Exactly, Cathy.
I was born in A Hospital at Fountain Street in Manchester in Lancashire in
England.
Ron Ferguson
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There is no suggestion by the OP that it for their organisation, clearly not as
Susan is taking it as being for general use. Secondly, I have now checked with
the Oxford English dictionary and they *are* wrong: OED Born: Usage
...(born in Hull)..
>The NEHGS won't be going away anytime
Hi Cathy;
Your use of 'at' and 'in' sounds right to me, and my only connection to
Australia is my grandmother was born there 150 years ago.
Art Seddon in rainy Seattle
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From: Cathy
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:03 PM
Thanks for the verification!
Richard - if you turn on the view 1/2 children, then all children of
either parent will show up. The 1/2 children show up after the "full"
children, and are shown with "1/2" before their names, and the name of
their other parent in brackets. I learned about this fea
Hi Susan,
Unless you are planning to submit to NEHGS, I wouldn't worry about it.
From an Australian point of view, to use "born at Dalwallinu" rather
than "born in Dalwallinu" sounds strange whereas "born at Dalwallinu
Hospital", "born at Honeysuckle Cottage" etc is more normal than using "in"
Hi Heather,
This is a bug I notified a long time ago. It is entered in the bug
tracking system. If you do a relationship calculation on the
children, you may be stunned to see them reported as first cousins
rather than half siblings or as full siblings.
Cathy
At 06:20 AM 9/11/2007, you wrot
But if you think about it, no matter who she has children with, all of her
children should show up as half children (i.e. stepchildren) to her current
spouse in view.
I did notice that this oddity did not change no matter which order I put the
husbands in. The first three entered and the last one
Heather,
I am trying to recreate your scenario. It does sound like a bug. Since they
all share the same mother, they should all be listed as her children.
I've entered the three children with no father. Then I entered marriage a
new husband called Mr. Husband, and their legitimate child (#4). I'm
Hi
Thank you to all for your replies on this.
I wasn't sure if I had to download the whole program again
or not & I couldn't find anything pertaining to it.
I knew I would get an answer by writing to this great list.
Have a question about the training videos.
When Legacy releases version 7 will ne
Actually, it is the right of the NEHGS (or any other organization for that
matter) to tell everbody who submits a report to their organization exactly
what grammar, format, font style, etc. will be accepted.
The NEHGS won't be going away anytime soon. It is one of the oldest and most
respect
Hi Diane,
Since they are only listed once in the index, she is not entered
twice but linked twice. Note she only has one RIN.
Unlink one of the marriages.
You can access the unlink dialogues by right clicking on a person in
family view.
If you lose a child, then you need to relink the child
Hopefully the fix will be in the next build!
Mary
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob
Howes
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:20 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Printing of source citations
Mary
I wa
My first family file that I uploaded was for my 4 direct lines using (5)
generations. After the search had found up to a 100 new persons with
images, I exported that family file to my desktop.
2. I imported it to a new Legacy file and verified all of the data. At
this point BACKUP every file
It is working correctly, IMHO. It is a matter of
definitions. Looking at ANY couple, the children of
only one of them are put in 1/2 mode. It actually
boils down to who is in the MRIN. The womans' children
are hers with someone else. Unless one of the fathers
(unknown) is shown as having the same M
Heather,
I suspect that this may be due to when and/or how you linked them at the time
you entered them. It seems probable that they are not linked to the respective
unknown fathers (oe they are only linked to the mother) and if you do link them
then it should resolve the problem. I have not c
Deck:
I don't use this feature so can't be sure if it will give the results you're
looking for, but it's proper to put single square brackets (also referred to
as "editorial brackets") around your comments. It seems this would
differentiate between source text and your own comments.
Kirsten
---
thanks for the ideas. i'll play with the italics and brackets to see how
it prints out.
it's unfortunate that the program does not somehow distinguish the
comments from the source text. hopefully that will be addressed in the
upcoming update.
