RE: [LegacyUG] Tense suggestion for people alive

2008-09-01 Thread Cary
no children unless it is final. The absence of children suffices to tell me for close family, and I cannot be sure of knowing for more distant cousins. Have none would be just as wrong as had none is the condition changed. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Use of Correct Given Name in reports

2008-08-16 Thread Cary
Funny, I like the way it works now. Having a reports name in addition to the real names seems overly complicated to me. However, if you always want reports to show a specific name, you could always make that the chosen name now and it would be the one that appears on reports. Cary [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Most used narrative reports

2008-08-15 Thread Cary
-mailed PDF files and let them do the printing. Preview a few generations of various reports and you'll see. My main use for other reports is for help in research, so the as is PDF is always fine. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] Use of Correct Given Name in reports

2008-08-15 Thread Cary
If you use quotes instead of capitals you can have the preferred name in reports. So Alpha Beta Beta Jones, or Albert Bert Smith will show as Beta and Bert. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marilyn Streeter Sent

RE: [LegacyUG] Portable genealogy

2008-08-14 Thread Cary
on the same trips. It guides me to the cemetery and helps me sort through whose there all in one device (although not at the same time). Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of familyjesse Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:57

RE: [LegacyUG] Source Detail problem

2008-08-09 Thread Cary
after pasting? Pasting includes the detail, and can include more than one if you append to the paste instead of replacing it, leading to a garbled result. If you did the same thing I did it would explain why Ron couldn't duplicate the problem Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message

RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Image Naming Standards

2008-07-23 Thread Cary
but not yet added to Legacy. That way I always know whether I got around to adding Liz's grandkids or not. This is especially useful after a trip where I may have more cemetery other pics to add than I can do right away. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with Bibliography - V7

2008-07-15 Thread Cary
The latest update seems to have corrected both these issues. Thank you Legacy! Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of G Oliver Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:49 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Issue

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with Bibliography - V7

2008-07-13 Thread Cary
case and in breaking after every line in another. I suspect the base problem is including Source text (which is long in some cases) in the Bibliography at all. I think this is a bug. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with Bibliography - V7

2008-07-13 Thread Cary
something about the way the Bibliography is created. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirsten Bowman Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 12:29 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Issue

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with Bibliography - V7

2008-07-13 Thread Cary
Good ideas, tried both. Deleted one empty source. No joy, same problem. Hopefully in the work week the Legacy folks will have an idea or confirm a bug. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay S. Van Zeeland Sent

[LegacyUG] Issue with Bibliography - V7

2008-07-12 Thread Cary
in the bibliography only had only one line at the top of each page, the rest blank. This has not happened with shorter reports. Any ideas what is happening? Am I doing something wrong that makes it move to a new page? Is there a bug? Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Legacy User Group guidelines: http

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with Bibliography - V7

2008-07-12 Thread Cary
Good idea, I tried it, but the same thing is still happening. This time the entire report paged out to 1500 pages, with page after page with only one line. Can it be something about my sources that causes it? Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

RE: [LegacyUG] Adding census information for both parents and children

2008-07-11 Thread Cary
the event for however it differs for that person (i.e. wife instead of husband, etc) and then save it. The info not changed and the source/pictures etc will stay the same as the first event created. This works for any event, not only censuses. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message

RE: [LegacyUG] Event Definition

2008-07-10 Thread Cary
as a [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] [Notes] Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carol Costa Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:12 AM To: Legacy Digest Subject: [LegacyUG] Event Definition I do not understand how to edit the event

RE: [LegacyUG] Source pictures

2008-07-10 Thread Cary
Me too. Pictures are often small in reports therefore hard to read. Captions/notes for pictures tend to be harder than source text/comments as picture info is in a smaller column under each picture rather than across the whole page Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

[LegacyUG] Picture Gallery default

2008-07-06 Thread Cary Jay Vaughn
In the picture gallery for a particular person in Family view, is there a way to have All pictures be the default instead of individual? Thanks for any help. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

RE: [LegacyUG] Census - To split or not to split, that is the question!

