[LegacyUG] 7.0.0.55 Source Repetition Workaround?

As all the world must know by now, identical source citations created with some SourceWriter templates repeat in Descendant Book Reports for each time they're used--and with a different footnote number each time. Further, I'm finding that repetitions appear in the report preview when they're

Re: [LegacyUG] 7.0.0.55 Source Repetition Workaround?

Hello Kirsten - A work-around is to create the Descendant Report in .rtf format and also in .txt format. Open them both in Word by clicking on Windows and then Arrange. The endnotes are correct in the .txt version. Manually change each source reference in the .rtf (which I convert to .doc

Re: [LegacyUG] To Upgrade or not - going from Ver 6 to Ver 7

I would also like Robert's comments, since I am considering the same thing. Elizabeth C Valerie Garton wrote: 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,

RE: [LegacyUG] about to install 7

Thanks for your reply Gary. My concern when making a backup was that V7 would be able to get to them and change them. Are you telling me that the backups will not be affected after 7 is added ? Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney. Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Belfast,

RE: [LegacyUG] about to install 7

Valerie, Back ups made by version 6 will not be changed by version 7, unless you overwrite them with a back up of a Version 7 file. The .fdb files are changed so after viewing them in V7. so do not back them up using the same name as an exisiting back up. Ron Ferguson

RE: [LegacyUG] about to install 7

Thanks Ron and also for the tip of a different name. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [LegacyUG] To Upgrade or not - going from Ver 6 to Ver 7

Robert, I would also like to see your thoughts and comments, I am also sitting in the go now or wait camp. Thanks, Alan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Cunningham Sent: 26 July 2008 12:54 To:

Re: [LegacyUG] definite source problem

Janis, Just a quick look at my grandfather's Individual report as well as Chronology report and here's what I find: There are sources for my father that appear on my grandfather's Chronology report, but they are appropriately cited to my father's events. The individual report does not include

RE: [LegacyUG] Address: Physical vs Mailing??

To Ron and everyone else who helped me with this, Thanks for the advice. That's is pretty much how I was trying to enter these places. However, I was using the Addresses for places like the cemeteries, living people, churches, etc., in the event I need to contact them for some reason. Even

Re: [LegacyUG] To Upgrade or not - going from Ver 6 to Ver 7

Robert, please send me your comments, too, if you have time. Elsie - Original Message - From: Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 7:56 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] To Upgrade or not - going from Ver 6 to Ver 7 Robert, I would

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

I'm a new member of this group and have been using legacy since V5 but only recently been able to concentrate significant time to genealogy. I'm currently using V7 deluxe edition. This thread subject has also puzzled me lately as I have been gathering more address information from various

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 53

Roxanne, Make sure you don't have a firewall blocking Legacy's access to the search sites. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please

RE: [LegacyUG] Printing single pages of a descendant report

Recreate the report, click on Preview and in that window, note the options to print current page. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message,

[LegacyUG] sources attaching to every event

I have just discovered another individual with a mistaken source attached to every event. This is definitely not an instance of hitting the triple bar instead of the single. The source attached is from an entirely unrelated line; it is a new Source Writer source, which I created just yesterday

[LegacyUG] Independent City??

I know Legacy verifies counties, but what about Independent Cities, like Richmond or Falls Church, VA? I can find them in the Geo-code list, but doesn't seem to verify formation date with event date. For verification, I'm having to switch back and forth between AniMap and Legacy. Or am I missing

[LegacyUG] Printing Suffixes

I'm making a family calendar and have been unable to print the suffixes to distinguish Sr.'s from Jr.'s from III's. Can this be done? Thanks, Richard Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

RE: [LegacyUG] 7.0.0.55 Source Repetition Workaround?

Ruth: Thanks for the idea about comparing the txt and rtf reports. 4,000 pages?? My heart bleeds for you! I've only edited a couple of reports and it nearly made me crazy. And thanks for the warning about the missing text. I would expect that it's missing from the rtf rather than the txt, but

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

Tom: I posted the initial question. After reading all the responses and trying lots of ways, for the reasons you cited (mapping, showing on all reports, can print 1 report showing all addresses, etc.), I am now entering the street # and street name in the Place field. Here's how I'm doing

Re: [LegacyUG] To Upgrade or not - going from Ver 6 to Ver 7

Re the splash screen for Research Guidance. I am afraid it might be a necessary evil. When we select Research Guidance, Legacy needs a momentary break to 'examine' the current person and examine sources you have already made use of, examine any to-do items for that person. I think Millennia

Re: [LegacyUG] 7.0.0.55 Source Repetition Workaround?

