Somehow he has a scanned copy of my descendent's report I mailed
several members (great uncles and aunts) of the family 8 years ago.
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Wynthner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You could... but there might be a better way.
What format is his info in now?
It might be
John
Apologies for not replying sooner - just checked my records and yes I
bought mine from Amazon.
Regards
Jan
2008/6/9 Gen Searcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
hello Jan
Thanks for your reply, where did you buy your copy?
I saw one on Amazon for £12 90 plus p+p
Regards
John
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Debbie Freeman wrote
I have Legacy 6, with the longitude and latitude in the location
screen.
From this message the format L6 requires is opposite to what L7
requires.
I'm not sure what you mean by in the location screen but I have just
looked at the Address fields in Legacy 6 and the Lat
Elizabeth Richardson wrote
Ok, I guess I don't get this. My mother was cremated, then we buried
her ashes in the grave with my father. Why would I differentiate
between buried and cremated? It seems to me that, unless you've got the
ashes sitting on your bookshelf, they're going to be buried.
All right! Who's the stupid idiot!
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Thank you Ron,
I just wish they would have mentioned that the conversion tool is not
available yet. Is there an English forum for Legacy 7 (they have have one
for German)?
Juergen Amling
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ferguson
I can not for the life of me find my training disks so hence my question.
I am now about to enter the census information starting with the 1851 census
for England and I am wondering if anyone has any tips please.
I am entering this inforamtion in to Legacy 6 and I am wondering if it is
possible
Juergen,
I'm afraid there isn't an English forum so we use this one. Plays havoc with
our spelling though ;-)
Ron Ferguson
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Ron,
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Thanks once again.nbsp; I'm still waiting to hear back about my bug
report.nbsp; Will let you know when I do.
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Marie
--- On Sun, 6/15/08, ronald ferguson lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; wrote:
From: ronald ferguson lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt;
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy v.7 source
Valerie Garton wrote
I am now about to enter the census information starting with the 1851
census for England and I am wondering if anyone has any tips please.
My best tip would be to trawl the archives of this list! The entering
of Census information has been discussed many, many times and
Valerie,
There is no set way of doing this and how best to depends on whether one is a
lumper or a splitter, whether a census event is created or whether censuses are
only used as a source for other events eg Residence, Occupation etc.
Broadly speaking I would just enter them in the same way
Since most of the Internet sites use decimal GPS locations (Latitude: 37
59778 : Longitude: -92.9), I was wondering why Legacy is locked into
(DDMMSS.xxx) GPS?
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Thank you Ron so I assume one can not download them and that it is just a
matter of entering each one ?
Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney.
Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow
Wexford
Guild of One-Name Studies No: 4825 for CULLODEN HIGGINSON
Thank you Jenny.
Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney.
Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow
Wexford
Guild of One-Name Studies No: 4825 for CULLODEN HIGGINSON
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Thanks for Replying Ron, I'll try to express my question more clearly.
First, I don't beleave that that there is a way to change the default that
I'm inquiring about, nevertheless, I'm just making sure in-case I'm missing
something.
What I'm saying is that, when in the research guidance Center
Yup, that's it , Valerie.
Ron Ferguson
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For The Fergusons of N.W. England
Good thought but I am running XP-SP2 on a Pentium 4 @3.00GHz with 2.00
GB RAM. I was running Firefox and Thunderbird in the background.
Actually running much less that normal for me! :-)
Keith
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:11 AM, ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could it be a memory
Thank you for the instructions, John, I was able to follow them quite easily (I
said I rarely use it!).
As far as I can see there is no way of changing the priority when using the
plan to search button. I did try the context help but there isn't one! I have
notified Legacy of this omission.
Also in the US, but there may still be multiple events. My parents were
each (separately) cremated in one place, then later each one's ashes were
scattered in the sea, with the scattering including a family gathering and
celebration of the life. Two entries, one for the actual cremation, one for
THanks Ron
Johnm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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ferguson
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:42 AM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] setting the default and legacy 7 and the to do
priority from high to
On Family View.
When changing the 'Buried' Tag name to 'Cremated'; by using the
'Individual Information' screen.
You can change the displayed name in the drop-down menu to cremated,
but the notes (above) remains as Burial Notes.
Suggest that it should change to 'Cremation Notes'.
Just a
Thanks for the help. The clicking to the left is very helpful.
Is there a way to turn the preferred setting off? It is very deceiving to
see someone as a parent when they really had nothing to do with the child at
all. There is no adoption or anything like that. There is no connection to
the
When you went to Windows Task Manager
What was the Status of Legacy in the Applications TAB was it Running,
Not Responsive, something else?