2008-07-05 Thread Cary
care how many sources I have until it threatens Legacy's ability to keep them and I don't see that happening any time soon. I'm only at 4 digits now. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Templeman Sent: Saturday

[LegacyUG] Error Rebuilding Marriage List (Error 3022)

2008-06-27 Thread Cary
Hello, All. Is anyone familiar with this error and what I need to do to fix it? I've come across this error when merging gedcoms into my family file and while doing a check/repair. Thanks in advance. CR Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Error Rebuilding Marriage List (Error 3022)

2008-06-27 Thread Cary
Oh, lol. I checked the website but must have missed that section. Thank you and I'm still loving Legacy after all these years! Cary - Original Message - From: Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 12:27 PM Subject: RE

Re: [LegacyUG] Error Rebuilding Marriage List (Error 3022)

2008-06-27 Thread Cary
My question was already answered, officer. - Original Message - From: Jenny M Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Error Rebuilding Marriage List (Error 3022) Cary wrote Is anyone familiar

[LegacyUG] File ID

2008-06-22 Thread Cary Jay Vaughn
Is there a way to get the file ID to show up in the Assigned Sources for screen? In version 6, I was able to see this at the bottom of the screen, but I cannot see it in version 7. I have to go into Edit Details in order to see this now. Thanks Legacy User Group guidelines:

RE: [LegacyUG] Newbie to Legacy

2008-06-16 Thread Cary
for everyone when needed, your method could work, but it looks to me like the same source might have to be recorded more than once or a reference put in so that finding sources becomes like a treasure hunt.. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat

Re: [LegacyUG] Family View Biological Parent Not Showing

2008-06-16 Thread Cary Jay Vaughn
] Family View Biological Parent Not Showing Cary, I think I see what you mean. When you've got the child in question in the main Family View as, 'Wife'/'Female' or 'Husband'/'Male' then the parents shown above the child are the true father and wrong mother. This happens even when you have the true

RE: [LegacyUG] [Legacy User Group] Version 7 Family view-customize

2008-06-15 Thread Cary
for the 2nd event. I also could have included events for donation of the body for medical student use to explain why the cremations scatterings were so long after the deaths. It's up to each of us how many events to use (Thank you Legacy). Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

Re: [LegacyUG] Family View Biological Parent Not Showing

2008-06-15 Thread Cary Jay Vaughn
View Biological Parent Not Showing Hi Cary, That is what preferred means - see the Help System, where under Preferred, Spouse it says: A Preferred spouse is the spouse automatically shown when their husband or wife is selected or displayed on the Family or Pedigree View as you navigate through

[LegacyUG] Current Age

2008-06-15 Thread Cary Jay Vaughn
Is there a way to display someone's current age on the family view? Thanks Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support:

Re: [LegacyUG] Family View Biological Parent Not Showing

2008-06-15 Thread Cary Jay Vaughn
Not Showing Cary, I want to take one step back here and make sure you added the child to the correct parents. In Family View, if the child is showing up with your preferred mother and not the father you want, then the child was entered with the incorrect couple in the Family View. (correct mother, incorrect

[LegacyUG] Family View Biological Parent Not Showing

2008-06-14 Thread Cary Jay Vaughn
When I am in family view, the preferred parent shows instead of the biological parent. How do I get the biological parent to appear and still keep the other parent as preferred? Thanks for any help you can give me. Legacy User Group guidelines:

RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant book printing problem (information written over picture)

2008-06-14 Thread Cary
a bunch of reports where are event pics but not a lot of event text it always happened Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juergen Amling Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 6:31 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG

[LegacyUG] V7 - Printing over pictures in Descendant report

2008-06-13 Thread Cary
, and have the same problem. Is this a bug or am I going something wrong? Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 - Questions about pictures and events in reports and event sentence definition

2008-06-13 Thread Cary
You will note the same issue with birth, death burial events. Like you I wish we did not have to make extra events to get pictures to print, but I believe we do have to. For the wish list~! Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] Charting Puzzle

2008-06-12 Thread Cary
If you are just trying to show one line with no siblings such as How A is descended from B, go to Tools, Relationship calculator enter the people, then hit the Print button which comes up giving some options including (top right) Preview. See if that is what you are looking for. Cary

RE: [LegacyUG] Non-US Censuses in v7

2008-06-11 Thread Cary
sourcewriter to see whether I will use it. Maybe, but maybe not. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wynthner Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:30 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Non-US

RE: [LegacyUG] events - married or individual??

