Hi Everyone,
I have been following the numerous discussions on filing systems with
interest.
I like the idea of the MRIN filing system but for me can see one drawback.
When visiting relatives that how do you take your information with you when
you don't have a laptop computer and your
Myrna,
I can confirm that the create/export GEDCOM facility is working Ok wrt Ancestry
but haven't tried it with Rootsweb.
Unlike Cathy I put mine in C:\Legacy\Data and this causes no problems.
Ron Ferguson
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With respect if Windows has to be re-installed anything on the same drive (eg
C:) will be lost.
The only safe way to avoid this is to partition the hard drive and keep all
data in a separate partion (ie. a different drive) to programs.
Ron Ferguson
Hi Cathy,
Your proposed method is the one which I use and I find no problems with it. As
you say it does keep the number of Master Sources down.
Ron Ferguson
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At the moment, I have, for my Canadian ancestors, 1 Master Source for Birth
Certificates/Registrations per province. I can't remember if my UK
ancestors are for each Shire or Parish - would have to check.
So - Master Sources are:
Birth Certificate - Canada, Ontario
Birth Certificate -
Dear Ronald,
How can I unsubscribe from your Legacy UG? Please advise and assist. .
Seasons Greetings to you and yours
Walter BADGE of Port Macquarie Australia
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Hi Group
Can some one please tell me how to print a drop down box descendant chart in
Legacy 6 Deluxe.
TIA
Marg
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Definition of Verify for genealogy
I have generally found most such copy paste HTML problems when using
Internet Explorer rather than Netscape. Also, there doesn't seem to be a
consistent pattern between web sites.
Mike
Michael J Method
family research of: Method, Feehily, Fredrick, Herzog, tenEyck, Belsley
In a
One possibility: Use the Publishing Center as if you were producing a book,
only it would be a stack of Family Group sheets in the order you want them.
Your batches of sheets are probably fairly stable, so you can create as many
books as you want and reuse them.
Mike
Michael J
Marg,
I am not sure what you mean by a drop down box descendant chart but if it is
something that shows on screen you might try the free capture program by Fast
Stone. It is very simple to use and will give you the ability to capture any
portion of a screen display for printing, emailing,
I use a master source for all birth records from the same facility. For
example if I have 4 birth certificates that were issued from the NY City
Dept of Health, then I would cite the Master Source as Birth Certificate NYC
Dept of Health. If I obtained an older certificate that was originally
Sorry about missing the title and not changing it, I just joined the Legacy
User's Group yesterday, I will make sure that I type in the right title next
time.
Thank you for your help and that of the others, shall work on this today.
What a great list this is.
I still have the programme but it
Hi Russ,
I thought that if you need to reload windows you loose everything on the
same drive. In practice I only keep the zipped backups in my documents. My
working files (Data and Multimedia) I keep on flash drive. For a matter of
interest, I keep most other documents on Zip discs, flash or
Walter:
There is a link at the bottom of each message with instructions on how
to unsubscribe. I have repeated it here for you. To unsubscribe please
visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Brian
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Millennia Corporation
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I create one master source for the city and department where the
certificates are held and then put the individuals information in the
detail.
Sounds like what some others who have replied do.
Nancy
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I agree Ron, but I do rather like keeping data away from the computer, e.g.
flash, zip disc (which I still love to use) and CD/DVD (which I tend to use
for stuff I need to keep but not access very often).
Best wishes
David S Brookes
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Kirsten,
I also saved mine to the desktop. Whatever the problem is it
is also causing it to not import back into Legacy either. I tried
making both Gedcom 5.5 and Gedcom for Ancestry. I did not try
Gedcom for Legacy. Neither of the two Geds would load to Ancestry
or import back to Legacy.
Hi Cathy,
No, I have been doing the export and import and completed the
creation. I even opened it in WP and it is all there with all the
codes I don't understand (and very long) but it is there.
Something is wrong somewhere in the creation.
Maybe with a fresh mind this morning I can
It would be great if a + button were added to the Marriage Information
screen at the end of the marriage location field so that it would be
consistent with the location fields for birth, christening, death, burial.
Also, the notes for marriage to be consistent should likewise be under such
a +
Ralf,
Since I am basically lazy :-)) I use ONE master source and
make the changes for each one on the source detail. It is easy
when you are using the FreeBMD records from England and Canada.
With the US records I record it as Death Certificates - Texas
(or Florida or whatever) and give
Marg,
If you mean the box style trees as per FTM the answer is you cannot. There has
been a recent discussion on this which will be in the archives - see Legacy
information below to access.