On 11/8/2007 1:32:26 PM, Sharon Perdue ([EMAIL PROT
Susan,
I have no time for nitpicking organisations no matter how many initials they
have in their name. It is not up to them to tell anybody what sort of grammar
should be used in their reports. In any event I believe them to be wrong - at
least as far as English English is concerned.
My advi
You are right. I meant to say plain text only.
Thank you for catching my slip.
Jim Terry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Garton
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 1:12 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@l
I have turned on View 1/2 kids in Family View (thanks to this list for
pointing it out - I love it!)
But I am noticing an anomaly, which I will see if I can explain clearly.
I have an ancestor, Ellen McCaslin. She had 3 children while single,
which I have entered with a single unknown father.
Leonard,
This is something which has had me wondering from time to time. Sometimes I
know it's because I'm pushing my memory - not a problem you should have - but
other times seem quite inexplicable.
A census jpg downloaded from Ancestry is large (to say the least) and I have
wondered if when
Some possibilities:
1) make source comments italics as you enter/update each (highlight all,
then CTRL & I)
2) start all comments with the word Comments:
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From: "Deck and Margot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:29 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG
Diane,
Legacy standard and deluxe are one program. When a customer number is
entered, then the deluxe features are made available but they are already in
the program.
Ron Taylor
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From: "DianeLeMasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 10:
And just for a different point of view I use AKA's for any
spelling variation, or name use, as well as married names for females.
I have a person that I used an AKA to show a spelling variation on
an index (but was ok on the original). I use it that way so that I
can easily find people in L
Ralf,
Comments below.
Ron Ferguson
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For The Fergusons
I am confused. I thought we were NOT to use HTML format.
Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney.
Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Dublin, Wicklow &
Wexford
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Terry
Sent: Friday, 9 November 2
DianeLeMasson wrote:
As of now I've been using the free standard version Legacy 6.
My question is, if I upgrade to the deluxe is there any additional
downloading I will need to do?
I am aware that I do need a customer number to unlock the deluxe
version but haven't found anything that will tell
Thanl all of you who replied, especially Kate. I must have misse
checking a vital box for the prefixes and suffixes. One more question
- how do you download just 100 names?
Tom
On Nov 7, 2007 11:55 PM, Valerie Garton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you very much for your reply Rich.
>
> Obvi
Hi everyone,
When printing source "comments" on a report, it prints immediately after
source "text". That is all well and good, except there is no formatting
in the report that distinguishes the difference between the two. The
source "comments" begin as another regular sentence after the last
I'm not sure but if you want to use the Geo Location Database it "may"
need to be downloaded. I don't remember if it comes with the Legacy
S/W download...
The URL is http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/GeoDownload.asp
On Nov 8, 2007 1:47 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is alrea
I have been editing an RTF generated file (Descendants Book) from Legacy for
the past month, and as I near the end, I am beginning to wonder how
consistent I have been with my prepositions. Legacy's standard report is to
use the preposition "in" - i.e. "Chris was born in Boston on 1 Aug 1901."
The
Ralf X wrote
My great-grandmother went through life on every
document as Ellen. Then on a 1901 census she is
appears incorrectly as Emma.
1. I would consider this an error. But should I make it an AKA? (I did
use the name "Emma" in my Source so someone else will be able to find
the document.)
Congratulations Kate.
How great it was to see instructions written clearly, in full, and not a
reply which sent you to a web site.
Please all be aware that some of us are not sitting at a computer
connected to direct fast access to the internet.
Also some of us are not all able to follow up on t
No further download should be needed. When you have unlocked it, you
will be able to access the deluxe features.
Heather
On 11/8/07, DianeLeMasson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> As of now I've been using the free standard version Legacy 6.
> My question is, if I upgrade to the deluxe is the
Diane,
When you upgrade you will, as you know, be given a nember. If I remember
correctly just go to Help and put the number in the appropriate label (can't
remember it's name!). The Legacy Delux files are already on your computer and
the number just serves to unlock them.