2008-05-15 Thread Cary
is to limit marriage events to marriage related events (such as first meeting, engagement, major celebrated anniversaries, separation, divorce). That is a choice, I know others put Residence, Census etc there. One of the nice things about Legacy is that it lets us make such choices. Cary [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Backing up query

2008-04-29 Thread Cary
use an external hard drive and make sure I back up at least once a week and after big input sessions with Legacy and other software. This is a good habit to get into if you don’t want to reinput the data. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [LegacyUG] Cremation and Burial

2008-04-05 Thread Cary
I agree with all those who made two events, and suggest also that if you have pictures remember that the main burial/cremation event pics won't show up in reports, so I put pics (as of ceremonies gravestones) in the secondary event rather than in the main one. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] 67 foot descendant chart

2008-03-14 Thread Cary
for a grand niece and it was both readable storable. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JLB Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:49 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 67 foot descendant chart

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7- male descendents

2008-03-12 Thread Cary
exactly what you want. Is there a Stone cousin out there? My Stones (Simon family) left from Ipswich, England on 15 Apr 1635 on the Increase settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JLB

RE: [LegacyUG] Saving census images

2007-11-10 Thread Cary
AND it will make many Legacy book reports with pictures embedded too large to e-mail to cousins. I ignored this advice and ended up having to redo many many pics. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherry/Support

RE: [LegacyUG] Prepositions of In and At for locations

2007-11-09 Thread Cary
edited some of my event types where I use the notes in a consistent way but have not edited for location prepositions myself. I don't think there is any way to change this in a location specific way or for everything. If there is, I don't know of it. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message

RE: [LegacyUG] How to omit blank line at the end of the events when printed ?

2007-11-03 Thread Cary
I had this problem and found it was caused by having hit return after the note's text. If you delete all spaces returns at the end of the notes the printing problem should go away. Test one and you'll see if that's your problem. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

RE: [LegacyUG] Moving Photo locations

2007-11-01 Thread Cary
as I got close to finishing - and made sure nothing was inadvertently skipped. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:54 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject

RE: [LegacyUG] Surnames

2007-10-17 Thread Cary
people by the first name in reports if there is no name in Quotes. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of familyjesse Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:59 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Too Complicated???

2007-10-17 Thread Cary
that appealed to me. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valerie Garton Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:20 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Too Complicated??? Yes I too

RE: [LegacyUG] Group picture

2007-10-10 Thread Cary
How about creating an Event named Group picture or Family Portrait. The nice thing with Legacy is that you can create an event to describe whatever you want to include. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Chart Title [was Important individuals to your file...]

2007-10-10 Thread Cary
Actually that looks fine if you change the Title page on the short one to reflect both siblings and suppress the title page on the other (fuller) report. Except for having 2 (or more for more siblings)page 1 pages it looks fine Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Group picture

2007-10-09 Thread Cary
wedding. Group shots come out with each face pretty small in reports, so a reunion shot is more a symbol of the event than an effort to show who was there. I do name them all in the Picture Notes, though. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] Suggestions wanted please: How to enter boarder

2007-10-06 Thread Cary
in Notes because he’s only possibly the same person. If you are more sure than you have explained, you could also enter the 1910 Census as an Event saying he “appeared as” David Williams, boarder… and enter an alias name. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Need some help

2007-09-18 Thread Cary
One becomes glad there is only one file when there are connections between the families other than the marriage of ones parents, which coincidence can occur. This way double relationships don't have to mean double entry of the person.   Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -Original Message- From

RE: [LegacyUG] WARNING to everyone buying a new computer!

