Re: [LegacyUG] combining/replacing sources

2009-08-23 Thread Connie Sheets
-- On Sun, 8/23/09, jeffma...@orthohelp.com wrote: > A question about the sources produced > by the new source writer: will they > transfer correctly in a gedcom to another genealogy > program? In other words, > does gedcom have any difficulty with the new style of > sources compared the > to

Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] A Minor Glitch ? ?

2009-08-22 Thread Connie Sheets
Cathy, While Source Citations can be added to To Do lists, they will not print on the report, as you have found. This is a known bug that is somewhere in the "to be fixed" system. For earlier discussions, and a work around that I use, check out the lists archives at: http://www.mail-archive.

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendent Report bug

2009-08-14 Thread Connie Sheets
Ruth, But it's not a bug; it's a standard method for recording descent in a narrative report that has been in use for decades. At least if I'm understanding you correctly. I'd have to do some research to see how the major genealogical publications handle changes in surname, but I wouldn't wan

Re: [LegacyUG] Netbook vs. Laptop?

2009-08-13 Thread Connie Sheets
MJ, The netbook I recently purchased runs Windows XP and has more memory, a faster processor and a larger hard drive than my older HP laptop that I had been using (with Legacy, and without problems) for about 4 years. There is absolutely no problem running Legacy on an Asus Eee with 1GB of RA

Re: [LegacyUG] Request suggestions on Source Writer Template

2009-08-13 Thread Connie Sheets
Grover Oliver wrote: > I have run into a bit of a road bump. > For the last 57 years out family > has held a family reunion each year in August. During these > reunions > our family history has been documented and kept by the > elected family > historian. This family history documents Minutes of

Re: [LegacyUG] Pocket Genealogist vs. GedStar Pro

2009-08-11 Thread Connie Sheets
Dede, I realize this isn't exactly what you're asking, but as someone who finds all PDA-type devices too small (and too expensive when the higher cell phone access fees are considered), laptops too big, and thinks a cell-phone should be used for phone calls, I have been quite happy with my new

Re: [LegacyUG] Find-A-Grave ID #

2009-08-09 Thread Connie Sheets
Why would Find-A-Grave ever be entered as an Event? Find-A-Grave is a source of information, just like a book, a census, an old letter written by grandma, or an online database. In fact, it is an online database. Obviously, people can use Legacy however they like, but I would argue that we s

Re: [LegacyUG] VERY off topic: Find A Grave

2009-08-09 Thread Connie Sheets
> Could some kind soul give me a > working link to "Find-A-Grave"?  I Googled it, and > attempted to go there, but I am getting the 404 error: "Page > not found." Robert, The site goes down periodicallyperhaps it just had too much traffic today. Try again later and you should get in. Con

Re: [LegacyUG] Find-A-Grave ID #

2009-08-09 Thread Connie Sheets
Keith, I would put it in my source citation for birth, death, burial or whatever data I'm taking from the tombstone, e.g.: "Find A Grave," database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 Aug 2009), Moses Shirley, Find A Grave Memorial# 14889752. I would also add an indication in the citation as t

[LegacyUG] Italics Coding Printing in Source List and Gedcom (was Printing Master Source List Names)

2009-08-07 Thread Connie Sheets
rmation.  I think you want the > List-style format > Does that help? > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Connie Sheets > wrote: > > > > Is there any way to print out a list of Master Source > Names (with or without the full source citation)?  I need > to clean up

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Master Source List Names

2009-08-07 Thread Connie Sheets
rmation.  I think you want the > List-style format > Does that help? > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Connie Sheets > wrote: > > > > Is there any way to print out a list of Master Source > Names (with or without the full source citation)?  I need > to clean up/st

[LegacyUG] Printing Master Source List Names

2009-08-07 Thread Connie Sheets
Is there any way to print out a list of Master Source Names (with or without the full source citation)? I need to clean up/standardize how I have named my sources and having a piece of paper to look at would be nice, rather than having to do it all onscreen, but I'm stumped. I have the Source

Re: [LegacyUG] Report problem

2009-08-03 Thread Connie Sheets
Report Options (bottom center of report pop-up screen) > Include Tab > click on Event Information --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Elizabeth Cunningham wrote: > From: Elizabeth Cunningham > Subject: [LegacyUG] Report problem > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 5:08 P

