Those wishing to learn how to create web pages using Legacy might like to visit
the Blog section (Creating Web Pages) of my web site: http://www.fergy.co.uk
Screen shots are included and printable versions are available.
For more detailed information including the use of HTML, which would off t
Many thanks Rob,
I will look at it ASAP
Ron Ferguson
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http://www.fergys.co.uk
Blog: Create Your Web Pages
View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/
For The
Hi Ron
Apart from the banner I don't see anything!
Graham
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Publishing to the Web with Legacy
Those
Hi Valerie,
Do you mean the merge options on the Normal Duplicate Search tab?
I use a Rule of Thumb. When in doubt or learning a feature, trust the
program and stay with the defaults.
If that gives you far too many people to look at, add more conditions.
Cathy
At 06:25 AM 27/01/2008, you wrot
Just to add another point to Microsoft/IPTC/EXIF discussion. Maybe
you know, there is an add-in from microsoft that allow to see and
*edit* some of the IPTC/EXIF picture information from Windows
explorer. It works with XP (you need SP2 I think) and Vista. It can
be downloaded from here
http:/
Just discovered another problem with reports in the latest build. “Use
quoted names in narrative reports” and “remove quoted given names” do not
appear to work any more. Or rather they do sometimes, but perhaps not when
the option is to alternate between first name and he/she [Firstheshe]. I
hav
Hi Donna,
You can create a CD with the Passage Express button if you download
the free version of PE.
There are other ways.
See: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Tips.asp
Cathy
At 01:06 AM 27/01/2008, you wrote:
Hello
I have searched in Archives but have not found a current answer to m
Graham,
I have just checked and it works perfectly. Do you have Javascript enabled in
your Browser? The site uses quite a lot of Javascript.
If you hover over "Blogs" in the menu bar and click "Ron's Blogs" this takes
you to the item on using Legacy Search. In the left hand panel there is an
Correction.
Legacy in the Picture Galleries will pick up a JPG comment and add it
to the Description field provided the picture doesn't also carry EXIF data.
Legacy unfortunately does not pick up the IPTC caption or any other
part of the IPTC.
Some programs enable you to simultaneously add an
Hi Jan,
I think you have some other problem.
There is no problem with quoted name in reports in main sentences or
in event sentences from [FirstHeShe].
No problem with [CR] in Event Sentences.
Build 179
You may try resetting the Report options or deleting the relevant usr.
There is a problem wi
Ron -
I think the problem was no "s" in the url
http://www.fergy.co.uk
instead of
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
When I used the URL in your sig, I got there.
Cheers,
Jackie
ronald ferguson wrote:
Graham,
I have just checked and it works perfectly. Do you have Javascript enabled in
Hi Ron
Jackie answered it - the missing 's'
Graham
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Graham,
I
I am using Ver 6. I've uninstalled and reinstalled it to no avail and
have just updated again last night.
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If I put the [CR] in the event definition it works. But sometimes I want to
have a carriage return before the event notes (and conversely sometimes I
don't - for the same event, but different people). Therefore I don't
necessarily want the CR in the definition. The only way it works is if I
actu
Thanks Jackie; must have been a very senior moment!
Ron Ferguson
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For Genealogy, Software and Social visit:
http://www.fergys.co.uk
Blog: Create Your Web Pages
View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimsha
Oops - and it's only my site :-) Sorry about that.
Ron Ferguson
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For Genealogy, Software and Social visit:
http://www.fergys.co.uk
Blog: Create Your Web Pages
View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw
Ron,
In the original message, the link in the body of the message is
http://www.fergy.co.uk, not http://www.fergys.co.uk
John
>
>
> Graham,
>
> I have just checked and it works perfectly. Do you have Javascript enabled
> in your Browser? The site uses quite a lot of Javascript.
>
> If you hover
Cathy wrote:
Hi Donna,
You can create a CD with the Passage Express button if you download the
free version of PE.
Unfortunately there is no place I could find where you can still download the free version, only the
deluxe one.
--
Gene Y.
n2kvs
Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with
L
I will admit to not knowing all the ins and outs of Exif data and so on...
But did find a little info in the help files of Adobe Elements (I use v6,
but this has worked for me since at least v3) which might offer better
insight as to where the comment data is actually stored in the photo file:
..
Is there an all-inclusive picture gallery that contains all pictures in the
family file that I can tag and untagor do I have to go into the picture
gallery of each individual and tag the pictures like that? That is going to
take some time to go through each individual. Help===if there is a
What do you mean by a JPG comment?
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Correction.
Legacy in the Picture Galleries
That done, and no change, tells me I have no clue what
to do. As I said, I am calling HQ tomorrow anyway, for
unsolved problems ich in LA CA
--- Jenny MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using Ver 6. I've uninstalled and reinstalled
> it to no avail and
> have just updated again last night.
>
Will version 7 have anything similar to "Map My Family Tree" built into it?
I want to get MMFT but I will hold off it Legacy has incorporated something
similar.
michele
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Will version 7 have anything similar to "Map My Family Tree" built into
it?
I want to get MMFT but I will hold off it Legacy has incorporated
something
similar.
michele
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Even if it is not, Map My
Hi Jan,
Codes in square brackets are only for definitions - sentences and the
Wording tabs in Report Options. I think you may be able to use codes
in chevrons in notes (like the bolding etc) but I don't know if that
includes carriage returns.
You should be able to find your CR's in notes wit
Hi Donna,
There's no easier way that I know of.
Take a close look at the options in the Scrapbook and see if you can
work around it by not untagging pics.
I think you want to omit census images. If they are attached to
sources, that's easy. Just don't include source pics.
