Dennis,
I am trying to understand.
Do you mean that you'd like a capability of setting, at each individual source
level, the default surety which appears at the detail level of that particular
source?
Bill
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com
Well, if most of them were clergymen with an unusual name (BERJEW in
my case) you can find them using the Oxford University list of Alumni.
A few Wills help too. . .
Just luck!
Astonished!!! How on earth do people get back to the 1500s?? Mary
p.s. No answer is expected!
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On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Chy Maen chym...@start.ca wrote:
/This question is similar to Diane's
I'd like to print out a simple Pedigree line of Direct Line Ancestors
(grandparents, no siblings etc.) -- the same sort of chart that appears on
screen when one hits pedigree on the task
One more thought - my 23 year old son was never interested much in genealogy
until he saw the fan chart. Maybe this is just what you need to pique your
grandson's interest.
Dede Holden
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Dede Holden deanbuc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:09 PM,
On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:49:16 -0500, Ralph Schwonke
ralfs...@rochester.rr.com wrote:
3. How do I stop names like O'Brien from being changed to O'brien? I
tried changing the Data Format Customization for Surnames to Don't
change what I enter, but without success.
I think changing the Data Format
An earlier post got no response, so I will try again. I would like to use
Legacy to input a group of people who have connections of various kinds to a
family I am researching in Spotsylvania County Virginia. Perhaps they just
live in the same county and own land adjoining my ancestor, or witness
1. How do I add a “blank” spouse, i.e., indicate that a person has a
spouse when the name of the spouse is not known? When I attempt to add a
spouse without a name I get the error message You must enter a name to
save an individual.
You can add the word Unknown to the name field [Legacy will
Very easily! Hit ADD, then NEW UNLINKED INDIVIDUAL.
You can add all kinds of unrelated people this way. You can add entire lines
this way and then if you ever fnd a link to your main line, you just connect
them.
I do this with Perry Co, MS. I know that I am related to everyone in that
I even have an unlinked 'person' named CENSUS where I put census family groups
I haven't found a home for yet.
Mary
- Original Message -
From: Michele Lewis
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Research with
Hey - that is a good idea! Thanks.
By the way, my husband's Sarles family was originally Searles. Probably
from NY, Mass. or PA.
Jane Sarles
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Mary Searles searle...@bellsouth.netwrote:
I even have an unlinked 'person' named CENSUS where I put census family
Are the circular pedigree charts only in Legacy 7?Mary
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Mary,
Since they are in Legacy Charting, I think that is correct.
Dede Holden
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Mary Searles searle...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Are the circular pedigree charts only in Legacy 7? Mary
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Hi,
I'm still pretty new with Legacy and appreciate the help given here.
I have a case where parents have a child, then divorce, then the mother
remarries and the new husband legally adopts the child. How does one
link the step-father to the adopted child? Since the adopted child now
has a new
I recently came across several interesting newspaper clippings including items
like so and so attended a birthday party and small bits of interesting
tidbits along with clippings of a relative's letters to the editor.
I am interested to know how other Legacy users enter things like these.
I
Hi Michele,
I didn't ask the question -- but your response was helpful to me!
Thanks,
Brian
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On
Behalf Of Michele Lewis
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 7:18 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
I created an event called newspaper clippings and transcribe what I find in the
notes section. This way I can also enter the source for each individual
clipping.
Frances
- Original Message -
From: v pedersen
To: Legacy Email List
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:08 AM
There's much to be found in newspapers, on the internet as well as hard copy.
I have a master source called Newspaper Clipping, with the Repository being
Carolyn's Library, when I have the actual or downloaded article. The details
of the paper, date, page, etc., I include in the Source
I list as child of both parents. Legacy tells me the child is already the
child of other parents; am I sure I want to add this new set of parents. I
click yes.
Now the child has two sets of parents. In the child's Parents Of box, the
first relationship to each parent is biological, the
You don't need to add a spouse. Just leave that blank. Legacy automatically
adds a placemarker of Unknown, which you can opt to have show by going to
OptionsCustomizeData Format. Under Word for Blank Records, choose Unknown.
Carolyn
- Original Message -
From: Michele
I disagree. a way to 'create' a blank husband is to work from the other
direction. If needed, go to Add, new unrelated individual. Fill fields as
normal. When done, for the person/child click on the 'mother' section, which
will pop-up Add New mother with 2 choices Add a new person, or Link to
Hi Carolyn,
That helps - thanks!
I have another one that is a little different.
Have one couple (Dumas), the wife dies. The man remarries a woman (Fraizer)
who has an existing child. On the next census the child is listed as
step-child and still has his original name (Fraizer). I don't know
Answers have been given to 1 and 3. for 2 I would say experiment with the Focus
Groups, find what you like. About 4, there is no rule but I use the birthdate
name when available, and later names (adopted names, anglesized(?) names,
nicknames, spellings are all AKAs.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Thu,
I put the entire 1880 census for a township in a county in Kentucky.
I made the Rins start at 3, becaus at the time I was next using in the
22000. Then, even if I pass the numbers in the future, I know where they are
found.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Jane Sarles
Brian,
That is the correct outcome. There is little you can do about the child being
shown as a 1/2 child to the deceased 1st wife and to show the relationship as
disproved is as good as any other. You can use the blue down arrow next to the
relationship box to take you to a list of the
Ralph Schwonke wrote
4. Is there a convention for entering a person’s primary name versus
the AKA? For instance, my grandfather was born and baptized in Germany
as Friedrich Carl Schwonke, but he was known in the USA for most of his
life as Charles Schwonke. Which name should be the primary
Do I understand correctly that you have the Fraizer child showing as the full
child of Dumas and his first wife? That
the same child is listed twice in the Family View, once as child and once as
1/2?
Carolyn
- Original Message -
From: Brian
I use an event/fact called Newspaper Article.
Mary
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of v pedersen
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:08 PM
To: Legacy Email List
Subject: [LegacyUG] Newspaper tidbits, put into Notes or enter as a
Fact?
I
I had two (2) unknown and what I did for the name was use Unknown Female and
it worked ok
In a message dated 3/6/2009 8:22:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cranberryf...@charter.net writes:
1. How do I add a “blank” spouse, i.e., indicate that a person has a
spouse when the name of the
Dede -
Thank you!! I keep going into set relationships to see who is who
after entering wandering-up too many entries I'm gonna do
that!! (have a wall in front of me begging for something to be
plastered on it - this sounds perfet.) please note that i really
an spell but the key
I don't recall having this problem with v.6 -- at least not to this
extent.
When I uncheck Show All Events in the Assigned Sources screen, it
won't consistently *stay* that way. Tonight, about 90% of the time,
when I open the Assigned Sources screen again -- for the same person
-- the box
Hi Carolyn,
Now I'm not sure what I did. But, if I go into the Name list and select the
child and look in Family mode - and then look at the parent icon, it shows
two sets of parents. The 1st set is the Dumas couple and the husband is marked
as Step and the wife as Disproved. So, I guess
Yes, that is how mine show
_
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of CE WOOD
Sent: Saturday, 7 March 2009 9:43 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted child
Do I understand correctly that you have the
If I'm understanding right, you have 3 marriages: Dumas1 (with
deceased wife), Dumas2 (with Fraizer wife), and Fraizer (with unknown
husband).
I think you should have the child linked to the Dumas2 marriage
(husband as step, wife as biological) and Fraizer marriage (husband
and wife both as
I have a similar problem with the g key, so I make that letter be my Ctrl-C,
and in Legacy have added both caps and smalls to the extra character bar. Hope
it helps.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Chy Maen chym...@start.ca wrote:
From: Chy Maen chym...@start.ca
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]
That has been driving me crazy since L5. Now I just put up with it. It is not
new.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Kris gen.mailing.li...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Kris gen.mailing.li...@gmail.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Show All Events Checkbox
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date:
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