Well said, Jenny.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote:
> Bruce Jones wrote
>>
>> I agree, Ron, you did seem to address the issue she is having.
>
> I agree too! But I think it important to remember than any answers we give
> on LUG will be read by many other people besides the
Leo,
Thanks for your suggestions.
Jim
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Jane,
Thanks. This worked... I hadn't deleted unused events so it was there.
Thanks.
Jim
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Of JCTripp
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:29 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject:
Ron
I did both things reset the options and made another site. That
still did not provide me with a surname or a name list. So, I then
deleted the file you suggested but that didn't work, either. I tried
this on both Firefox and IE7.
Do you have any other suggestions?
Thank you for t
Thanks, Kathy,
Your settings are OK so the problem is elswhere. First try the Reset button on
the bottom right of the screen. You will have to reinsert all your settings, so
I should make a note of them. However, before going to all that trouble of
putting them back, ensure that the Surname a
Kathy,
Assuming Legacy Charting, use the round button in the upper left hand
corner. Select 'Page Setup'. If you are familiar with the advanced
properties of your printer, you can print it to any size. You could print it
7 feet long if you want, that way, it will line up, you will need to do t
Ron
I clicked on the globe icon in the toolbar and selected Create Web
Pages.
On the formatting tab, I selected "Include a surname index" and
"grouped alphabetically"
On the Name List side, I selected "Surname"
It doesn't seem to matter which web page style I choose (on the
Project tab
Kathy,
There are various ways of making html pages, so please tell us exactly in
detail how you are creating them ie. "baby steps" please. At present I have no
idea whatsoever as to a possible cause, other than somewhere or other you
haven't checked an include name/surname box.
Ron Ferguson
Leo,
This is great. Before I thought you had to import all, now one can restore
any single event with the name of event. I have my SAMPLE file untouched
with the default list of events & others and added a PLAY File as suggested
by LUG for playing around.
Thanks for the help on this one. Regards
Jim,
Been there. You may not be looking for the Event Definition Master List in
the correct place or you may have run a maintenance program to delete
unused events.
To get to the Master list of Event Definitions, select MASTER from the top
tool bar, then select Event Definition. If marriage Bann
Hi Everyone
I've been fooling around with using Legacy to create a web site. I've
tried various combinations but I never seem to get any names at all,
either on the Surnames or Name List page. What am I doing wrong?
Kathy
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Could this be accomplished using IntelliShare? One copy being the
Master File and the other the one that is merged in occasionally?
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JL
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
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Jenny M Benson wrote:
Tracy Skegg wrote
A few years back I decided to run wit
Hi Tracy.
I also split my records and still have it that way 10 later.
I have 3 files -- maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents and "Living"
starting with the same maternal/paternal people -- but working forward in
time. I have the info for living people in only one file, and I don't
For those reasons, and others, many of us have learned/decided to
create/combine into one file instead of multiple separate files for family
members. In the past, I kept different files for storage purposes, but now disk
space is cheaper than ever. Easier than keeping track of which branches wer
Kathy,
Assuming Legacy Charting, use the round button in the upper left hand
corner. Select 'Page Setup'. If you are familiar with the advanced
properties of your printer, you can print it to any size. You could print it
7 feet long if you want, that way, it will line up, you will need to do t
Don't delete, but unlink. Find which marriage is the 'wrong' one by using the
icon on the lower left corner of the spouse side with extra?
Should be at least a number 2, or more if correct multiple marrieds.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Marilyn Dahneke wrote:
> From: Marilyn Dahneke
>
Kathy,
Assuming Legacy Charting, use the round button in the upper left hand
corner. Select 'Page Setup'. If you are familiar with the advanced
properties of your printer, you can print it to any size. You could print it
7 feet long if you want, that way, it will line up, you will need to do t
Kathy,
Assuming Legacy Charting, use the round button in the upper left hand
corner. Select 'Page Setup'. If you are familiar with the advanced
properties of your printer, you can print it to any size. You could print it
7 feet long if you want, that way, it will line up, you will need to do t
Help please -- I'm away from home and don't have my Legacy Instruction
Book. I don't know how I did it, but I have an individual listed in the
same family twice. Example: John Smith, 232, is the husband, Abigail,
234, is the wife. They have eight children listed including an Abraham
Smith,
Hi Jim, click on your marriage information bar, click on the Add button to add
an event,click on the down arrow button to the right of the Event, this will
open up the Master Event Definition list, you may not have an event title
called Marriage Banns listed in this list so click the add button
Jim, when you want to add an event, click "Add", then on the screen that
pops up, on the line marked "Event" is an arrow. Click on the arrow and the
list of events comes up. Scroll down to Marriage, or even just enter an "m"
in the Find field, and voila! Do you not have a list of events in the M
Frank,
Thank you for your response. But I have to be a bit dense. I searched for
the event called Marriage Banns in both the Marriage Information Event/Fact
and the Individual's Information Event/Fact and could not find it.
