Dear Forum Members,
I am trying to produce a report that will be a start
off point for us to produce an updated address list
for all living descendants of an ancestor who has
2,500 descendants, ie too many to create the report by
manual means. We don't know who among this 2,500 is
still living,
Hi Listers
I'm not happy with trying to enter dates into my file. I've got some
dates where the day and month are known, but the year is listed as
19??. I'm not sure how to enter it into my file.
I could enter it twenty or more years after the bride's birthday 1950,
but how to do that?
eg 20
Instead of working in Access, you can get what you want from the Name
List/Search List in Legacy.
Tag the people you want and show that tag number in the Name List.
Go to Print, choose the fields you want
If I understand you,
RIN, Surname, Given Names, Birthdate, Address Name, Address - pick
Hi Tracy,
Could you not enter the day and month on the Individual's Information page and
add 19?? in the christening/baptism notes?
Roger Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:30:09 +1000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Entering dates - day
and month
To Jess M
It is quite a big program to download but it's denfinately worth the couple
of cups of coffee you will have to have while waiting for it to download.
Plus it's FREE, well except for the coffee and download time and I recon if
it gives 'ol Billy Gates a run for his trillions then it
Hi Tracy,
I enter it just like that and accept it as an invalid date and
exclude from potential problems.
Add a To Do to find the actual year.
Cathy
At 03:30 PM 6/10/2007, you wrote:
Hi Listers
I'm not happy with trying to enter dates into my file. I've got some
dates where the day and
I agree !
Kees hessels
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Jim,
Could you please explain
Thank you Joe. I never would have figured that out.
Joan
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From: joe Martin
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] source label color
I remember that one. It's Colors tab, then contents.
J B,
I am on dial up and can't possible sit and wait on 3,000 pages to upload
other than through an FTP program. Sometime back I downloaded SmartFTP and
used it to upload my Legacy webpages.
--
Paul
What a glorious world God Almighty has given us. How thankless and
ungrateful we are, and how
Hi Christine,
Ultimately you'll have to decide what to include
in your book. And the best way to get a feel for
how it might look is to experiment using the PDF
options so you don't kill a forest when you're just trying things out.
May I suggest instead of heaps of Ancestor Books
which
Wonder when we will be able to get the updates?
Jane
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patricia
WENZEL
Sent: Friday, October 05,
This gets into the whole issue of who is a bone fide family member. If he
were only a boarder MY answer would be not to enter him at all. It seems
likely from the little here that David Williams, still a boarder, was
wrongly listed in 1910 as a Kaspar.
Even if you are correct that David K and
I have a question related to this and to census. There are events for
husband and events for wife but is there any way to list shared events like
vacations, foster children, census where all the members of the family
were involved or events where husband and wife were involved? It is tedious
Sorry for jumping in on this, but I would never leave him out if he was
there in the census. Those kinds of details sometimes come together later to
mean something, and not always what you thought they meant initially. In
your event details you can list him and tell the situation without listing
From the Family View, I clicked on Customize, Colors, Contents, but I don't
see anything about sources.
Pat
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From: joe Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] source label
Why don't you just set up your message rules to delete emails with same
sex in the subject line? Then others could solve their problems and you
could avoid them!?
Pat
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From: GeoSci [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, October
Create PDF versions of each of the reports/charts and show them to other
family members.
Some people prefer the line-and-box charts, some want text, others want a
verbose narrative. Some want source details, others just want the
people parts. You can't please everyone, but you can find out which
I would appreciate some suggestions on how to enter a boarder into
Legacy so that a future reader can understand clearly it is not a bona
fide family member.
I'm not sure this is relevant to your particular issue, but I have an event
entitled Also living in household
and then in description I
Pat:
From the Help File on Information Screen:
Highlighted Field Titles
As you add source documentation to the pieces of information on the screen,
the title labels for those fields will be highlighted a different color so
that you can see at a glance which information is documented. (See
Pat, I believe that is the best suggestion I've seen so far. Thanks!
