Re: [LegacyUG] Biological - Natural and etc.

2007-10-14 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, if I have more than one set of parents for someone, (step-kids, people that were adopted, whatever) I mark the one set as biological, and the other set as whatever is appropriate adoptive, step-parent, whatever. I'm not saying the biological parents had the child illegitimate -

[LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's just Wonderful

2007-10-14 Thread John Magyari
I'm always trying to save money and initially did not purchase the Training CDs and manual. I wish I would have made the small investment sooner. I recently purchased the Vol 1 and manual and will soon be purchasing the other CDs. I'm now doing many things I was unaware of, and some things th

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems - Stem from someone reporting false spam

2007-10-14 Thread Allen Prunty
Sherry/Support wrote: According to Comcast's two black lists, our IP is *not* being blocked so I don't know what's going on - if we're not being blocked then why are my messages bouncing? Sigh. I guess I'll have to call them. No need to call them... my cousin works for them in top level supp

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread marilyn E B
I purchased the bundle that included the manual and 4 CDs and I find them all useful. I have to save for these purchases and I really wish they would let us know what the price version 7 will be and if there will bundles that come together. Even that information would be helpful for me. Marilyn O

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems - Stem from someone reporting false spam

2007-10-14 Thread Sherry/Support
According to Comcast's two black lists, our IP is *not* being blocked so I don't know what's going on - if we're not being blocked then why are my messages bouncing? Sigh. I guess I'll have to call them. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy mail to its own folder

2007-10-14 Thread carolyn williams
Thank you everyone for your help, I now have it working perfectly and will extend to other lists. You really do know everything! Cheers Carolyn No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.10/1070 - Release Date: 14/10/2

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 News?

2007-10-14 Thread TH
Suggesting ways for Legacy to handle the distribution og their product is clearly off-topic ;-) On 10/14/07, Robert57P via Gmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's a possible method they could use to release Legacy 7 that I think > would still be pretty fair and would reduce the burden on the

RE: [LegacyUG] ?? easy way to upload Legacy web pages to 'freepages' ??

2007-10-14 Thread Paul
JB, I can also help offlist. I use SmartFTP which is also free. -- Paul "What a glorious world God Almighty has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar His gifts." ~ Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA -Original Message- Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] ?? easy way to uploa

RE: [LegacyUG] Book printing orientation

2007-10-14 Thread Dan Deck
Thanks for the suggestion. I will try this. I do find it a bit odd that this is not easier to do. But be as it may I will work with the program and figure things out as I go. Regards, Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Shiell-Stokes

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread Wayne Martell
Please keep selling the CD's the separately ... I don't like paying for something I would never use. ___ Wayne Martell Victoria, BC, Canada - Original Message - From: Sharon Perdue To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:2

Re: [LegacyUG] Book printing orientation

2007-10-14 Thread Kathy Shiell-Stokes
Dan: Choosing a landscape orientation does affect the whole book but, if you use publishing Centre you can specify"placeholder pages " that mean that you can publish your book using normal orientation using these placeholder pages and then go back and print your charts using landscape orientat

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 News?

2007-10-14 Thread Wayne Martell
A couple of more reasonable solutions would be: 1. Increase the capacity of their server(s) 2. Farm it out to download.com (or similar site) with appropriate links to the site ___ Wayne Martell Victoria, BC, Canada - Original Message - From: Robert57P v

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems - Stem from someone reporting false spam

2007-10-14 Thread Allen Prunty
It does not blacklist by topic or sender it blocks by domain ... so it goes beyond the list it would block all messages from anything @legacyfamilytree.com Allen Sherry/Support wrote: However, the emails to Comcast customers that I have sent and have bounced did not have the topic or even wor

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems - Stem from someone reporting false spam

2007-10-14 Thread Dave
Sherry, I think someone is reporting some list messages (possibly the same-sex subject) as spam so it triggers Comcast to add Legacy to the blacklist. After that all of the list messages going to Comcast are blocked until someone manually removes it from the blacklist. Dave -Original Message

Re: [LegacyUG] Event sorting

2007-10-14 Thread MJMethod
I generally sort by date because I usually want it to "read comfortably". However, that still gets adjusted when a) you have multiple event records with the same date, or b) you need to make a point, e.g. completely covering someone's career before picking up on other events in their li

Re: [LegacyUG] Event sorting

2007-10-14 Thread Sharon Perdue
By date - so that they appear in order of occurrence in all reports Sharon - Original Message - From: "Ralf X" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 6:07 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Event sorting Do people sort their events by type or chronologically? I was sorting by

