I also have my database on a USB drive that I plug into whatever
computer I am currently using, then backup to that computers hard
drive when I exit. Never had any problems keeping the database in
sync.
On 9/16/07, Laurence E Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Dick Hillenbrand, Hello
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As a Brit, I would like to know in what way the "English Law" (which btw
doesn't exist) adoptees are treated differently. At one time they could only
inherit from the adoptive parents if specifically willed the inheritance, but
this is no longer true.
Over here children do not get a new birth
Hi Listers
As always I find most of the threads on the list very helpful. Got a
question that some may have faced and would like some ideas on how
others have dealt with it. How do others list an individual when you
don't have a name, however you may have some information on the person
eg Chinese
Sorry Christine, I realise you posted this awhile ago. I use cause of
death, but I don't use capital letters eg leukaemia, and with my
reports I prefer sentence style for research and events, so it
displays in a narrative report something like: The cause of her death
was leukaemia.
Cheers
Tracy
Hi Dick:
I also do this. I gave it a test run earlier this year after a major
discussion on the topic. And so far it's been great!
I often work on Legacy from my home computer, work computer and laptop. In
the past keeping my database and media files current was a nightmare. Now by
keeping them o
Susan,
Thanks for your clarification. I checked the Geo Locations database in
Legacy and they have St. Louis, St. Louis
(City), Missouri, USA. I wasn't sure if I should use the () or not. Your
example didn't and it does. Still not sure what to do exactly. Ihave the
county verifer turned on b
Quest and Art,
I'm not sure if the Virginia independent cities are the same as St. Louis
but I do know the Geo Locations database in Legacy and they have St. Louis,
St. Louis (City), Missouri, USA. Not sure if that is correct but that is
how the program displays it. The only issue I have with d
Hi Tracy,
What name you use in this particular case depends on how you want the
reports to read. I usually just have a blank record as I've chosen in
Options > Customise to use blank for unknown records - but then I
know nothing about these unknowns except that my female relative had a child.
I as a Norwegian would like to know how the Norwegian law treat
adoptive children different than others within their adoptive family.
Anne
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried m
Rob M wrote:
"I understand that there is USB drive software that allows you to run the
actual program from the USB drive. Is anyone running Legacy in this manner?"
Take a look at www.mojopac.com . They offer a 30 day/200 boot trial period.
This program essentially converts the USB drive into a C
I linked a PDF to my file. I'm told it won't show up in any reports, but it
is there for reference.
Don't link it as a PICTURE. Instead call it a SOUND or a VIDEO (still under
the "ADD PICTURE, SOUND, VIDEO" icon). When you pick either of the 2nd two,
you get a choice of looking for all fil
This is sent to the wrong Tim. I do believe you want Tim Willis.
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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 6:05 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] An argument for splitting? (
Tracy,
I think you have done all you can do. If you are really particular about how
the information looks in reports, or in lists then tweak the name to meet
your needs. I have a few different entry's like that.
Joe
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Don't worry Tim, Tim got the message.. Tim
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To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:13:51 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] An argument for splitting? (knowing I may get "lumps"
for this)
This i
It seems that a lot of Legacy users inquire, request, and need the ability
to run custom queries of the Legacy database. Maybe a module could be added
to Legacy that resembles MS Access.
Joe
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Sent: Wedn
You'll note that I never used the term "English Law"... however-
There are three specific instances under British law that required
different treatment of adoptees from biological children.
1) No adoptee can ever inherit the crown
2) No adoptee can ever inherit a Title or Peerage
3) No adoptee
Easy- No adoptee can ever inherit the crown. If that isn't treating
adoptees different from biological children I don't know what is.
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From: Anne Hildrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 8:57 am
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]
Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to label the spines of black
box/binders or regular binders? I was thinking of just a silver metallic
pen, but anyone knows of other fasteners that can be ordered with paper
insertions (brass or silver tone frames), I might prefer it. I mean simple
labels lik
I list individuals whose names are unknown as
[given name:] FNU (first name unknown)
[surname-male:] LNU (last name unknown)
[surname-female:] MNU (maiden name unknown)
I have an ancestor who is supposed to have married an "Indian maiden" --
probably of the Unami tribe, which I understand wa
Is there a previous email or source on Legacy in which someone has listed
the advantages of lumping? As an ardent splitter, I can't think of ANY!!
:-)
Pat
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From: "Tim Rosenlof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: RE: [Leg
Actually, I can probably figure out a way to do this in Access. I was just
hoping that I had missed an "easy way" of doing it in Legacy! Sounds simple
enough (like most complex things); if you can change things on a source record
and have it apply to all instances, that you could do the same t
If I were you, I'd just click "Okay" when Legacy says there was no such
county. It's like saying, "Yeah, I know that. So what?" It would be nice if
the county verifier were corrected to recognize "Harrisonburg (city)" as a
valid entry in the county field, but that's up to the programmers, not to
yo
Virginia called it a "free city" when my son was
in school. Sticks in my mind there were four
"free" cities back when (he's now in his early
50s), the best known was St. Louis. I think
Virginia now refers to Alexandria (where I live)
as an "independent city."