On 10/6/07, Pat Hickin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would appreciate some suggestions on how to enter a boarder into
Legacy so that a future reader can understand clearly it is not a bona
fide family member.
I'm not sure
Melody,
can you manually open the GEDCOM file using a text editor like
WordPad, and simply erase half the file at a time? Then try importing
it into a new test Legacy file? Then do it again with the other half,
opening into a second test file. Then merge the two files, or simply
import from one to
I did try that. The problem with brute-force chopping up the file is that
info in the last half of the file references stuff in the first half and
those links get broken. But yep, it will except for that import the files
just fine.
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From: Susan Daily
Sent: Saturday,
I certainly hope the petty arguments I see on in this list aren't
representative of all the Legacy users. I'm currently evaluating Legacy
against RootsMagic after 15 years on FTM. All things being equal between the
two (i.e., same number of pros and cons, and neither being lacking in any
key
I found copies of GEDSplit, GEDLiving95 (to remove details on living
people), and Gedcaps95 (to change capitalization) tucked away in a far
corner of my hard drive.
These programs are all shareware by Randy Winch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I
think registration is $10 per program (see the nag screens
Did you receive the file from someone else or create it yourself? Can
you import it into another program like FTM or the free LDS software,
PAF? If you can import it into PAF, how about then splitting up one of
the major couples so that you can peel off about 10k-20k names? Then
try exporting to a
Stacey...
I agree fully... I got a free copy of Roots Magic with my World Vital
Records subscription. Legacy has much more features except the ability
to record a Male-Male / Female-Female relationships.
I am honestly disheartened at the fact that we can not discuss real
world issues. I
Jim...
If this is the official word from Legacy Technical support and the
company then I can assume that we will never see this support in the
software in the future. There are several very public messages today
that indicate that there are some of us who need this... granted we
don't
Oh and I forgot to add on my previous post... I really don't know people
to ask the question off list... if anyone reads my situation and knows
how to record it please e-mail me offlist... even though it probably
would benefit someone else.
It's hard to ask questions offlist when you don't
I would not include a visitor, boarder, lodger etc as a person in Legacy
unless there was an indication, at least, that he was a family member. It’s
too easy already to wander off into the in laws of the in laws of a distant
cousin without adding their friends as well.
BUT, and it is a big
Stacey,
You have expressed it better than anyone else has. I, too, want ONLY to
know the best way to handle it. But I dare never ask. I went to the
archives. However, I find it just as absurd and ridiculous that we cant
discuss the best way to make an entry of any relationship in our
I agree it is a real issue. The software, and the list, permits discussion
on entering data for adoptions (not genealogy), illegitimacy/the milkman
(genealogy, not family history), incest (genealogy), pets (m). So why is
this one specific subject so hard to bear.
In the UK it is now legal for
Allen
Such wise words. I wish I could have put my feelings this way
Jack
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen
Prunty
Sent: 06 October 2007 02:52
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Who appointed some of us
Or what about the Great Great Great Grandfather who liked to make babies
with his slaves? I have one of those...
Or the Great, Great Uncle who had a habit of spreading his seed around town?
All families have their skeletons.
Paul wrote:
What about all the abortions that occur in your
Have you tried viewing the GEDCOM file in Notepad (or similar) at entries
around #14035? There might be a stray character or missing ENTER or some
other oddity that you can spot visually and fix. This could be right at
14035, or it might be a few before or after that entry.
Obviously do
I think I would enter two individuals, not attached to anyone, in my
database: David Williams (with the appropriate age data etc) and David
Kaspar (entering same). A Note event in each file saying David Williams
is likely to be the same individual as David Kaspar (RIN) and adding your
reasoning
Stacey,
Thank you for your cogent email. I have been on Legacy for perhaps around 2
years, after several years on The Master Genealogist.
I still think that TMG is a great program, and my reasons for switching have
not too much to do with the value of the two programs - they are both quite
good.