Ron Ferguson
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Hello Listers,
As an update to my Gedcom problem - I did not solve the
problem of loading the file through Ancestry but did get it to
load through Legacy. When I went to 'file' then 'Upload to
Ancestry Online Family Tree...' then created the gedcom file and
Legacy uploaded to Ancestry. It
Margaret,
I noticed the change too, which was annoying. What I now do is copy
the information, open up Notepad (found in Start - All Programs -
Accessories if you are running Windows XP etc), paste it into the
Notepad, then Ctrl-A (select all) and Ctrl-C (copy it all back into
memory) then paste
Don't seem to have this problem with Firefox.
When I used Internet Explorer, I did a double copy'n'paste, first
into NotePad and then into Legacy.
Mary Young
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Sorry Ron,
I cannot agree with the abolition of the current position of Marriage Notes.
I use these notes for entering marriage index references (in the UK that's
mainly the CRO ref.) and like a ready access for when I order the certificates.
By all means request a location + button but please
Can anyone tell me how to add the current addresses of individuals when I print
family reports?
Jonas
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Ralf,
My method is similar to Myrna's. I prefer to have only six master
sources for the basic information:
Certificate/Record - Baptism
Certificate/Record - Birth
Certificate/Record - Confirmation
Certificate/Record - Death
Certificate/Record - Divorce
Certificate/Record - Marriage
In my Source
Hello LUG from England,
Can someone answer a location place question please? I am
trying to find out the correct name for a civil parish in Essex.
Is it 'St Paul Wickham' or 'Wickham St Paul?' Legacy's geo
database does not have it and I would like to know the proper one
before adding it
Myrna
If you email the GEDCOM (or if very large a smaller one) I will see if I can
import it into my Legacy.
Please send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and *not* to my msn address.
Ron Ferguson
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Google has 42,800 sites mentioning Wickham St. Paul, and 8 for St. Paul
Wickham. -- Alice
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Date: 12/30/2006 1:08:02 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Geo database for England
Hello LUG from England,
Ron,
Thanks, but I finally decided it is a problem with Ancestry; not
me or Legacy or the computer. They are just really slow after
having given 3 days of free access to the world records. It
finally loaded by doing it completely through Legacy and not
going to the Ancestry site first.
Myrna
All,
I would say the Cirtificate of so and so would be the source but where you
found the certificate would be the Repository of the source.
I try to use the examples from Elizabeth Shown Mills book Evidence!
Citation Analysis for the Family Historian ISBN #0-8063-1543-1
It is one of the books
David,
See my earlier post. If you do a custom install you can reinstall window but
keep the directory structure intact so the only directory you are reloading
is the Windows directory but since MyDocuments is a windows subdirectory you
will lose that data. However, you will still need to
At 17:39 30/12/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello LUG from England,
Can someone answer a location place question please? I am
trying to find out the correct name for a civil parish in Essex.
Is it 'St Paul Wickham' or 'Wickham St Paul?' Legacy's geo
database does not have it and I would
Ron,
This happened to me but, I have reinstalled windows with the option to keep
the directory system intact so even though I reloaded windows my data was
still intact in the other folders, however the documents that I had in
MyDocuments folder was not recoverable. Once I reloaded windows and
World Place Finder has:
Wickham St Paul, Essex, England
On 12/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello LUG from England,
Can someone answer a location place question please? I am
trying to find out the correct name for a civil parish in Essex.
Is it 'St Paul Wickham' or
All,
When I open the Notes field there is a button on the side that says Strip
HTML and in editing a source record under the tab 'Text of Source the
button is at the bottom clicking on this button will remove the HTML code
from the text.
Russ
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I like the idea of a Bridge person that makes it clear what is happening.
Thanks
Cary
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In a message dated 30/12/2006 18:50:12 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello LUG from England,
Can someone answer a location place question please? I am
trying to find out the correct name for a civil parish in Essex.
Is it 'St Paul Wickham' or 'Wickham St Paul?' Legacy's
Margaret wrote: Clicking on 'Strip HTML makes no difference.
Susan
On 12/30/06, R G Strong Genealogy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All,
When I open the Notes field there is a button on the side that says Strip
HTML and in editing a source record under the tab 'Text of Source the
button is at the
Dear David
We have been following your very explicit instructions for which we thank
you.
We have been able to recover data which was put in the Legacy File on
November 13, 2006 however, even though the later file named December 3rd
can be seen when we do a search, I have not been able to open
I found a little bug today - I am adding a bunch of notes to the
Research tab of a relative and placing them in the [[privacy
brackets]]. When I copy and paste something into the double brackets,
click on save, and return to the notes, a space has been added before
the [[ at the beginning of the
Russ,
I do not doubt your experience but bear in mind that there are various versions
of Windows XP.
Not only is there the Home and Pro versions but also the full and OEM. Mine for
example is the Home OEM.
I am aware that one version (I think it is XP Pro) has a repair option which is
not
I'm wanting to copy a source document to a new source and then make changes
to it.
I used to get the dialog box asking if I want to apply changes to all
occurrences of create a new source.