Ron Ferguson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald
ferguson
Sent: 08 November 2007 17:28
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy with Vista
Mike,
It's nice to know I'm not the only one who can have them :-)
Ron
It is already in your computer waiting for the number.
Rich in LA CA
--- DianeLeMasson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> As of now I've been using the free standard version
> Legacy 6.
> My question is, if I upgrade to the deluxe is there
> any additional
> downloading I will need to do?
> I am
Ralf:
In the Source Detail text box I list the name exactly as it's shown in the
census and frequently add [sic] and/or an asterisk with a note regarding the
conflicting information and why I'm using one bit of information rather than
another. I don't view something like an apparent census enumer
In the AKA section where you add a name in the bottom corner you can apply a
specific source. Hence Thomas Keny may never appear that way except in the
birth record, so one can apply the birth record source and use the normal
way you see his name spelled on the family format. I'm sure you can
Mike,
It's nice to know I'm not the only one who can have them :-)
Ron Ferguson
_
For Genealogy, Software and Social visit:
http://www.fergys.co.uk
*Over 650 Surnames from 11 Countries*
View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
http://
Hi
As of now I've been using the free standard version Legacy 6.
My question is, if I upgrade to the deluxe is there any additional
downloading I will need to do?
I am aware that I do need a customer number to unlock the deluxe
version but haven't found anything that will tell me what I need to do
My great-grandmother went through life on every
document as Ellen. Then on a 1901 census she is
appears incorrectly as Emma.
1. I would consider this an error. But should I make
it an AKA? (I did use the name "Emma" in my Source so
someone else will be able to find the document.)
2. If a documen
Thanks to Sherry and Jim I have verified that Legacy is installed in the
Legacy folder on the C drive, rather than within the Program Files folder
and I have set the Use Account Control to "on." I have also turned off HTML
on my e-mail system. I hope that having done that doesn't create a proble
Jim Terry wrote:
By the way, please send your messages to the Legacy User Group in HTML
format only. Please see http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp.
Senior moment, Jim? :-)
--
Regards,
Mike Fry
Johannesburg.
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiqu
I have had no problems running Legacy 6 on my Vista laptop :)
michele
Legacy User Group guidelines:
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Archived messages:
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Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTr
Hi Diane,
You could search the archives as this question is asked fairly frequently.
However, I will just suggest that you click on the "spouses" icon of her
window in family view. Does it show more than one? Is there the same spouse
repeated twice? If so, select the other listing to be sure which
Tom,
For information on running Legacy under Vista, please go to our website at
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpWindowsVista.asp
You can find the link to it if you go to either of the Download options on
the website and itÂ’s also at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >
Download & Insta
Tom,
You can find the link on the download web page for Legacy 6.0; and on the
download and installation help web page, and on the technical support wed
page, and on the system requirements (FAQs) web page. Here's the link:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpWindowsVista.asp
By the way, please
I have now installed Legacy on my laptop which has the Vista OS. I recall
seeing some guidance on using Legacy with Vista, something about the location
of files, but I can't find it now either on the Legacy home page or in the
archives. I'd very much appreciate it if someone could tell me how to
I have a wife who is related several ways and was entered twice as the same
wife to the same husband.
I see only one child listed as a duplicate in the family view (Sarah, then
as Sarah (Mary) and the other children are all listed as "child name
(Mary)."
In the individual index there is only
Thanks everyone for your assistance. The answers and tips you provided me
helped a great deal.
Regards Peter Cathery
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Terry
Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 3:40 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subj
Bob,
Now having updated, I have just rerun the Individual and Family Reports and can
cpnfirm that, as you stated, the sources are not appearing at the end of the
list but on a separate page.
Ron Ferguson
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For Genealogy, Sof
Darlene,
One other thing you might want to do is go to the website and download the
full install and not try to install from the web or from within Legacy.
Once in a while there have been glitches with these types of installations.
I haven't seen any problems with installing when downloading the f
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