Re: [LegacyUG] Recording Patents

2006-07-30 Thread Dave Cripps
Wm Voss wrote: > I have quite a few in my study of American silversmiths. I keep it > simple and use two basic events, patent and design patent, with this > format: > [HeShe] was issued patent number [-Desc] [onDate][cr][cr][Notes (the > transcribed descriptive text)] > along with an image of the d

RE: [LegacyUG] English UK language issue

2006-07-30 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Same for me on the West Coast. Never heard anyone say "Grandaunt" and I sure never used it myself. Kirsten -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Markie Flint Blackmon Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 7:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sub

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering children when unknown which of the 2 spouses are the parent

2006-07-30 Thread Cathy
Hi Beth, There is no neat way to handle this. You could choose to live with an extra spouse, adding notes to the spouse to indicate she doesn't exist. It may help to call her to help make this clear. The other alternative is assign them to a particular partnership and add notes to indicate t

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I tentatively link 2 people?

2006-07-30 Thread Cathy
Hi CJ, You can't merge them and still have them separate. You can link them both to the same people and then note that they may be the same person (eg: they'll appear as siblings with a note that they may be the same person - more untidy when the link is as a spouse but still possible.) I'd

RE: [LegacyUG] Need help with Help in Legacy 6 Deluxe

2006-07-30 Thread Peter Haughton
I should have asked first: Does help work in other applications under Windows? Like your word processor, or Notepad, or ...? If it does, then the problem is not in Windows. Peter > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marian > G. Blalack > Sen

Re: [LegacyUG] English UK language issue

2006-07-30 Thread Markie Flint Blackmon
Same here. I've lived in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania and I've only heard "Great Aunt" and "Great Uncle" used. It wasn't until I bought Legacy a few years ago that I'd even heard of the term "Grandaunt"...Great Aunt Bess was always, well, Great Aunt Bess, and she was from Wisconsin... Ma

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual reports

2006-07-30 Thread Cathy
Hi Carol, Have you overlooked the Individual Report? Or are you also wanting to get away from the Table with the vital records? If so, try an Ancestor Report with 1 generation. Cathy At 09:59 AM 31/07/2006, you wrote: I am using Version 6.0.0.101 I can make a Chronology Report for an individ

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I tentatively link 2 people?

2006-07-30 Thread Susan Daily
CJ - I had this occur - I had two people and really thought they were the same one. But I kept them separate since I had no proof, and in my general notes I said I believed that this person was the same as RIN number . It was a pain when I wanted to zip back and forth between the people. But i

RE: [LegacyUG] Can I tentatively link 2 people?

2006-07-30 Thread Robert Carneal
I believe I would copy both files to another name and keep them separate. Back them up, also. Make a new file, and import both family files in. Now you have three files, two representing separate families and easy to work with, and one file containing both. Later, when you are comfortable you hav

[LegacyUG] Individual reports

2006-07-30 Thread Carol Booth
I am using Version 6.0.0.101 I can make a Chronology Report for an individual but is there anyway I can make a Report for an individual that is written in sentences. thanks...Carol Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past

RE: [LegacyUG] Need help with Help in Legacy 6 Deluxe

2006-07-30 Thread Peter Haughton
If you insert your Windows XP installation disk, and let it "start", you will be offered a chance to refresh your system without reinstalling. Be careful that you are using an installation disk that matches your current installation. For example, if your disk is Windows XP Service Pack 1, but you

[LegacyUG] Entering children when unknown which of the 2 spouses are the parent

2006-07-30 Thread Beth Gay
Dear list, How do you handle this situation? I have one father, 2 known spouses, and three children. Husband, wife and 1 child I can enter as a family group. Unknown if the other 2 children are by the first or second spouse or another spouse. If I add another unknown spouse, then the husband has 3

Re: [LegacyUG] English UK language issue

2006-07-30 Thread Dave Naylor
On 30 Jul 2006 Jack Earnshaw wrote: > On the Family View tab, and elsewhere, the term "Granduncle" and > "Grandaunt". This is a term I've never heard used by anyone in the UK. > The term we use is "Great Uncle" and "Great Aunt". Is there a way to > alter this wording in the system? This was dis

[LegacyUG] Can I tentatively link 2 people?

2006-07-30 Thread CJ Fattig
Hi, I just joined the group, and I was wondering if someone could answer my question. I've only been using Legacy a couple of months. I have a person in a family tree that I believe may be the same as a person in another branch. Is there any way to merge these people, but keep them a little "sep

Re: [LegacyUG] Recording Patents

2006-07-30 Thread Wm Voss
I have quite a few in my study of American silversmiths. I keep it simple and use two basic events, patent and design patent, with this format: [HeShe] was issued patent number [-Desc] [onDate][cr][cr][Notes (the transcribed descriptive text)] along with an image of the drawing sheet/sheets. See

[LegacyUG] Need help with Help in Legacy 6 Deluxe

2006-07-30 Thread Marian G. Blalack
I am hoping some of you computer whizs out there can help me. I have not been able to access the help files in almost two months. Support has tried to help and we have been able to ascertain that all the legacy files are where they belong. I have tried everything I can with Legacy itself. I have

RE: [LegacyUG] English UK language issue

2006-07-30 Thread ronald ferguson
Hi Jack, I have, but very, very rarely, heard the term Granduncle/aunt used in Lancashire but I agree that Greatuncle/aunt is much more common and indeed the term I use. I have never, though, heard the term Great-Granduncle/aunt. Although Granduncle is in the dictionary as an alternative to Gr

[LegacyUG] Recording Patents

2006-07-30 Thread David Cripps
I have perhaps what I'd consider an unusual request: How do I record patents ?   I've been lucky enough to find quite a number of patents at both the British Patent Office: http://www.patent.gov.uk/  and the European equivalent at http://gb.espacenet.com sucessfully submitted by some ances

RE: [LegacyUG] English UK language issue

2006-07-30 Thread Mike
Jack, "Granduncle" and "Grandaunt" are not terms I've heard used in the US. So I'm not sure where they come from. Like the UK I've only heard "Great Uncle" and "Great Aunt" in areas I've lived in the US. Mike Brian, Thanks for the workaround, but this reminds me of another language issue. O

[LegacyUG] English UK language issue

2006-07-30 Thread Jack Earnshaw
Brian, Thanks for the workaround, but this reminds me of another language issue. On the Family View tab, and elsewhere, the term "Granduncle" and "Grandaunt". This is a term I've never heard used by anyone in the UK. The term we use is "Great Uncle" and "Great Aunt". Is there a way to alter this

[LegacyUG] Creating Mailing Labels for a Sublist of Newsletter

2006-07-30 Thread John Kaufmann
Many thanks to those providing suggestions on how to do this. It shows the value of the LUG. Combining the suggestions plus my input gives the following procedure, which can be easily modified to do other tasks. Please pay attention to the following as using "text Only" eliminates formatting h

RE: [LegacyUG] Sub News Letter Printing.

2006-07-30 Thread ronald ferguson
Hi John, If I am understanding correctly you have made the list which you wish to print but have not found a way of printing labels for the list. If this is the case I think you will need a word processor. From the the print facility on the list page there is the option of printing csv files.