Just to add a bit of levity here...
How many of you have made unique events?
Like I have one that I created called Jail where I logged the jail
time that one of my ancestors spent in jail. I have another called
Prison and one called Moonshine
(My family was intwined with the capones)
I'm a new Legacy user and have noticed some of the names I imported are
italicized. Do you know why that happened and how do I go about changing
it?
Thanks!
~Lisa
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages:
Thank you, John, for providing access to these extremely well written and
helpful utilities. I registered my copies of his software with him and used it
for several years. I'm so pleased to have the chance to archive these helpful
little utilities. Thank you for making them available for this
Do they have a gender associated with them? They might not, which
makes them stand out. (This is customizable in options.)
Susan
On 10/6/07, Lisa Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a new Legacy user and have noticed some of the names I imported are
italicized. Do you know why that happened
I don't know about other places but in my area, and really in much of the
south, this was a common practice. Having been in the real estate and
auction business for 30 years, I have run across many cases where tenants or
boarders have recieved title to the property fee simple, when the owner
I would create a Custom event called Boarder
And would use the verbage...
He/She had a boarder, [Desc] in his/her household during the [Date]
census, [inPlace].[Source] [Notes]
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages:
In the Legacy Training CD regarding how to deal with Census Entries, it is
suggested that you list someone who is not obviously a family member as a
New Unlinked Individual (under the ADD tab on the toolbar). That way, if
the surname happens to pop up again in your research as a family member,
Marriage Events
Think of them as Family Events rather than Wedding Events.
If a couple fostered a child, make sure the child is linked to the
couple. Rather than to just the mother.
You can then have the child in the regular family with status Foster
child OR you can have a double marriage
I echo the sentiments of those who do not believe that a few easily-upset
list members should dictate the tone of the list. The atmosphere that is
created on this list will to some extent dictate what market segment the
software attracts.
The more thinking folk should be made more welcome.
I was not going to add more flame to the fire after the fuel I added
to genealogy versus
family history.
However, I think the Legacy Staff needs to know that the attitude and
words of some on
this group are driving potential users away. A friend who I share the
highs and lows of
searches for
That was great info. Now I have several GedComs I would like to combine
without duplicates. They are large and have several overlaps. Is there a
way to do it? (My first post to this board.)
Wally
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I unsubscribed from this list, the most unpleasant one that I have
ever been on, last night; but evidently the process didn't work. I
have already thanked Stacey privately for the message.
It seems to me that it would be very simple to allow discussions of
how to enter same-sex relationships,
The Master Genealogist works great.
On 10/6/07, Allen Prunty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim...
If this is the official word from Legacy Technical support and the
company then I can assume that we will never see this support in the
software in the future. There are several very public
Lisa,
Italicized names indicate that the sex of the person is unknown.
Also, posts to this list should be made in plain text, not HTML.
Mike
I'm a new Legacy user and have noticed some of the names I imported are
italicized. Do you know why that happened and how do I go about
Excellent point, Allen. I told Jim privately last night that I thought it
would be a good idea for Legacy to either say that they were intending to
fix the problem or they weren't intending to fix the problem and then,
depending on the answer to that, people ought to be allowed to discuss ways
The list is most likely on auto-pilot until people
return from the cruise.
Elaine
I unsubscribed from this list, the most
unpleasant one that I have
ever been on, last night; but evidently the process didn't work. I
have already thanked Stacey privately for the message.
It seems to me
All of my father's brothers were listed as
boarders at the family address. I assume it meant
they had all reached majority, were working, but
were still living at home and may well have been
paying their mom and dad for room and board. Who
knows what entered the mind of the enumerator when
he
Randy is with Ancestry- programs the gedcom and tree area I think. He
can be found on their message boards.
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From: John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 3:56 pm
Subject: [LegacyUG] GEDSplit
I found copies of
I am neither a fan of TMG nor of its users (didn't
think they were cute, witty and kind, thought they
were a bit pompous and self-impressed), but that
isn't the topic here.