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread hwedhlor
Jess, I have viewed all of the training CDs and they are very well done, and extremely useful. My only question at present would be whether they are relevant to the soon-to-be-released Legacy Version 7.0? I would suspect that the bulk of the Training CD content would apply to Version 7.0, bu

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread Robert57P via Gmail
I purchased the 5 CD bundle. They can be a bit dry at times, but they are VERY useful and contain lots of goodies. In other words, WELL WORTH the cost. They are also broken down nicely so you can easily take breaks from it and come back to where you left off. Or you can come back months late

Re: [LegacyUG] Event sorting

2007-10-14 Thread Jenny M Benson
Ralf X wrote Do people sort their events by type or chronologically? I sort by date because it makes sense - to me - to have a report read "noted events in his life were ..." and then work through his life in chronological order. I was sorting by type (censuses, residences, occupations), bu

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Jenny M Benson
Jim Smith wrote Thanks for the thought.  Didn't work.  Google didn't like the quotes. Doesn't work because you still gets millions of occurrences of July as the month name, not as a date (IYSWIM). Google is perfectly happy with the -"." format. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group gui

[LegacyUG] Event sorting

2007-10-14 Thread Ralf X
Do people sort their events by type or chronologically? I was sorting by type (censuses, residences, occupations), but you end up duplicating information following this method. Thanks, Ralf Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 News?

2007-10-14 Thread Robert57P via Gmail
Here's a possible method they could use to release Legacy 7 that I think would still be pretty fair and would reduce the burden on their servers. They could release version 7 in 4 stages: 1) Ship out CDs to the folks that ordered it on CDs. This could either be done quietly or via an announce

RE: [LegacyUG] Book printing orientation

2007-10-14 Thread Dan Deck
I do agree totally with your comment. Do you know if this can be done? Or is this a limitation of the Book Printing feature? Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Roberts Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 1:03 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legac

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy mail to its own folder

2007-10-14 Thread Rodney Hall
://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp _ NOD32 EMON 2591 (20071014) information _ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus s

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems - Stem from someone reporting false spam

2007-10-14 Thread Sherry/Support
However, the emails to Comcast customers that I have sent and have bounced did not have the topic or even word in them at all. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When re

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy mail to its own folder

2007-10-14 Thread Richard Hallford
/1068 - Release Date: > 13/10/2007 > 10:15 a.m. > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical suppor

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing sources from a source..

2007-10-14 Thread Janis Gilmore
This is what I do, too, Sara. (Except I place a semicolon before the word "citing" - don't know how I started that, or whether it is correct) Janis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sara Binkley Tarpley Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Add-on - GENViewer - 15% off for Deluxe Customers

2007-10-14 Thread Mike Fry
Frank G. Higgins wrote: Now tell me how to unlock my Legacy. A virus or some other gremlin has locked up my Legacy, no matter what I do to it, so that I can't get into it or anything else while it is on the screen. If I remove it, everything else works. Incidentally, GENViewer doesn't solve th

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread Mary Young
On 10/14/07 Myrna wrote: > The training CDs are really great and worth the purchase price. Yes I agree - especially when Legacy De Luxe program is so reasonably priced -- Mary Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Jim Smith
Thanks for the thought. Didn't work. Google didn't like the quotes. Jim On 10/14/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've never had to search for that particular item but > If I were searching with google I'd try the following in the search box: > > July -"July 1" -"July 2"

Re: [LegacyUG] Surname meanings or derivations

2007-10-14 Thread agh3rd
Chris, While this sounds good in theory there are several pitfalls to be aware of. Unless you have traced those males beck to a time period before surnames were used there is no way to tell what the history, meaning, and derivation really are. Surnames arose in different places at different t

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread Sharon Perdue
Karima said: I have found them to be very useful and worth the price I paid for them. I agree with Karima. I guess Legacy could jack up the price and include the training CD's, or keep the price as it is and let only those who want the training CD's to purchase them separately. Sharon

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy mail to its own folder

2007-10-14 Thread Dave
I'll try. - To start with create a new folder in Outlook. Go File> New > Folder. Then give it a name (such as LegacyUG) and select Personal Folders as where to place the folder.Click OK and you should have a new folder named LegacyUG under Personal Folders. - Next, when you get a new messa

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy mail to its own folder

2007-10-14 Thread Bob Rowe
Right click on the top item in your "All Mail Folders". Mine has my username "browe". Click on New Folder and name it. I named mine LegacyUG. The bottom box allows you to select where the new folder will go. I have multiple levels of folders. you choose. Once that is done, click on Tools > Rules an

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Add-on - GENViewer - 15% off for Deluxe Customers

