Sheri,
IMO the location is for where the place actually is and the Address is for the
postal address. Having said that, I am one of those who only uses the Addresses
only for living people with whom I am in contact and put the house name/number
and street in the location fields.
This only
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That enhancement would make more sense. In looking for the lowest RIN
Legacy is obviously trying to determine the top of the tree, and
although it sometimes succeeds it also sometimes provides misleading
results. It should not be too difficult for Legacy to refine
When I import the gedcom of the tree I have at Ancestry.Com, the import
process tells me that there is an unidentified tag UID. I do Not want to
import this.
I go to the Customize screen. UID is listed under Unrecognized items.
I click Create an event for this tag, enteringAncestry UID as the
It seems odd to work on the basis that the lowest RIN is the top of the
tree. I have normally found that, using such things as IGI, I work
backwards and so the next generation back will tend to have higher RINs than
the ones before, not lower. Also, how does one define the top. Is it the
longest
Is there a way to get the age at marriage to print in reports? Some of my
ancestors' ages are for instance he was 65, she was 17, or he was 20, she
was 38. I think it would be interesting to speculate why the discrepancy in
age.
Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Legacy User
Mike Fry wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That enhancement would make more sense. In looking for the lowest
RIN Legacy is obviously trying to determine the top of the tree, and
although it sometimes succeeds it also sometimes provides misleading
results. It should not be too difficult for
Thank you Brian. That works for me.
(May I suggest that it be integrated with the Tree Finder since it is not
intuitive to find)?
Jeff
Brian/Support wrote:
Jeff,
Others have commented on how the tree finder works but there is a way
to find both ends of a tree starting with any given
There is NO attempt to pick the top of the tree in the tree finder.
Legacy simply chooses the lowest numbered RIN as the person to show in
tree finder so you have someone to select to view the group of people
who are linked together to form the tree.
The assumption by the person who started
I was actually talking about defining a new event setup, not copying an
individual events data.
In other words, I'm not taking about copying an event from John Smith over
to Jane Smith. Rather I'm talking about adding a brand new event. For
example - ALT MARRIAGE isn't in the list, so I've
Thank you Brain. Very helpful.
Jeff
Brian/Support wrote:
Jeff,
Others have commented on how the tree finder works but there is a way
to find both ends of a tree starting with any given person. Go to
Search Find Miscellaneous tab. Under the individual section you
will see searches for the
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tree list problem
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:59:31 -0400
Mike Fry wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That enhancement would make more sense. In looking for the lowest
RIN Legacy is obviously trying to
Ruth Nerud wrote:
Is there a way to get the age at marriage to print in reports? Some of
my ancestors' ages are for instance he was 65, she was 17, or he was 20,
she was 38. I think it would be interesting to speculate why the
discrepancy in age.
Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud
[EMAIL
Brian,
I'm running Version 7 fully updated on an XP machine, also fully updated.
I went to the Include Main Entries For and ticked the Standard Format as you
requested. I also have Show line back to starting person and Show spouses
for children who will have a main entry ticked. Then I ran
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
For me Tree Finder should intuitively and logically mean:
All top of lines (that is all individuals who have no parents listed
in Legacy)
How on earth could that possibly be logical? There might be numerous
people with no parents listed in a single tree, Tree Finder
Melody,
Have you tried just leaving the UID as an unrecognized item. If you do
Legacy should list the UID entries from the Ancestry GEDCOM in the error
report when the GEDCOM is imported.
If you will send me one of those Ancestry downloaded GEDCOMs privately
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will test
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:59:31 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For me Tree Finder should intuitively and logically mean:
All top of lines (that is all individuals who have no parents listed in
Legacy)
Although I don't agree with your definition of tree (we can agree to
There is an error in the selection of the lowest numbered tree for this.
I am RIN 1 in my database, however for the tree where I am a member, the
individual with RIN 14 displays who happens to be a wife of a second cousin.
Lill Ann
Brian/Support wrote:
There is NO attempt to pick the top of
Actually, Bob, if you mean a template for all those blank fields for sentence
structure, that is not a bad idea at all. Why not submit it as an enhancement?
It wouldn't matter too much if they have to be amended quite a bit by the user
as, at least, the guide lines are there.
Ron Ferguson
If I leave the UID as unrecognized, then won't it just go into the Notes?
In which case, then I'll have to edit all the people to pull info out of the
Notes.
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Brian/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Melody,
Have you tried just leaving the UID as an unrecognized
Ruth Nerud wrote:
Is there a way to get the age at marriage to print in reports? Some of
my ancestors' ages are for instance he was 65, she was 17, or he was 20,
she was 38. I think it would be interesting to speculate why the
discrepancy in age.
Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud
[EMAIL
I have a source which has attached itself to every event for a particular
individual. Clearly, I did not manually attach this source to each of about
15 events. I am manually removing it from each event (except the 1900 census
event to which it belongs).
I have seen this happen a time or two
Janice,
I have found it happening occasionally, but when I've found the problem it has
usually been far too late for me to think back. I suspect it has been due to me
inadvertently having two of the sources filled in when using the old style
clipboard as in version 6.
Ron Ferguson
You probably clicked on the 3 bars of the Source Clipboard when attaching
the source to the 1900 census event. This is labelled, Add Clipboard
Source to All Used Fields. You should have clicked on the single bar, Add
Clipboard Source to Current Field. I've made this mistake enough times to
I definitely have some sort of sourcing problem going. I would love to know
if anyone else if having a similar problem.
