *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Documents >> >> I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast >> number of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, >> obituaries, wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, >> other's secondary. >> >> I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology >> (early 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford >> it! Thus, NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As >> technology advanced and scanners became available I scanned everything I >> had collected to new computers with ample HD's as well as adding new >> scanned information. >> >> I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that >> went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade to newer >> products. My last upgrade a few years back was to Legacy (v7.0) and I love >> it having kept updates to
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Gary, You can see from the responses that we're not sure what you want to do. If you want a list of all media linked in Legacy and who it's linked to, then in Legacy go to View - Scrapbook choose your options and then click Print Media File List and on that next screen make sure you at least check "include description of what media is linked to" If you want a list of everything you've scanned, then you need a program/utility that will print a directory. It's awhile since I've used one. In Windows 10 I find I can copy a list from File Explorer and paste it into something after I've copied something else from my clipboard extender program. I use Spartan from http://m8software.com/ but I'm sure the free version would work as well. But that's only the filename + path. So you'd probably want a proper utility. Karen's Directory Printer was one of the best and worth trying - but I'm out of date. One or both of those should help. With the print from the Scrapbook in Legacy, you'll see you can just choose a tagged group. With thousands it would probably be more helpful to print for particular family lines. Note if you get inspired to change filenames, you permanently break the link in Legacy. The only way to change filename and not break the link is to use the Legacy Picture Centre to rename. That only works for image formats. Cathy Mary Leek <mailto:ml...@comcast.net> Friday, 23 February 2018 6:57 AM Gary, How are you wanting to use these scanned documents? What format have you used for these scanned documents? Are they scanned as a graphic or are they in PDF format or a combination of formats? Are you wanting to combine all of the documents pertaining to each individual into a single file, with the first page being, for instance, a printout something like the Legacy Individual Report or a Family group sheet might provide? If so, would this be geared toward a printed hard copy or something that could be shared electronically? Congratulations on locating, scanning and linking this material to individuals in your database. I like to save items like this, too. Mary *From:*LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Gary Crull *Sent:* Thursday, February 22, 2018 3:38 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Documents I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast number of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, obituaries, wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, other's secondary. I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology (early 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford it! Thus, NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As technology advanced and scanners became available I scanned everything I had collected to new computers with ample HD's as well as adding new scanned information. I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade to newer products. My last upgrade a few years back was to Legacy (v7.0) and I love it having kept updates to the present V9.0. My problem, question?? I have several thousand scanned documents stored on my HD that I have linked to individuals in my Legacy database. Is there any way of preparing an output document that would show the individual AND any/all supporting documents gathered over decades of collecting? I'm not inclined at this stage of life to even attempt transcribing this supporting information in to any templates available in Legacy! Suggestions are welcome. Gary Crull P.S. I *_don't_*__use _FACEBOOK_ so make sure any replies are posted to the forum Gary Crull <mailto:treeclimber1...@gmail.com> Friday, 23 February 2018 5:37 AM I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast number of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, obituaries, wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, other's secondary. I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology (early 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford it! Thus, NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As technology advanced and scanners became available I scanned everything I had collected to new computers with ample HD's as well as adding new scanned information. I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade to newer products. My last upgrade a few years back was to Legacy (v7.0) and I love it having kept updates to the present V9.0. My problem, question?? I have several thousand scanned documents stored on my HD that I have linked to individuals in my Legacy database. Is there any way of preparing an output document that would show the individual AND any/all support
