Having thought more about it and seeing your amendment - that's a
good idea that I'll adopt.
Thanks,
Cathy
At 04:33 PM 25/01/2008, you wrote:
I actually meant [[not Westmorland]] England. My bad.
It puts the 'need to fix' in the list together instead
of a following question mark. (Chicago?)
I am using the descendants option. As for the pages, I manually
corrected the HTML code to get it working so the link is correct to
the previous generation. Next to that, the pages I have on the web are
in Dutch. What I will do is make a separate English version
(uncorrected) of the
Barbara,
Obviously you do need web space on which to store your pages and often your own
ISP will provide space free of charge - hence that suggestion. There are many
other ways of getting free access to server space eg. Rootsweb.
It is not particularly difficult and it may be that detailed
Rob,
That will be great, thanks. It should only be necessary to translate the
important bits eg the duplications, relationships etc. It maybe that I will not
be able to have a really good look until 1 Feb but I will be very happy to.
Ron Ferguson
It's a city, but while it's not a state or country, it is a district of the
United States just like some of the other territories Like Hawaii and
Alaska used to be before they were introduced into statehood.
Therefore, if you write a letter there, it would be like this:
Samuel
Okay, pardon my confusion, but how would you address Virgin Islands. I have
family from the Virgin Islands and there are two designations for them:
Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies
Or
Virgin Islands, USA
The Virgin Islands are territories of the USA. So how are people designating
places like
Hi Barbara
Check out www.tribalpages.com - it is free, at least for a basic service- it
is easy and may be just what you need
I use it myself, see almholt.tribalpages.com
Holger Almholt
in windy, cold Denmark
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I'm trying to imagine what you're doing and since I don't know, I really
don't know. Except your language hints at something. What do you mean
you took one database and merged the other database? You have to
'Import' one file into the other, or both files into a new family file
before you
Jackie King wrote:
* * *
Pippinger goes on to say:
The District was divided into two counties by an act of February 27,
1801 (2 Stat. 103,105). In her preliminary Inventory of the Records
of the Government of the District of Columbia, Dorothy S. Provine
describes it simply as that part
Hi Pat,
I took a look at this in my own database, and perhaps have noticed
something that may have been missed - so just in case...
In the Sources tab if I uncheck the top left box Print source
citations then everything else on that tab is greyed out. Is that one
box on your screen white,
Yes, but the addresses may/may not have anything to do
with the locations list. I try to get them all set to
the 'what it was called then' name, so appreciate the
discussions on when names changed. Some people put the
addresses in the location list, but I don't.
Rich in LA CA
--- ronald ferguson
Don
Many are hopeful---me certainly included---the Legacy folks fixed this
shortcoming in their upcoming revision.
Gary
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To:
Please see my reply to Rich regarding GB and UK which I hope will clarify the
actuality.
Re: the British Isles. This term does not, and never has, related to a country.
It is a description only which covers all the islands around Geat Britain and
the island of Ireland (NB the *whole* of
I know you've got 2 separate files, but you have to import one into the
other before you can start merging the duplicates. If it was me, I'd
import the smaller file into the larger one. Go to File and Click
Import and do that first. If you've got your larger file open, then
you follow
From the US Postal Service page
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/addressstds/vigeninfo.htm
Virgin Islands General Information
Address Formats
Virgin Island addresses follow the rules for Puerto Rican-style
addresses, but the Virgin Islands do not use urbanizations or Spanish
words.
The valid last line
Hi Joseph,
Back up your two separate files and make sure you know how to restore
from a backup.
You cannot merge people until they are in the same family file.
Import (File Import from Legacy file) the smaller file into the
larger file (or if you want a completely different file - start a
Legacy isn't programmed to modern locations.
The Geodatabase may be - but it's extremely limited, especially
outside of the USA and simply one possible guide as to how to
standardardise your location entries.
I understand that the US County Verifier is time based. I have so few
US
familyjesse wrote:
Okay, pardon my confusion, but how would you address Virgin Islands. I have
family from the Virgin Islands and there are two designations for them:
Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies
Or
Virgin Islands, USA
The Virgin Islands are territories of the USA. So how are people
I am confused by the use of the GB. I note that neither GB [Great Britain]
nor BI [British Isles] is recognized by Legacy. For the countries of the
U.K. there are listing in Legacy with and without the attached U.K. For the
USA, Legacy does not list territories but only states.
