Nina K. Johnson wrote
I'm sure liking attaching in the Picture Center. I'm starting to get
the hang of it.
Well done you! I never use the Picture Centre as I think it is very
confusing. Whenever I want to attach a picture I put a copy of it into
the Legacy Pictures folder and than attach
Linda Johnson wrote
I’ve read that only events themselves, not the separate details (such
as day, month, and year of birth; town, county, and state of birth) can
have sources attached. If that’s correct, is there a way to show in
my documentation that,for example, the day came from Source A,
Paula,
I have just run a 10 generation Ancestor report using your settings. This gave
8 pages of endnotes but I'm afraid that I could not reproduce your problem.
Have you checked the bad sources back to the individual Event to which it
relates and looked at what should be printed? You may
This will happen if the Master Source is marked to be excluded from
reports. A problem report has been submitted on this issue.
Brian
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Sharon,
Download a copy of the Legacy installation file from our website. That
will get you the latest version 7.0.0.90 dated 13 Mar 2009
Use that setup program to install Legacy
To transfer your data files:
1. Make a backup of your family file and multimedia files by going to
File Backup
The All Caps surnames is really an obsolete standard if you are using a
computer to record your genealogy. It dates from the days of typewriters
and hand written records. The current practise is to enter your surnames
in mixed case. It is easy for the computer to display those mixed case
When you merge two records in Legacy the sources from both records are
included with the resulting person. From what you say you may need to
review all the sources attached to your records after you have imported
and merged to eliminate the sources you entered and leave only the
Ancestry
I just created the marriage event and attached the photo and printed the
family report and the photo was right were I wanted it to be - thank you
In a message dated 6/1/2009 9:43:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wood...@msn.com writes:
Right! You must create an Event - like Marriage Photo and
Thanks, Rich for the info. about Legacy's plans for adding Cyrillic (Russian)
characters. What I'm wanting are not those but the ones needed to write Polish
names, places, etc., in what otherwise looks like the Western European alphabet.
There are 9 different letters of the Polish alphabet
How you I set up an event for registration for draft??? I found a number
of draft cards for my uncles for WWI and WWII
Mary
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Mary,
There already is one for Military Service (at least I don't think I added it).
If you wish to add a more specific one then go to ViewMaster ListsEvent
DefinitionsAdd and create one. Clicking the Reset button after entering the
name and selecting the fields will enter the sentence
Here is what I do:
Source List Name: WW I Draft Registration Card - Cain, Nathan Forest
Type: WW I Draft Registration Card (I added this as a new Type)
Title: WW I Draft Registration Card, Newkirk, Kay Co, OK - Cain, Nathan Forest
Publication Facts: Ancestry.com. World War I Draft
I had set one up entitled Military Draft Registration as this
allows me to differentiate between someone who served in the military and
one who only registered for the draft.
Also, I set up the sentence structure as follows: [FirstName]
registered for the military draft for [Desc] [onDate]
Hi Mary
Here's how I've set up a custom event for the World War I Draft Cards:
Create a new Master Event Definition as:
New Master Event Name: Military Draft
Default Event Sentence: [HeShe] registered with the military draft board
([Desc]) [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] [Notes]
On the
Thank you - I even have something to the Civil War
In a message dated 6/2/2009 1:04:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
chap...@gmail.com writes:
Here is what I do:
Source List Name: WW I Draft Registration Card - Cain, Nathan Forest
Type: WW I Draft Registration Card (I added this as
thank you I'll try this
In a message dated 6/2/2009 1:17:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
chorn0...@verizon.net writes:
I had set one up entitled Military Draft Registration as this allows me
to differentiate between someone who served in the military and one who
only registered for
Hello:
OK so since we are on the subject of military events. What is the best way
to attach all those civil war records to an event? I've downloaded their
cards from footnote and some of my guys have over 20 pages. Do you all
just attach each jpg as a picture to that source?
I appreciate
Boy, between you two I managed to actually add a new event without screwing it
up as I have in the past. It is a thing of beauty when it writes it's little
sentence. Thanks so much for being on this list. LOL
Lucy
--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Cathy chorn0...@verizon.net wrote:
From: Cathy
thank you
In a message dated 6/2/2009 1:24:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
d...@wavecable.com writes:
Hi Mary
Here's how I've set up a custom event for the World War I Draft Cards:
Create a new Master Event Definition as:
New Master Event Name: Military Draft
Default Event Sentence:
Glad I asked the right question and could help someone else
In a message dated 6/2/2009 1:54:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
lucee-...@prodigy.net writes:
Boy, between you two I managed to actually add a new event without
screwing it up as I have in the past. It is a thing of beauty
Thanks for the clarification and the suggestion. Only question that remains is
the following:
I imported the Ancestry GedCom into a Legacy test file for me to look at how it
came over. Two things happened, neither one of them huge but I always like to
know why something happened. I used to
A source is so someone can find the record. I think that the source
citation below is sufficient to find it
United States, World War I Selective Service System draft registration
cards, 1917-1918, M1509 (Washington, District of Columbia : The National
Archives, 1987-1988), Arthur Charles Oswald;
It's a lot easier to attached the marriage photos now that I had every ones
help. Thank you
Mary
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Steps!
Thanks to all who replied to my query. A special thanks to Brian and JLB for
pointing me to the Legacy Merge function which worked just fine for me, even
though I still cannot figure out how I created so many duplicate families.
Anyway, thanks again - problem solved.