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I believe Microsoft Access database, which is base for Legacy, can print documents out so it should be possible with legacy. Why not ask the programmers to work on this? Declan Chalmers From: Mary Leek Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 10:57 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents Gary, How are you wanting to use these scanned documents? What format have you used for these scanned documents? Are they scanned as a graphic or are they in PDF format or a combination of formats? Are you wanting to combine all of the documents pertaining to each individual into a single file, with the first page being, for instance, a printout something like the Legacy Individual Report or a Family group sheet might provide? If so, would this be geared toward a printed hard copy or something that could be shared electronically? Congratulations on locating, scanning and linking this material to individuals in your database. I like to save items like this, too. Mary From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Gary Crull Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 3:38 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Documents I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast number of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, obituaries, wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, other's secondary. I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology (early 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford it! Thus, NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As technology advanced and scanners became available I scanned everything I had collected to new computers with ample HD's as well as adding new scanned information. I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade to newer products. My last upgrade a few years back was to Legacy (v7.0) and I love it having kept updates to the present V9.0. My problem, question?? I have several thousand scanned documents stored on my HD that I have linked to individuals in my Legacy database. Is there any way of preparing an output document that would show the individual AND any/all supporting documents gathered over decades of collecting? I'm not inclined at this stage of life to even attempt transcribing this supporting information in to any templates available in Legacy! Suggestions are welcome. Gary Crull P.S. I don't use FACEBOOK so make sure any replies are posted to the forum -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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Gary, How are you wanting to use these scanned documents? What format have you used for these scanned documents? Are they scanned as a graphic or are they in PDF format or a combination of formats? Are you wanting to combine all of the documents pertaining to each individual into a single file, with the first page being, for instance, a printout something like the Legacy Individual Report or a Family group sheet might provide? If so, would this be geared toward a printed hard copy or something that could be shared electronically? Congratulations on locating, scanning and linking this material to individuals in your database. I like to save items like this, too. Mary From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Gary Crull Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 3:38 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Documents I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast number of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, obituaries, wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, other's secondary. I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology (early 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford it! Thus, NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As technology advanced and scanners became available I scanned everything I had collected to new computers with ample HD's as well as adding new scanned information. I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade to newer products. My last upgrade a few years back was to Legacy (v7.0) and I love it having kept updates to the present V9.0. My problem, question?? I have several thousand scanned documents stored on my HD that I have linked to individuals in my Legacy database. Is there any way of preparing an output document that would show the individual AND any/all supporting documents gathered over decades of collecting? I'm not inclined at this stage of life to even attempt transcribing this supporting information in to any templates available in Legacy! Suggestions are welcome. Gary Crull P.S. I don't use FACEBOOK so make sure any replies are posted to the forum -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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Gary I think Clooz, which you can purchase on the Legacy website will do what your asking if I understand what your situation is. Hope that helps. Cheasapeake District Governor Elect 2017-2018 Crystal Payne On Feb 22, 2018 4:39 PM, "Gary Crull"wrote: > I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast number > of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, obituaries, > wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, other's > secondary. > > I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology > (early 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford > it! Thus, NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As > technology advanced and scanners became available I scanned everything I > had collected to new computers with ample HD's as well as adding new > scanned information. > > I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that > went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade to newer > products. My last upgrade a few years back was to Legacy (v7.0) and I love > it having kept updates to the present V9.0. > > My problem, question?? > > I have several thousand scanned documents stored on my HD that I have > linked to individuals in my Legacy database. Is there any way of preparing > an output document that would show the individual AND any/all supporting > documents gathered over decades of collecting? I'm not inclined at this > stage of life to even attempt transcribing this supporting information in > to any templates available in Legacy! > > Suggestions are welcome. > > Gary Crull > P.S. I *don't *use *FACEBOOK* so make sure any replies are posted to the > forum > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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You can