All... Thanks for all of the feedback. I am currently entering into Legacy estimated dates, using est to distiguish these dates, however, I did not begin doing this until recently and I have over 5,000 indivduals in my family file that I now want to go back an estimate missing dates. From the fe
This is the way many societies have called the various
relationships. If it is confusing, you can changed to
what makes sense to you. I have.
Rich
--- Patricia Hickin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was unable to keep up with Legacy emails for a
> while and just found this
> discussion about chil
The Draft records, (and census) were created by the US
government. Various companies have since created
transcripts and photo copies of the various documents.
How you record the various sources of these is a
personal choice. This also is confused by the
REPOSITORY name. Hope this helps.
Rich
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Pat:
On the parents family view, click on View -> Children List ->Relation to
Father. You can then 'Add' whatever term you would like upto 50 characters.
The addition will also be added to the Relation to Mother list.
I hope this meets your needs.
Fred Lindsay
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Hi Patricia,
This is partly because of the evolution of the program and partly due
to the way the database works.
On the individual screen it used to have:
"This individual never married."
The wording was changed as it always meant "This individual had no
children AND didn't marry." That is -
For these dates I have created a source called 'My
guesses'. Because in IGI and also British nobility
records, etc. 'about' is frequentlynfound. I
differentiate between my guesses and others.
Rich
--- Laura Schumacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback. I understand there are
>
Pat,
If you are on the parents family view, and click on View -> Children
List, you will see the children listed, and at the bottom is the
"Relationship to Father" etc. - this is where you find the Natural
term.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the use of the word Natural.
Something to thi
Elaine,
I add all that "extra" information into the Master Source publication
detail. My Master Source reads simply World War I Draft Card. I take
their source citation (that you quoted) and add it to the Source
Detail, but I like to add the name I found in the index and the year
of birth so I kno
Elaine,
To be specific, here is how I source Ancestry's WWI draft card database:
Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database and
images on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data:
United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective
Hi Diane,
Currently Legacy only offers endnotes for sources in Book and other
Reports. The ability to have them as footnotes on the appropriate
page is often requested. You could add your voice by putting in a
Suggestion - see Legacy Home Tab for the link.
I think Ron may be referring to Web
For my census sources I have combined what is
presented on the TMG sources videos with what is provided on the ProGenealogist
website:
http://www.progenealogists.com/commoncitations.htm
I find that the combination of the two results in
sources that print very close to the Mills standard, te
At the bottom of the Individual Edit screen this sentence appears, with a
box to check in front of it:
"This individual never married and had no children."
Why are these two facts linked together without any other option?
Why not two sentences:
"This individual never married."
"This individual
I was unable to keep up with Legacy emails for a while and just found this
discussion about children with a "natural" relationship to their parents.
Historically a "natural" child was one born out of wedlock. E.g., ___
Llewellyn married a natural [i.e., illegitimate] daughter of King John. I
ha
I record where I found a source. If I accessed a census online, then I
list that website. This method differs from what Ms. Mills would prefer
in her "Evidence" book, but it works for me. I want to know where I
found something in case I need to return to that source. I don't
necessarily nee
Good morning Peter on a sunny morning with the Warriors doing well
(in the cricket for you non West Aussies),
Legacy doesn't make up or suggest data for you. If it isn't in the
obvious field, then perhaps the database indexes have got corrupted.
The solution to that is to do a File > File Main
Peter Holmes wrote
I've read what you say, but I'm still confused in 3 ways.
Firstly, on the ones that I've looked at there is nothing entered in
the + (address) areas,
Secondly, I've not been aware of that facility and have never inserted
anything there.
Can't say why your locations are b
I have a question on Sources, but it doesn't pertain ONLY to Legacy,
but Sources in general. If I'm asking in the wrong place, I
apologize.
I want to be as thorough as possible with my sources, just for my own
information in case I have to go back later to check any data. I'm
from the old pen an
Hi Laura,
Everyone has their own way of
doing things and this is mine.