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Notes in Family Group Record Report

2009-07-18 Thread Connie Sheets
Jerri Grimley wrote: > Hi: > I am still a newbie at this.  Is there a better > place to enter the census data, than on the event > notes?  >   >   > I also enter all the individuals on a census as I find > it a quick way to see the group dynamics of the family at a > point in time. >   > Where d

RE: [LegacyUG] Magically Appearing Unknown Spouses and Parents

2009-07-17 Thread Connie Sheets
Ron, Yes, I was attempting to link 2 people who were already in the database as father and daughter. And, I was adding the mother who had not previously been in the database. I thought that was what I said; sorry if I wasn't clear. Unfortunately I don't remember the exact sequence I used. B

RE: [LegacyUG] Magically Appearing Unknown Spouses and Parents

2009-07-17 Thread Connie Sheets
Ron, But there are both options: (1) Add a mother or father to the child, and (2) Add a daughter (in my case) to the parents. With both options, a pop up screen appears asking whether you want to add a new person, or link to an existing person. If the only way to prevent "unknown" people I'

[LegacyUG] Magically Appearing Unknown Spouses and Parents

2009-07-17 Thread Connie Sheets
I know this topic has been discussed several times before, in one manner or another, but I can't come up with the proper search terms to find what I need in the Archives. Yesterday, I attempted to link two individuals who were already in my database as father and daughter. The father was in m

Re: [LegacyUG] Converting older basic source to Sourcewriter

2009-07-17 Thread Connie Sheets
--- On Fri, 7/17/09, Leonard Johnson Sweden wrote: > Thank you so much for the link.  > I have now downloaded the software.  This software seems to > be designed to work with Legacy.  I know that Geoff at > Millennia was working on somethings similiar, but that has > not come so far.  I have u

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources Not Printing On To-Do List/Research Log

2009-07-09 Thread Connie Sheets
ust apologize to the list since I > guess I forgot to advise the LUG that the issue was > recorded. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > Connie Sheets wrote: > > I have not b

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Represent a "Best Fit" Ancestor

2009-07-09 Thread Connie Sheets
Paula, You did not ask a stupid question. In fact, you explained quite nicely why I ignore the surety level completely. What I might rate a 3, you might rate a 4; and what I rate a 3 today, I might rate a 2 next week. What is far more relevant is the "proof argument" which can only be a nar

RE: [LegacyUG] How to Represent a "Best Fit" Ancestor

2009-07-08 Thread Connie Sheets
Personally, I think it is a very bad idea to link people in your database until you have obtained solid direct evidence of a relationship, or you have completed a "reasonably exhaustive search" so that you can construct a proof argument using indirect evidence. (It's more complicated than that

[LegacyUG] Sources Not Printing On To-Do List/Research Log

2009-07-08 Thread Connie Sheets
I have not been able to keep up with reading the list the last couple of months, so my apologies if this has been discussed recently. I checked the archives and found only one reference: Back in January, Jennifer Trahan asked for verification that others were experiencing difficulty with Sour

Re: [LegacyUG] Any unusual Events with their sentence structures?

2009-05-09 Thread Connie Sheets
Cathy wrote: > Does anyone have a listing of "out of the ordinary > events" along with applicable sentence structures? > > For example, I found a reference to the registered > "ear marks" used to brand an ancestor's cattle > but am unsure how to add it to my database. With city > directories,

Re: [LegacyUG] Unable to copy scanned documents into Legacy "events" or "Notes"

2009-05-06 Thread Connie Sheets
mage, you will need to purchase a good OCR program (I haven't seen such a thing, but perhaps one exists), or retype the documents. Personally, I'd opt for the latter if for some reason I didn't want to attach a scan (jpg, pdf format, etc.). Connie Sheets Arizona

Re: [LegacyUG] Reusing Source Detail

2009-04-26 Thread Connie Sheets
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > I don't do anything special. I just use search and > replace when needed. > > I doubt if the programmers will ever do these things. > Sourcing is hard > enough for some people to grasp and adding an extra layer > would probably > cause much confusion. Just look at ho

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Group Sheet Error - Calculated Date Terminology

2009-04-26 Thread Connie Sheets
Kay, I'm using the same build as you, and on my one example entered since installing this build, it shows properly on Print Preview of an FGS as cal not ber (also a calculated birth). Connie Kay Fordham wrote: > Using 7.0.0.90 > Build Date of: 13 March 2009 > > When I use the calendar fe

