RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 - Split up to different family groups and Save

2008-08-21 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Sheelagh: You asked for suggestions and mine is this: Don't do it! If you go through the archives you'll see several discussions on this topic with experienced users pretty heavily on the side of maintaining one database except in very unusual situations. You'll also read there about the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 - Split up to different family groups and Save

2008-08-21 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Sheelagh, I agree with Anne - don't split your file up. I wish I hadn't now, and am slowly working towards merging them back together. There are tools you can use to help identify people. Use the Ancestor Colour Coding (Options Customise View tab) to colour code your direct-line

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Jennifer: Without doing extensive testing, I can see that the relationship sources are scrambled as you say. If you report this bug I'm sure it will be corrected, and the fix will be retroactive so any of those sources that you've already entered will then print correctly. Kirsten

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread ronald ferguson
Kirsten, Without at least doing a File Maintenance/Check Repair on the files I would be very loath to say it's a bug, it could well be due to corrupted files or incorrect entries (and I have no time to check this today), and these are just two possibilities off the top of my head. It should

Re: [LegacyUG] Portable genealogy

2008-08-21 Thread Simon Dick
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Dick wrote: On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:59 PM, aplebary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Kevin, I guess I will have to look into another device since I prefer Legacy to any other program. I am planning a trip

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:51:35 +0100, ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without at least doing a File Maintenance/Check Repair on the files I would be very loath to say it's a bug, it could well be due to corrupted files If something gets corrupted, I would be more inclined to lean toward

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 - Split up to different family groups and Save

2008-08-21 Thread Toni Allen
Sheelagh, I tried this a long time ago, when my data base was a LOT smaller. This duplicated some people by having them in 2 or more files. I would forget all the files they were in and make a change to only one of the files, In a while, this became a real mess. With Susie updated in the A

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 - Split up to different family groups and Save

2008-08-21 Thread Sheelagh Wiles
Toni Thank you for your comments Cheers Sheelagh - Original Message - From: Toni Allen To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 - Split up to different family groups and Save Sheelagh, I tried

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread ronald ferguson
Dennis, I do agree, but this morning I was on my way out and have only just returned. On a quick read through the email I was not convinced anything is wrong, or to be more accurate, if there is, it is somewhat less then supposed. It is still unlikely that I will be able to do a proper

[LegacyUG] Upcoming Legacy classes

2008-08-21 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
Legacy classes/seminars/workshops are scheduled for Arizona, British Columbia, California, Maine, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Washington. If you live in any of these areas, and are interested, visit http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2008/08/upcoming-legacy.html for more information.

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Dennis: I have done a file maintenance/check repair. The same thing keeps occuring. I ran some other family group sheets on other families, and the same kinds of things also occurred. I have a second database. I will try it with that one tonight. Ron: Thanks in advance for taking a look at it

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:59:48 -0700 (PDT), Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis: I have done a file maintenance/check repair. The same thing keeps occuring. I ran some other family group sheets on other families, and the same kinds of things also occurred. I have a second database. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Dennis: Sorry, forgot to mention that. It is 7.0.0.55. I never tried sourcing relationships in any previous version, so I couldn't say whether there was a problem or not in the past. Jennifer --- On Thu, 8/21/08, Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL

[LegacyUG] Change wording

2008-08-21 Thread Rob Vader
I wonder if it is possible to change the line Children from this marriage (or alike...I am not sure as I am using the Dutch output) in something like `Children from this relation and marriage`. I have children that have a different family name but that have been identified as coming from the

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:50:20 -0700 (PDT), Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this a bug of some sort? I have just tried sourcing a few child-parent relationships and am getting very strange results on the Family Group Record in V6. I sourced mine with source A and my daughter's with

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
If I understand what you are doing: you have Charles relationship to his parents sourced, but when you choose that option when he is the parent, you are expecting to see the source of this relationship in a family group sheet. When I do this, I get the anticipated result. That is, I have a

Re: [LegacyUG] Change wording

2008-08-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
Rob Vader wrote I wonder if it is possible to change the line Children from this marriage (or alike...I am not sure as I am using the Dutch output) in something like `Children from this relation and marriage`.  I have children that have a different family name but that have been

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jessica Morgan
I'm on V 7.0.0.55 and can also confirm something not quite right I tagged a set of about 20 people, half related, half not. About 17 of the 20 people are sourced to the same document - with original V6 sourcing, the rest are not. I then CREATED a BRAND NEW source using the Source Writer and

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Elizabeth, Yes, you are correct in understanding what I am saying. Do you have an extra line on your family group sheet called Child-Par. Rel. under the wife's name? This is where I am finding the problem. In the family group sheet with Charles as husband, the line containing Charles' father's

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Beginners Class Sacramento, CA

2008-08-21 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
Carol I teach the LUG in Burbank CA, and am curious about the details of the class. Are you the teacher, or on the staff at the center. Are you creating a sylabus, and could I get one without signing up for the class(free not required). I have sent a similar message to Geoff, since I saw it on

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
In a FGS, the parents of both the husband and wife are shown, when known, whether or not the relationship is defined and/or sourced. If it is defined and sourced, the source shows. When the child/parent relationship is defined and sourced, and the person is a child on the FGS, there is a

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Let me try answering this again. I have sourced Sallie Thompson as the biological daughter of Andrew Thompson. On the FGS where Sallie is the wife is: Father: Andrew Thompson (1780-abt1865) (Relationship: Biological[source#]) This is all on one line and there is not an additional line called

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Elizabeth et al: I think I am finally getting somewhere. My sources were all SourceWriter. I deleted all sources for Charles, Blanche, and all children for Mother and Father Relationship. I then used a Basic source to source Charles' relationships with his mother and father. When I did this,

RE: [LegacyUG] Another bibliography question

2008-08-21 Thread Linda Bischoff
Tracy, I wonder if you have tried any of the suggestions and what might have been the results. Could you let us know? I have one other suggestion, but I don't know how it would work. On the notes for any of your people, you can add a source for the notes. If you wrote the information you have

[LegacyUG] one line?

2008-08-21 Thread JLB
Why is it when I choose Pack information on one line as an option for a html descendants chart, instead of everything being on one line, everything's broken up across two or three lines per person as if there's a shortage of page space. In actual fact, half the page is wide open with nothing

[LegacyUG] Double LUG Messages

2008-08-21 Thread Anne Wheel
Hi Legacy People Yesterday I subscribed to the LUG Mailing List after several years absence and for some reason I am now receiving two of every posting. I tried unsubscribing and resubscribing but that didn't fix the problem. I would appreciate your help please. Thanks, -- Anne Wheel

Re: [LegacyUG] Double LUG Messages

2008-08-21 Thread Momalot66
You might try [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/21/2008 8:49:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Legacy People Yesterday I subscribed to the LUG Mailing List after several years absence and for some reason I am now receiving two of every posting. I tried

RE: [LegacyUG] Double LUG Messages

2008-08-21 Thread Anne Wheel
Thanks but I've figured it out!! Not realising that I had an old sort rule in my email program, I set up a new one yesterday. And when your response came through it showed only 1 incoming email, and then the light came on. ;o) Cheers, Anne From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL