Kevin,
Then I guess it's time for you to duplicate Pocket Genealogist for Palm,
huh? LOL
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Not an adopted children situation - but a surname issue just the same. My
late first husband was born (let's say) Peter George SMITH. His parents
were John SMITH and Jane BLACK, legally married, in a loving relationship
that produced three children. When 'Peter' was just three - his second
siste
Sorry to disagree Jenny, but I do have Travel and URL in my Events Master
list - and I am sure I haven't created either.
Cheers,
Jan
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Yeah; I have Travel & URL and a few others that I don't remember seeing
before. Maybe they were added with an update?
Tom
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Tom
URL has probably been there for a year or so. i found that i had used it for a
young guy i havent heard from since last May or June 2006.? Glad i didnt add
URL and forget it.? Annoyed i forgot to use it since and never bothered to make
sure it was imported to the site.? Still dont understand
I just reinstalled Legacy after a system crash. Have not made any
changes to the DB. URL and Travel are in the event list, so they are
definitely standard events provided by Legacy.
Ron Bernier
Jan Roberts wrote:
Sorry to disagree Jenny, but I do have Travel and URL in my Events Master
list
Hi Jim,
I didn't see an answer to this but have been reading a week's worth
of emails so may have missed it.
Re finding events with no source listed. This currently can't be done
in Legacy but can be done in GenViewer. It has been requested before
so maybe version 7.
Re finding people with
Well, it's amazing what I miss
Legacy just has too much stuff to keep up to date on...
Regards
Tom
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What is this, one-upmanship? Is this really Legacy-related at this
point?
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Element
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 10:37 PM
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ronald ferguson wrote:
Mitch and Richard,
The OP is not referring to the preferred child but to the
relationships detailed *above* the panel in the Family View.
Ron Ferguson
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Travel and URL are in my events master list also and I didn't put them
there. Perhaps they were added to the download version of version
6.0Deluxe, or they were added in the only update to that version that
I know
about.
Thad
On 9/15/07, Jan Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Sorry to disagr
I have been using Legacy since V4 and Travel & URL were part of the event list
at that time.
FL Rose
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To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Gedcom Export
Travel and URL
USING LEGACY IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT MULTIPLE/ALL PICTURES FOR AN EVENT?
I.E. HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF A BIRTH CERTIFICATE (FROM HOSPITAL AND STATE)
AND WOULD LIKE TO PRINT THEM ALL ON REPORTS THAT I GENERATE.
RE HOWELL
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I just bought a new HP computer with Vista on it. We found a good sale
on it but we really got what we paid for. "Will I ever learn?" Vista is
terrible, at this stage. You can't download things easily. It only came
with junky programs or ones that you can only get for 60 day trial period.
Be
I can't help with the Vista problems, except to say the developers are
working on the Vista problems.
As for Ancestry, if you can, get your information from them in a Gedcom
(download). Open the Gedcom in Legacy, and work with it until you are
satisfied with it. (Do not import into you family
You sure can! Do this:
1. Open Legacy.
2. Open your family file you want to print reports for.
3. Pull down Reports menu.
4. Select Report type you want. (I selected Descendant Chart for my
example.)
5. See that button at the bottom of window titled: "Report Options?
Click it.
6. Select the "
I recommend that you sit back and take a deep
breath. I have a one month old Dell laptop with
Vista and it is working just fine. I never even
used the setup that I paid for since I set it up
myself and transferred files from my old desktop
to the new laptop.
Go slow and easy. Legacy was install
Why not put the data on an external hard drive, or
a CD or DVD or a flash/thumb drive? It should
transfer fine. Mine did.
Elaine
> I can't help with the Vista problems, except to say the developers are
> working on the Vista problems.
> As for Ancestry, if you can, get your
> information from
MY REPORT OPTIONS ONLY ALLOWS 'PREFERRED' PICTURES IN EITHER 'TAGGED' OR
'UNTAGGED' STATUS
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Subject: Re:
I suggest you read the Help screens for VISTA. There's a way to make older
programs think they're running on Windows XP.
On 9/15/07, Donna C. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I just bought a new HP computer with Vista on it. We found a good sale
> on it but we really got what we paid for. "Wi
Thanks for the suggestions,everyone. I hate to be a burden. I am computer
literate in many ways but there are many things about the technology that I
haven't learned or can't keep up with, it seems. I can't set up my own
harddrive for instance, as Elaine suggested. I'm new at working
with Gedc
I usually put 2 (smaller) windows side by side to import from Ancestry.