Re: [LegacyUG] Reusing Source Detail

2009-04-26 Thread Connie Sheets
Alan, I'm afraid I don't understand what you are asking for if Source Clipboard doesn't do it? Source Clipboard allows you do reuse the exact same Master Source and Detail over and over again. You will have only one footnote in your reports as your original post requested. It seems to me if

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing an estimated date

2009-04-26 Thread Connie Sheets
Pam, I'm not LDS so am clueless as to the detail you need for temple work, but yes, what I would do is add a source note that says "marriage date is estimated from birth date of oldest child." Connie Pam O'Dell wrote: > > I am estimating a marriage date based on the birth year of > th

Re: [LegacyUG] Reusing Source Detail

2009-04-26 Thread Connie Sheets
Alan Jones wrote: > I am trying to follow Legalcy's process for Master > Sources and then Source Detail for info on the particular > person/event. However in some cases the detail info is such > that I could use it for more than one event. Is there a way > to cite the same source detail (not j

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Info From Someone That Is Deceased

2009-04-25 Thread Connie Sheets
26/09, Connie Sheets wrote: > Pam O'Dell wrote: > > > I have photocopies of about 100 family sheets that my > great > > uncle prepared back in the 50's (before I was > born). Is > > there a particular way this type of info should be > sourced? >

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Info From Someone That Is Deceased

2009-04-25 Thread Connie Sheets
Pam O'Dell wrote: > I have photocopies of about 100 family sheets that my great > uncle prepared back in the 50's (before I was born). Is > there a particular way this type of info should be sourced? I would use the Family Group Sheet or Artifacts>Privately Held template; I have found I have

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing an estimated date

2009-04-25 Thread Connie Sheets
Pam O'Dell wrote: > Does anyone know how to properly source and estimated date? What sources are you using to estimate the date? You would cite those sources, just as you cite a source (or several sources) for a specific date. For example, if you've found your person on the 1850 census, w

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations and County names before formation

2009-04-11 Thread Connie Sheets
Penny, I use country names in my database only when entering data for distant cousins who migrated to Canada or who just happened to die in the Phillipines, as all my people were otherwise in what became the US long before it became the US (my most recent immigrant arrived about 1760). So on

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations and County names before formation

2009-04-10 Thread Connie Sheets
Kathleen, The generally accepted standard is to record locations as they were at the time the event occurred. You can add a note indicating where the location is currently. This is important in order to locate additional relevant records. In many cases, the records will still be in the old

Re: [LegacyUG] Communication patterns between families

2009-04-07 Thread Connie Sheets
Kathy Shiell-Stokes wrote: > Just curious how other users track communication links > amongst their family members. In my case, tracking those > linkages could lead to new sources of information. Some > links could potentially be between completely separate > families. Let me give you an exampl

Re: [LegacyUG] General Notes VS. Events

2009-04-01 Thread Connie Sheets
Bob wrote: > What is the general concensus regarding where to put general > information - Notes or Events? > > A lot of the items I put into events has written data to > explain the event, but it is a bit awkward to have to refer > to the event statement to read it. Should entries such as > a

RE: [LegacyUG] Run time error '5'

2009-04-01 Thread Connie Sheets
Ron wrote: > When Legacy is installed the install log is created. It is > also clear that some users find that they no longer have the > log file in their system. The one thing which they all have > in common is that they have correctly tried to uninstall > Legacy using the Window's Add/Remove f

RE: [LegacyUG] Run time error '5'

2009-03-31 Thread Connie Sheets
? > > Sherry > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > supp...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > -Original Message- > From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com > [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf > Of Connie Sheets >

RE: [LegacyUG] Run time error '5'

2009-03-31 Thread Connie Sheets
; We are changing the world of genealogy! > > When replying to this message, please include all previous > correspondence. > Thanks. > > > -Original Message- > From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com > [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf > Of Connie Sheets >

RE: [LegacyUG] Run time error '5'

2009-03-31 Thread Connie Sheets
Sherry, I'm not sure if you're talking about the current .90 build, or another build you have in the pipeline, but I wanted to clarify (in case it is important for the programmers) that the problem I had with the missing install.log file (and it most definitely was missing) happened only after