2007-09-15 Thread Cary
. I can’t imagine an easier way that wouldn’t risk losing control of what goes where, but if someone has ideas, I’m interested. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donna C. Brown Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007

RE: [LegacyUG] Reunion for PC

2007-08-21 Thread Cary
many inconsistently entered things. For me it was especially locations, which I had sometimes used for comment fields where Generations allowed less flexibility in entering events. You'll be glad you switched to Legacy once you get used to it. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

RE: [LegacyUG] Idea--an .fdb for background info? Plus book question.

2007-07-16 Thread Cary
and paternal, and manage all the place info in the Location master list or in the addresses for events. That could be harder with your people in two databases, but still has to be easier than having towns entered as people in a third place (it seems to me). Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message

RE: [LegacyUG] Non-standard locations

2007-07-12 Thread Cary
will be useful to you and clear to your intended readers. That matters more than any rule Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

RE: [LegacyUG] delete master records

2007-06-18 Thread Cary
, from one place. There is no source detail for this source. Anyone know if this is possible? Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Daily Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 3:26 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Dirty File and Child Duplication

2007-06-05 Thread Cary
appearances in family view will be gone. I find this disconcerting, and have avoided creating the adoptive relationship in Legacy (just putting the info in Notes). Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kb Sent: Monday, June

RE: [LegacyUG] Dirty File and Child Duplication

2007-06-05 Thread Cary
to look, but if too much junk gets into your real Legacy file it can make a mess. If only I'd been as careful when I started!!! Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kb Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:52 AM

RE: [LegacyUG] Photo caption

2007-05-17 Thread Cary
I suspect you have not checked the right boxes. Go to the report screen and select Options. Then find the tab for pictures and select for titles to print. You also have some control over size, etc. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Sources for narratives in notes

2007-05-07 Thread Cary
(date/place etc) is sourced by which source unless we put something in the even note field to do it. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RICHARD SCHULTHIES Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:18 AM To: LegacyUserGroup

RE: [LegacyUG] Missing space in reports Spelling issues

2007-05-05 Thread Cary
in the database. I'll be adding this to the future enhancement list. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jennifer Crockett Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 11:47 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG

RE: [LegacyUG] Missing space in reports

2007-05-03 Thread Cary
It is a general problem affecting other reports as well. Just hand corrected 250 pages of an ancestor book. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:51 AM To: LegacyUserGroup

RE: [LegacyUG] Missing space in reports Spelling issues

2007-05-03 Thread Cary
for the database would be great! (With ability to add words like surnames to the database, of course.) Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Nerud Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about PDF readers: Nitro

2007-04-30 Thread Cary
page that looks just like it. I've had minor issues with text box overlaps under pictures, and once it turned all the pictures upside down (no idea why) but for me this is the way to get editable output with the Legacy preview/print and PDF formatting that is lost in RTF. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] In search of a Legacy Bulletin Board

2007-04-25 Thread Cary
new things, too. Sign up, set your mail to sort it to a separate folder sorted by subject line, and you'll learn a lot. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Yardley Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:41 PM

RE: [LegacyUG] Question concerning Mailing List

2007-04-08 Thread Cary
Might have been me. I sent thanks to you offline for the census info. I felt guilty thanking you in the group as it is somewhat off topic (although we all hope Geoff will add early colonial census info to Legacy's research help). Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Records in Research Guidance

2007-04-06 Thread Cary
I'd kill for this booklet. Was it published by the LDS? Do you have a publisher name/date? Google shows it quoted for Maryland but not listed at Amazon, the DAR Library, or other good genealogy libraries in my area. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] Need help with Locations that keep changing names

2007-04-01 Thread Cary
Thanks, I like this idea and will try it. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Bashford Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 12:54 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Need help

