I have a marriage between two people which is listed four times, under
four different MRINs. For some reason this isn't being picked up by a
duplicate search and I am wondering how to remove three of them without
upsetting the details and connections to the parents and children. It
is
I have further looked at my file and now find that each of the last
three children added have been linked to one of the odd extra marriages.
My instinct is to now delete each of these children, hope that the
marriages disappear too and then re-enter the children again to the
original
Elizabeth,
You are right to back-up first!
There is no need to delete the children and in fact I would advise against
this. Decide which of the parents are the correct ones, or the ones with the
most information/other links attached. Unlink the children concerned from the
current parents and
Hi Elizabeth,
Don't delete the rogue parents if all the husbands have the same RIN
and all the wives have the same RIN. In this case you need to unlink
them in the marriages you want to get rid of.
That is, you may have the couple in more than once but more likely
they are linked more than
Thanks Cathy and Ron. I did, in fact, delete each child first and then
found, when unlinking the marriage (from the marriage list screen, not
the family view) that there were, apparently, no children to this rogue
marriage. Actually one time when I did this, the programme crashed, so
I
Elizabeth,
I know of no bugs connected with either the suggested procedures or the one
which you used. However, I suggest that after you get your files right you run
FileFile MaintenanceCheck/Repair, or even earlier if problems persist.
Ron Ferguson
Elizabeth
What Ron and Cathy were trying to tell you...never delete someone that is
still needed in the database,Always unlink...then try to relink in the
proper places.
If you merge or delete frequently...always run file/maintenance frequently
I agree with Ron...no bugs associated with these
Johnny V wrote:
Is there a way to get the child status to show up in Index view?
I don't believe so. If there was, you'd be able to click on Options in
the top right corner, then select Customise Columns. Then, selecting an
empty column, click on the '...' button to be able to select the
Is there a way to get the child status to show up in Index view?
Thanks
John Valencic
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Thanks to all three.
I have successfully reinstated the three children to the correct MRIN;
unlinked the three rogue marriages - which have now disappeared and run
File/maintenance with no problems showing up, so I trust all is solved.
Elizabeth
If you merge or delete frequently...always
I am having some problems with sourcing in reports. I have noticed that the
source for name, birth, baptism, with baptisms in particular often does not
appear in reports, (individual, family or descendant). It seems to be
haphazard in that on other families there is no problem at all. Sometimes
As Mike said, No. But maybe as a work around:
Search (icon) / Detailed Search (tab) /
Look for Individual; Where to look Child Status; How to Equal to;
What to look for twin or whatever /
Create list (button on bottom) /
Options (button on bottom) / Advanced Tagging /
Pick a tag. Now you can
Hi Elizabeth,
In the family view, select the spouses icon for either the husband or
the wife. You should see the spouse listed four times. Check to see
which marriage has the actual data entered, then select and unlink the
other marriages one at a time. You may find that you will have to add
the
Elizabeth,
BEFORE you do what Susan is suggesting, make sure that you do a
BACKUP! Especially if you are new to Legacy. This is an area where
you can get yourself into lots and lots of trouble.
Arnold
At 09:59 AM 1/12/2008, you wrote:
Hi Elizabeth,
In the family view, select the spouses
Thanks to these further suggestions. I'm not new to Legacy but did once
manage to delete both my sister and myself which required a lot of use
of backups, exporting and merging to add us back in again, so I am
always now very careful not to delete people by mistake. That is really
why I
I often read of people who have thousands and thousands of people in their
database. Today I read of one over 100,000. I have trouble envisioning
where all these people come from :-) I feel like a slouch - my best branch
(paternal grandfather) only has about 400 people in it and I thought I was
Claire,
There is nothing wrong with your thinking, everyone to their
own choice as to how many limbs you want to go out on your
tree.
I am one of those who have extended my 3d and 4th cousins
lines past any direct connection. I do this because I enjoy
looking up the family histories and
Nothing wrong with your thinking. Your choice.
- Some record as much as possible on additional spouses and their
prior/subsequent families.
- Some go farther on children/siblings of cousins, etc.
- Some also use the database to keep track of unlinked people, e.g. you
don't know if or where
Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?Far too often, people are just
collecting names and don't really know if the connections are valid. I'm always
suspect about the claims of 10s of thousands of people in someone's family file
;-)
Tom
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Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?Claire,
I am middle of the road. I have about 4000 in my file (my husband's file is
seperate). When researching my family, the community is very important because
my side of the family is based in rural MS. They migrated there from SC when
the
I'll second George's response. I have a little over 6,000 and they
were all researched by me. You can use the GEDCOMs online as clues. If
and when you add those 3 or 4 people who are of interest to you,
just be sure to source them, mark their Surety Level at a 0 or 1, and
provide the name of the
I have submitted this as a bug report. It seems this happens when you
first open Legacy and add a second marriage right afterwards. This
could be a disaster if someone isn't paying close attention to what
they are doing. Unfortunately, this is not reproducible on demand. So
if anyone else notices
Agreed!!! Any undocumented gedcom is just a list of possible connections.
I've received a couple of researched gedcoms and some what I remember
lists from other family members, but I still research the people of
interest to me.
Even good reseachers sometimes make mistakes, memory isn't perfect,
Claire,
It just depends on how you follow a line.
