RE: [LegacyUG] Opening Screen Format -FAMILY

2008-11-26 Thread ronald ferguson
Jean, You will find these in the LUG archives. See address below, and search for footnote, endnotes etc,The main point I was getting at was that, if I read your post correctly, Legacy can do as you wish although there are a few problems at present. Ron Ferguson

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RE: [LegacyUG] Duplicate entries

2008-11-26 Thread ronald ferguson
Claire, To answer the last question first, if you mean do I work for Legacy, then the answer is is No, I am a user the same as most of the others who try to help. If it hadn't been typed, then perhaps the problem was arising during a merger - a totally different ball game as I'm sure you

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate entries

2008-11-26 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Claire, Try using intellimerge. If the duplicate person has the same UID (unique ID) that will tell you if they are exact clones. -- Richard Van Wasshnova http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Claire Fuqua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron, Occasionally, when only

Re: [LegacyUG] Opening Screen Format -FAMILY

2008-11-26 Thread Jean
I searched the archives for ***presentation problems*** and there were NONE discussed except the posts made by me! OBTW, many many thanks to the helpful folks on this list for the concise, intelligent, step by step instructions they have given me regarding my questions; in particular, Sherry,

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Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate entries

2008-11-26 Thread Claire Fuqua
Ron, I know that anything that happens occasionally is a problem. I have stopped making any entries with more than one database open. Hopefully, that will take care of the problem. Also, I am keeping close count of the number of additions/subtractions I make in any database. I believe that I

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[LegacyUG] Book publishing

2008-11-26 Thread Laurie Hicks
Hi Can any one help me please, I am trying to print a book on my Ancestors, in my first proof there was a lot of conflicting information, such as births etc. I went to each person and changed the information so that looked like it was fixed, yet, when I went and viewed the book that I wanted to

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate entries

2008-11-26 Thread Dave Naylor
On 26 Nov 2008 Claire Fuqua wrote: I am very concerned about this problem as I am consistently working with three databases, that, collectively, have almost 50,000 entries. I have been working on this family surname since 1990 and would be devastated if I were to lose the information. One

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Source? I mean, how did you learn of his registering for the draft? Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Bernard Doddema To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:35 PM Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Bernard Doddema
hmaybe I worded it wrong. I'm trying to put it into an Event. I don't have a copy of his draft card. I got the information from a family website. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Elizabeth Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Source? I mean, how did you learn of his registering for

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread seaic2008-gen
Ancestry has a search for WWI and WWII draft registrations.  If you find the person you are looking for it shows the actual image of the registration.   Marie --- On Wed, 11/26/08, Bernard Doddema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bernard Doddema [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] how to

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
OK. I think Legacy has a default event called military service, which I use when the person actually served. I have a great number of WWI draft registrations and for those I created an event called (ta-da!) World War I Draft. You could create an event called Military Draft Registration, or you

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Ask us to look it up VBG and then the event is - to me - draft card or WW II Draft Card Eliz On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Bernard Doddema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hmaybe I worded it wrong. I'm trying to put it into an Event. I don't have a copy of his draft card. I got the

[LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Kay Fordham
I've been unable to locate a template for, say, a book with editor known (original edition) and digitized online at Google Books. The only online for this scenario is for online publication only (no hard copies printed). Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks Kay Fordham

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Why would it not be the format for any other book and the repository be Google? Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Kay Fordham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Legacy User Group LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Eliz - You have a source for 1919 Michigan draft cards? Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Eliz Hanebury [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 1:45 PM

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2008-11-26 Thread KenMcGinnis
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Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Kay Fordham
Elizabeth wrote: Why would it not be the format for any other book and the repository be Google? Kay's response: Because the website where I viewed the book needs to be identified in the citation. This tells others where they may easily find the book as well. This is the way it should look

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Steve Voght
I ran into this same problem, and decided the best choice was to consider such books as Book Editor known Basic Format and provide Google Books as the repository (if you don't use the repository feature, then mention in the Text/Comments where you found it.) The rationale being that you're

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Ancestry have them, I think all of them, but let us have the name and I will have at it. Eliz On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Elizabeth Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eliz - You have a source for 1919 Michigan draft cards? Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
I ran into this same problem, and decided the best choice was to consider such books as Book Editor known Basic Format and provide Google Books as the repository (if you don't use the repository feature, then mention in the Text/Comments where you found it.) The rationale being that you're

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Eliz - 1919 is not included in the World War I draft cards because that war ended in 1918. In 1919 they called WWI the war to end all wars. I'm sure no one was thinking about a World War II, let alone draft registrations, so a 1919 draft card would not be included in a World War II collection.