[LegacyUG] Need help with Locations that keep changing names

2007-03-31 Thread Cary
. And I need the modern names for help when planning research. Also, some sources have only the old name, some have Old Bridge, the present River Edge type references, with present in that example meaning 1935. Suggestions?  Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ami Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy

RE: [LegacyUG] Surnames

2007-03-26 Thread Cary
to put one name before the other, of course. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Montgomery Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 2:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Surnames Many thanks

RE: [LegacyUG] Keeping track of Costs

2007-03-26 Thread Cary
food. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Jones Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 1:34 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Keeping track of Costs That is what I do as well. On 3/25/07

RE: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence

2007-01-25 Thread Cary
for the alternative event if it is a 1900 US census or another with the birth year explicit rather than just calculated and would ignore the census year altogether if it is calculated. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy and pictures - 2 other questions

2007-01-23 Thread Cary
, if I load John Smith.jpg can I tell the Title to be John Smith in some easy way? I've loaded boatloads of pictures, and at first I wasn't putting in titles (dumb, I know), but they look nicer in reports with titles and now it's a huge job to add them. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Have you

RE: [LegacyUG] family files, custom view questions

2007-01-15 Thread Cary
to display in Family View instead of Bapt/Christening (such as Bar/Bat Mitzvah) if the majority of the tree is Jewish. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Daily Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:39 PM

RE: [LegacyUG] family files, custom view questions

2007-01-15 Thread Cary
Ah, but that's the great thing about Legacy. I show the Immigration Event in family view instead of Baptism/Christening because that means more to me. It doesn't have to be an equivalent event to be chosen, just one you find useful. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Record a Cremation

2007-01-07 Thread Cary Stone-Greenstein
the Location is ,,At Sea. I then add a Cremation Event for the facts of the Cremation, and a Burial Info event and/or Remains Scattered Event if there are notes/pictures that I want in reports. Sounds to me like you could use the same or similar with the Notes part to explain what happened. Cary

RE: [LegacyUG] Learning to Use Legacy

2007-01-05 Thread Cary
them on this list Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:28 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Learning to Use Legacy Loran, I agree

RE: [LegacyUG] One tested method of organizing files

2007-01-02 Thread Cary
to Excel to search. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson-Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara- Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 6:31 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG

RE: [LegacyUG] Unlikely but well documented lines

2006-12-30 Thread Cary
I like the idea of a Bridge person that makes it clear what is happening. Thanks Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 4:29 PM To: LegacyUserGroup

RE: [LegacyUG] Recent postings

2006-12-29 Thread Cary
Hear hear. The only thing worse than the mistaken html and attachments and off topic questions etc is (it seems like) 700 e-mails jumping on each error. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

[LegacyUG] Unlikely but well documented lines

2006-12-27 Thread Cary
but erroneous facts for some of the people. For example one ancestor is said to have won lands in a joust that very certainly never happened, and the town of Cary in Devon near St Giles in the Heath was mistaken for Castle Cary in Somerset. Unfortunately all the puffery was picked up by early (mid 1600's

RE: [LegacyUG] Other than Photos

2006-12-09 Thread Cary
the way these come out in reports. Because I transcribe the detail for each person in their Census events, I don't mind that the pictures of the census page in source descriptions are too small to read. It tells me I have it and could print it larger if wanted. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [LegacyUG] Indicating ancestors by colour

2006-12-08 Thread Cary Stone-Greenstein
However, you can assign a Tag instead of a color to ancestors who emigrated from France if your purpose of using the color green was to identify them. Then you can pull them up in a list of their own or select them for a separate report. Cary - Original Message - From: Brian

Re: [LegacyUG] Exaggerated Information

2006-12-04 Thread Cary Stone-Greenstein
doesn't show on any reports yet.) Or, alternatively, source it to her with a low credibility rating with private notes that you have your doubts. This is why I never enter anything written by others, but use them as sources and then enter what I can prove. Cary - Original Message