For myself the process was/is:
Add self
Add parents
Add siblings
Add spouse
add spouses of siblings
add children (mine)
Add children of Siblings
Add parents of siblings spouses
Add siblings of spouses
Add descendents of spouse's siblings.
Then go
Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?Claire,
I don't think there's a thing wrong with your thinking, I use the 'found'
gedcoms
as a guide only, until the 'proof' can be found and verified. They can be
leads to
the truth and should always eyed from a skeptics point of view.
Thanks for the replies. Thought I might have to use a workaround.
John Valencic
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Jane,
Windows 98 doesn't handle memory as well as Windows XP and quite a few users
who didn't keep Windows 98 updated when Microsoft was still supporting it
found that they couldn't run Legacy v6 on that version of Windows.
You have two choices, relative to the Error 7:
Upgrade now to Windows
I appreciate everyone's input. I think my problem is that I get hooked on
someone and want to know everything I can about them. Obviously, it's not
really a problem - I just enjoy it. For instance, my great-grandmother's
brother left Germany in 1876 to attend NYU Medical School. First of all,
My file is probably the one you read about today - almost 106,000. It's a
big file but I know of some that are two to three times that size.
I began in the early 90's by inheriting the family association file of the
descendants of my paternal ancestor, the one that came to Québec in 1659.
That
Claire:
There is absolutely nothing wrong with your thinking. This is your
hobby and interests - don't ever let anybody tell you what you should or
shouldn't be including. It's up to you to determine your limits.
Looking at the case you mentioned of the family of the wife of your
great
This is my first attempt at Plain text, hope it works.
My understanding on LARGE files is that they are much slower because they
have so much to move around, Is that right?
**Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.
Hehe, I guess my file is extreemely suspect. Yes I do have thousands in my
family file.
Everybody in it is not related to me, but a great majority is.
We all start differently and do this genealogy stuff different. Is one better
than another,
not in my eyes we have different wishes or goals or
Your plain text is a pleasant sight for my old eyes. Many thanks - good
job!!
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This is
Ann,
The issue for many of us who see people relate these huge files is in
understanding how they came to be. There are certainly cases where someone
who has been consistently working for many years will have a well documented
database of tens of thousands of names. Hopefully you are one of
This discussion has made me rethink a little. My original research was for
families that immigrated to New York City. When looking at a census, I
would check a page or two before or after to see if anyone else lived
nearby, but in New York even that wouldn't work. Because of the population,
Thanks Gary ...
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston, ON
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Congratulations!!!
It will be a pleasure to read your emails now!
Toni in Michigan
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This
Sherry and all,
Thank you for all the advice and tips on my importing troubles. I will try to
visit the GEDCOM problem sites mentioned by some of you and probably try
Version V5. I am working on a spare drive to install a trial Win XP set up. and
I will see were that takes me. I have viewed my
I repeat, the program does NOT translate anything, it
looks at your report (family group, pedigree, etc.)
and exchanges the English words ON THE FORM, father,
mother, place; to the German equivalent. Nothing you
add will be changed from English to German. I may not
have been clear enough, sorry.
There is NOT an 'accepted format' universally used.
Various books have been written giving that person's
rules and reasons. What I do, is use the 'County,
State, Country' as expected, and in the 'city' put any
and all of them, I come up with, and in the Location
Notes put the additional parts with
Hi Momalot66,
This is my first attempt at Plain text, hope it works. My understanding
on LARGE files is that they are much slower because they have so much to
move around, Is that right?
Well done! As others have already said, your post came through in plain
text. Great to see. :-)
I
In a message dated 1/12/2008 7:22:43 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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Hi Momalot66,
This is my first attempt at Plain text, hope it works. My understanding
on LARGE files is that they are much slower because they have so much to
move around, Is that right?
Well
LOL
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In a message dated 1/12/2008 7:22:43 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL
Thanks Wendy. I hope I've got this figured out now in Plain Text. This
is a fabulous site and people have been so kind, and from ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I'm learning a lot . . . made several different categories to save
responses. Oh, I have to delete about half, but this is a wonderful
What does LOL mean?? I'm new.
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On Jan 12, 2008, at 10:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What does LOL mean?? I'm new.
**Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.
What does LOL mean??
It can have two meanings (possibly more), but the one that was meant here is Lots Of
Laughter. It can also mean Lots Of Love. Consider the context to determine the
intended meaning! :-)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL for more.
Kind Regards,
Wendy
Legacy User
Hi,
I am trying to attach a pdf file in the photo section of an entry.. I know
that i have to add it as a sound or video. However, when I try to view the
file, an error message comes up with: There is currently no default media
player set up for your computer. I have Vista on my laptop.
Hi Anne,
I am having some problems with sourcing in reports. I have noticed that
the source for name, birth, baptism, with baptisms in particular often
does not appear in reports, (individual, family or descendant). It seems
to be haphazard in that on other families there is no problem at
tracy kepper wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to attach a pdf file in the photo section of an entry. I
know that i have to add it as a sound or video. However, when I try to
view the file, an error message comes up with: There is currently no
default media player set up for your computer. I have
You need a specific reader for PDF files - Windows Media Player does NOT
read PDF files.
The standard is Adobe Acrobat, a free download from
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html (22MB)
Remember to *uncheck* the Google Toolbar download box.
John
Hi,
I am trying to attach a
I think in this case Thomas meant he LAUGHS OUT LOUD at our concerns about
plain text and file size.
Richard
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