Re: [LegacyUG] Error in new family File

2008-03-29 Thread Tracy Skegg
Did you stop changing your Legacy file at a certain date before you upgraded to Legacy 6? If yes, then you can do a search for any modified information after that date in a search. This may help you find differences. I also use GenMatcher to check against Legacy and gedcom files for differences

[LegacyUG] Some deleting help please - Too many family trees

2008-03-29 Thread Valerie Garton
1. I have opened a new Legacy family file called CULLODEN one name study . 2. I have imported a gedcom from BCEHP which contained all my CULLODEN information collected from other people's gedcoms, my research from overseas and in Australia and information given to me by others. Some of

RE: [LegacyUG] Family Tales g

2008-03-29 Thread Tim Rosenlof
That is exactly what I use tagging for. Set one tag out of the 9 and desinate just for needing more research or what ever you want. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heeren Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:02 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Accessing the Individual Information Screen

2008-03-29 Thread Dawn Del Guercio
Hi Jane, In my case, I tend to look through my family by way of the Pedigree tab. I tend to click from one person to another, and when I want to see individuals information I click again to get the individual's screen. That particular screen does not show the marriage info. It is amazing (and so

Re: [LegacyUG] Accessing the Individual Information Screen

2008-03-29 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Interesting. While I don't use the pedigree view (very few family members would come up under that view), I just checked that view, and if you scroll your mouse over an individual, the marriage date/place do show. You can do this through the Options Customize General Pop Up Boxes. Elizabeth

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?

2008-03-29 Thread Dawn Del Guercio
Thanks for the response Wendy. That is exactly what I want to do BUT it's the family view window is not what I want to customize. I want to cutomize the INDIVIDUAL window, which includes given and surnam, as well as other relevant details, but it does NOT include marriage information. This is

[LegacyUG] [LegacyUserGroup] List Subscription Notification

2008-03-29 Thread LegacyUserGroup-owner
- MailEnable: You could not be unsubscribed from the list (LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com) because you are not a member of this list. Please check the To address of a message that was sent to you by the

[LegacyUG] Blended Family?

2008-03-29 Thread Kirsten Bowman
During the American Revolution, Frederick and Margaret Williams took seven children to Canada. One was probably their own son (no problem), two were Margaret's by her first marriage (also no problem), three were the children of Margaret's sister (this is the problem!), and parents of the seventh

RE: [LegacyUG] Accessing the Individual Information Screen

2008-03-29 Thread Tim Rosenlof
I appologise, I misread that. You had already found that option. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Richardson Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 3:52 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Accessing

RE: [LegacyUG] Accessing the Individual Information Screen

2008-03-29 Thread Tim Rosenlof
Mary, That is an option in customise General on the right to use popups and scroll. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Richardson Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 3:52 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re:

[LegacyUG] new e-mail address

2008-03-29 Thread Arild S.Knoph
My new e-mail address is now ;[EMAIL PROTECTED] my older was;[EMAIL PROTECTED] Greeting Arild S.Knoph 6570 Smøla Norway Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?

2008-03-29 Thread June McDonald
I too, put in a request a while ago for the BDMs ages to be shown on the Individual screen. I really like the way RootsMagic does it. Before folk start telling me - I do know all the various places where the ages can be seen, so kind folk, pse don't point them all out to me, they are still not

[LegacyUG] complex families in legacy charting

2008-03-29 Thread JLB
Is there a way in Legacy charting to include children of other marriages but connected only to the biological parent, when the biological parent is not in the direct line? I've tried changing the child status to biological on one side and step on the other but it still shows as connected to

Re: [LegacyUG] Blended Family?

2008-03-29 Thread Gene Young
Kirsten Bowman wrote: Is there a way that I can include Margaret's nieces and nephew in Frederick's Descendant Book Report as stepchildren of both Frederick and Margaret? How? Kirsten They would not be step-children, they would be at most adopted. This can be indicated under children's

Re: [LegacyUG] [LegacyUserGroup] List Subscription Notification

2008-03-29 Thread Wayne Martell
What's Going On? I didn't try to unsubsubscribe!!! ___ Wayne Martell Victoria, BC, Canada - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 2:51 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] [LegacyUserGroup] List

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?

2008-03-29 Thread Charles W Aubin
Dawn; I believe you are misunderstanding what the Individual Window is meant to be used for. It is exactly as stated, the information for an individual up until he/she gets married, at which time they have a family window, as you are calling it. The individual screen is for children and

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?

2008-03-29 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Well, why I agree with you that marriage information probably doesn't belong on the Individual Information window, it is quite a stretch to suggest the Individual Information window is only for children and unmarried adults. Each of us is an individual and, if we're married, is also half of the

RE: [LegacyUG] [LegacyUserGroup] List Subscription Notification

2008-03-29 Thread Tim Rosenlof
I got the same msg also Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Martell Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:45 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] [LegacyUserGroup] List Subscription Notification

Re: [LegacyUG] [LegacyUserGroup] List Subscription Notification

2008-03-29 Thread Gary Templeman
Don't worry, I got the same message, as did probably everyone on the list. It is just one of those screw-ups in addressing that will not affect you at all. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: Wayne Martell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent:

RE: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?

2008-03-29 Thread Dee Whiting
I think marriage is a defining moment in a life and it makes sense that it would be included in the individual screen. A workaround would be to add a marriage event (in all your spare time). Events show in the individual window. . . . Personally, I prefer the Index View, where I organize columns

[LegacyUG] Source Citation Report

2008-03-29 Thread Dee Whiting
I just discovered the Source Citation Report under Reports - Books/Other-Miscellaneous Reports. What a great tool! This shows me which people have used each source, what I wrote for each of them, etc. It also is another way to safeguard all my work. The sourcing takes so long, it would be a real

[LegacyUG] Charting of Non-Related Persons

2008-03-29 Thread Garry Mullins
I thought I read somewhere that the new Legacy 7 was/might contain a feature to chart connected but non-related persons - for example connected by marriage to distant aunts uncles. Is this true? Furthermore, would you be able to say specify more than two people to be shown on such a chart - for

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?

2008-03-29 Thread Sandra Black
Not sure if this would work or if it is what you want, but you could put the marriage info in the events box. Sandy in Utah On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Dawn Del Guercio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the response Wendy. That is exactly what I want to do BUT it's the family view

RE: [LegacyUG] Blended Family?

2008-03-29 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Gene: You're correct about the term, of course. Stepchild was the word used in the original documents but in today's terminology they would probably be foster children. (I don't think there was any actual adoption.) Changing the children's settings doesn't appear to have any effect on the

Re: [LegacyUG] Blended Family?

2008-03-29 Thread Myrick
This is a feature I use all the time to note other relationships: From the Family View screen, click on Edit, then Children's Settings. Highlight the child's name at the top and look at the bottom of the screen. Under Child Status you can use the standard terms or add whatever term you wish for

Re: [LegacyUG] Blended Family?

2008-03-29 Thread JLB
There's genealogy which is what Legacy does, and then there's made up families. I just finished a chart with Legacy charting that has practically no relation to genealogy, just some-one's view of a desirable family picture. JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists

RE: [LegacyUG] Charting of Non-Related Persons

2008-03-29 Thread Dee Whiting
I found one about six months ago, but I can't remember its name. You could mark relationships between people, and show whether they were friendly or not. It looked really fun. Sorry I can't remember its name. Dee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [LegacyUG] Charting of Non-Related Persons

2008-03-29 Thread Dee Whiting
It's www.genopro.com. Dee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garry Mullins Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:38 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Charting of Non-Related Persons I thought I read somewhere that