I decided to look it up:
"Main ar
I use Parallels and while I could run Legacy on
the Windows side, it's just plain easier to run
Reunion which is designed for a Mac, on the Mac
side.
I run Legacy on my new Dell.
Some things just work out better when used as
designed.
Elaine
I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll
doublec
Pat:
Lumping vs. splitting has been discussed both in regard to databases over
all, i.e. splitting parents and their respective ancestors into two
databases, and also regarding master sources. I assume you're referring to
lumping or splitting master sources and that's not a question of either/or,
Legacy runs just fine on an Intel-based Macintosh (all new Macs have Intel
chips), if you also install Parallels Desktop or VMWare Virtualization
software, or if you partition your hard drive and, using the free Apple
"Boot Camp" software, install Windows on the second partition. I am
currently run
I should add that, with Parallels on the Mac, Windows and the Mac OS X run
simultaneously, and can share files. I often run my browser on the Mac side,
download a file, and then switch to Legacy and import the document into my
database. And when I back up my Mac hard drive, all of the Windows side
Hi
Am very new to group and am impressed with the knowledge floating around.
Just switched my data from FTM due their obvious deception (in my opinion).
So please be gentle to a newbie as this program is a whole new world. So
far I love it. I am a pure amateur to the genealogy world b
I thought you might pick on those which comes from a lack of knowledge of the
granting of peerages in the UK. Inheritable titles are granted with letters
patent which specify to whom a title shall pass on the event of the death of
the title holder, this is not necessarily the eldest son.
The a
I apologize for making an untrue statement. This is probably the only
list that I am on that is international. To the best of my knowledge,
all U. S. states treat adopted children the same as biological
children.
Sara
On 9/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You'll note that I
Does anyone have a hard copy manual for Version 6 that I can beg, borrow, or
buy? I bought Version 6 with the understanding they would send the manual
when Version 7 comes out. They are all out of the former manuals. Until
then, I'm handicapped trying to learn this program. I find it takes too
Check Office Max or Staples. There are adhesive backed label holders for spines
- a couple different sizes.
Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud
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From: Janis Gilmore
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:04
Donna,
Meanwhile you may well find it much easier to use the help pages. Those on each
screen are context help (ie relate to that screen ). Try also using Help>Search
and put in the terms for which you are looking.
In any event the help pages are updated with each update whereas the hard copy
Many thanks to Mike and Mary for your help.
Regards,
Tim
Mike Fry wrote:
Tim wrote:
I wish to make a list of those born on a particular date, say 1895.
So the Search, Primary Condition reads:
Individual - Birth Date - Equal to - 1895.
This gives a list of those born in 1895 but omits those
Jim,
If you edit the event look on the right hand side below all the
buttons. There are two icons; one icon is for copying the other is
for pasting. I use these to repeat events from one person to another.
Cheers, Mitch
On 9/20/07, Jim McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Am very new to
Sure. Use the left clipboard symbol to copy and the right one to paste.
On 9/20/07, Jim McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Am very new to group and am impressed with the knowledge floating around.
> Just switched my data from FTM due their obvious deception (in my opinion).
> So please be
Jim,
This can easily be done using the Source Clipboard, this can be found by going
to Individual's Information Screen>Event/Facts>Add. Add the Residence
information and click the little blue arrow on the left of the screen, this
takes you to sources where you can select the master source and
Hi Donna,
Where are you located, I have a copy of the Ver 6 manual and I do not use it
very much anymore, I would be happy to loan it to you.
Send me your snail mail address and I will send it to you.
Bob Grills
Bend, OR
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I wish the owner's manual was printed on 8x11-1/2 paper, drilled for a
3-ring binder, and shipped loose leaf. We could then put the manual in a
binder
and insert our own note pages. This would, I should think, also be cheaper
for Legacy.
There was a time, and I'm dating myself here, when
Thanks all,
Actually, made a minor change to take all the existing data over. In stead
of using the Event/Facts>Add, I used the Event/Facts>Edit and then did the
rest so that I did not have to copy anything by using the keys. I was just
hoping that you could bring over a whole bunch rather
I have a database of only 4,000 - and master sources of almost 1,000. I like
being able to improve/change/add to the source once, and know that it has
made it to all of the places where it is applicable.
As far as retyping goes, it doesn't have to be that way. I (at the
suggestion of someone on th
Certainly the Letters Patent determine the path of inheritance and there are
four Scottish Countesses in their own right at the moment since their
Letters Patent specify "heirs of the body". Also, on occasion a special
condition in included such as the Dukedom of Marlborough also allowed
inheritanc
I tripped over another similar city, county ...