create a "Scrapbook" (View ribbon) and include all graphics you've linked to in your Family File. However, if you've linked document files (doc, PDF, xls), those can't be printed ou. Also, from Scrapbook, you can print a Media File List so you can see a list of all the files you've linked to. Sherry On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Gary Crullwrote: > I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast number > of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, obituaries, > wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, other's > secondary. > > I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology (early > 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford it! Thus, > NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As technology advanced > and scanners became available I scanned everything I had collected to new > computers with ample HD's as well as adding new scanned information. > > I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that > went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade to newer products. > My last upgrade a few years back was to Legacy (v7.0) and I love it having > kept updates to the present V9.0. > > My problem, question?? > > I have several thousand scanned documents stored on my HD that I have linked > to individuals in my Legacy database. Is there any way of preparing an > output document that would show the individual AND any/all supporting > documents gathered over decades of collecting? I'm not inclined at this > stage of life to even attempt transcribing this supporting information in to > any templates available in Legacy! > > Suggestions are welcome. > > Gary Crull > P.S. I don't use FACEBOOK so make sure any replies are posted to the > forum > > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
[LegacyUG] Documents
I've been doing genealogy for over 35 years, having gathered a vast number of documents - birth/death/marriage certificates and licenses, obituaries, wills, probate info, newspaper articles etc - some original, other's secondary. I computerized back in the dark ages of personal computer technology (early 70's) with an IBM PC Jr and a floppy disk, two if you could afford it! Thus, NO availability of storing anything on the computer. As technology advanced and scanners became available I scanned everything I had collected to new computers with ample HD's as well as adding new scanned information. I was a late comer to LEGACY having used 3-4 other software products that went out of business over the years forcing me to upgrade to newer products. My last upgrade a few years back was to Legacy (v7.0) and I love it having kept updates to the present V9.0. My problem, question?? I have several thousand scanned documents stored on my HD that I have linked to individuals in my Legacy database. Is there any way of preparing an output document that would show the individual AND any/all supporting documents gathered over decades of collecting? I'm not inclined at this stage of life to even attempt transcribing this supporting information in to any templates available in Legacy! Suggestions are welcome. Gary Crull P.S. I *don't *use *FACEBOOK* so make sure any replies are posted to the forum -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
[LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy
This is not a criticism, just a question. Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard document clipart in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? Just curious, Thanks! Rob Miller 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] Documents in Legacy
I don’t think there is a standard Windows function for doing that. If you look at Windows file explorer, at a folder with mixed jpg and pdf files, and you have in Thumbnail view, you’ll see thumbnails of the jpg files but just a big icon for the pdf files. The only place I can remember seeing thumbnails of pdf files is in Paperport. So it is possible, but they may be using proprietary software to do it. From: robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 9:09 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy This is not a criticism, just a question. Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard document clipart in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? Just curious, Thanks! Rob Miller 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] Documents in Legacy
Rob, The Legacy program includes an internal picture viewer. Other file types depend on your computer's default program to view them. -- Richard Van Wasshnova On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:09 AM, robs_familytree . robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca wrote: This is not a criticism, just a question. Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard document clipart in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? Just curious, Thanks! Rob Miller 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] Documents in Legacy
I attach a number of PDF files to sources, but also when possible include the text contained or related to that PDF that way I don't have to keep opening an external file. Another alternative, if available to you, is to convert PDF files to JPG's if it doesn't contain a lot of pages. I just choose relevant pages for that source then convert them to JPGs. Just a suggestion. Bill Boswell From: Kurt Kneeland [mailto:kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 10:42 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy I don’t think there is a standard Windows function for doing that. If you look at Windows file explorer, at a folder with mixed jpg and pdf files, and you have in Thumbnail view, you’ll see thumbnails of the jpg files but just a big icon for the pdf files. The only place I can remember seeing thumbnails of pdf files is in Paperport. So it is possible, but they may be using proprietary software to do it. From: robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 9:09 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy This is not a criticism, just a question. Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard document clipart in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? Just curious, Thanks! Rob Miller 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] Documents, documents, documents