TMG costs money, big money. Legacy has a free
version and a paid version. Those who use the
free are not locked out of
This is a very sound and well reasoned response. (Please don't judge
the quality of the program by the responses on this topic!) I feel
sorry in this context for people with real problems -- like the person
who wrote that they had 3 same-sex marriages in the family and how
should they record
Carol, I haven't yet begun dealing with this in Legacy as I am still
evaluating the software. However, over my many years as a user of FTM, I
have tended to record family data in the marriages area, usually as
notes (given FTM's severe sourcing and events limitations).
It's not ideal, but I've
Maybe we should ask ourselved do we record genealogy or do we record family
history. I do believe that these are two entirely different subjects.
!!
Jim Hills
Houston TX
Janis Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stacey,
Thank you for
People I guess handle same sex marriages different ways.
Since I haven't so far found 2 marrying that both are related to me,
I just make the one related to me the right sex, and the other one
ends up with the wrong sex. I then make a comment that the person is
male/female
but Legacy can't
Allen,
How do you handle the jail issue, actually mine was workhouse and
then there would be moonshine that contributed to the workhouse.
Then I also have the problem
that the family members were scattered all over that census year. Well
one son was
also in the workhouse with his father. Various
I have one or two of those in my file too, Lisa. I've tried to figure out
how to change it and how it got there. Someone will tell us soon I suspect.
Thank you,
Jim
On 10/6/07, Lisa Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a new Legacy user and have noticed some of the names I imported are
Paul, try not to pre-judge it.
The learning curve can be as easy or as difficult as one wishes to make
it, depending primarily on how and how many of the advanced features
one uses. It isn't so much can I do but rather which way should
I The customization and flexibility of the
At least we see where you stand. I suspected it was a rigid Legacy
policy. So the bigots win again.
On 10/6/07, Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The problem is not the topic of how to enter same-sex relationships per
se.
The problem is that this topic gets very heated amongst the users
Well put, Sara. My thoughts exactly.
Posts as to how to use Legacy to record these events are legitimate and on
Topic
Posts/discussions as to the pros and cons of these events are off Topic
and as such these discussions should be off list!!
Jennie Matheson
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Maybe I'm missing something but I don't understand what there is to discuss.
It's been said many, many times that this list is only for discussion of the
Legacy software and its add-on's.Legacy Support has stated that it
currently isn't a feature, probably won't be for some time and has
Thanks, Kay, that was a big help.
--
Pat
From the Family View, I click as follows:
Options
Customize
Colors
At the Text Colors line, I click on contents, I choose purple, I click on
Save in the lower left of the window.
But when I return to the family view all the text and field titles are
Thanks for the different views. My aunt was between partners when she
fostered this child, so I've ended up with a new relationship just to
add this cousin.
Carol - I think you are referring to witness events, at the moment
Legacy doesn't support this. Check the archives there have been lots
of
Im from Australia. We too have same sex marriages well recognised. I bought
Legacy in Feb. The subsription will be due up next Feb. If the programmers
find this all too hard, and I can find another Geniology program that deals
with it, then there's no reason for me to stick with Legacy. I find it
Legacy doesn't have subscriptions that expire. When you purchase the
Deluxe Edition, it's good for the life of the version, with a discount on
the purchase price of the next version (as long as you don't skip versions).
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
Sorry, your quite right, what I should have said was, the next upgrade I
have to pay for will be decision time to change to a program that can deal
with this issue.
On 10/7/07, Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Legacy doesn't have subscriptions that expire. When you purchase the
Deluxe
Sherry,
I think every one's been quite patient with these people. This same thing
seems to pop up every few weeks. I think this is an excellent UG and most
people here are patient and courteous and tolerant. I hope this stops
soon. This is a place to learn and share about the Legacy program.
Stacey,
Thank you. I did put some things under marriage. It may be the best way to
go .
Thanks,
Carol
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Connella
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 3:45 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
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