2007-10-14 Thread Frank G. Higgins
Choice of words. Ken McGinnis will not invade someone elses territory evern legally. He has thought of all those methods you mentioned. In Ken's estimation and mine, Luc has bettertning going than He and Ken could work out together though I agree with you it would be a terrific addition to Leg

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy mail to its own folder

2007-10-14 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
You need to get the info from your e-mail server. Rich in LA CA --- carolyn williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi learned Listers, > > Please can one of you tell me in very simple terms > (step by step) how to get > the list mail into its own folder? > I have Windows XP and use Outlook (not Ou

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Dave
That's different than when an ISP puts it on their blacklist. It actually rejects the message and you never see or have access to it. Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jess M Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 1:52 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@

Re: [LegacyUG] Surname meanings or derivations

2007-10-14 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
You might try timeline. Each spelling will be matched to the date found. Rich in LA CA --- Christine Gibbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am thinking about what would be the best way to > add to my Legacy > database the history, meaning and derivation of the > surnames found in > my son's a

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread myrna20
Donna, I do the same. Set up folders and then create rules so your messages go to the folders you want. That way your inbox is not FULL all time. In fact I have a folder for Message boards then sub folders for the different lists I subscribe to. The same for messages concerning different famili

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread myrna20
The training CDs are really great and worth the purchase price. Myrna Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.co

[LegacyUG] GPS & Legacy 7.0

2007-10-14 Thread Larry Wilson
Geoff, Back in June of 2006 I ask you this question: I use Legacy to store GPS Locations. I wish Legacy would give the choice of weather to store Lat and Long in Decimal or Deg/min/sec. I know there is a conversion routine, but it would be nice to be given a Choice. You

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread Quest
I have found them to be very useful and worth the price I paid for them. Karima -- From: "Jess M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:59 AM To: Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question I am hesitant to purchase the tra

[LegacyUG] Legacy mail to its own folder

2007-10-14 Thread carolyn williams
Hi learned Listers, Please can one of you tell me in very simple terms (step by step) how to get the list mail into its own folder? I have Windows XP and use Outlook (not Outlook Express) for all my emails. Many thanks for any help. Carolyn No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AV

[LegacyUG] Surname meanings or derivations

2007-10-14 Thread Christine Gibbins
I am thinking about what would be the best way to add to my Legacy database the history, meaning and derivation of the surnames found in my son's ancestors direct lines. My thought is that I could place this in the "Research Notes" of the oldest male in each case of the name. Would love to hear

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Jess M
I'm on Yahoo mail, and I have a few that go to my bulk mail folder. I just make a habit of checking it before I dump it, and those that are LUG emials, I move back to my inbox and read. It's not every single one, just every now and then. Jess M --- Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm receiving

[LegacyUG] Legacy Training CD's question

2007-10-14 Thread Jess M
I am hesitant to purchase the training CD collection, and wanted feedback on whether LUG members feel they are worth the cost. I am one with a mindset that feels tutorials and training should be free with purchase of software for adequate usage. Thanks, Jess M Jess M Proud to be Single Mom to

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.0 New Features

2007-10-14 Thread Jess M
Part 1: http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/2007/07/sneak-peek-of-legacy-7.html --- Robert Carneal USA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Go to: > http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/2007/08/sneak-peek-of-legacy-7-part-two.html > > In it, Renee Zamora talks about what she saw > demonstrated. Perhaps > someone on th

Re: [LegacyUG] ?? easy way to upload Legacy web pages to 'freepages' ??

2007-10-14 Thread Gene Young
J B Coats wrote: Hi Allen I am using XP [regular] Am looking forward to your posting a 'how to' use the ftp routine to create a virtual web drive for quick/easy way to upload Legacy created web pages. The current routine with freepages on rootsweb involves doing it one page at a time. Ex

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread agh3rd
I've never had to search for that particular item but If I were searching with google I'd try the following in the search box: July -"July 1" -"July 2" -"July 3" I haven't tried this but in theory it should work. While this won't entirely eliminate the month of July it should eliminate July

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing sources from a source..

2007-10-14 Thread Linda Altman
This is how I source information in a book: Book Name, author, publisher, copyright date, printing # (as some books have more than 1 printing) and page #, then I add the words "information based on" and I cite the source used in the book. This way I know where I received the information from and I

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Jim Smith
Afternoon. Thought I may enter this thread, if I may. It seems, at times, that this list is overwhelming, but I do a quick review of all incoming and only look at those that immediately catch my attention. I also search the archives for ideas and suggestions when I'm working with a specific issue

Re: [LegacyUG] ?? easy way to upload Legacy web pages to 'freepages' ??