Jim
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dennis gelpe wrote:
When I look at a report before I want to export it, I see a number of
instances where an "Alternate birth date" was entered in the Events
section (I assume). I never entered these alternates. Where did they
come from, and is there any across-the-board way of locating them an
When I look at a report before I want to export it, I see a number of
instances where an "Alternate birth date" was entered in the Events section
(I assume). I never entered these alternates. Where did they come from, and
is there any across-the-board way of locating them and eliminating them.
Thx
There is an event called Marriage Banns. Perhaps this is what you are
seeking.
FL Rose
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Jim Smith
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:11 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Subject:
In Legacy Charting, click on the Publish tab, where you'll find a button
"Order Chart" to have it printed out professionally.
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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We are changing the world of genealogy
Morning,
Does anyone have any suggestions to entering "Banns of Marriage"
information? Or at least, can someone please direct me to the best possible
location in the software? I understand that I could add an Events/Facts to
the Marriage Information, but before I do I was wondering if a format h
Thanks, Michele!
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From: Michele Lewis
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Convention
As far as sourcing goes, here is how I have my source list set up so that I
can find things
If the chart is to be printed as a complete document then whether the, say, A4,
page edges cut through the boxes does not matter.
Ron Ferguson
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Now completely revised
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View the Grimshaw Family Tree at
Thanks Ron,
You understood perfectly. I will give your suggestion a try.
Kathy
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Thanks Kathy for the information. I was in hopes it could be printed out
"professionally" and perhaps mounted on a nice "matt" board. Maybe you ought
to send in a report on the "bug" report problem, on the Legacy Home
tab/Support/Report a Bug. I checked it out yesterday, as one of my BOOK
As far as sourcing goes, here is how I have my source list set up so that I can
find things easily
[this is a small snippet, I have about 400 sources I think]
Bible Records - GA - John Lewis Family Bible
Bible Records - GA - Needham William Morris Jr. Family Bible
Bible Records - MS - James
Kathy,
I take it that we are talking about Legacy Charting. As it can be difficult to
picture exactly what is happening in a description of a chart(s) please come
back if I do not address the problem.
I am ssuming that you mean adjust the lines on the chart so that the boxes are
not split o
I prepared the Upward Ancestor Chart. It came out in 10 letter size pages
which I had to trip the borders and tape together. I was disappointed with
the result. The top of my grandparents boxes were right along the border and
even with careful cutting and pasting some of the print was lost. I tried
I'm impressed! Thanks to everyone who answered my post so quickly and offered
great advice.
Elizabeth and others, I understand your caution against using surname in the
master source list. The reason I considered that was due to the training CD
Legacy's Ultimate Guide to Sources, in which Mr
Kirsten gives very good advice. One cannot overemphasize the importance of
sourcing EVERY fact in your file. I have the book she mentioned and it is a
good one. Standardized entry is another important skill to learn.
I also recommend the videos that Legacy offers that walk you through workin
Tracy Skegg wrote
A few years back I decided to run with one family file and do my
research in that, so that I wouldn't have to figure out if I had
updated any other files that had the same people. My research needs
now require a split for my dad's line.
My biggest dilemma is keeping any cha
Dave Williams wrote
I know that women entered into family group records should be entered
under their maiden names. But how do you handle sources, events and
such after their name changes in marriage? Case in point, my mother.
Her maiden name was Shirley Akers. Her name became Shirley Willi
wrote
How can I print out more generations in the BOOK Chronology Report???
As I understand it, a Chronology Report deals only with the events in
the lifespan of one individual, the one selected as Current Person if
you are in the Publishing Centre.
If you are making a Book and want to ad
Bruce Jones wrote
I agree, Ron, you did seem to address the issue she is having.
I agree too! But I think it important to remember than any answers we
give on LUG will be read by many other people besides the OP and one
wouldn't want to mislead anyone.
--
Jenny M Benson
Legacy User Group
Dave,
I find that when I use sources I use the name of the person that was
used by the source in a couple of different ways. Most often it ends
up in the source detail section of a source. For instance a marriage
where I have the marriage certificate would be called "Victorian
Marriage Certificate
Hi Listers
A few years back I decided to run with one family file and do my
research in that, so that I wouldn't have to figure out if I had
updated any other files that had the same people. My research needs
now require a split for my dad's line.
My biggest dilemma is keeping any changes updated
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