Even if there is a way to automate entry of people, youll want to be
careful. Earlier today I was looking at a bunch of ancestors that
Ancestry says were born in various towns in Massachusetts before the
Mayflower got t
And I realize these are standard codes. but it is amazing how quickly
they can be out-of-date...
For instance there was no code listed for
Nunavut, Canada. It is a Territory that was added in 1999.
When I was growing up, the provinces (except BC and PEI) had a 4 letter code
(and most c
I hope Goeff will answer this one.
I outgrew one genealogy program and didn't care for another but Legacy gives
me most of what I'm looking for. Thank you. I've been using it for two
years now
One of the items I've felt could use some improvement though, is source
entry. I understand that Ver.
Check the Legacy site. I believe I recall them saying that Legacy may not
work if it is installed in PROGRAM FILES on Vista. Or maybe it was just if
the data was there. This is especially true if you have multiple identities
on the computer - what you see in Legacy the others that log on to y
(also sent to the legacy test list)
Yes, Travel and URL are in the Master Event List.
With all fields filled in the Event Sentence for URL is:
[HeShe] had a web site at [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] [Notes]
and for Travel:
[HeShe] traveled [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] [Notes]
I added
Ronald E Howell wrote:
USING LEGACY IS THERE A WAY TO PRINT MULTIPLE/ALL PICTURES FOR AN
EVENT? I.E. HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF A BIRTH CERTIFICATE (FROM HOSPITAL
AND STATE) AND WOULD LIKE TO PRINT THEM ALL ON REPORTS THAT I GENERATE.
Sh! There's no need to shout. Text in all capital letters is
Actually, an even better way to structure the data directories would be:
C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA\TREES
C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA\PICTURES
C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA\SOUNDS
C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA\VIDEOS
(note that I put all the user data into separate folders UNDER the DATA
folder.)
Why? This way if you
Have a look at the Help page for Vista on the legacy website:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpWindowsVista.asp
Evert
2007/9/15, Donna C. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I just bought a new HP computer with Vista on it. We found a good sale on
> it but we really got what we paid for. "Will I ever
I have a couple where it is the 2nd marriage for both of them. In Descendant
Narrative, it states "They had 2 children.", but the children are both from her
first marriage. Is there a way for me to change the wording to "She had 2
children."? I have the standard edition of Legacy.
Thank you.
Thanks, everyone. I can't wait to try your suggestions. I hope this will
help others who are having the same problems.
Donna
On 9/15/07, Robert P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Actually, an even better way to structure the data directories would be:
> C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA\TREES
> C:\WINPROG\L
I have been running Legacy 6 on a MS Visa Ultimate version with no probelms
for several months.
I think the big issue for Vista is the closer security features that MS has
implemented - MS wants to install all programs under the C:\Program Files\
directory so it can maintain control / access in a
The family data won't transfer unless you have
personally moved it from the old drive/computer to
the new drive/computer, Donna. You install the
program on your new computer but it is empty until
it is given your family database to load.
Is your old computer still available and is the
Legacy famil
Ok, then do you have the deluxe version? This may be a deluxe only
feature. I am using the deluxe version.
Robert
Ronald E Howell wrote:
MY REPORT OPTIONS ONLY ALLOWS 'PREFERRED' PICTURES IN EITHER 'TAGGED' OR
'UNTAGGED' STATUS
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I've stored all data under mydocs for years, keeping them separate so
it's easy to back up all of mydocs. Is there a reason to store data in
the programs folder?
Dawn
Robert P wrote:
Actually, an even better way to structure the data directories would be:
C:\WINPROG\LEGACY\DATA\TREES
C:\WIN
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What is FTM?
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Family Tree Maker. I could bash Family Tree Maker , but I better stay
clean. Trust me, Legacy works better than FTM!
What I mean is you can select persons on Ancestry, and download Gedcoms
about them. That is what I did. That gave me sources, names,
relationship
I recently (about 2 months ago) obtained a new computer - a Compac Presario
with Vista (it was a deal at Best Buys).
I have had absolutely NO problems transferring programmes from my old
desktop (which still sits here looking rather lonely and forgotten) to the
laptop
using jumpdrives - I'd
When I was using my old desktop with XP Home Edition... the Legacy folder
was NOT found under "programs", but was listed under "my computer" - that's
where it ended up being down-loaded to when I 1st got the programme.