2007-10-14 Thread J B Coats
Hi Allen I am using XP [regular] Am looking forward to your posting a 'how to' use the ftp routine to create a virtual web drive for quick/easy way to upload Legacy created web pages. The current routine with freepages on rootsweb involves doing it one page at a time. Extremely laborous fo

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.0 New Features

2007-10-14 Thread Robert Carneal USA
Go to: http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/2007/08/sneak-peek-of-legacy-7-part-two.html In it, Renee Zamora talks about what she saw demonstrated. Perhaps someone on the list can send you part one, I couldn't find my link for it. Robert Larry Wilson wrote: New to group, would like to know what are th

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread agh3rd
I look at it this way. If I can't read every message daily of a list I subscribe to then I have no business subscribing in the first place. I can always use the archives to search if I have a specific question. This helps in two ways: 1) It reduces the load on the list 2) It helps me improve my s

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Susan Daily
Donna, Since you are using GMAIL, you can see how it keeps all the threads of one topic nicely together, thereby making 15 emails look like just 6 or 7. I use the yellow star feature in GMAIL to highlight the emails that I find VERY useful. (Don't do it too often, or else it is like highlighting a

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Alice Hawrilenko
Donna, I simply wrote a rule which dumps all the legacy e-mails into a legacy folder under my inbox folder. That way I can quickly sort them into subjects, delete anything not of interest to me and read only the subjects that interest me at the moment. I can check the folder as frequently or inf

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Dave
I'm receiving them FINE too NOW.But they were being blocked for almost 2 days earlier this week. This is the same thing that's happened in the past when Comcast puts the list server on their blacklist. Apparently someone on the list reports it as spam and causes the problem. Someone then h

[LegacyUG] Legacy 7.0 New Features

2007-10-14 Thread Larry Wilson
New to group, would like to know what are the new features of Legacy 7.0 Larry Legacy Deluxe Edition 6.0.0.155 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online te

RE: [LegacyUG] Help Please

2007-10-14 Thread Larry Wilson
Hi Allen, This one worked fine for me, I thank you. The search string on Legacy is much longer, so this is a winner. Larry Legacy Deluxe Edition 6.0.0.155 PS: had to change message to plain text before I was able to copy and paste ---Original Message--- From: Allen Prunty Date: 1

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems

2007-10-14 Thread Donna Brown
I am receiving them FINE and I'm on Comcast. In fact, I get so many I can't deal with them. I had to get a new account as I am drowning in emails! I look at a few each day but feel badly I can't read them all. I use to copy and paste all the good ideas I learned. How do others deal with this?

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems - Stem from someone reporting false spam

2007-10-14 Thread Allen Prunty
TH wrote: A lot of us could probably make a pretty good guess as to who is trying to stifle conversation. earching the archives for people who are constantly wanting things taken off list are most certainly the culprits. It's not nice or proper of us to point fingers... and accusations... thos

RE: [LegacyUG] ?? easy way to upload Legacy web pages to 'freepages' ??

2007-10-14 Thread Gary Moyers
Allen, I am running XP PRO. Gary Which one are you running XP or vista? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamily

Re: [LegacyUG] Help Please

2007-10-14 Thread Evert van Dijken
Sorry, it's not my search string and I've hardly used it myself so I cannot be of any help. Evert 2007/10/12, Ron Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Evert, > > I tried the search string you posted and it works well. The URL in the > Legacy help page for the Ancestry.com error is a bit different and it

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy List Problems - Stem from someone reporting false spam

2007-10-14 Thread TH
A lot of us could probably make a pretty good guess as to who is trying to stifle conversation. earching the archives for people who are constantly wanting things taken off list are most certainly the culprits. On 10/14/07, Allen Prunty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I called a friend at Comcast a

Re: [LegacyUG] Biological - Natural and etc.

2007-10-14 Thread Mike Fry
Allen Prunty wrote: So when I take the time to tag children as biological and natural am I saying that they are actually illegitimate? I know the question is meant to be rhetorical, but it made me smile. It would seem that Political Correctness is not a truly modern phenomenon, and that vario

RE: [LegacyUG] Book printing orientation

2007-10-14 Thread Jan Roberts
Orientation doesn't affect page size - only layout. It is quite common to have most pages in portrait (higher rather than wide) and occasional pages landscape (wider rather than high) so you can, for example, fit a wider table or chart across the page. The book has to be turned to read those page

RE: [LegacyUG] ?? easy way to upload Legacy web pages to 'freepages' ??

2007-10-14 Thread Allen Prunty
Which one are you running XP or vista? This is a program that does it on vista that's really stable... if you choose this route. Otherwise I will need to dig for the instructions how to set up the internal for XP. When I upgraded to vista it copied it over... while it works the same it looks not