Dave, Thanks for the reply. I have searched through that list but haven't located ANY entries making reference to Legacy Family Tree software. Am I doing something wrong in the search window? Chris On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM, David Hook daveh...@rogers.com wrote: Chris: For help on managing documentation, I recommend the Record-Keeping-Methodology mailing list. Details on how to subscribe are here: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Computing/RECORD-KEEPING-METHODOLOGY.html Dave 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 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] Documents, documents, documents
I think Dave thought you were talking about organizing your records in general; i.e., in your filing cabinets, on your hard drive, etc. Perhaps you were really asking where these documents should be attached in your Legacy file? i.e., should you attach a census doc as an event or as a source? I'm just guessing but that's what I thought when I saw him send that link. I'm interested in all of the above; I need to get busy attaching docs etc. I have held off because I need to organize my hard drive before attaching everything in Legacy (due to the other recent discussion about what happens when you have to restore your legacy file including multimedia - the path has to be the same for the multimedia so I need to get my files organized on my HD and backed up specifically for that purpose before attaching) So maybe you can be a tad more specific about your question? You will get your answer eventually :-) Kathy On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Chris CG 914ch...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, Thanks for the reply. I have searched through that list but haven't located ANY entries making reference to Legacy Family Tree software. Am I doing something wrong in the search window? Chris On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM, David Hook daveh...@rogers.com wrote: Chris: For help on managing documentation, I recommend the Record-Keeping-Methodology mailing list. Details on how to subscribe are here: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Computing/RECORD-KEEPING-METHODOLOGY.html Dave Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://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.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://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.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Kathy Meyer To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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] Documents, documents, documents
Maybe this will clarify my original question: When I have a new document, photo, newspaper obituary, or anything else I find that might relate to my family, I first enter and transcribe it into ByGones and/or Clooz and then cut/paste relevant information into Legacy to create a master source which will be assigned to people in my Legacy database. My main purpose for using the additional programs is to record and track things that point to people I can't identify - witnesses to events, individuals or families with the same last name and in the same geographical area as known ancestors, or other snippets of information. As I keep entering information from more and more sources, some of those unidentified people start to appear more than once and previously unknown relationships and patterns emerge. This in turn leads to some Voila! moments including brick-wall breakthroughs. Things like so that's who grandpa used to talk about or Gerry and Jeremiah are actually the same person or I need to find out more about so-and-so who has been present at these four family weddings. What I want to do now is move all of this research and analysis into Legacy to take advantage of all the additional information recorded there, and discontinue the duplication of efforts required to maintain the additional databases. I am hoping to get some guidance, ideas and practical advice from others who are already better at this than I am. Since everyone using Legacy has to manage this same kind of information and documentation, I am frustrated that the Legacy help resources I have searched through don't address this aspect of using Legacy. Chris On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: I think Dave thought you were talking about organizing your records in general; i.e., in your filing cabinets, on your hard drive, etc. Perhaps you were really asking where these documents should be attached in your Legacy file? i.e., should you attach a census doc as an event or as a source? I'm just guessing but that's what I thought when I saw him send that link. I'm interested in all of the above; I need to get busy attaching docs etc. I have held off because I need to organize my hard drive before attaching everything in Legacy (due to the other recent discussion about what happens when you have to restore your legacy file including multimedia - the path has to be the same for the multimedia so I need to get my files organized on my HD and backed up specifically for that purpose before attaching) So maybe you can be a tad more specific about your question? You will get your answer eventually :-) Kathy On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Chris CG 914ch...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, Thanks for the reply. I have searched through that list but haven't located ANY entries making reference to Legacy Family Tree software. Am I doing something wrong in the search window? Chris On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM, David Hook daveh...@rogers.com wrote: Chris: For help on managing documentation, I recommend the Record-Keeping-Methodology mailing list. Details on how to subscribe are here: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Computing/RECORD-KEEPING-METHODOLOGY.html Dave 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 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 -- Kathy Meyer To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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 Legacy User
