Quoting Renee Zamora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Does anyone know if exporting map coordinates into the gedcom file is covered
in the new Legacy 7?
I saw here at some point a question about it and the response was that this is
not a standard gedcom feature. Things have progressed however since gedcom
In the Irish phone books, Mac and Mc appear together. They are both
treated as Mac for filing purposes, therefore appearing after Mab...
and before Mad... Names like Macken would appear in the middle of all
the McK's, for example. Spaces, if the exist between the Mc and the
remainder of the name,
Slightly OT, but just to add a little more to this, for those of you
not familiar with Griffith's Valuation, the following is copied from
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php:
" Irelands Valuation office conducted it's first survey of property
ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864. This sur
Jim,
No firm date has been mentioned yet, although I seem to remember
Sherry saying it would be after the Legacy Cruise this year, which I
believe takes place 19 Sep to 01 Oct (I can be corrected on those
dates).
Hope that helps,
Dermot.
On 19/08/07, Jim Keener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Has a
Dave,
You the man!! I knew Renee's tip, but not the distinction between
left- and right-click. Looks like you even surprised Geoff too, which
is extra kudos to you ;)
Dermot.
On 18/08/07, Dave Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You didn't mention that if it's a Left-Click it goes forward, whe
Hello Listers,
I have really enjoyed reading all the 'favorite Legacy tips.'
Some I know and some I didn't - see, an "older" person can still
learn new tricks.
I am trying to beat the hurricane out of Mexico (I am down south
of Guadalajara).I am headed for Texas Wednesday morning. I will
canc
If there are no birth or death dates available for someone I
ALWAYS add "Est" to my birth date. All other dates are as I
receive them, i.e, about, cir, etc. This way I know it is plus or
minus about 20 years and gives me something to look for. I know
that anything with the Est is MY''' esti
Dermot,
That is the correct dates for the Legacy cruise.
We will still be monitoring and answering emails but please be patient for
responses from us! We'll be really busy the first five days with classes
and then the rest of the week we'll be having other learning experiences
No definite date
Mike Fry wrote
Or, if they want a really good argument, try broaching the subject on
soc.genealogy.britain :-)
Do you really want to unleash DM on the nice folks of LUG?!
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Jenny M Benson wrote:
Mike Fry wrote
Or, if they want a really good argument, try broaching the subject on
soc.genealogy.britain :-)
Do you really want to unleash DM on the nice folks of LUG?!
At least we aficionados of SGB can tell the difference between the
gentle, kitten-play that goes o
I have no idea - it's not something that was discussed at the sneak peek of
Legacy 7.Renee Zamorawww.harrisena.com
> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:16:10 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7> >
> Quoting Renee Zamora <[EMAIL PRO
When I go to Reports and then Publishing center and
add a Descendant Narrative book to the Chapter and
then to preview, everything seems fine. If I click on
"edit settings for current chapter," another window
appears and the the "preview, print and printer setup"
are greyed out. I select my option
In the same vein as a Surname persona, which collects surname-pertinent
data, I have a persona for each of the four counties in which I do the most
research. I enter "events" such as courthouse burnings, iconic moments in
history (the night the dance hall blew up, the Jesse James bank robbery,
etc)
Bill,
I haven't seen this problem in Vista and I was just spending some time this
morning in Publishing Center.
The preview, printer and printer setup buttons should be grayed out when
you're editing a chapter. Previewing is done through Publishing Center
itself.
It's possible that the book fil
I'm not experienced in the various options within Legacy for printing books
so I may have a wrong impression, but wouldn't the Master Source List equate
to a bibliography at the end of a book? And if so, wouldn't "lumping" say,
all bmd records under a Master Source perhaps called "Vitals," defeat
Bill,
It works fine for me, following your steps, in XP. Perhaps someone
with Vista can verify.
Susan
(Sorry about your Vista problems.)