However, as
These names are not in one single file. There are two separate files.
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From JLB
I'm trying to imagine what you're doing and since I don't know, I really
don't know. Except your language hints at something. What do you mean
you took one database and merged the other database? You
I've heard that Dave's not going to be able to get this fixed until after
the release of v7.
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
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Millennia Corporation
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We are changing the world of genealogy!
When replying to this message, please
Ron, would you include United Kingdom in the above
places? I have but want to match what the locals use.
It is a contantly changing monster.
Rich in LA CA
--- ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With respect America only owns 2/3 of the Virgin
Islands and Britain owns the rest. We would
List:
I've been dealing with a number of early D.C. wills so I dug out Wesley
Pippinger's District of Columbia Probate Records book, and here is what
it gives for county designations.
The various appellations of the geographic area for the Federal City
changed from the seat of government of
I use ', Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States'.
Don't have either of the Virgin Islands, is it a
territory or commonwealth?
RIch in LA CA.
--- familyjesse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, pardon my confusion, but how would you address
Virgin Islands. I have
family from the Virgin Islands
I think part of this question would be the time factor. At what time did
this individual live, marry, or die there? Whatever nation was in control
of that particular place, in this case the Virgin Islands, you use that.
I would think it's like our states. At one time Charleston, WV was
Yes, I understand about the requirement for web space. I guess the
basis of my initial question was because when I used FTM, I noticed
that it seemed so easy to just click on a link and have web space
provided. I never got so far as to actually publish to my own web page
through FTM, but my
FYI - I am printing in Portrait with no boxes.
On 1/25/08, Susan Daily [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sherry,
Do you know if this problem has been resolved?
I was printing a Pedigree Chart today (ver. 6.0.0.155) and the
information on the far right overlaps (birthdate over name below).
These
I suppose the first question I need to answer for myself, then, is
what I want to put on the web. I'm not so much interested in merging
my information out there with anyone else who has posted materials on
my family lines. In fact, I'm not interested in that at all. I was
hoping to be able to
Hi Pat,
Reset the Report Options and take another look.
If that hasn't fixed it, close Legacy, delete descend.usr in the
Legacy program folder and restart Legacy.
descend.usr holds your settings for the Descendant Book. Sometimes
the usr files are corrupted. Resetting should return it to hold
Hi
Here's one out of left field. I do a fair bit of genealogy in France and
many of the people with whom I share information use the Stradonitz
numbering system in order to identify ancestors, i.e., so and so is my 2336
SOSA (as opposed to saying 8th great grandmotheer for example). Is there
I have driven in DC many times, but some people might consider once too
many times ;-)
And yes, some areas are very much like the traffic circles in the UK -
except that some of the UK circles have more lanes.
For a Yank who could only manage two hours of wrong-side-of-the-car plus
Hi Pat
Why not enter the divorce as a marriage event and source it that way?
Graham
- Original Message -
From: Pat Hickin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LEGACY LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 3:48 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Sourcing marriage status -- not
I use SmartFTP for an upload program. It's simple, easy to use, and free.
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From Barbara Ford
I've read the help files and tutorials on publishing to the web. It seems
extremely complex. Am I right that I have to contact my ISP and have them
give me a location and then use some kind of
I'm having funbut I'm really glad I saved the new database under a
new name. GRIN
I took database 'Smith' (653 names)
Then
I merged database 'Jones' (8832 names)
I've been working on this one for about 35 years
I'd gone through all the directives, clicks, and such in the
But Los Angeles City is a part of Los Angeles County.
In the other places, IMHO the two places are identical
in size/jurisdiction.
Rich in LA CA
--- frankanedc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Georgetown is interesting because it was a separate
city before the
District of Columbia was established, so
Sorry, if you are referring to The Virgin Islands they are not part of the
United Kingdom (no s) and never have been, although Northern Island is part
of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northen Ireland - to give it its
proper name.
Ron Ferguson
We could use USA or United States for any address which is in the 50 states.