However if you've att
I know this has been brought up before, but I never saw an answer: I
want to list all the people that are buried in a particular Cemetery. I
have the name of the cemetery listed in the address, not the location
field (although I'm beginning to wonder if that was a good idea). I
know I can go to the
I would probably approach this by going first to the Event List and
choosing the desired cemetery. Then tag the list of people. Do a
Search on that tag number and print the list.
JL
Kirstin Martinez wrote:
I know this has been brought up before, but I never saw an answer: I
want to list all
Thanks, Tim. That is great to know! I want it because my family migrated A
LOT :) :) :) I want to plot it all out so that I can recognize patterns,
which families migrated with which families and who migrated along know
migration routes.
michele
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I probably misunderstood your question but if you tag the List in Events
and bring it over to the Name List that way, you could more easily
delete the ones that are Baptized but not Buried. Also there's more
Print options there and you may be able to sort things out that way.
JL
Kirstin Mart
But I used Church & used it for Baptism events, Marriage events, and
Burial events. I guess I'm going to have to hand sort the list after I
tag it.
JLB wrote:
I would probably approach this by going first to the Event List and
choosing the desired cemetery. Then tag the list of people. Do a
Kirstin,
Re Open Office: Yes it will; the details are held in tblAR and you need to
sort/select on the column containing the names you require.
I have in the past few days given details in LUG on opening the .fdb files in
OOo, so you should easily find that in the archives. If I get chance I w
Boy, Legacy (or any database) can be a challenge when you have to
correct your input to get the output you want. I have spent thousands
of hours
If you get your list over to your Name List, you might be able to
shorten your labors by looking over at the Edit screen on the right. If
it's
Wow! That works great! I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure it
out.
Thanks!
Kirstin
JLB wrote:
I probably misunderstood your question but if you tag the List in
Events and bring it over to the Name List that way, you could more
easily delete the ones that are Baptized but not Burie
Thank you everyone. Last night I uninstalled Legacy again, which I had
done previously to no avail, however all seems to be working fine. I now
have buttons to press. Miracles do happen :-)
Regards
Jenny
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So how do you get Passages Express Basic? I recently reformated my hard
dirve & reloaded Legacy, but it says I don't have PassagesExpress.exe.
How to I get it?
Kirstin Martinez
John Carter wrote:
The Create CD feature appears to have been added to the Deluxe version in
2006.
>From the 10 Nov
Go to your Address list (I just did a click on the + of a burial event.
Click on "Address List" button. Find your cemetary, and select it, then
click on "Show List" That will give you a list of everyone that used that
cemetary.
>From there, there is a Print button, or you can tag everyone if
I put the burials in the church cemetery, not the
church itself, except for the royals/nobles etc.
actually entombed in the building, which I have enough
of. That is why I split the church location in two. It
is a choice, not a reccomendation.
Rich in LA CA
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Thank you!
Kirstin Martinez
ronald ferguson wrote:
Kirstin,
Re Open Office: Yes it will; the details are held in tblAR and you need to
sort/select on the column containing the names you require.
I have in the past few days given details in LUG on opening the .fdb files in
OOo, so you should
Hooray. I hope it never comes back. My suspicion that
an download was stopped early seems to be possible,
but unimportant NOW.
Rich in LA CA
--- Jenny MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you everyone. Last night I uninstalled Legacy
> again, which I had
> done previously to no avail, however
I also did not have the button, but was able to add it easily as described
in another post.
However, when I tried it, I too get the "Could not run the executable file
"Not found\Passage.exe" from Legacy" error msg after the first couple
screens. No offer to download it - just the error msg.
Possibly your video card doesn't have enough memory to drive two monitors?
Buttons disappearing sounds like a resource memory problem to me. Try
shutting down your PC, then bring it back up with only 1 monitor. Do the
buttons in Legacy show up now? If they do, try shutting down and coming
ba
Yes another dreaded sourcing question :o)
I now realise that I have made work for myself by creating separate
Master Source entries, for example, Nsw Births, Nsw Deaths, Nsw
Marriages...when I should of probably had just one for New South Wales
BDM Registry and then added the extra information
I have three questions.
1-How do you turn off the tags on a large search list?
In trying to figure out an answer to #2, I did a search for all individuals
with birthdates before 1 Jan 1805, and I then used Advanced Tagging to assign
Tag 1 to all of the individuals in the search list. Now I canno
If I understand your question -
You can merge Master Sources into one and rename it to whatever you
want. There's a large button across the bottom saying "Combine
Highlighted Source with Another in the List"
After you click that on the Source you want to merge, the button will
say "Highlig
I think that's two questions. On the first one: Go to Edit/Tag Records
on the Main Toolbar and you'll see all the tagging options there. If
you click "Make Changes on Tag 1" (it's probably already there by
default) and then click 'Everyone in Search List' it should delete that
batch.
Secon
Forget about question 1. I figured that out. BUT PLEASE RESPOND ON QUESTION 2.
(Question 3 was what I figured out and entered into the parens in the original
note. So that too can be ignored.)
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Same here, I can add the button but don't see an option to install the
free software, I'm just getting the error msg.
Evert
CC to legacy test.
2008/1/28, Robert57P via Gmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I also did not have the button, but was able to add it easily as described
> in another post.
>
> How
Wendy,
If you have the Deluxe 6.0 version, you can select the
'Legacy Home'
tab. From the Video Training list, select
'Your 12-Step Checklist to Using Legacy (CD2) Preview'.
There is a short demonstration on cleaning up Locations.
You will find the same procedure works for cleaning up your sources,
Hi Walter,
I think you could do it in Access but it would be quite a task in
order to keep the sources attached correctly as well.
Possibly it would be easier to export your tagged group to a Gedcom
and change the Gedcom tag from Birth to Christening and then import.
If these individuals don
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