Now, on my new laptop with Vista - it's also found under "my computer"...
Using the deluxe version of Legacy (and doing sentence definition
rewrites), I managed to get it to read:
*Jane is not married. She had two children. *That is not what you want!
I didn't play with it long enough to see how to do it to just:
She had 2 children.
I tried making Jane a single parent
Donald,
Thanks for this list.
Melanie Armstrong
--- Donald Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anna
>
> This is the Capman Codes
>
> NAME OF COUNTY ENGLAND (AND ANY COMMENT)
> CODE
> Avon [from 1974] AVN
> Bedfordshire BDF
> Berkshire BRK
> Buckinghamshire BKM
> Camb
I was told not to mix data and program files. I
also use MyDocuments and have a sub-folder for
genealogy. I'm not sure which is right. Do the
techs have any suggestions here?
Elaine
Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.
Hello Dawn
On Saturday, September 15, 2007, you wrote
> I've s
I also have no complaints. Security is tighter,
I've loosened some restrictions and am using some
of my own preferred security, but all in all the
switch from XP-Home to Vista Home Premium has been
a good experience with no problems.
Elaine
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
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I've been thinking through how I attach census images. Up until now I
had been attaching the specific census page to the master source. So
for example 1930 Census San Diego, California with say page 9A
attached as the master source.
It seems the better way (at least in my case) is to have attached
Hi Jim,
No, I don't think you're missing anything at all. :-)
I do the same these days (having started out doing it differently and
being unsatisfied with the results). The census page is a source of
information, therefore the source area of Legacy is a fine place to put it.
Use the Source
In a vein similar to the melungeon conversation, I throw this peculiar story
out, for what it is worth.
Early in our marriage my husband and I went to the St. Louis Zoo, and it was
there that we saw a most odd family. They were not simply an unattractive
family. They had certain characteristics
You failed to say whether they were inside or outside of the cages.
On 9/15/07, Janis Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> In a vein similar to the melungeon conversation, I throw this peculiar
> story out, for what it is worth.
>
>
>
> Early in our marriage my husband and I went to the St. Lou
Hi
I have just recently progress to win xp pro from win98 being told
that most of my problems in Legacy
were due to win98.
I still however find that when I print out a desc narrative report I
get a blank page every other
when I go to print.
Could you please let me know if this has been corre
I also neglected to send it to the right list!
(Very quick, TH.)
Janis
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Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:13 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] melungeons, etc
You failed to say whe
If not you can print the odd
pages then turn the stack over and print the even pages on the back of the
corresponding odd pages.
Not all printers have that option (e.g., mine) -- however it will print
duples, which of course is the same thing. But I have had a printer that
would do neither.
If I want to start getting my sources better organized and more uniform,
would it be best to do that now (with v.6 . . .) or wait till we have
version 7??
Thanks.
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Well, put me in the splitter, anal retentive group. Being a scientist
by training it is ingrained. You can never have too much metadata
attached to a source. I can't wait for Legacy 7 sourcing.
Jim
On 9/15/07, Wendy Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> No, I don't think you're missing
As an adopted child, I have to say that I am in complete accord with
Sara. I am now 63, and found my birth mother, plus a half-sister and a
half-brother, last year after a 40 year search. I am thrilled to have
made a connection with all of them, and love them very dearly. We get
together oft
Create a fake person. Attached all the 'photos' to it.
Create a photo album. Make six or seven of them for
various family groups.
Rich in LA CA
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I also bought a new computer with Vista but had no problems with Legacy. I
downloaded Legacy from the internet with no problems. I then made a backup
onto a DVD and then restored my family files from the backup. I did have
some problems with sizing my screen, but thanks to people on the list I
work
Noddie wrote:
Hi
I have just recently progress to win xp pro from win98 being told that
most of my problems in Legacy
were due to win98.
I still however find that when I print out a desc narrative report I
get a blank page every other
when I go to print.
Could you please let me know if this
I found that two things were happening when I had the
problem. 1. Check all print options for the report.
2. Check the last character in the last field. eg:
in the To Do list report I had ten extra 'spaces'
after the final period, which I copied over and over,
to new ones. It took me months to clea
Elaine,
I'm glad that you're not holding your breath, but you should know that
Legacy (and several other genealogy programs) already offer that
'switch' between adoptive and blood lines.
I have all of the data for both my adoptive and biological lines in a
single database. When in the Famil
Pat:
I'm sorting and cleaning up my Master Source list: sorting into categories,
putting the names in a uniform format, checking to see that I have
publication data where appropriate, editing repositories and comments, etc.