However, I don't think it's in any way a part of an address of a district. For
instance, the Virgin Islands I don't believe they can lay claim to the
USA part for their address.
Addresses in districts are not
I can understand your logic, Joseph, but don't know what a postal
worker in Australia would make of a letter addressed like that!
If he was reasonably intelligent he would put it in the bag going
to the USA, I guess.
Jennifer
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But I might specify UK since it is part of the United Kingdoms of
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 4:29 PM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] District of
It has no county and it has no state. Just ask anyone who lives there --
no voting representation in Congress although we do have a vote in the
presidential elections for the past 35 years or thereabouts.
It is a city in a district in the United States. It is unlike all other
US locations. I
You are so right. Thank you for letting me see the view of others who are
elsewhere in the world. I've been thinking with the aspect of being IN the
United States. Of course from outside the US, the USA would be needed
just to ensure they get it to the correct hemisphere and country.
Print Source Citations isn't grayed out on mine. If you tick it the
others come out.
On Jan 25, 2008 11:18 AM, Pat Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would like to use the Descendant Book but I want the sources
listed as well. The place on Report Options, Sources Tab where I
could tick for the
Good point, and well taken. You are quite correct.
Georgetown and Arlington are indeed also in those time factor things. I've
been there and the streets and traffic are insane Large circles with 6 or
eight streets intersecting... If you don't get the right street the first
time you
With respect America only owns 2/3 of the Virgin Islands and Britain owns the
rest. We would *never* consider the address of our bit to be GB btw, it is
simply The Virgin Islands full stop/period. Nor would we ever add GB to any
country which we happen to occupy. Not even Northern Ireland is
To someone from England Washington D.C. could easily be taken as Washington
County Durham - and yes there is one!
Ron Ferguson
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Well Fran, while we were thinking along the same lines up to now, it looks
like we must both reconsider rethinking on the use of maybe spelling out for
anyone outside the US (the colonies). I think I would even add in inner
D.C. community names. In example:
John Smith
1234
Sherry,
Do you know if this problem has been resolved?
I was printing a Pedigree Chart today (ver. 6.0.0.155) and the
information on the far right overlaps (birthdate over name below).
These would be for ancestors numbered 32-63.
Thank you,
Susan Daily
On 1/16/07, Sherry/Support [EMAIL
Georgetown is interesting because it was a separate city before the
District of Columbia was established, so if your entry is prior to 1800
it would be Georgetown, Montgomery Co., Maryland. Not now though. Now,
it identifies a part of the city of Washington, like Harlem or Soho in
New York,
I would like to use the Descendant Book but I want the sources
listed as well. The place on Report Options, Sources Tab where I
could tick for the sources is grayed out. So how do I get the
sources to print or is that an impossibility? Under Customize,
Master Source Defaults, I have both
Pat,
The usual reason for this happening is that the wrong report has been chosen.
There are 3 Descendant Reports: View ReportsDescendants; this is a Descendant
Chart and does not include sources. ReportsBooks/others - here you will find
Descendant Book and Descendant Narrative; both allow
Ron and all,
I was in ReportsBooks/others and using the Descendant Book. That's why I set
the subject up as I did. My source block is grayed out and I am not able to
find a way to get it ungrayed.
- Original Message -
From: ronald ferguson
To:
The flaw I have found in adding marriage events, is that I see no way to
have them included on the Individual Report. To me, it seems like the
divorce, or whatever that happens in the marriage, happens to the couple
collectively and individually but Millennia doesn't see it that way.
Rich,
I am sorry but I am not quite clear as to what you mean by the above places,
however, hopefully the following may help.
The UK comprises Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain - England,
Scotland and Wales. England, Northen Ireland, Scotland and Wales are countries
in their
Pat,
Had to rule that possibility out. As you say, you have a problem!
I take it that you have gone to DescendantsReport OptionsSources and found
that you cannot tick the box on the top left Print Source Citations.
Initially I would press the Reset button on the opening screen - I'm afraid
Sherry;
The way I fixed this was to make the top and bottom margins smaller
With my printer set up page and smaller print, but it works.
Roger
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Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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I was printing a Pedigree Chart today (ver. 6.0.0.155)
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