Re: [LegacyUG] Documents, documents, documents
Chris, I briefly played with Clooz and Bygones many years ago, and wrote them off as clunky and unnecessary duplication of effort. But I didn't use them long enough to know their full capability, so it may be you are used to some functions that just can't be duplicated in Legacy. If so, be sure to check out some of the Legacy add-on programs that are available. [I also still rely on paper files and my memory for many of those a-ha moments]. That disclaimer stated, here are some things I do that may be somewhat responsive to your question: Legacy allows you to enter unconnected individuals and families in your database. So, for my Hancock mystery in Southern Illinois, I have all kinds of Hancock individuals and family groups in my database that are not linked to my Hancock ancestor. If I ever find proof they are related, all I need to do is link them to my ancestor. The Events function in Legacy is powerful. What I do, instead of entering those documents, obituaries, etc. into ByGones/Clooz, is enter the data from them directly into Legacy, usually as an event, transcribe them if necessary, construct the Source Citation, and attach a scan of the document itself. If the document mentions multiple individuals, I copy the Event using the Event Clipboard, and with a couple of clicks can add the same info to the other individuals in the database. Once the data is entered, the Legacy search functions are also powerful: play around with that function, and the Help files and Tutorials for it, and see if it won't meet many of your needs. For example, you could create a report for all individuals in XYZ County with the first name Gerry, and another for the first name Jeremiah, and then be able to see if you have duplicate individuals. Or, you could search for all people born in Illinois between 1850 and 1890 with the surname Hancock. If Events doesn't quite fit the info I have, I will use the General Notes or Research Notes screens to jot down information that might be relevant. For example, if I have a Gerry Brown and a Jeremiah Brown and I'm not sure yet if they are the same person, I'll make a notation to that effect in the Research Notes for each individual, i.e. Is this the same person as Jeremiah Brown, RIN 7644? and Is this the same person as Gerry Brown, RIN 2455? Am I getting closer to being responsive to your question? Connie --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Chris CG 914ch...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe this will clarify my original question: When I have a new document, photo, newspaper obituary, or anything else I find that might relate to my family, I first enter and transcribe it into ByGones and/or Clooz and then cut/paste relevant information into Legacy to create a master source which will be assigned to people in my Legacy database. My main purpose for using the additional programs is to record and track things that point to people I can't identify - witnesses to events, individuals or families with the same last name and in the same geographical area as known ancestors, or other snippets of information. As I keep entering information from more and more sources, some of those unidentified people start to appear more than once and previously unknown relationships and patterns emerge. This in turn leads to some Voila! moments including brick-wall breakthroughs. Things like so that's who grandpa used to talk about or Gerry and Jeremiah are actually the same person or I need to find out more about so-and-so who has been present at these four family weddings. What I want to do now is move all of this research and analysis into Legacy to take advantage of all the additional information recorded there, and discontinue the duplication of efforts required to maintain the additional databases. I am hoping to get some guidance, ideas and practical advice from others who are already better at this than I am. Since everyone using Legacy has to manage this same kind of information and documentation, I am frustrated that the Legacy help resources I have searched through don't address this aspect of using Legacy. 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] Documents, documents, documents
In our Legacy News, we have published 5 articles about different organizational systems that work well with Legacy. See http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/organization/. Hope this helps some. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -Original Message- From: Chris CG [mailto:914ch...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:08 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Documents, documents, documents I have been procrastinating for as long as possible, but it's time to get started with my fall/winter project - reviewing and (re)organizing several years' accumulation of various source documents, vital records, etc. I know that there are many details that I originally overlooked - clues or connections that I didn't recognize the first time around. I have been using ByGones and Clooz in addition to Legacy, but the PITA factor is too great and I want to consolidate and convert everything into Legacy. Having bits and pieces in different places just doesn't work anymore. I've looked through the Legacy mini-tutorials, legacyusergroup (this list) archives and the LegacyFamilyTree website but can't find tutorials or best practices for managing all of the documentation that goes along with family history research. Since this is such a big part doing genealogy, I'm sure that there is a lot of information about it but I guess I am not looking in the right places. Where does one go for guidelines and help? 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] Documents, documents, documents
