Re: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Wendy Lavender
Hello Janis,  I was reading on another site through the week about sourcing and one suggestion was, say with Australian, Nsw births deaths marriages, to have them under one Master Source of NSW Registry of Births, Deaths, Marriages and then in the detail explain which vital it was [birth, deat

Re: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Wendy Lavender
Hello Maureen.thank you for the suggestions. I have mainly NSW with a few Qld and a couple of NT sources. After reading the replies to my post I may have to rethink my desire to lump the stuff together. :o)) Wendy [AU] Maureen Chambers wrote: Hi Wendy, With New South Wales (and all ot

Re: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Donna Mc R
A few times in the past, I have gotten in a mess by having lumped the sources together with the detail differentiating among them. Having more Master Sources works for me. At a glance I know what I have and don't need to put as much in detail. But YMMV!:-) Warmest Regards, Donna

RE: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Janis Gilmore
Wendy, I don't know what has motivated you to wish to lump your sources to such an extreme extent, but I suggest that you sleep on it for a week or so and do some reading about sourcing in the meantime. I do not at all mean to trivialize your motivation, just to help head off some future time-cons

RE: [LegacyUG] Lists order

2008-01-28 Thread ronald ferguson
Gary, I'm sorry but I cannot help on that as I'm only familiar with Open Office. Even if I wrote it out in SQL for you the two versions are different. I know there are several on this list with the knowledge which you require so hopefully they will respond. Ron Ferguson

Re: [LegacyUG] Address lists

2008-01-28 Thread CatLady
I agree. I think I got carried away with the lumping when I combined them. I will be splitting them again. RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinked people - thought

2008-01-28 Thread Cathy
If it's helpful to you, then it's worth doing. The main problem with any system - whether it's just getting a list of unlinked people or people in small isolated trees or the one you are suggesting or the one suggested recently of creating a person location SURNAME to link possible family memb

RE: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread M. Brenzel
Thanks, Cathy. I appreciate hearing how you handle this. I have both US and British census. Mary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 7:58 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG

Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinked people - thought

2008-01-28 Thread Maureen Chambers
Heather, I have quite a few unlinked families in my database. Because my main research name is Youlten/Youlton, I am fairly certain that a relationship exists in the cases I have kept. All I do is *Add an unlinked individual*, enter any information I have on this person, such as wife and chil

Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinked people - thought

2008-01-28 Thread Bob Withers
Heather, Not sure if you are aware of this or not but you can search for unlinked people. Look at the Miscellaneous Searches tab of the Search dialog. Under "Entire Family File" you can select "Unlinked individuals". Regards, Bob On Jan 28, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Heather Stovold wrote: So

RE: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Cathy
Hi Mary, I'm not dealing with US Censuses. The British Censuses are referenced for the whole country in a very logical (British?) way. No need to divide by county. Besides some census districts/pieces cross county boundaries as Registration Districts do, so it would be bringing in an artifica

[LegacyUG] Unlinked people - thought

2008-01-28 Thread Heather Stovold
So far, I haven't put in unlinked people into my Legacy database - except maybe in notes of probably related people. I'm finding that they are pretty easy to "lose" - that is, I forget all about their existance. Anyway, I've got a thought in my mind that I'm writting here, partially for opinions

RE: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Sherry/Support
I see Cathy has already responded that this is currently being discussed on the beta list - so someone else there is seeing the problem also. I'm not having any problems since I already hand the program installed I see a note that Dave just posted to the list that he has the problem solved.

Re: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Maureen Chambers
Hi Wendy, With New South Wales (and all other Australian States) I have Master Sources as per the following examples: Vic BMD (Shows in reports in full as *The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, a division of the Department of Justice*). I place the Registration No in the

Re: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Loek
Like Jenny and Rodney wrote I get the same error message trying to start it from the Legacy button. However I started the program from the desktop icon without having Legacy opened and it started gathering information constantly showing the anoying "gathering information" flag. This toke sever

RE: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread M. Brenzel
Cathy, Just curious - do you have one Master Source for each year of the census regardless of location or do you break them down by state, state/county or state/county/town? Mary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Sent: Monday, January

[LegacyUG] Re: How to Download Legacy V6 Updates?