RE: [LegacyUG] Re: multimedia files and locations

2006-11-03 Thread Cary
folder or to keep family pics in 2 places. Legacy looks where I used last first, but it is easy to find pics in the hierarchy if that's not where the next pic to enter is. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald

RE: [LegacyUG] Copying events (e.g., between spouses)

2006-10-30 Thread Cary
Agree. The sources, address, pictures all are in the copied event, saves tons of work. However, like Ron F I do this when entering the shared event or I'd never remember to go back and add it. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Paid Genealogy Search Sites

2006-10-18 Thread Cary
be able to use and try out. I subscribe to Ancestry.com, but you may like another better. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenny M Benson Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:11 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Pictures in Legacy RTFs

2006-10-17 Thread Cary
Thanks for sharing this. Not as good as if it replicated the PDF, but good enough. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alastair Lack Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:31 AM To: Legacy Letters Subject: [LegacyUG

RE: [LegacyUG] Estimating Dates

2006-10-16 Thread Cary
with the main Birth event if you have no actual info in the main birth event that you want to preserve Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]FamilyTree.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]FamilyTree.com] On Behalf Of Laura Schumacker Sent: Monday, October 16

RE: [LegacyUG] Searching Sources

2006-10-11 Thread Cary
hope someone will tell us. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Roose Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:10 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Searching Sources In a mistaken effort to limit the number

RE: [LegacyUG] A couple of Sourcing questions

2006-10-10 Thread Cary
out there who may care. I have transcribed, shared and then donated a number of diaries from the 1800s. The recipients are very grateful, I get a tax deduction, and I know my nuclear family will always have the info (nothing lost to us) while others can also gain it.   Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] Date Selection Bug?

2006-10-10 Thread Cary
Not to mention why. Many of us think we know how Legacy will treat these and enter them accordingly. What happens to all the data already entered? Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Tuesday

RE: [LegacyUG] A couple of Sourcing questions

2006-10-10 Thread Cary
So long as you donate to a non-profit, non regular public library our accountant said it is deductible. Don't know for the past or of changes. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday

RE: [LegacyUG] sourcing personal websites

2006-09-20 Thread Cary
I agree with Stan, with the addition that I give all web sites the lowest Legacy certainty level unless it is obviously well sourced to original (not secondary) records (in which case it gets the next lowest). There is a lot of hokum out there. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message

RE: [LegacyUG] Changing Master Sources

2006-09-20 Thread Cary
Each time you close out after you edit a master source it will ask if you want to change all copies of the source (top button) or create a new source with the changed info (bottom button). If you use the second of these you are making a changed copy of the original into a new source. Cary

RE: [LegacyUG] Sources

2006-09-13 Thread Cary
then on unless you delete it. Cary Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Malka Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:38 PM To: LegacyUserGroup Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources A few questions about Sources in Legacy. 1

RE: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator - Runtime Error 380

2006-09-08 Thread Cary
with just him, maybe I can lose the problem while keeping his facts relationships. (I don't use RINs for anything so no loss to me if it changes.) If it works I'll delete the bad one. As I said before, you are a true saint to keep thinking on this for me. I wish there were a way to repay you. Cary

[LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator - Runtime Error 380

2006-09-06 Thread Cary
that could cause this? I'd really rather show pictures if there is a way, and I have a lot of info and Events so don't want to delete and re-enter him.   Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rel Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages

RE: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator - Runtime Error 380

2006-09-06 Thread Cary
, even picture tree. Cary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 4:12 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator - Runtime Error 380 Hi Cary

RE: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator - Runtime Error 380

2006-09-06 Thread Cary
a work around. Will to tag the ones I want, move them to another Legacy database and do an ancestor report from there. Since all other reports seem to include him perfectly that should work. I cannot thank you enough for all your efforts on this. Cary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [LegacyUG] including a table in Notes; OR attaching a file

2006-09-05 Thread Cary
of many such products). Obviously, only a small chart will work well in reports as a picture, and the PDF picture is limited to one page or less. Cary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Sa Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 4:05 PM

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