In the processes Tab was Legacy still using CPU Cycles, if so how much?
In the processes Tab what was the memory usage for Legacy? was it
gradually
Cary,
In a sense the preferred spouse is always set to off, in that, unless you set
it, the first spouse entered is the preferred one. With respect I don't think
you have thought this through, as how can one expect the computer to know which
spouse is to be preferred unless you tell it?
Is there a way to display someone's current age on the family view?
Thanks
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Hi Cary,
I can't see any way to turn off the preferred spouse. Given its
purpose, I'm not surprised.
The simple solution is to change the preferred spouse to the one you
want to see. To do this, go to the husband/wife list for the person in
question (the left-most icon for an individual
John,
Will make note if it happens again! Thanks
Keith
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:14 PM, John Magyari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When you went to Windows Task Manager
What was the Status of Legacy in the Applications TAB was it Running, Not
Responsive, something else?
In the processes Tab
Hi Juergen,
I just wish they would have mentioned that the conversion tool is not
available yet.
It has been mentioned on this list many times in recent weeks that the
conversion tool is not yet ready. You should be able to find those
posts in the archives, should you wish to go looking -
Hi Cary,
Is there a way to display someone's current age on the family view?
It appears not. Right-click on the list of fields displayed in Family
View, and you will see what is available. You can display the age at death.
Kind Regards,
Wendy Howard
--
Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand
While this is an unofficial forum for Legacy Support we have started a
forum at http://www.genealogyclub.net for those who prefer a forum based
environment over a list based environment. We will expand it to help more
than just legacy users though.
The direct forum url is
I just do a CTL-A and it displays all the ages...
Clancy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Vaughn
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:25 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Current Age
Is there a way to display
Cary,
I want to take one step back here and make sure you added the child to the
correct parents. In Family View, if the child is showing up with your
preferred mother and not the father you want, then the child was entered
with the incorrect couple in the Family View. (correct mother,
Clancy said I just do a CTL-A and it displays all the ages...
That is *very* cool! It's been mentioned before, I'm sure, but I hadn't
remembered it.
Thanks, Clancy! :-)
Wendy
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Yes. I think you understand my dilemma/issue. Not to belabor the point, but
I don't understand why this isn't an issue for others. I thought exactly the
same thing as you have suggested. Consequently, I unlinked the parents and
relinked them to the correct ones. Still the same problem. Here is
Potential Problems is giving:
There may be a Title entered in the Name field, such as 'Jr.', 'M.D.',
'Rev.' or Dr.'. Remove the title from the Name field and enter it into a
Title field. error when Title is properly entered in the Title pre.
field.
Installed Version: 7.0.0.45.
Art Seddon
Clancy wrote
I just do a CTL-A and it displays all the ages...
Gosh - days of the week and everything! I never knew that trick, it's
brilliant. Thanks, Clancy.
--
Jenny M Benson
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Is it possible for the user to enter new locations into the
Geodatabase?
John
Dawson Creek,BC
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Cary Jay Vaughn wrote
In family view, the mother shown above is incorrect. I know he is
linked to the correct parents because I can hover my mouse over the
little mother/father icon and the correct parents appear. The mother
just doesn't appear above making it look like his mother is someone
Is it possible you have entered the child twice? Linking to the 1 father and
then to both women?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cary Jay
Vaughn
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re:
Hi Art,
What is in the name field for that person? That may or may not help to
resolve this problem for you.
Kind Regards,
Wendy Howard
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Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/
- Original
I too didn't know about the CTL-A tip but is there a way to have it set to
show you in the family view always? Also, is there a place to find all of
these tips and tricks in Legacy?
Thanks,
Chuck
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Wendy Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Clancy said I just do a
Art Seddon wrote
Potential Problems is giving:
There may be a Title entered in the Name field, such as 'Jr.', 'M.D.',
'Rev.' or Dr.'. Remove the title from the Name field and enter it into
a Title field. error when Title is properly entered in the Title
pre. field.
What have you got in
Or (from the top toolbar)
Select View
Select Ages
I do use Clancy's hot key method though.
Jane Tripp
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From: Jenny M Benson
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Current Age
Clancy wrote
I just do a
Allen Prunty wrote:
While this is an unofficial forum for Legacy Support we have started a
forum at http://www.genealogyclub.net for those who prefer a forum based
environment over a list based environment. We will expand it to help
more than just legacy users though.
The direct forum url
Hello Chuck,
Try Help
Keyboard
Shortcuts
Display
HTH
Phil
At 00:05 16/06/2008, Chuck Arbogast wrote:
Also, is there a place to find all of these tips and tricks in Legacy?