2008-01-28 Thread Leonard Lorge
Thank you Ron, Cathy and Evert, I kept looking at the menu items across the top and never realized the home tab was right beside family. Duh! But thanks just the same. Leonard On 1/28/08, Leonard Lorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I do not find any menu item on Legacy V6, as on many other

Re: [LegacyUG] Lists order

2008-01-28 Thread Gary Crull
Ron, I'm fairly proficient using ACCESS 2003. How would I go about attempting this in ACCESS? What do I need to look at. Reply off list if you prefer. gc On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:38:14 + ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Gary, > > As far as I know this can only be done on

Re: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Wendy Lavender
Yes I can see there can be problems lumping sources together for the sake of tidying up the list, particularly with large databases. I need to rethink and probably renaming some to get some uniformity may be a better way to go. Wendy RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: I did it by creating the 15 US

Re: [LegacyUG] Lists order

2008-01-28 Thread Cathy
You'd have to save the search you want to a csv file using the Print from the Search List. Choose the items you want. Open the csv file in a Spreadsheet like Excel and then sort as you wish. Cathy At 05:41 AM 29/01/2008, you wrote: I have used the SEARCH option to isolate individuals of a gi

Re: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Cathy
There's an error in the current build of Legacy re this. The test list has been notified that it will be fixed for the next update. The free Legacy Passage Express does produce a good presentation of photos from your Legacy data. Cathy At 12:18 AM 29/01/2008, you wrote: It's http://www.leg

Re: [LegacyUG] Global Change of all pre-1805 Birth Dates to Baptism Dates

2008-01-28 Thread Cathy
Hi Walter, I didn't suggest you do this on the original Gedcom. You indicated you knew exactly which people needed editing - so you can tag them - and if necessary untag the 3 you know already have birth and baptism dates. I suggested you export your tagged list of pre 1805 births from that

RE: [LegacyUG] Lists order

2008-01-28 Thread ronald ferguson
Gary, As far as I know this can only be done on Access or Open Office. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk Blog: Create Your Web Pages View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.

Re: [LegacyUG] Lists order

2008-01-28 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
The Search and Report options can be sorted by one of three lists. RIN#, Given, or Surname. ONLY. You only get one sort in the report list. Sorting by either of the 'name' options defaults automatically to the other one after, and does not look at the RIN in this case. You either have to create a f

Re: [LegacyUG] unsubcribe

2008-01-28 Thread Maureen Chambers
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[LegacyUG] Lists order

2008-01-28 Thread Gary Crull
I have used the SEARCH option to isolate individuals of a given surname and a specific given name. I want the order of the printed list to be by Surname, Given Name, then ascending by RIN#. If there is NO middle name or initial. I get the list by Surname, Given Name with RIN# in random order

Re: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Jenny M Benson
Rodney Hall wrote However, after installing the program and interminable "gathering necessary information" flags - opening Legacy also prompted those - I got that as well, but could stop it by pressing Cancel a few times each time it recurred. I get "Passage Express encountered an error an

RE: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Rodney Hall
Thanks for that Linda. However, after installing the program and interminable "gathering necessary information" flags - opening Legacy also prompted those - I get "Passage Express encountered an error and is closing down" so it has been promptly binned. It never used to be like that when Legacy f

RE: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Tim Rosenlof
That filename is no where to be found in the legacy folders. I would assume they overlooked it with this build. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert57P via Gmail Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:13 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfami

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Download Legacy V6 Updates?

2008-01-28 Thread Graham Porter
Leonard What you are doing wrong is using the drop-down menus. If you open Legacy you should see a series of tabs just below the main tool-bar, the left hand one is 'Legacy Home'. Graham - Original Message - From: "Leonard Lorge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 28, 2

RE: [LegacyUG] How to Download Legacy V6 Updates?

2008-01-28 Thread ronald ferguson
Leonard, Cathy meant the Legacy Home Tab on the task bar of your Program not on the Legacy site. Ron Ferguson _ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk Blog: Create Your Web Pages View the Grimshaw

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Download Legacy V6 Updates?

2008-01-28 Thread Mike Fry
Leonard Lorge wrote: When I go to the drop down menus I find the Legacy Home tab with some dots after it, but it doesn't open into any link about updates. If I click on it I go to the Legacy on-line page where it again lists downloads, but wants me to download Legacy 6 again. What am I missing

Re: [LegacyUG] Global Change of all pre-1805 Birth Dates to Baptism Dates

2008-01-28 Thread Walter Johnston
I do not have Access. I had considered the GEDCOM modification route. However, there is no possibility of making a global change there, since I only want to make this modification if the birthdate is prior to 1805, and there are many 1805-and-later births in the database for whom I do NOT want

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Download Legacy V6 Updates?

