Re: [LegacyUG] What to call the colonies/states

2007-11-28 Thread sue klein
Pat, Pat H wrote [[When does a colony become a state?? Surely not before it has passed a declaration of independence -- either singly -- or jointly (4th of July), E.g.,]] Each of the 13 Colonies had to ratify the Articles of Confederation to become an actual state.Therefore the date that

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing a few pages of a report!

2007-11-28 Thread Dev Null
I have printed out an ancestor book report for each of my children. I ran out of ink near the end and want to do the first 21 pages over. I went to the report and print options but can't find the option to just print out 21 pages of this 182 page report. Can anyone help me with this? On the

RE: [LegacyUG] Reports: How to create Location Familiy Book

2007-11-28 Thread ronald ferguson
Umberto, On the face of it, I don' think so. One can produce a Location Report (ReportsBooks/OthersLocations) in which events can be included for each person, but I suspect this is not what you are looking for. However, please have a look at it and come back and expain why it is not suitable.

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo

2007-11-28 Thread Gene Young
Art Seddon wrote: Interesting. I enter Carson City, NV in the Location field and click on tthe little blue globe. It comes up with Carson City, Carson City (city), Nevada, USA. So, OK, I hit enter get the error message There was never a county by the name of Carson City (City) in the state

Re: [LegacyUG] Subject: download Latest Version of Legacy deluxe software.

2007-11-28 Thread Gary Templeman
Keith, I know the web site was already posted, but in addition, remember that you will also need your registration number to unlock the deluxe version. If you do not have it recorded you will need to contact Legacy. BTW, the Legacy web site could have been located in a Google search faster

[LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread Kay Fordham
I'm using Build 6.0.0.117 of December 2006 and do not plan to upgrade until Version 7 is issued. I (and others) have reported a problem with an inappropriate period (punctuation) now for several years. The last promise we had for a fix was in December 2006. I've reviewed the revision

RE: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread M Couch
Hi Kay The issue appears to be fixed, I am using the latest build (November 6). You may need to think about upgrading after all:-) Source Detail Entry: Joe Blow death certificate #12345 (1939) Results: Joe Blow death certificate #12345 (1939). Master Source Example: Entry in Title: Joe

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread Kay Fordham
Margaret - I don't plan on publishing anything for awhile - likely after Version 7 comes out - so probably will not upgrade before then. I just want to ensure that the issue is fixed (or has been fixed). I appreciate your feedback. Kay - Original Message - From: M Couch [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread Sherry/Support
Kay, Using the most recent build of Legacy 6.0.0.168, I just created a test source and entered your example in the Source Detail exactly as you showed in your example and the output does not include a period. The output is exactly the way I inputted the data. Same with entering that line in

[LegacyUG] Adding a brother to oldest known female member (don;t know hersurname) of a tree branch

2007-11-28 Thread John Magyari
1) Question for Legacy User group? To make things easy to visualize, Lets say I have a tree with 2 people in it Daughter Helen Smith with her mother Judy (Don't know her surname) Judy has a brother Bob (Don;t know his surname) I want to add to the Legacy Database. How would you do the

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread Bob
Sherry/Support wrote: Without downloading updates, you have no way of knowing if a problem has been fixed or not. Unfortunately, you are quite correct. Looking at the published list of changes for each release gives us only a clue as to SOME of the changes that have been made. We have

[LegacyUG] Re: [LegacyChart] Adding a brother to oldest known female member (don;t know hersurname) of a tree branch

2007-11-28 Thread Heather Stovold
John - you set this to the Legacy Chart group by mistake - I am assuming as you put the Legacy User Group in your question that you are subscribed to the L.U.G. and just picked the wrong one. I'm answering to LUG so you might get more answers and also direct to you just in case I had a

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread Kay Fordham
Sherry - Thanks for the update. Yes, I would not know without downloading updates (I don't wish to do this at the present time), and this is why I posted my query to the list. I got my answer post haste. Kay - Original Message - From: Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [LegacyUG] [LegacyChart] Adding a brother to oldest known female member (don;t know hersurname) of a tree branch

2007-11-28 Thread JLB
I think the answer is easier than the question. If you don't know a first name or last name, use the word unknown. Instant place-holder. JLB http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/ John Magyari wrote: 1) Question for Legacy User group? To make things easy to visualize, Lets say I have a tree with 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding a brother to oldest known female member (don;t know hersurname) of a tree branch

2007-11-28 Thread Cathy
Hi John, To add Bob you need to add either parent. I'd add with given name [[mother of Judy and Bob]] The double square brackets mean that it doesn't print unless you choose to print Private. I don't like putting Unknown by itself. You could put Unknown [[mother of Judy and Bob]] If I knew

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread Dev Null
Is there any particular reason why the published list of changes CANNOT be COMPLETE so that we only need to check problems once, after they are supposed to have been fixed? I would think this would require little extra effort now that the developers have their new system for tracking bugs

[LegacyUG] Re: [LegacyChart] Adding a brother to oldest known female member (don;t know her surname) of a tree branch

2007-11-28 Thread Kathy Shiell-Stokes
John: ...And the only change I would make to Heather's solution is to include the relationship in [[]]as part of the name so you will be able to see the connection to your tree even though nothing will print or be visible on any reports. Legacy treats [[anything between]] as private info

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread Heather Stovold
Honestly, as a computer software developer (not for Legacy), It is pretty much unheard of to list every single change that has gone into a release - especially something like a single period being printed where it should not. In any software program, for each release, there is often hundreds of

Re: [LegacyUG] A question about sources and how to format

2007-11-28 Thread Susan Daily
Michele, You might want to read the archives, searching for splitter or lumper topics. There are about eighty emails with different opinions and ideas! (Also search for splitting, lumping.) There are basically two ways to go about it. Not everyone follows Geoff's method. (I don't.) Susan On

Re: [LegacyUG] A question about sources and how to format

2007-11-28 Thread Michele Lewis
Fascinating reading! Who knew there was a term for this? :) :) I see that several commented on the fact that the output doesn't match Mills' formats which is something I am dealing with now. The people from Legacy have already said that Version 7 will have tha capability. So maybe one of

RE: [LegacyUG] A question about sources and how to format

2007-11-28 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
Good questions. I hesitate to respond because I'm leaving town for a conference soon after I write this, and I won't be able to follow the discussion. But here goes In Evidence Explained, the Source List Entry for a census record usually contains the two top levels of jurisdiction. For the

RE: [LegacyUG] A question about sources and how to format

2007-11-28 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Don't we wish!! Kirsten -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A question about sources and how to format Fascinating

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing info from the IGI

2007-11-28 Thread Pat Hickin
When the official citation is long, I just highlight it and copy the information into the publication field, then enter the rest manually, or I might do some selective highlighting and copying. -- Pat - Original Message - From: Jim Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing info from the IGI

2007-11-28 Thread Pat Hickin
I copy it into WordPerfect and choose PasteSpecial, and then Unformatted text which automatically removes the dross, as you say. -- Pat - Original Message - From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 6:47 PM