[LegacyUG] Gedcom

2006-08-07 Thread Marie
Hi, I am new with the Family History site and was wondering if someone could please help me. All my Legacy information is on the computer that I use daily, but I now have a laptop and would like to know how to transfer all the information that I have on to the laptop without losing any of it.

Re: [LegacyUG] How to find the most recently updated person in the file?

2006-08-07 Thread Cathy
Hi Dee, Use the Search where to look - modified date That will work unless you've been looking at people and closing out instead of cancelling as closing changes the modified date even though nothing changed But even so, it will give you a shorter list of people to check. You can restore yo

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows 2000 and Legacy problems

2006-08-07 Thread Beth Gay
Thanks, but not necessary anymore. I have everything working okay, at least for now. Kindest regards, Beth G. - Original Message - From: "Beth Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dear List, > > If anyone on the list could help me out by troubleshooting, please respond > off list. I need to corres

[LegacyUG] Missing Legacy Web Page?

2006-08-07 Thread Wayne Martell
Earlier this year, I added some information that I found in the Human Family Project. In my source data, there is the following link: http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/northerneurope/index.htm. When I try to connect using this link, all I get is the Bad Gateway message. I tried Google and it

[LegacyUG] How to find the most recently updated person in the file?

2006-08-07 Thread Dee
How do I find the most recently updated person in my database?  Sorry -- I couldn't figure out how to search for this in the archive. I have my database on two computers and one crashed.  I need to see if the one on the existing computer is newer than the backup I had on another media, and I can't

[LegacyUG] Windows 2000 and Legacy problems

2006-08-07 Thread Beth Gay
Dear List, If anyone on the list could help me out by troubleshooting, please respond off list. I need to correspond with someone who uses Windows 2000 professional and who has dial-up internet with a LAN connection. I am having difficulty with my internet connection via Legacy and difficulty acce

Re: [LegacyUG] Two wives, children listed with wrong wife

2006-08-07 Thread Diane Murach
Thank you Cathy! I'll give it a try tonight. Diane - Original Message - From: "Cathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Two wives, children listed with wrong wife Hi Diane, I think you may be able to do it by unlinking both wives

Re: [LegacyUG] Two wives, children listed with wrong wife

2006-08-07 Thread Cathy
Hi Diane, I think you may be able to do it by unlinking both wives from him. The children will stay with him if you right click on the wives to do the unlinking. Relink him with children to the correct wife, (Use Add wife) making sure that the add this person to currently displayed marriage

Re: [LegacyUG] Surname Prefixes - where to put?

2006-08-07 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I have used the AKA for this purpose. It is not perfect, but each person is alphabetically under Steve /von der Moller, Steve von / der Moller, and Steve von der /Moller. The problem is that adding one extra field in the name won't help. When I used PAF, it had a middle name field which I used for

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures

2006-08-07 Thread Monty Reed
To scan 35 mm color slides, they must be back lit to produce a color image. Otherwise, they appear B&W. Some scanners have a device to allow this procedure.May - or may not - be your problem. Monty - Original Message - From: "Sandra Tyler Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] Fam. Members by Generation

2006-08-07 Thread John S. Adams
- Original Message - From: "Stuart Gregory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Fam. Members by Generation It is only recently that I have been giving thought to statistics and I am disappointed that Legacy does not provide reports

Re: [LegacyUG] Cancel from Notes loses input

2006-08-07 Thread Gene Hutson
and by the way, that's how *ALL* the rootsweb mailing lists work!! and I'm sure I'll hear how "Well this is *NOT* Rootsweb. Gene Genealogy; "a stirring of the memories" - Original Message - From: "Gene Hutson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:42 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] Cancel from Notes loses input

2006-08-07 Thread Gene Hutson
Sorry Sherry, just a shot in the dark. Gene Genealogy; "a stirring of the memories" - Original Message - From: "Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:04 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Cancel from Notes loses input Gene, That definitely will *not* w

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures

2006-08-07 Thread Sandra Tyler Duncan
Sorry, sorry, not enough information, most of the negatives are black and white and I am still teaching myself the best way to scan them in, but ah ha most all of then have been scanned in by now. But there were some of the old color ones included and those are the ones I was having trouble w

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location List Questions

2006-08-07 Thread Larry Wilson
Worked like a champ... many thanks ---Original Message--- From: Clarence Mundt Date: 08/07/06 12:17:15 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location List Questions Hi Larry; I think you are talking about the ", USA" that is added to the l

RE: [LegacyUG] Pictures

2006-08-07 Thread Linda Bischoff
Sandra, what type of pictures were they? Our pictures from the 1940s & 50s are all in black and white. There were some in early 60s that were color, but they look very faded today. The only color photos we had from that era were taken at a studio, and even those look sort of faded. Linda B.