Phil Warn ô¿ô
Genealogists do it backwards
Family Historians take all steps
The Warn family in Tetbury from 1722
Alas, no. I am keeping a list of locations I wish GEO had. It is
password protected, and copyright protected to its creator.
John Gregson wrote:
Is it possible for the user to enter new locations into the Geodatabase?
John
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Hi;
They only age you can display on the family view is the age at death.. as Windy
said..
For all the shortcut keys they are in the HELP file under Shortcut Keys
Enjoy,
Clancy
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Sent: Sunday,
Perhaps you should try some of the filtering and sorting options that have been
mentioned numerous times in this thread and then you would not even notice it.
Mark
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:34:07 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:
[LegacyUG] Email list for legacy solutions only?
Sorry, John, but I am pretty sure that is a very big no. I had a look at the
innards of one of the files a little while back and it is comprised of a load
of hex tables - sure beats me!
Ron Ferguson
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Cary,
I believe you have a duplicate person entered in your file. Only you can figure
out who is the culprit(s), but this will help you find them.
Display RINs on your names.
You described hovering over the the mother/father icon. Click that icon to get
the name RIN of the correct parents. I
Mine seems to be working correctly. In the Family View I have the current
husband and wife as the main couple, the parents listed above the main
couple and the children listed below the main couple. I have mine set to
display 1/2 children in the children list. This displays the 1/2 child with
Had the program convert all Surnames to Initial Cap - then lower case.
Worked perfectly - EXCEPT every name beginning with Mc (several
hundred of mine) came out McKAIN (Cap first letter, lower case second
letter, Cap third letter AND all additional letters. And when I try
to hand correct it
A 1996/97 report of the Cremation Association of North America found, on
the disposition of cremated remains: 40.7% were delivered to cemetery;
35.8% were taken home; 17.8% were scattered as directed; and 5.7% were
not picked up. We recently read in the newspaper that, in the United
States,
Cary,
I think I see what you mean. When you've got the child in question in the main
Family View as, 'Wife'/'Female' or 'Husband'/'Male' then the parents shown
above the child are the true father and wrong mother. This happens even when
you have the true mother and father in the main view and
At present when I am in index view and I find the person I want I have to click
on them to select them and then click on the Family tab.
If I double click on the name it opens up there Individual information which I
do not want.
In the Options Customise I can change what a double click does,
Larry,
As a mariner/navigator my opinion is that Millennia are doing it exactly
right. We use degrees, minutes and decimals of minutes. One minute of Lat. = 1
nautical mile so when we talk in minutes we are talking in miles, as it always
has been. The Lat. scale on the side of nautical
Thanks to all for the area to get the shortcuts. I'm not sure why I didn't
check to see if Legacy had shortcuts or not before but I'm glad I know about
them now.
Thanks,
Chuck
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Phil Warn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Chuck,
Try Help
Keyboard
Shortcuts
Hi Michele,
Can you tell me step by step the proper way to merge two files? The
two files I want to merge are my family and my husband's family.
You should take a look at the Help System - look up the index under
merging. You'll find best practice instructions there.
Before doing
Hi Wendy,
Thank you for pointing it out. I just subscribed to the list two days ago
that's why I missed it. Still I think they should have it in the menu and
then a note that it is not available yet. But it was just a minor
inconvinience and didn't take nothing away from the program which I
Not everything as to be an either/or choice, Mike. One can certainly choose
to be involved in both.
Authenticity? There are several people out of the numerous LUGgers who post
regularly whose opinions advice I have come to trust. They aren't all
working as Official Legacy Support. :)
Hi Jenny, answer below
Art Seddon wrote
Potential Problems is giving:
There may be a Title entered in the Name field, such as 'Jr.', 'M.D.',
'Rev.' or Dr.'. Remove the title from the Name field and enter it into
a Title field. error when Title is properly entered in the Title
pre. field.
What
I received error 339 for a missing MSCOMCTL.OCX file.
The Legacy site suggests uninstalling and reinstalling Legacy.
After uninstalling, I can still start Legacy - it's still there
I have tried both the uninstall exe from Legacy and the Add/Remove
programs from the Control Panel and Legacy is
Keith:
Try VIEW-MasterLists-Surname and then check your spellings for the
problematic spellings. I am willing to bet that that's where the problem is...
I have found that, especially if I have done major data entry,
sometimes mis spellings of Surnames creep in and this is the best way
to
I need to revamp my paper filing system. Now that I have Legacy 7 I figure
now is a good time. I have a couple of questions for those people that use
Legacy and use the MRIN filing system.
1. Lets say I am working with MRIN #420 all I do is file all the documents
related to this marriage in
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