I'm hoping that starting with a relatively clean and uniform Master Sourc
Hi Pat,
"If I want to start getting my sources better organized and more
uniform, would it be best to do that now (with v.6 . . .) or wait till
we have version 7??"
If you don't include your sources now, as you enter your data, will you
remember each and every item you've entered that needs
Greetings all,
This discussion again raises the question I asked in December last
year. That is, mapping Gedcom tags within Legacy. There is no way to
find out what Gedcom tags Legacy uses to import/export various bits of
data. If you search the archives of this list using "mapping Gedcom"
you wil
I saw that previously there was a discussion about where to put age at
marriage. Any suggestion welcome as it appears no one really stated
what can be done so it is easily visible. Add an event?
Jim
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What did you use for Record Selection? Where did you
put your file for Export Gedcom File? I put mine in
'Data'. You must tell it where to go or it didn't go
anywhere. Create file name to send it to. THEN, you
can move the file as attachment, or copy as a
Word-type document, or other file transfer
Robert,
Thank you for the reply to my question. Thank you for trying some different
ways to see if the "they" could be changed to "she".
Jan
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From: Robert Carneal USA
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 3:52 PM
Subj
I put it in the Source for the info. I make a BIG note
if it is different from the Legacy calcuated age, and
explain my thoughts on the variance. In my Swedish,
they give the age at the wedding, but I found out that
there is variations on how to calculate an age. In the
USA, from day 1 into day 364
Do you remember what name you gave it (or what name it was given)?
If nothing else, use Windows' SEARCH function and search your entire C: drive
for *.GED
Good luck
P.S. - On Legacy v5 Deluxe on Windows XP:
File, Export, Gedcom
Click the big "Select File Name and START EXPORT" button near the u
I believe Tom set a record @ 28KB file size on this list. Not complaining,
just curious. what made it so big? HTML, small hi density fonts? Only 2
colors, Only 4 or 5 font styles. I'm not trimming anything but reply in
plain text to compare file size.
Richard
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Fro
Very good question!
Not that I'm aware of. In fact it is generally considered better if you do
NOT put data under a program folder - because if you put ALL your data files
in folders under one folder (MS-Word, Excel, Legacy, etc), it makes an
overall data backup much easier. While if you put
Hello,
I have scanned 17 pages of a book into a
single file (33,000kb). When I first access the file
in Legacy I can page through the file. In the lower
right hand corner of the screen it has a "previous" and
"next" with 1-17 noted, and I'm able to click one page
at a time through th
Jim,
You are not missing anything, both methods are widely used. I much prefer to
add pictures of my censuses to the details so that I can readily view them as I
wish.
Ron Ferguson
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Thanks very much. Your suggestion worked, but not exactly what I wanted to
do. Thanks and sorry about the all capitals didn't mean to shout.
Ronald E Howell
RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote:
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:24 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG
What did you name it? Just search your hard drive for "*.ged" (without
quotes) and you will get a list of all gedcoms and what folder they are
in.
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To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 6:44 pm
Subject: [Legacy
Tish,
In the world of computing all that "export" means is to put it in a file format
which is not the format of the program which created the file. In this case a
GEDCOM file ".ged" is not a Legacy format but that of GEDCOM, a common file
system for genealogy programs.
As to your question a
I assume the Legacy programming team monitors this UG. A suggestion if I may.
Admittedly these are pretty trivial, but I find the current setup kinda
irritating. This may have already been fixed in version 6 or in the upcoming
version 7:
I use Legacy v5 Deluxe under Windows XP.
1) When I cl
Hi Robert,
No difference in V6 regarding #1 & #2. I have slim hopes for improvement
with V7. I like that Legacy showsa thumbnail photo of person but for any
source document: JPG, PDF, DOC, HTM or whatever I prefer to open independant
of Legacy so I can view the source document alongside the ed
In my archives, the record is a whopping 738Kb. When I got that one, my
mind just went, hey, wait a minute It was even completely
Legacy related. That goes to show you what the staff goes through- they
have to open all this. We can filter some of this out.
Robert
Richard Van Wasshnova w
I see it beside each person's name on the marriage information panel.
I'm not sure if I did something to get it there or not. However, it
does not appear to print on any of the standard genealogy forms.
Dawn
Jim Liddil wrote:
I saw that previously there was a discussion about where to put
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