I looked up Los Angeles, Calif in the Geo Location file
and it said "Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA"
But, when I ran the US County verification program it
listed all the Los Angeles address with a message
"Never a county by the name of Los
If you add the Residence event to the new person as Ron suggested, then
you can go back to the person who has the several residence sources and
add them to the clip board. You can add five sources at once. Then
go back to the new person(s) and paste them there on the residence
event. The
John,
And, of course, The Queen is the Duke of Lancaster (and not the Duchess) as
that title descends to the eldest surviving *child* of the late monarch.
As I am sure you realise those specific excemptions were placed in the Adoption
Act in order not to invalidate established Letters Patent,
Thanks to all that has posted replies. I think that I will leave it like
Legacy has it but I think it is odd that they put the (city) were the county
should be. I would think that the correct way of entering it, as long as
you use comma's as placeholders, would be Harrisonburg, , Virginia, USA no
Thanks John,
There have also been one or two that specified a brother of the
original Grantee as the default heir in case there was no heir of the
body... but there has never been one that specified an adoptee.
Peerages and Titles are all about bloodlines and have nothing to do
with social re
Please note that the County Verifier can be updated. Sherry keeps a
list of errors and it is updated periodically. Let her know the
problems when she returns from the cruise.
The GeoDatabase on the other hand comes as is until they find
something else better. The task of entering all locations
Hi Jim,
Note that there are various Clipboards in Legacy to save re-typing.
There is
Source Clipboard
seen on the left on entry screens topped with a little arrow. This is
invaluable for entering sources easily and consistently with just a
click. It repays the time to learn to use it.
Beware
I really like this idea!
--
Pat
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hard copy manual
I wish the owner's manual was printed on 8x11-1/2 paper, drilled for a
3-ring binder, and shipped loose leaf. W
Kirsten wrote>
Another [reason not to split] ]is this: If you enter every record as a
separate master source, you're retyping much of the same information over .
. .
Kirsten, No,not at all -- If I had to do that I'd be a lumper too!
To avoid th retyping,
You simply go to your master source li
Hello,
I was digging thru the Legacy 6.0 Help Screens and under Set Living... there is
a reference to IntelliMurder but I can't find any other info about it.
Anyone have any further info about this?
Judy Rosella Edwards
http://www.ecolitgy.com
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Mojopac will run under window xp system, It will not run under window
Vista..
I use on xp system for 6m Then update to Vista.
There working on a patch for Vista.
Under Xp I used on 3 dif. Systems an it work ok on them
olam
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Thanks for that explanation, Pat. I was always a bit wary to enter that
dark place following a disaster with entering 5 sources simultaneously.
Which highlights my only concern about Legacy: No "I want to go back one
place before I did that awful thing!!" button.
Regards
Tom
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Hello Judy,
Yes that was a little pun invented on the beta test list that made its way
into a release. It actually refers to Advanced Set Living, where you can
intelligently murder all your ancestors beyond a specific given number of
years so you can set everyone in your database as dead if the
Is there a problem using a Legacy-generated chart (such as a pedigree chart)
in a published work?
Cafi Cohen
Arroyo Grande, CA
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I realy like this idea too.
Tish
I wish the owner's manual was printed on 8x11-1/2 paper, drilled for a
3-ring binder, and shipped loose leaf. We could then put the manual in a
binder
and insert our own note pages. This would, I should think, also be
cheaper
for Legacy.
There was a
Is there a way to record twins in Legacy 6.0 Deluxe? I realize that the
birthdates would indicate that, but I could swear I saw a box to check
somewhere in the program but I can't find it and I don't see Twiin(s) in the
Help index.
Thanks!
--
Thad Evotee
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Hi Thad,
Right click the children and select Children's setting, then for each select
child, choose Twin from the Child Status box.
Kind Regards,
Mark
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Sent: Friday, 21 September 2007 11:44 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfa
From memory there was a cost reason Legacy decided not to go this
way with version 6. I know there was discussion about it.
Those who prefer it can buy the PDF manual rather than the hard copy
(it's cheaper anyway) and print it themselves and place in a
"binder". Again, from memory, there were
If I understand you correctly, no.
The Legacy reports are designed to enable you to publish your work.
You'll get into copyright problems if you include copyrighted images
in a published work. It's always worth checking the usage information
when downloading images.
Cathy
At 09:57 AM 21/09/2
The discussions about how to enter adopted vs. biological surnames and the
formatting of place names prompts me to offer my philosophy. When entering
this information, I try to keep in mind what will help me, other researchers
or future descendants find the relevant sources.
In other words, f
Strange, my wife was born in "San Fernando, Los Angeles, California, USA" and I
just clicked on the little blue globe and it verified the entry as correct.
Version 6.0.0.155 Deluxe
Art Seddon
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