[LegacyUG] Correction of Subsequent Citation Examples

2009-03-30 Thread Connie Sheets
William F. Reid - Elizabeth Holland, citing Tazewell Co. Marriages, Vol 1, p. 37 --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Connie Sheets wrote: > From: Connie Sheets > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Effect of Master Source Overrides and Preventing > Disappearing Details in Subsequent Citations > To: LegacyUserGro

Re: [LegacyUG] Effect of Master Source Overrides and Preventing Disappearing Details in Subsequent Citations

2009-03-30 Thread Connie Sheets
Ward, First, thanks to you and Ron for the reminder about Ctrl+i. I also realized after posting that it is not just the Subsequent Citations capability that would lead me to choose Sourcewriter+Override instead of Basic; it also allows for a properly formatted Bibliography. I misspoke when I

Re: [LegacyUG] The effect of Master Source Overrides

2009-03-28 Thread Connie Sheets
Ward, It appears that you have a response similar to the one I received yesterday. I have not yet taken the time to fully comprehend it, or experimented to figure out what it means "in practice." (Your post below is more understandable to me than what I received from Support). Off the top o

[LegacyUG] Questions re: List Guidelines

2009-03-27 Thread Connie Sheets
Apparently, lurking for long is not in my nature. I hope I don't stir the pot further, but I have questions I need answers to. They are just as important to my being a successful user of Legacy, if not more so, than when I asked for help with my print/preview problem last weekend. The list g

[LegacyUG] Private Flaming

2009-03-27 Thread Connie Sheets
Because of the intensity and frequency of private flaming that I have been receiving from this list over the last few weeks, I will be reverting to as close to "lurker" mode as I can muster, and am contemplating leaving the list. I have always done my best to be helpful and keep to topic. Quit

Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing papers and Using Legacy

2009-03-27 Thread Connie Sheets
My apology if this is a duplicate for anyone; I sent it yesterday morning but never received it through the list and can't find it in the archives. --- On Thu, 3/26/09, Kris wrote: > This issue recently came up (in another context) on another > list I read. I thought at the time, and I still

Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing papers and Using Legacy

2009-03-25 Thread Connie Sheets
Thomas Herson wrote: > Hugh and Connie, > > Please help me understand exactly what information you are > not able to enter in Legacy. Using the several > "Notes" areas, you should be able to enter any > text, census transcipts, deeds, etc. > After using the program for several years I've never

Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing papers and Using Legacy

2009-03-25 Thread Connie Sheets
Janis, I will answer your questions privately, but I wanted to post a partial response to Question #1 publicly, as I think it is germane to the use of Legacy. There may be someone out there struggling silently with what I have struggled with for years who can benefit from what I've learned.

RE: [LegacyUG] Unable to Uninstall; Missing Install.log file and Error 339

2009-03-22 Thread Connie Sheets
wanted to know about how Legacy and Windows XP work. And I got practice doing another kind of detective work, similar to what we do when we search for our ancestors. Connie --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Connie Sheets wrote: > From: Connie Sheets > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Unable to

RE: [LegacyUG] Unable to Uninstall; Missing Install.log file

2009-03-22 Thread Connie Sheets
--- On Sun, 3/22/09, Sherry/Support wrote: > From: Sherry/Support > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Unable to Uninstall; Missing Install.log file > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 3:57 PM > With Legacy closed, go to the Legacy folder on your hard > drive. Delet

[LegacyUG] Unable to Uninstall; Missing Install.log file

2009-03-21 Thread Connie Sheets
If the person who was having problems a week or two ago with the missing install.log file is still reading the list, he may be interested to know I think I have duplicated his problem. As part of my quest to rectify my unable to preview or print problem, I tried to uninstall Legacy. I used Ad

RE: [LegacyUG] Can't Preview Reports with Latest Update?

2009-03-21 Thread Connie Sheets
ronald ferguson wrote: > Connie, > > Before doing a System Restore I would try "Last Known > Good Configuration" - it's in the same place as the > "Safe Mode" - I don't know where that is on > your PC but on mine it's f8 on start up (I think!). > > Whether either would solve a problem which

RE: [LegacyUG] Can't Preview Reports with Latest Update?