You are correct - it's missing from the rtf, not the txt. Do you know why? Ruth - Original Message - From: Kirsten Bowman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 11:00 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 7.0.0.55 Source Repetition Workaround?

[LegacyUG] File ID #

In the assigned sources before SourceWriter to see the sources File ID # I could click on Show Entire Source to see the File ID #. If I use SourceWriter this no longer works, I have to click on Edit Source or Edit Detail to see the File ID #. Write the # down, then click close. It seems to me

Re: [LegacyUG] about to install 7

As a *general* rule with ANY software update that changes the data structure, the programmers typically make a way to either read or convert data made in an earlier version. (Note that MS Word reads all it's old versions) Most of the time a window will pop up telling you the file will need to

[LegacyUG] Where goes the name of the Church?

In the marriage screen, where goes the marriage screen. I would like it to read: Holy Trinity Church, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. How can I get it done, please? Jane Sarles Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

I used the show attached address information to add the name of a cemetery, but it did not appear in either the individual report or the descendant report. Jane Sarles Cathy Vallevieni wrote: Tom: I posted the initial question. After reading all the responses and trying lots of ways, for

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

May I ask, where in the family screen do you add the street# and name? I do not see a place to do so. Jane Sarles Cathy Vallevieni wrote: Tom: I posted the initial question. After reading all the responses and trying lots of ways, for the reasons you cited (mapping, showing on all

Re: [LegacyUG] To Upgrade or not - going from Ver 6 to Ver 7

I wish they could find another way there to 'do something' that doesn't lock up the main navigation from being used in split screen view. JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Robert Carneal wrote: Re the splash screen for Research

RE: [LegacyUG] 7.0.0.55 Source Repetition Workaround?

Ruth: As I mentioned earlier, I suspect there is a glitch (or multiple glitches) between Legacy and Word. That's the only thing I can figure out, but I sure hope it gets fixed soon. Legacy and I are becoming the laughingstock of my research group and I'm getting royally sick of it, aside from

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

Have you looked at the instructions? On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Jane Sarles [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: May I ask, where in the family screen do you add the street# and name? I do not see a place to do so. Jane Sarles Cathy Vallevieni wrote: Tom: I posted the initial question.

Re: [LegacyUG] Address: Physical vs Mailing??

I just had a look at the Address Label report and see that you can choose - Mailing addresses - Event addresses - Repository addresses or any combination Further, if you select Mailing addresses there are tick boxes to refine this selection to - Newsletter - Fam Association - Birthday - Research -

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

Jane: When entering or editing an individual's information on the Individual's Information screen below name, Title Pre. and Title Suf., in the Location field where normally everyone just enters the city, county, state, country. I.E. Born has two fields (date and in _ _);

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

Jane: Right, wrong or otherwise, I also put the name of the cemetery in the same place I'm putting the the street # and name (I don't also put the street # and name if I put the cemetery name). Mapping shows the Cemetery locations without you putting the exact address (at least for the ones

Re: [LegacyUG] Where goes the name of the Church?

Jane: I assume you are trying to add it in a way that it will Map, show on all the reports, etc.? If so, just adding the church name won't get it to Map. You would have to add the street address for the church. If you just want to add it per your example below, then enter it using the

Re: [LegacyUG] Where goes the name of the Church?

Jane Sarles wrote In the marriage screen, where goes the marriage screen. I would like it to read: Holy Trinity Church, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. How can I get it done, please? As with every other Event, you can either enter it in the Place (Location) field, exactly as you've

[LegacyUG] How to enter a Marriage Location or Residence Place, so it correctly maps in Legacy via (Virtual Earth)?