I am doing some editing on an individual named John Lawson Clark. I earlier
noted that for some reason the 1900 census of his son John C. Clark had
attached itself to every
I think I might have written this wrong. In one instance the man was 65 and
the woman 17; in another instance the man was 20, the woman was 38. I'd just
like those ages to print in the reports so the sentence override would read
something like: John and Mary were married on xxx(date). John was
ronald ferguson wrote:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tree list problem
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:59:31 -0400
Mike Fry wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That enhancement would make more sense. In looking for the lowest
RIN Legacy is
Janis, on the source clipboard, if you click the button with three lines it
will attach the current source to all used fields. I suspect that you
inadvertently clicked this button on some of your people.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
-
OK. I guess I am wrong. Let's leave it at that.
Thanks everyone.
Jeff
Elizabeth Richardson wrote:
What should be integrated? You want everyone who doesn't have a
parent to come up in tree finder? In my tree, that would be hundreds
of people! I don't do any searching for parents of those who
Janis Gilmore wrote
I have a source which has attached itself to every event for a
particular individual. Clearly, I did not manually attach this source
to each of about 15 events. I am manually removing it from each event
(except the 1900 census event to which it belongs).
I have seen
Thanks to all who pointed out that I might have clicked the 3-bar icon
instead of the single. Very likely.
However, the other problem persists. Several sources have attached
themselves to an individual to whom they have no more relationship than that
they belong to his son.
I have tried
Perhaps you will need to unlink this individual, delete him, then re-enter
and relink.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
- Original Message -
From: Janis Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks to all who pointed out that I might have clicked
Ruth Nerud wrote:
I think I might have written this wrong. In one instance the man was 65
and the woman 17; in another instance the man was 20, the woman was 38.
I'd just like those ages to print in the reports so the sentence
override would read something like: John and Mary were married on
Trying to decide once and for all if I should upgrade to ver 7 and although
I am leaning towards upgrading I still haven't made my mind up yet
Any current ver 7 users(upgraded from 6) care to chime in on this - it
would be appreciated
Thanks in advance
Legacy User Group
Ruth,
I did a search in Help and I think what you want is only found in the
Chronology Report:
Chronology Report (Deluxe Edition only)
The Chronology Report is produced from the Chronology View screen.
(See Chronology View for more information or Chronology Report Example
for a sample report.)
Actually, Janis, I am quite confused!
I may have missed some of the details as I have been away, but as I understand
it imitially you had some sources that were attached to events in the reports
of person A's son when they really should have only been attached to events
relating to person A.
I am using Legacy 7, the latest update and I notice that I do not have the
new clipboard icons, discussed in a previous thread, displayed.on the
assigned sources window. I just have the 3 that were there in Legacy 6 .
Can any one tell me why this is so?
Judy
Legacy User Group
Many thanks Lorna - I sent for a booklet and it arrived today.
Ellaine
- Original Message -
From: Maria Dymon
To: legacyusergroup
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:02 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Error in BegDOC!, Could not Lock File
a) Saw error
Error in BegDOC! after going to
There are no new clipboard icons. The same icons were available in V6. The
3 bars icon that was discussed in the other thread is available in the Edit
Individual window and the Edit Marriage window.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
- Original
Thanks Elizabeth
Judy
There are no new clipboard icons. The same icons were available in V6.
The 3 bars icon that was discussed in the other thread is available in the
Edit Individual window and the Edit Marriage window.
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson)
I've checked the mailing list archive for June and July, and don't see
an answer to this one...
In Legacy Deluxe version 6, once I had Set Relationships, the Family
view shows Father, Grandmother, Great-Aunt, etc. When I add a new
person, that person's relationship (if any) immediately
Ed,
Included in version 7 there is much more robust set relationship calculator
and it will calculate all relations through a selected number of generations
for both blood and non-blood relationships. This allows you to see all of
the relationships that you have with the individual. Next to the
Jay, thanks for confirming what's happening. Yes, the new calculator
is nice!
Ed
On Jul 25, 2008, at 7:39 PM, Jay S. Van Zeeland wrote:
Ed,
Included in version 7 there is much more robust set relationship
calculator
and it will calculate all relations through a selected number of
Responded off list. -Robert
At 2008-07-25 05:11 PM, you wrote:
Trying to decide once and for all if I should upgrade to ver 7 and although
I am leaning towards upgrading I still haven't made my mind up yet
Any current ver 7 users(upgraded from 6) care to chime in on this - it
would be
I would say upgrade. Legacy is the best genealogy program around, I've been
using it for ten years or more. I have at one time or another used just
about all of them PAF (very good), FTM (ok but is very pricey and kind of
bossy), family origin (Out of business), and several others no real
Robert could you please respond to me as well as I have the same
deliberation ?
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
-Original Message-
From:
When I attempt to search via the Search Internet for Current Person feature,
I get the Error 53- File Not Found message. I have been having problems with my
computer, due to my boyfriend's accidental downloading of what he thought was
an antivirus program (IE Antivirus). I was able to finally
I just printed out a descendant report, and because of a printer jam, I lost
one of the pages. How do I print just that page, without reprinting the whole
report? I am using version 5.
Thank you,
Patti
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Yes!
Always make a backup of all your Legacy files pictures before you
upgrade to a new version.
You may want to create a GEDCOM, but it is not necessary.
Chap
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Valerie Garton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am about to install Legacy 7.
Should I make backups of
You should routinely (after any data entry or changes) be making backups of
your files anyway, so the answer to that is yes. For purposes of the
upgrade, I would save the backup files to a different folder on the same
computer (not really necessary but can't hurt). There is no reason to burn
I think it depends what kind of things impress you. I think you can try
Version 7 for free and probably decide better for yourself than anyone
else could possibly tell you. Although the free version won't show you
much you haven't already seen in Version 6. So maybe not. It's a 29 or
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