[LegacyUG] Setting up a fake family---

2006-08-07 Thread Bill Rhodes
Thanks to Cathy and all others who sent me suggestions and procedures. Everyone was very helpful. I now have some experimental work to follow through. Fingers crossed! Thanks again, Bill Rhodes Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To f

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures

2006-08-07 Thread ronald ferguson
Sandra, this seems more like a Windows or some other problem rather than Legacy but at the moment I am at loss to think what. Perhaps you could clarify some points though which may (or may not) help. You say that you received negatives and I take these are converted to positives on scanning. A

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location List Questions

2006-08-07 Thread Sandra Tyler Duncan
Hi Larry At first I did not want the USA feature either but two things changed my mind first , I place my files at Rootsweb.com and GenCircles and I wanted everyone to be clear that most of my entries are from the USA. Second the USA being there means that I have checked the location with

[LegacyUG] Two wives, children listed with wrong wife

2006-08-07 Thread Diane Murach
I have a group of siblings listed with the incorrect 2nd wife.  Is there an easier way to change this besides unlinking and relinking each child to the earlier marriage (and correct mother)?   Thanks, Diane   - Original Message - From: Jennie Goodwin To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location List Questions

2006-08-07 Thread Clarence Mundt
Hi Larry; I think you are talking about the ", USA" that is added to the long and short location when you use the Geo Location Database. There is a control file that does this in your C:/Legacy folder called "GeoCountryCodes.txt". First you want to copy this file and name it "GeoCountryCodes-Alt.t

RE: [LegacyUG] Cancel from Notes loses input

2006-08-07 Thread Support
Gene, That definitely will *not* work with our system, or any other mailing list that I know of. At the link below on how to unsubscribe, there is a list of issues if the unsub doesn't work (which I just posted under the subject "Unsubscribing Unsuccessful?) Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Cust

[LegacyUG] Unsubscribing Unsuccessful?

2006-08-07 Thread Support
Unsuccessful Unsubscribe e-mail message, please carefully consider the following: . Double-check the spelling of your e-mail address when unsubscribing. . E-mail addresses can have valid variations. For example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (variation 1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (variation 2) . E-mail add

RE: [LegacyUG] Pictures

2006-08-07 Thread Support
Probably not in the Ancestor report - that option has always been grayed out. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previ

Re: [LegacyUG] Fam. Members by Generation

2006-08-07 Thread Jennie Goodwin
Stuart:   Yes, you are right!   I started this example using arbitrary numbers, and then decided to use a real example from my database.  I didn't go back and redo the math.   Sorry 'bout that . . .   I agree that this would be a helpful addition to Legacy, but I would make it an optional s

Re: [LegacyUG] Creating GEDCOM

2006-08-07 Thread Sandra Tyler Duncan
Hi Judie I, like you was a solid FTW user and believer but I used to use LEGACY just for merges which I find to be excellent then my Mormon cousin placed LEGACY on my computer and I gave it the 40 entry test, after entering 40 persons into LEGACY, I was sold then as I began to read the E-m

Re: [LegacyUG] Fam. Members by Generation

2006-08-07 Thread Stuart Gregory
Dear Group and Jennie, This thread is most timely for me and I thank you very much for your contribution. A cousin of mine is writing a book on our Gregory family and it is this type of statistic that we are looking at including. However, I am a little confused with your math. Is my conclusion

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures

2006-08-07 Thread Sandra Tyler Duncan
Recently, my sister sent me ove 200 negatives from our growing up years 1940 to 1950. I scanned them into my computre in .tif mode to securly save them but when I tried to share the scans with family members in .jpg mode the ones in color turn to black and white. And just now when I tried to sav

Re: [LegacyUG] Cancel from Notes loses input

2006-08-07 Thread Gene Hutson
Barbara,    If that doesn't work, try sending a message to  LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com with unsubscribe in the  subject and the body and see if that works.      Hope this helps,     Gene   Genealogy;  "a stirring of the memories" - Original Message - From: barb

RE: [LegacyUG] Cancel from Notes loses input

2006-08-07 Thread Jack Earnshaw
You're right Margaret. Clicking the "X" does keep the data. But the Cancel and "Esc" don't. There was certainly a warning box in V5, but seems to have disappeared in V6 Jack -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of M Couch Sent: 07 August 2006 00:48 T

Re: [LegacyUG] Cancel from Notes loses input

2006-08-07 Thread barbara burke
i COULDNT HELP BUT SEE YOUR REPLY TO SOMEONE ELSE. I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I have unsubscribed 3 times and nothing happens. Any more clues Thanks Barbara - Original Message - From: Gene Hutson To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, August 07, 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Creating GEDCOM

2006-08-07 Thread ArnieAbr
for Alice I have been updating Legacy and then going to FTM and updating it also manually for the trees., I have not tried the GEDCOM approach yet. How does that work in order to add people, make changes etc. Please walk me through the process if you have the time Thanks, Arnie in Texas Hi