2009-03-21 Thread Connie Sheets
--- On Sat, 3/21/09, ronald ferguson wrote: > Connie, > > The first thing which I would try would be to close and > reopen Legacy, if that does not work then do the same with > your PC. > > I would then try running File Maintenance>Check/Repair, > then if no luck, deleting the .usr file for

[LegacyUG] Can't Preview Reports with Latest Update?

2009-03-21 Thread Connie Sheets
I just discovered that every time I click on Preview a report (at least with the Pedigree or Family Group Record reports), my system "freezes" or "hangs." I'm not getting an error message. This is a new behavior with the 7.0.0.90 update. Can anyone duplicate this? Thanks!!! Connie

Re: [LegacyUG] source formatting on Family Group Report

2009-03-21 Thread Connie Sheets
Dede Holden wrote: >> I have a question regarding source formatting on the Family > Group > Report.  I'm using the Sourcewriter Family Group > Sheet-Privately Held > template.  I have source detail and a comment on the > detail.  Why is > there a semi-colon inserted at the beginning of the detail

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcewriter for marriage and divorce indexes?

2009-03-19 Thread Connie Sheets
Vicki, If you are working with indexes you find online, I would probably use the Internet > Database template. If actual divorce records, I would start with the Court records templates. I always experiment with how each  template "prints" to get the best results:  you can leave fields blank o

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error "5" & SourceWriter Work-Arounds

2009-03-12 Thread Connie Sheets
Thanks, Jenny. I've had several templates work for the first few lines, but get the error and shut down when I'm entering data on the last or next to last data field. I will experiment with bottom up entry and see what happens and used saved sources when possible. I think Dave mentioned he

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error "5"

2009-03-11 Thread Connie Sheets
I am curious if anyone who (1) had been using Sourcewriter prior to the latest update, and (2) has installed 7.0.0.89 is able to use SourceWriter at all, for any template. If so, which templates work? I seem to have no recourse except to revert to the Basic Source system, which I have, up to

Re: [LegacyUG] Selecting Source Multiple Times for One Person

2009-03-09 Thread Connie Sheets
To add one source to multiple facts (the basic ones, i.e. name, birthdate, death date, burial), you must first load the source onto the source clipboard. You must also enter the data into each field. Then, look at the left hand side of the edit screen, and you will see 4 blue symbols; choose

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a "Family Tree" found on Ancestry.com

2009-03-09 Thread Connie Sheets
Since far too many Ancestry trees are complete works of fiction, I too would be very hesitant to enter the data into Legacy, however, if for some reason I did do so, I would use the Internet > Database template. Connie Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree

Re: [LegacyUG] Subsequent Citation "Work Around"

2009-03-09 Thread Connie Sheets
Janis wrote: > The Subsequent Citation issue is a troubling one. For the > most part, I do > narratives and reconstruct citations "by hand," > rather than relying on > reports. Even so, there are occasions when I would like to > kick out a little > booklet for an interested family member... Tha

Re: [LegacyUG] Basic versus Sourcewriter Source Entry

2009-03-09 Thread Connie Sheets
> I have been a user of the Basic version of source entry and > had built > my own templates over time I'm comfortable using. > Yesteday I thought > I'd play around some with the Sourcewriter entry > process on my 'Test' > database. Today I'm working on my 'Main' > database and went to add a > n

Re: [LegacyUG] Impatience with Legacy

2009-03-08 Thread Connie Sheets
Ward, I had some correspondence with Customer Service a couple of months ago, but I believe it was specific to the full citations, rather than subsequent citations, always printing on FGS, Individual Reports, etc. (I wasn't sure at the time exactly which problem was being discussed). I was a

Re: [LegacyUG] bug in newest update?

2009-03-08 Thread Connie Sheets
Dede, Confirming the problem (which I've never seen before the 7.0.0.89 update; I have used the templates you mention with previous version 7 builds). For the 1900 census, I was able to enter data in several fields on Step 2, but it popped up when I started to type in the URL field. On the A

Re: [LegacyUG] Create a list by source detail - addendum

2009-03-08 Thread Connie Sheets
Actually, now that I think about it longer, you may want to set the Primary Condition as Individual - Master Source - contains Lancashire 1861, then add a second condition as I described. --- On Sun, 3/8/09, Connie Sheets wrote: > Frances wrote: > > > > Is there any way t