On 8/20/07, William Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> When I go to Reports and then Publishing center and
> add a Descendant Narrative book to the Chapter a
Kirsten,
I do not really use the Sources for the purposes which you indicate but as a
lumper I would say that your supposition is not really accurate. For example
all BMD certificates in the UK are issued by the GRO (Government Record
Office) and I lump all these together under Certificates p
Bill - I have just generated exactly what you did. If you choose which ever
way
you want your file - I chose *.pdf, and then click save, it all comes back to
'normal' and those preview and print areas are not greyed out.
Vista is fine - we just have to except that it behaves differently and fi
I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen hyphen
space in thunderbird?
--
Kirstin
Mike Fry wrote:
Mike Fry wrote:
Wayne Martell wrote:
Millenia could do its part by minimizing the amount they tack on at
the end of each message. I see no reason why it has to be more th
Ron
I normally agree 100% with your comments and assistance, but in this case
you are slightly incorrect.
ALL certificates are NOT issued by the GRO. Pre 1983 this is how it was -
not totally sure how the post 1984 computerised system operates. When a
birth or death event occurred the "informant"
Kirstin Martinez wrote:
I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen hyphen
space in thunderbird?
There is an add on for Thunderbird called Signature which can be installed from
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/578.
Just create a custom signature with the h
"I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen
hyphen space in thunderbird?"
I don't know about "automatically", but what I do is keep a draft email
(subject: signatures) in the Templates folder with the various
signatures I use at times, along with some URLs that I use alm
Kirsten,
You can add a signature without using an extension. Use the following steps:
1. Create a text file to contain your signature in an appropriate place
("My Documents", etc.).
2. In the signature file, add "-- " on a line by itself as the *first*
line. Add any other lines that you want
Ron:
Actually I wouldn't consider your BMD example "lumping" at all, but simply
efficient use of the Master Source feature, since probably several GRO
details remain consistent from one record to the next. In the US, however,
maintaining these records is a state or county function. Lumping these
Can someone please tell me what causes the Load Picture window not to
recognize certain photos in standard formats? I use 4.0 Deluxe. When I
navigate to these photos in the Load Picture window, the preview box stays
empty. If I click "OK" anyway, the Display Picture window is empty, too,
Jeff,
It sounds like you have TIF files with LZW compression. Legacy v4 won't
recognize those (patent issues) but v6 will.
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
We are changing the world of genealogy!
When reply
Jeff,
I did a search in Help for "TIF" and came up with this possibility:
"Legacy recognizes all TIFFs, except those employing LZW compression,
which should be avoided."
Not sure how you can tell which is which. Hope this helps. (There are
more TIF items in Help which I did not read.)
Susan
On 8/
How do i set the indicator to "NO" as you mentioned. I also have a lot of
people in my file without dates. I tryed to do it using "tools" but it
would not let me do it when there are no dates in the birth or death fields.
from marilyn
From: "Renee Zamora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To
OOPs, I found it, needed to re-read the email, DUH !! sorry
from marilyn
From: "Renee Zamora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
To:
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:51:37 -0600
I also like to set the Living Indicator
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Hi folks!
I am having problems with Chronology report with date errors.
I am using Legacy 6.0.0.155, the latest version and have Windows XP, SP2.
When I select the Chronology tab for a given person, it works fine.
When I then select Report, I get a date error window message that says:
=
Ok, I fixed it.
I delete the file: Chron.usr
Thanks.
On 8/20/07, Leon Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I am having problems with Chronology report with date errors.
>
> I am using Legacy 6.0.0.155, the latest version and have Windows XP, SP2.
>
> When I select the Chronology t
Jack,
Thank you. You are, of course, correct and it was a sloppy example to give.
I obtain my certificates from the GRO hence that is generally the repository
which I use rather than the local office at which the event was first
registered.
The point I was making still remains valid, that i
> Bill - I have just generated exactly what you did.
> If you choose which ever way
> you want your file - I chose *.pdf, and then click
> save, it all comes back to
> 'normal' and those preview and print areas are not
> greyed out.