Bill R.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009
I've downloaded draft cards from Ancestry because (1) they are an additional
piece of
information about an ancestor and (2) they add to the background/personality of
someone
who could otherwise be just BMD dates and have added them to the collection of
images for
that person but ignored them
you can find the entire history of the draft on Wikipedia.com
In a message dated 6/2/2009 4:39:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ci...@treadles.ca writes:
I've downloaded draft cards from Ancestry because (1) they are an
additional piece of
information about an ancestor and (2) they add to
wrote
There are 9 different letters of the Polish alphabet that have required
diacritical marks. Of those, just one (the o with an acute accent
over it) also appears in the current character ribbon (because it's
also usesd in some Western European languages), so that leaves eight
needed for
Helen,
I don't know about Canada, but in the Uk we had what we called Conscription
during the period of the first world war and from 1939 to 1960 (approx) which
involved compulsory registration for service in the armed forces.
I regard the papers as sources for the information which is
When I found my Uncles from 1918 with a description and his signature the
was a big find since we had no pictures of him
In a message dated 6/2/2009 5:25:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ronfe...@msn.com writes:
Helen,
I don't know about Canada, but in the Uk we had what we called
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:56:48 EDT, you wrote:
you can find the entire history of the draft on Wikipedia.com
I found that but it did not answer my original questions.
Helen
Legacy User Group guidelines:
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Archived messages:
you can enter them by holding down the Alt key while typing in the 3
number code on you numeric key pad. The following website
http://webdesign.about.com/od/localization/l/blhtmlcodes-pl.htm;
gives a list of the codes for the different characters. Forget about
the # just type in the number while
In preparation for WWI involvement, the USA, before entering the war, set a few
different age 'brackets' as the requiring males to register themselves. It
varied from abt 17 to 45, so some men may have turned it in but never served. I
saw a webpage with details, but forgot it.
Rich in LA CA
Helen,
Here is a description for the WW I Draft Registration from Ancestry.com:
In 1917 and 1918, the United States held three registrations for the WWI
draft. In the end, more than 24 million men born between 1873 and 1900 -
some 25 percent of the U.S. population - registered for the draft,
Answered off list
ci...@treadles.ca wrote:
I've downloaded draft cards from Ancestry because (1) they are an additional
piece of
information about an ancestor and (2) they add to the background/personality of
someone
who could otherwise be just BMD dates and have added them to the collection
The draft cards we can freely get online are from the Old Mans Draft
Men born between 1872 (IIRC) and 1900. For many states it is also
available for WW II
Eliz
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:05 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES
fourpa...@verizon.net wrote:
In preparation for WWI involvement, the USA,
Here is a brief explanation of the USA rules:
The Selective Service System is the means by which the United States maintains
information on those potentially subject to military conscription . Almost all
males between the ages of 18 to 25 are required by law to register; as of the
end of
Those are html codes. Legacy doesn't recognize those. It returns a ? or
some other letter when doing what you advise.
CE
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Kevin Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:53 PM
To:
Thanks, superdue, Eliz and Kay, Jackie is working hard to answer my questions.
I found
Ancestry's explanation rather confusing mainly not being familiar with the
various
connotations of the word draft. To me it means that someone forgot to shut
the window!
Helen
Legacy User Group
Henry;
Yoyu do have my line's connection to Batt Wyche. My father is number 136.
However his name was George Styles Chance and not Styles G Chance and was
born 22 May 1888 in Quitman, Brooks,Georgia. He was married to my mother
(Henrietta Hubbard Taylor, born Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky 10
Good morning
Please excuse me if this isn't the correct forum for this email.
I have been using Legacy for the past few years and have been extremely
happy with the programme. I am using Legacy 7 and regularly check for
upgrades. I am using Windows Vista.
Today I opened my file to
Me thinks you have misread what I said, I know the page was for html
codes which is why I said forget about the #.
just hold the Alt key down and type the 3 digit code using your
numeric keypad and it will enter the polish character. Works on my
Legacy7 entering into notes etc.
Alternate website
I have Polish family members and Legacy doesn't recognize the POLISH
spelling like
Józefa so I do my best and spell it the English way
In a message dated 6/2/2009 7:16:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wood...@msn.com writes:
Those are html codes. Legacy doesn't
It does work for notes, but not for names, places, addresses, et alia.
CE
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Kevin Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:33 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]
I tried and this is wjat I get
舵അō!?3!3? and this is NOT Polish
In a message dated 6/2/2009 9:34:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
shamrockspi...@gmail.com writes:
Me thinks you have misread what I said, I know the page was for html
codes which is why I said forget about the #.
just hold the
I apologize for originally sending this email in HTML format.
- Original Message -
From: paula.ryburn
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 10:56 PM
Subject: Blank citation in endnotes
I am getting some blank citations in the end notes to my Ancestor Book
Helen
This should be wat you are looking for.
All combatants used the draft in WWII, and before.
The USA started its first peace time draft in its history as a nation ( a
bill that passed Congress by just one vote ), just months prior to Pearl
Harbor. Like many nations, the USA would draft just
This sounds a bit like my problem where the same
person was showing up twice in the Index (Name
List) and one of them showed all the information
of an incorrect person except the name, was
attached to the spouse of the wrong person and
when you clicked Family to go to that person,
it took
When I enter the list from the website into Notes, the only letters that do not
seem to work are the Capital O-acute and the Lowercase o-acute.
In the order from the site:
Ą
ą
Ę
ę
+this is what alt212 yields
=this is what alt243 yields
Ć
ć
Ł
ł
Ń
ń
Ś
ś
Ź
ź
Ż
ż
Of course, this is moot
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