I need to clear up some entries and hope to clean up some of my location fields. Ideally I'd like then to to use the new Virtual Earth to get as exact of a GPS location as possible depending on the information I've entered. In the past most of my addresses were entered City, County, State,

Re: [LegacyUG] To Upgrade or not - going from Ver 6 to Ver 7

Robert, Please send your comments to the list so we can put an end to the me too posts. -- Ron Bernier - Start Original Message - Sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:36:56 -0400 From: Elsie Saar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] To Upgrade or not

Re: [LegacyUG] about to install 7

When I restored an old file, from L4 to L5 (I think), it did warn me, which reasured me that my losses were less than expected. Rich in LA CA --- Gary Templeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a *general* rule with ANY software update that changes the data structure, the programmers typically

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Suffixes

I noticed in Calendar Creator Options the check boxes are missing for Suffix and Prefix, obviously an oversight (IMHO)? Rich in LA CA --- Richard Almarode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm making a family calendar and have been unable to print the suffixes to distinguish Sr.'s from Jr.'s from

[LegacyUG] Problem New ---at start up after loading Gencomfrom FTm v 11

New After I load my ftm11 gencom into Legacy 7.0 ( I have vista Premium) all seem to load ok listed all in name list of each 12,648 people but when I go to family view only a few generation shows when I have 16 generation in my fathers surnames only goes to my grandfather and his Parents

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem New ---at start up after loading Gencomfrom FTm v 11

Have you tried the 4 steps under file maintenance? Good idea - especially with a new import from FTM. - Original Message - From: pkrk1 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:10 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Problem New ---at start up after loading

RE: [LegacyUG] Problem New ---at start up after loading Gencomfrom FTm v 11

No I haven't but will I did print out and go though any in the potential problem report and cleared them up. RK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judy Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject:

RE: [LegacyUG] Problem New ---at start up after loading Gencomfrom FTm v 11

Thanks I will do that RK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Judy Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Problem New ---at start up after loading Gencomfrom FTm v 11 Have you

[LegacyUG] Longitude and Latitude--Legace vs Virtual Earth

I located a specific address on Virtual Earth (came with Legacy 7.0 Deluxe Edition). When I tried to edit the current general city location in Legacy from a general Longitude/Latitude for the city to a specific Longitude/Latitude for the address, Legacy gave me an error message The number

Re: [LegacyUG] File ID #

I'll vote for that. JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Ann Parsons wrote: In the assigned sources before SourceWriter to see the sources File ID # I could click on Show Entire Source to see the File ID #. If I use SourceWriter this no

RE: [LegacyUG] Longitude and Latitude--Legace vs Virtual Earth

You need to convert the decimal bits to minutes and seconds. Go to the Master Location and click on the little calculator. You can convert the decimal bits to minutes and seconds there. Basically you take the decimal part of the long or lat and multiply by 60. The whole number bit becomes the

[LegacyUG] Longitude and Latitude--Legacy vs Virtual Earth (CORRECTION)

I put an incorrect number in my last e-mail. Here's the correct information: I located a specific address on Virtual Earth (came with Legacy 7.0 Deluxe Edition). When I tried to edit the current general city location in Legacy from a general Longitude/Latitude for the city to a specific

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

Cathy, I tried it and it does work. So simple, yet never occurred to me. Thanks for the detailed instructions. That's what it takes for me. Jane Cathy Vallevieni wrote: Jane: When entering or editing an individual's information on the Individual's Information screen below name, Title

RE: [LegacyUG] Longitude and Latitude--Legacy vs Virtual Earth (CORRECTION)

The VE data is in degrees and decimal degrees. FL Rose _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Vallevieni Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 5:41 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Longitude and Latitude--Legacy vs Virtual

Re: [LegacyUG] File ID #

Perhaps the Legacy folks haven't noticed how the file ID # has been affected. Maybe they will see these messages and being the clever folks they are change back to how it was in v6. - Original Message - From: Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent:

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 53

Thanks, Sherry; no firewall though. My Legacy search used to work. Don't know what is different. Roxanne Baird --- On Sat, 7/26/08, Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Error 53 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date:

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 53

Is it with one specific search or all of them? Which browser are you using? You may need to set the browser at Options Customize Launch, under the alternate browser section. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]