1 Every chapter I try, to add in the publishing
center, doe
Hi Kirsten, yours is another good and thought-provoking question. I
decided to do a little survey of my sources. In my database of almost
7,000 names, I have 857 Master Sources, grouped/lumped as follows:
8 Bible - 1 source for each Bible found
104 Book - 1 source for each book
3 Booklet - 1 sou
Kirsten,
Again, we are different to the USA in that we have censuses for England and
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. I just have one Master Source called
"Census" and in the Details I have Country and year. Where I have Census
information from other countries I have a Master Source for
Is there a way to tag all living individuals?
Art Seddon
Everrett. WA
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Kirstin Martinez wrote:
I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen hyphen
space in thunderbird?
Hi Kirsten
I use THunderbird also and according to it's website/forum thers is no
way of adding a automatic signature file to email with Thunderbird.
There is some info on ad
Kirstin Martinez wrote:
I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen hyphen
space in thunderbird?
IGNORE my previous post!
I should have read all the mail before responding
Jumped in with both feet!
Phil
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Ed Lawler wrote:
Thanks Ed for putting me straight
I had looked for that information a coouple of days ago and read the
website wrong - obviously!
(Now let's see if it works
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How about ...
Search -> Find
Individual - Living - Equal To - Yes
Create List
When the List comes up ...
Options - Advanced Tagging - Everyone in Search List (with your tag number)
...
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston, ON
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beha
Myrna...
But... isn't "est." the same as writing "abt./about", "ca./circa"??? My
preference is "abt."
Happy hunting...
Pami
Main Lines: TAYLOR, RICHARDS (Welsh), LIPPINCOTT, KIRKBRIDE and all related
& inter-related lines (too many to mention).
** Get
Phil Hawkins wrote:
Kirstin Martinez wrote:
I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen
hyphen space in thunderbird?
Hi Kirsten
I use THunderbird also and according to it's website/forum thers is no
way of adding a automatic signature file to email with Thunderbird.
The
I'm not Myrna, and I don't use estimated dates; but I see them as
different from "about" or "circa." For example, I use "about" when I
read in the 1850 census that John Jones was 25. I enter his birth
date as "about 1825," knowing full well that in ten years he may
report his age as 33 and that
no, to me they are all different.
cal - means I was given an age and a time so he was 34 in 1834, so his
birth is: cal 1800
abt - means that someone gave me an about time, like in an interview so
I ask someone when their parent was born and they say oh, it was about 1910,
then I put abt
Hi Pami,
I use abt (about) and est (estimated) quite different and I believe they mean
very different things.
If I know that someone was x years old when they married and I have the year of
marriage, then their year of birth is "abt" because they may have been
born early in the year, late
Hi Bill
I've just repeated what I did earlier and added several chapters - i.e. various
charts (for the object of this exercise) and yes - the preview is greyed out,
but if
you save it (I saved this current one as *.rtf) and then go back to the saved
copy
there is no problem - at least I did
Heather,
I am interested where you get the years that women marry at about 21 and men
at about 25. Are you basing the past on today's estimates? Men and women
used to get married at much earlier ages than they do now. It was nothing
for men and women to marry at 14 and 16. It was probably mo
I thought I would share my source citation for estimated dates. Using "Est"
and this source allows me to tag all individuals and periodically see if I
can find any "real" dates for them. If I have recieved estimated dates from
anyone else I put "about" on them in my database so I have no confusi
Hi Heather,
That's precisely how I use them as well - though I rarely actually
enter the Est dates but do it when I'm researching that person and if
I make a To Do to find that birth or marriage I put the Estimated
dates in the To do.
Cathy
At 09:04 AM 21/08/2007, you wrote:
no, to me the
Hi Paul,
I'm not Heather but you are right that different countries, different
times and different families have different norms for marriage age
(can I get another different in there? ;-)) You need to get a feel
from your research.