I no longer seem to get this, it just changes the original source.
How much do I have to change
Myrna,
Glad you're sorted.
Ron
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Don't seem to have this problem with Firefox.
When I used Internet Explorer, I did a double
copy'n'paste, first
into NotePad and then into Legacy.
I do have the problem with Firefox. It doesn't matter
if I click on the strip HTML button. I find that
Alice,
That is why I was asking for help from someone for England.
Randy e-mailed me off list. Thanks for everyone's input.
Myrna
Alice wrote:
Google has 42,800 sites mentioning Wickham St. Paul, and 8 for
St. Paul
Wickham. -- Alice
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Hi Anne,
I use three ring binders for each family or family line and within the
binder I use the MRIN filing system. I have an alphabetical index for that
family or families at the beginning of each binder so I can quickly find who
I am looking for. Then I start each MRIN file with a family
http://home.st.net.au/~carlill/docs/hope.pdf
Hi Ron,
If you go to the link above, it gives an example of the report I wish to
print from Legacy.
Cheers
Marg
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From: Ron Taylor
Date: 31/12/2006 1:36:05 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re:
Two questions of the group:
1) Is there a way to sort references to events (either alpha or numeric)
in the same manner that the dates for the events can be sorted during
routine maintenance?
2) Is there a way to create a list of references that have been place in
the Unspecified
Yes, but we need to click on Strip HTML then save (which is when the
stripping happens) and re-open the notes.
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From: Susan Daily [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] HTML codes -
Marg:
Your example is called a Descendant Tree and can't be printed from Legacy.
Legacy is a wonderful program, but unfortunately it doesn't produce trees.
To get these you must export your database to another program with charting
capability or purchase an add-on to Legacy. There are many
I am not sure, but I would think you would only get the pop-up if you had
used that source somewhere. If it is new and you haven't used it yet, there
would be no need to ask if you wanted to apply the changes to all
occurences.
Nancy
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From: Dave Keeney [EMAIL
But how do you satisfy yourself that the Mozy website will be around
forever?
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Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Storing Legacy data off-site WAS Transfer
I have a Dell OEM version of WinXP Home. The installation CD provides a
repair option and I have used it successfully with no problem. However, I
second the suggestion re external backups. I image my hard drives to an
external USB drive. I only connect it to my PC when imaging.
Roger Lewis
I found the same problem when I copy and paste with or without double brackets.
PS
Susan Daily [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I found a little bug today - I am
adding a bunch of notes to the
Research tab of a relative and placing them in the [[privacy
brackets]]. When I copy and paste something
Susan Daily writes:
But how do you satisfy yourself that the Mozy website will be around forever?
Hi Susan,
I have just signed up for Mozym but still expect to continue backing up to
CD's, bu Mozy will provide another layer of safety if it survives, and if it
don't then I'm no worse off.
Art
Hi Listers
I'm trying in the midst of creating a CD for sending out to relatives,
knew I'd not make it before Xmas so have been busy all through my
holidays. I've got reports and gedcom files I've created from Legacy
that I want to import into Passage Express the create a CD. How are
the gedcom
I assume you mean addresses entered on the Family Screen by clicking
the house icon.
On the Family Group Sheet
Select Report Options
Select Include
Check Address of Individual under Individual Addresses
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Can anyone tell me how to add the current
Hi Listers
Just an update, it seems when my source settings may be causing some
interference. I've tried different settings, but I still
intermittently appear on the Descendant Narrative report. Odd stuff.
Cheers
Tracy
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Roger,
The point I was trying to make was two fold:
a) That Windows varies depending on it's type and for most people it cannot be
taken for granted that on reinstallation one will be able to retain files not
in My Documents.
b) It is therefore essential to have additional back-ups,
Tracey,
Passage Express cannot open GEDcom files natively - it needs GENViewer.
Go to the Options menu in Passage Express and then click on File
Readers. You should see GENViewer Lite listed as the reader for GEDcom
files. If not simply click the Add button, navigate to where it is on
Tracy,
It is necessary for you to ensure that in all cases Incude Spouses is
checked. Otherwise in descendant reports of your husband's line, as you are not
a descendant of that line, you will not appear.
It is not sexist btw as your husband will not appear in the descendant report
of your
Hi Walt,
Do you keep your family lines separate in Legacy or do you have them in one
file?
In printing group sheets there is the option to print them in MRIN's but
only for the entire family file. There does not seem to be a way of printing
a focus group (say descendants) in MRIN order.
Hi Listers;
What is the accepted way of entering the name of an individual who oly has one
name? I do not mean that the given name is unknown, but that he has only one
name. I am speaking not only of historical characters such as Moses, but
contemporary people with only one name, such as a
You're exactly right Nancy thanks.
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Bender
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New copies of Source documents
I am not sure, but
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