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Kay Fordham
Steve, I have been using the Book Editor known Basic Format convention you mention below for lack of anything better. Since the repository won't print in the citation (as least I don't believe it will) I like your idea of the mention in the Comments (ticked to print in the citation).

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Good point but if there is a draft card, it would be 1917-18 so maybe just a mistake? ELiz On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Elizabeth Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eliz - 1919 is not included in the World War I draft cards because that war ended in 1918. In 1919 they called WWI the war

RE: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Kay and Elizabeth: This is really a semantics thing. The philosophy is that (1) Things on the Internet are considered published and (2) *Repositories* are not properly cited for published materials because they are usually widely available. That's why Legacy doesn't print a repository if you

RE: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread ronald ferguson
Kay, Repositories do print in Sources, at least in the Ancestor Report footnotes. They need to be set in OptionsCustomiseSources. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
The original poster said he did not know if there was or was not a draft card, simply that his person of interest registered for the draft. I think it has been only recently that we, in the US, had an all volunteer military. There was continuous draft registration for quite some time. Males of

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Kay, You can just use the basic format template and override the citation that Legacy spits out in the source detail section. I find that I have to override a lot of different templates. Jennifer - Original Message From: Kay Fordham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Kay Fordham
Kristin - I agree with your feedback below. I just thought I was missing something in the plethora of templates available. Believe the programmers should gin up a suitable template to accommodate the online images of books originally published in paper copy. Thanks - Kay - Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Kay Fordham
Ron, I generally work from family group sheets when doing research. When other researchers request information it is the family group sheet that I provide. Hence, I like to see the citation show where I located the material. However, thanks for letting me know about the Ancestor Report

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Terri Brown
I use Books Book, edited (reprint)  Editor known  Online book. The footnote looks like this: Lillian Drake Avery, editor, A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family in America, 1629-1925: Comprising Descendants of Richard Ingersoll of Salem, Massachusetts, John Ingersoll of Westfield, Mass., and

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2008-11-26 Thread KenMcGinnis
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Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Kay, on the Report Options for any report, including family group sheets, there is a tab titled Sources. One of the options on this tab is to include the repository. That option is in the left column. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson -

[LegacyUG] How do I print tagged individuals

2008-11-26 Thread Mark K
I have tagged about 20 unrelated people in my family file. How do I print out just the tagged people? ty for any help _ Net yourself a bargain. Find great deals on eBay.

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I print tagged individuals

2008-11-26 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Mark, Go to SearchFind. On the box that pops up, go to the second tab at the top called Detailed Search. Then select Individual, Tag1 (or whatever your tag number is for those 20 people), Equal To, Tagged. At the bottom, select Create List. A list then comes up with those 20 people. On the

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I print tagged individuals

2008-11-26 Thread Carl Cox
How do I print out just the tagged people? Go to Name Listsearchshow all tagged (tag number) You can print that list with nearly any information you like. -- Carl[EMAIL PROTECTED] Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures - loading problem

2008-11-26 Thread Mary E. V. Hill
Sherry, Your comments are most appreciated! I have been using the Legacy Picture Gallery to store all digital images for a person - census records, photographs, land records, images from newspapers, wills - the list goes on and on. I think I will limit my images attached to a person - which

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Bernard Doddema
As far as the name, would we just post it here...or should it be a separate request? Bernard PS: I do apologize. I don't frequently ask the group questions. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Eliz Hanebury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ancestry have them, I think all of them, but let us have the

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread GeoSci
Individual research should be done OFF LIST - just Email the person back DIRECTLY. On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Bernard Doddema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as the name, would we just post it here...or should it be a separate request? Bernard PS: I do apologize. I don't frequently

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Bernard Doddema
Thank you. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:45 PM, GeoSci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Individual research should be done OFF LIST - just Email the person back DIRECTLY. On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Bernard Doddema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as the name, would we just post it here...or

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source miltary draft

2008-11-26 Thread Bernard Doddema
Elizsent you an email. Thanks. Bernard On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Eliz Hanebury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ancestry have them, I think all of them, but let us have the name and I will have at it. Eliz On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Elizabeth Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2008-11-26 Thread KenMcGinnis
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