2008-01-28 Thread Leonard Lorge
OK Folks, what am I doing wrong. When I go to the drop down menus I find the Legacy Home tab with some dots after it, but it doesn't open into any link about updates. If I click on it I go to the Legacy on-line page where it again lists downloads, but wants me to download Legacy 6 again. What am I

Re: [LegacyUG] How to tag pictures?

2008-01-28 Thread GeoSci
My apologies - I forgot to click PLAIN TEXT in Gmail and the html came through. MOST programs and people are OK with that - I sometimes forget Keith On Jan 28, 2008 10:36 AM, GeoSci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To actually TAG individuals on a picture (without doing anything to original > s

Re: [LegacyUG] How to tag pictures?

2008-01-28 Thread GeoSci
To actually TAG individuals on a picture (without doing anything to original scan) - I have used FotoTagger (see http://www.fototagger.com/ ). It works quite nicely and you can save files with tags for those without the program, with hidden tags for those with the program, or just as a set of tags

Re: [LegacyUG] How to tag pictures?

2008-01-28 Thread Donna Mc R
Cathy wrote: You may find it easier to use some other software to make your picture book. Yes, I finally have resorted to Photoshop. Using Legacy was a nightmare for two reasons--- First the picture tagging, which going through each individual I was able to do (took forever--I've been up

Re: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Linda McCauley
It's http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/PassageExpressFreeVersion.asp Linda --- Robert57P via Gmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to the web page, the free version is a 21 > day trial. Based upon > the earlier comments in this LUG, I got the > impression that the free version > was non-

Re: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Robert57P via Gmail
According to the web page, the free version is a 21 day trial. Based upon the earlier comments in this LUG, I got the impression that the free version was non-expiring and instead just didn't have as many features?? Bob - Original Message - From: "Don Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

RE: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread ronald ferguson
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:07:16 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > .I found everyone that had ANY > census using the Source list, and trudged through the > list. for my 23000 people it took about 5

RE: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I did it by creating the 15 US Federal Census Source Templates, and the various other countries I had already accumulated, making the 'Source Type' as wanted. (example: 1790 Census US, 1801 Census NOR, 1881 Census CAN. Then I found everyone that had ANY census using the Source list, and trudged thr

RE: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Don Brown
Go to the Passage Express website at www.passageexpress.com and click the download tab. From there you can download the free version and then if you like the program you may purchase a licence for the deluxe version. -- Don Brown Orangeville, Ontario, Canada > -Original Message- > From:

[LegacyUG] unsubcribe

2008-01-28 Thread Charles matze
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Re: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-28 Thread Loek
Same here, have the button but only get the error massage. Searched the Legacy site from top to bottom and left to right but no free download option to be found. Loek. - Original Message - From: "Evert van Dijken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January

RE: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread ronald ferguson
Wendy, I cannot comment on NSW but regarding your question on the UK census although am unreconstructured lumper myself my recommendation is don't lump the years together. I would love to split mine but cannot see an easy way of doing it. It may not affect you, but I simply have far too many

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Download Legacy V6 Updates?

2008-01-28 Thread Evert van Dijken
See the help page: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpUpdate60.asp You want the version 6 update (install) if you are using version 6. Evert 2008/1/28, Leonard Lorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > I do not find any menu item on Legacy V6, as on many other programs, where I > just click on it to

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Download Legacy V6 Updates?

2008-01-28 Thread Cathy
Hi Leonard, With the Deluxe version - go to the Legacy Home Tab in Legacy and on the Right you'll find an updates section which both lets you know if there is an update and if so, provides a link you click in order to update. Cathy At 05:36 PM 28/01/2008, you wrote: Hello, I do not find an

[LegacyUG] How to Download Legacy V6 Updates?

2008-01-28 Thread Leonard Lorge
Hello, I do not find any menu item on Legacy V6, as on many other programs, where I just click on it to download the latest update. Nor do I receive any automatic message asking me if I want to download the latest update. And, when I go to the Legacy home page it starts out explaining steps to down

Re: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Wendy Lavender
Thanks for the suggestions...I've backed up the whole file and about to see what happens by merging the surplus entries. Cathy, you made a good point about the Census, keeping them in their separates years does have it's advantages for doing a search. Tah muchly Wendy [AU] Wendy Lavender wr

Re: [LegacyUG] Re-organizing sourcing

2008-01-28 Thread Cathy
Hi Wendy, Yes you can but think about whether you'll get yourself into more of a mess. That depends on what you have in the Source Detail. If for the NSW BDMs you haven't indicated in the Source Detail whether you're recording birth, death and marriage (which you may not have done as that was