Chris: Presumably these are digital items you're talking about rather than hardcopies. If so, I have a totally low-tech way of handling them that works very well for my database of roughly 10,000--including a limited one-name study. I dislike having unattached individuals in my database, so their records go into Stray folders under MyDocuments. These are organized by surname and some are grouped into subfolders by given name or geographical area. Periodically I go through the stray folders to see if anything clicks or if I can find new information about an individual. Most of my strays are in their own designated folders, which also includes a Word document where I copy/paste discussions with others about this person or add notes about where (s)he might belong, where I've already checked, etc. When a connection is finally made it's easy to transfer the pertinent information into Legacy. Kirsten -Original Message- From: Chris CG [mailto:914ch...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:26 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents, documents, documents Maybe this will clarify my original question: When I have a new document, photo, newspaper obituary, or anything else I find that might relate to my family, I first enter and transcribe it into ByGones and/or Clooz and then cut/paste relevant information into Legacy to create a master source which will be assigned to people in my Legacy database. My main purpose for using the additional programs is to record and track things that point to people I can't identify - witnesses to events, individuals or families with the same last name and in the same geographical area as known ancestors, or other snippets of information. As I keep entering information from more and more sources, some of those unidentified people start to appear more than once and previously unknown relationships and patterns emerge. This in turn leads to some Voila! moments including brick-wall breakthroughs. Things like so that's who grandpa used to talk about or Gerry and Jeremiah are actually the same person or I need to find out more about so-and-so who has been present at these four family weddings. What I want to do now is move all of this research and analysis into Legacy to take advantage of all the additional information recorded there, and discontinue the duplication of efforts required to maintain the additional databases. I am hoping to get some guidance, ideas and practical advice from others who are already better at this than I am. Since everyone using Legacy has to manage this same kind of information and documentation, I am frustrated that the Legacy help resources I have searched through don't address this aspect of using Legacy. Chris 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] Documents, documents, documents
Kirsten, I tried that myself for a couple of years or so, but you must be a better person than I, as it became a massive parking lot for unsolved links! I found that I just never got round to looking in it. If it works for you, then great, as you know I am a great beliver in each to their own. My salvation arrived, at least for my primary surname when I started my One-Name database, which originally started with all the oddments which I had not looked at for years. I found it to be an operation which is excellent for forcing me to do something with them. Guess I must enjoy pressure! Ron Ferguson _ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England Kirsten Bowman wrote: Chris: Presumably these are digital items you're talking about rather than hardcopies. If so, I have a totally low-tech way of handling them that works very well for my database of roughly 10,000--including a limited one-name study. I dislike having unattached individuals in my database, so their records go into Stray folders under MyDocuments. These are organized by surname and some are grouped into subfolders by given name or geographical area. Periodically I go through the stray folders to see if anything clicks or if I can find new information about an individual. Most of my strays are in their own designated folders, which also includes a Word document where I copy/paste discussions with others about this person or add notes about where (s)he might belong, where I've already checked, etc. When a connection is finally made it's easy to transfer the pertinent information into Legacy. Kirsten -Original Message- From: Chris CG [mailto:914ch...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:26 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents, documents, documents Maybe this will clarify my original question: When I have a new document, photo, newspaper obituary, or anything else I find that might relate to my family, I first enter and transcribe it into ByGones and/or Clooz and then cut/paste relevant information into Legacy to create a master source which will be assigned to people in my Legacy database. My main purpose for using the additional programs is to record and track things that point to people I can't identify - witnesses to events, individuals or families with the same last name and in the same geographical area as known ancestors, or other snippets of information. As I keep entering information from more and more sources, some of those unidentified people start to appear more than once and previously unknown relationships and patterns emerge. This in turn leads to some Voila! moments including brick-wall breakthroughs. Things like so that's who grandpa used to talk about or Gerry and Jeremiah are actually the same person or I need to find out more about so-and-so who has been present at these four family weddings. What I want to do now is move all of this research and analysis into Legacy to take advantage of all the additional information recorded there, and discontinue the duplication of efforts required to maintain the additional databases. I am hoping to get some guidance, ideas and practical advice from others who are already better at this than I am. Since everyone using Legacy has to manage this same kind of information and documentation, I am frustrated that the Legacy help resources I have searched through don't address this aspect of using Legacy. Chris 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] Documents, documents, documents