When I receive information from others
(internet, friends, etc.) and they have tried to come close to a date of an
event they will usually say "abt" or "ca." I will put my best 'guesstimate'
as "est" so that I know
Hello Legacy Users,
I would appreciate any suggestions you could give before I start this
project.
I am starting a surname association project. The project is a database
of people listed in the 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Slave census
schedule (owners, and slaves).
I would appreci
Diane,
I very much doubt it as I cannot see how a computer could work out what an
appropriate page is. It is not like a Pedigree Page where it is clear or
even family groups (although I don't know if Legacy can put them at the
bottom of those groups).
Ron Ferguson
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When making an Ancestor Book, is it possible to request the source citation
be placed at the bottom of the appropriate page? I've been searching, but
haven't found a way to do it?
Diane
Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
To find p
Peter,
On the 3rd item:
>Why / When would anyone also insert details of an address when there's a
location shown?
The location is not the address. Locations are to consist of items such as
"City, County, State, Country." This does not include the physical location
address. For an example, un
Jenny,
I've read what you say, but I'm still confused in 3 ways.
Firstly, on the ones that I've looked at there is nothing entered in the +
(address) areas,
Secondly, I've not been aware of that facility and have never inserted
anything there.
Thirdly, why /when would anyone also insert details
I use Abt for when sources give an
approximate date and use an “Estimated Birth” Event for ones I make
up so as to make research easier. Date, location & description in
that event are my best guesses, notes say why. On some it’s “Total
guess based on generation”. You can switch such an e
Peter Holmes wrote
I've just been looking at (some) of the incidences of the method of
display & I wonder if it could have something to do withy the fact that
I've NOT displayed a location for the birth but have shown something
for baptism/christening. (If I click the down arrow for the death f
Laura, This is not in the thread but I'm very interested in how you exported your family file to Excel. Did you send the entire file or just the name? Could you give a step-by-step instruction for this. I have done similar but strictly by hand. Thanks, Nick Cirillo, Fairfax VALaura Schumacker <[E
Not crazy, although I guess it can make one that way ;-). It something I
suppose we all do from time to time, in fact I am currently going through
ww1 records myself. The way I tackle this is to use Search>Find to get to
those who could have served and then work through them family by family to
Thanks for the feedback. I understand there are risks in estimating dates in my family file, but the reason I want to do this is that I am at a point that I have hit a brick wall (or so it seems). So what I have done is exported my family file to an excel file and have added columns named WWI, WW
Cathy,
We use pretty much the same system except I use Abt for, say, dob calculated
from a census or similar - generally it means to me =/- 6 to 12 months and
Cir for BMD's. I don't use "Q" either so for the 1st quarter it would read
Cir Mar 1917. Sorry if I confused by mixing "calculated" and
Bill,
No it's not!
Ron Ferguson
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A calculated date to me is different from an estimated date.
You may estimate a date on assumptions such as those give by Ronald.
You can calculate a birth date, for example, from the date given at
death or in a census.
I use Cal for dates like these. I use Abt for approximate dates given
by re
G'day from (somewhere else in) WA (Cathy),
I've just been looking at (some) of the incidences of the method of display
& I wonder if it could have something to do withy the fact that I've NOT
displayed a location for the birth but have shown something for
baptism/christening. (If I click the down
ronald ferguson wrote
Personally, I don't use calculated dates in my data although,
obviously, I need to estimate these when looking for bmd information
etc. Generally you will find that a man is 3 to 5 years older than his
spouse and a couple marry around 2 years before their first child is
b
Ron, Laura,
I'm originally from farming stock and it was fairly common in the rural
areas for the marriage not to take place until the 'woman' had proved
herself fertile. So be prepared for births before and very shortly after
marriage.
[Or maybe that's just my family!!]
Bill
-Original Mess
Lauara,
You will have to work out the estimated dates for yourself. You will find
that Family Search and other sources use angle brackets around a date to
indicate calculated data so this method is, perhaps, best avoided to make it
clear which are *your* calculations. Legacy allows the use of
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