In my family very few people marry in the 18th and 19th ce
Heather,
I certainly understand the nuances, but I have to admit that in eleven
years of genealogical research, I have never seen anyone use "cal."
Good idea though. Am I just exchanging data with the wrong people?
Sara
On 8/20/07, Heather Stovold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> no, to me they a
IMHO, I do think that the current Gedcom program, has
not been changed, and probably won't, so Legacy 7 has
no control over it. When the committee that monitors
and edits/upgrades Gedcom does this, it will be
mentioned. L7 may create a tool to send data into an
'Event' type field, but Gedcom won't
I have added those types of things into my Chronology
lists. It is much easier to check/uncheck the many
lines, than to retype them again.
Rich in LA CA
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IMHO, some of the current types of photos, (jpg, bmp,
etc.) may not be recognized by the program L4 which
came out a few years ago. (date unknown). I know that
in the past I had problems with new photos and old
programs. You should go to the L4 book for a 'list' of
what existed then, and the year.
Rich,
Legacy 4 was the current version from 6 mar 2002 to Nov 2003 when the
last update for 4.0 was issued. These dates were taken from the revision
history for Legacy 4.0 here:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/RevisionHistory4.asp
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Ron:
Then I would classify you as a True Blue Lumper. Thanks for the explanation
of your system; it does help to have these specifics to define general
terms.
Kirsten
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Sent: Monday, August 20,
Richard. I may be having a serious "Senior Moment" here, but I honestly dont
know what you are getting at.
I have set everything in Outlook Express to be read/sent or whatever else it
does to PLAIN TEXT, to hopefully keep eve4ryone everywhere happy (or it is
supposed to)
If it doesnt well I a
I use the same three terms as Heather for the same reasons.
I also use the exact same calculations and have done since the mid
1980s. I was given them by a friend in the LDS church (I am LDS) and
I understood them to be the recommended method within the church.
They have always worked reasonably
Hello Gail:
Your list was extremely informative. Thanks for doing that tabulation.
Your breakdown appears to pretty closely follow Elizabeth Shown Mills'
recommendations. Now, of course, it generates a few additional questions:
1) Does a list of 800+ Master Sources become cumbersome to manage?
Thanks C.G.,
Fast and very good. And I find people with spouses in the 1500's, even though I
had run the "advance set living" tool yesterday.
Art Seddon
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From: C.G. Ouimet
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 5:40 PM
Subject: RE:
Options > Customise - Data Default tab
top of screen - Living Indicator Default
Cathy
At 06:38 AM 21/08/2007, you wrote:
How do i set the indicator to "NO" as you mentioned. I also have a
lot of people in my file without dates. I tryed to do it using
"tools" but it would not let me do it wh
Hi Kirsten,
You need to use the Source List Name to keep things together and
findable on the Master Source list.
It sorts (currently) only by Source List Name.
How you do it depends on how you think about sources. I do it by
type. Some people put location first so that all sources for a
partic
I have the following and I would like some help as to how to enter this
information with sources the correct way please:
Dublin Directory 1814
DYAS Robert tailer 22 Castle Street
DYAS George pharmacist Mill Street
DYAS Richard Warburg & Co druggist 26 Bridge Street
Dublin Directory 1848
CULLODEN
Hello Cathy:
That's very good to know. From what you say and a couple of little
experiments of my own, I gather that the list sorts by one name but prints
another. Seems a little confusing, but now that I know how it works I'll
have to think about how to make best use of it. Thanks!
Kirsten
-
Hi Kirsten,
I guess it is confusing.
There is a setting in Options > Customise that sets whether the
Source list name prints.
It usually only prints if you haven't entered a Title.
It's really just for your use.
Cathy
At 02:03 PM 21/08/2007, you wrote:
Hello Cathy:
That's very good to know
Sara:
I use "cal" (or actually "calc") all the time, and it's the recommended format
in "Getting It Right." That abbreviation tells me the date is derived from
another record such as age at marriage, death, or in a census rather than being
a known fact in and of itself. I also add a note to r
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