For me, it will be extremely valuable to run reports/queries, so a database type of storage would seem to be more appropriate. I have been thinking about using a system similar to what Connie describes, but am concerned about having perhaps one to two hundred unlinked individuals, many small family trees, master sources not linked to events (maybe not even linked to individuals), etc. Like so many other things in genealogy, it seems that there is no standardized structure even within Legacy - of course the program's flexibility to do things your own way is a good thing! The problem is, when I attempt to do/learn something by trial and error until it works I usually end up with a system or method that isn't very good in the long run. Either I unintentionally overlook important details or I fail to anticipate future needs or upcoming changes. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Kirsten, I tried that myself for a couple of years or so, but you must be a better person than I, as it became a massive parking lot for unsolved links! I found that I just never got round to looking in it. If it works for you, then great, as you know I am a great beliver in each to their own. My salvation arrived, at least for my primary surname when I started my One-Name database, which originally started with all the oddments which I had not looked at for years. I found it to be an operation which is excellent for forcing me to do something with them. Guess I must enjoy pressure! Ron Ferguson _ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England Kirsten Bowman wrote: Chris: Presumably these are digital items you're talking about rather than hardcopies. If so, I have a totally low-tech way of handling them that works very well for my database of roughly 10,000--including a limited one-name study. I dislike having unattached individuals in my database, so their records go into Stray folders under MyDocuments. These are organized by surname and some are grouped into subfolders by given name or geographical area. Periodically I go through the stray folders to see if anything clicks or if I can find new information about an individual. Most of my strays are in their own designated folders, which also includes a Word document where I copy/paste discussions with others about this person or add notes about where (s)he might belong, where I've already checked, etc. When a connection is finally made it's easy to transfer the pertinent information into Legacy. Kirsten -Original Message- From: Chris CG [mailto:914ch...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:26 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents, documents, documents Maybe this will clarify my original question: When I have a new document, photo, newspaper obituary, or anything else I find that might relate to my family, I first enter and transcribe it into ByGones and/or Clooz and then cut/paste relevant information into Legacy to create a master source which will be assigned to people in my Legacy database. My main purpose for using the additional programs is to record and track things that point to people I can't identify - witnesses to events, individuals or families with the same last name and in the same geographical area as known ancestors, or other snippets of information. As I keep entering information from more and more sources, some of those unidentified people start to appear more than once and previously unknown relationships and patterns emerge. This in turn leads to some Voila! moments including brick-wall breakthroughs. Things like so that's who grandpa used to talk about or Gerry and Jeremiah are actually the same person or I need to find out more about so-and-so who has been present at these four family weddings. What I want to do now is move all of this research and analysis into Legacy to take advantage of all the additional information recorded there, and discontinue the duplication of efforts required to maintain the additional databases. I am hoping to get some guidance, ideas and practical advice from others who are already better at this than I am. Since everyone using Legacy has to manage this same kind of information and documentation, I am frustrated that the Legacy help resources I have searched through don't address this aspect of using Legacy. Chris 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
RE: [LegacyUG] Documents, documents, documents
Ron: Yours sounds like a good method too. Is your one-name database included with your main database or is it a separate file? I'm prompted to look at my stray files regularly because there are several people working on the same line so I get frequent messages like, Here's what I found on . . . or What do you have on . . . That keeps the strays from getting stale. Our research area is also limited to Ontario, Canada, 1783-1880, so that keeps the stray list down to a very manageable size--although we do have about 2,000 individuals connected to the main tree. Kirsten -Original Message- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 11:50 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Documents, documents, documents Kirsten, I tried that myself for a couple of years or so, but you must be a better person than I, as it became a massive parking lot for unsolved links! I found that I just never got round to looking in it. If it works for you, then great, as you know I am a great beliver in each to their own. My salvation arrived, at least for my primary surname when I started my One-Name database, which originally started with all the oddments which I had not looked at for years. I found it to be an operation which is excellent for forcing me to do something with them. Guess I must enjoy pressure! Ron Ferguson _ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England 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