Re: [LegacyUG] Create a list by source detail

2009-03-08 Thread Connie Sheets
Frances wrote: > > Is there any way to create a list by source detail, as > opposed to Master source? > For example. My master source is English Census Lancashire > 1861. I have several records covering different streets and > areas within Lancashire in 1861, each with its own source > detail. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Obituaries

2009-03-07 Thread Connie Sheets
Ron Goodwin wrote: > For some time now I have been creating my obituaries as the > main source > title, such as - "Obituary - Joseph Yeager". > > I'm now thinking that to be in line with more > knowledgeable LUG members, > that perhaps I should change the source to "Newspaper > - obituary" and

Re: [LegacyUG] Surety Levels (was: Source Defaults)

2009-03-04 Thread Connie Sheets
--- On Wed, 3/4/09, CE WOOD wrote: > However, if there was the option to set Surety Levels for > each source, you could always change it for any specific use > of the source. What am I missing in this discussion? There is a way to set the surety level for each source: While there is a g

Re: [LegacyUG] Surety Levels (was: Source Defaults)

2009-03-04 Thread Connie Sheets
I like the way things are, and would not be happy if the global surety setting was no longer available or if I had to mess around with too many additional options. There is already an option to exclude a source from printing, and the system for setting a surety level seems simple and easy to u

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Writer - Master Template Info question

2009-03-03 Thread Connie Sheets
Will, It appears to be a glitch in the software. In the Evidence Explained QuickCheck Models which use the term Collection (and on which the Legacy templates are based), the name of the collection appears in the full citation, not just the bibliography/source list. See pp. 312 and 318 of EE.

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source and event for passenger lists?

2009-02-26 Thread Connie Sheets
It would be impossible for Legacy to identify every possible event type that someone wants to enter, or for Evidence Explained, the book on which the source templates are developed, to provide examples for every possible source. Therefore: Create your own Event, however you want it to read, e.

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing Gedcoms from FTL GenCircles

2009-02-25 Thread Connie Sheets
#x27;t work. (The whole purpose of gedcom is to allow movement of data between programs, regardless of the program). If FTL Gencircles doesn't have the capability of making a gedcom for export, then I'm at a loss. That would be FTL Gencircles problem, not a Legacy problem. Connie

Re: [LegacyUG] Bookmarking procedures (setting quick bookmarks)

2009-02-23 Thread Connie Sheets
Jenny and Meg, Your 3 Quick bookmarks will not change if you set them in the quick bookmark area at the bottom of the screen after bookmarking them with the bookmark icon. See the Help file for details. Connie Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiqu

Re: [LegacyUG] Bookmarking procedures

2009-02-23 Thread Connie Sheets
or the screen. They continue to be the same 3 people, and the others are added to the top of the list. Connie Sheets Arizona --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Meg Greenwood wrote: > > Using the Quick Bookmarks is easy with a right clik on the > little Bookmark icon. I see the 3 spaces

[LegacyUG] Source Problem When Combining Events Into Paragraph

2009-02-16 Thread Connie Sheets
rscripts 3, after each event sentence). Are others experiencing this, or did I mis-select something? Connie Sheets Arizona --- On Mon, 2/16/09, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > > What settings are you using for 'Options for Descendent > Narrative Book', 'Format', 

Re: [LegacyUG] p.s. Source citation superscript in Events - Sentence override

2009-02-16 Thread Connie Sheets
And if you don't want to use the pre-programmed sentence structures at all, just put [Notes][Sources] in the Sentence override box, then type away in the Notes box. (That is my solution to the pesky, stilted sentence structures that don't read at all how I want them to). Connie Shee

Re: [LegacyUG] Source citation superscript in Events - Sentence override

2009-02-16 Thread Connie Sheets
appearing after your notes: He appeared on the [Date] census in [Place]. [Notes] [Sources]. Hope this helps, Connie Sheets Arizona --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Marianne Szabo wrote: > From: Marianne Szabo > Subject: [LegacyUG] Source citation superscript in Events - Sentence override

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing information from individuals

2009-02-12 Thread Connie Sheets
lates end up in Legacy. I used the "Artifacts, privately held" template to create the following source which I think is similar to what you are asking for: Jane Doe, "Sheets Family Charts and Group Sheets," 1994; privately held by Connie Sheets, 2008. Ms. Doe, the great-g

Re: [LegacyUG] Overriding sources... output

2009-02-12 Thread Connie Sheets
Michele Lewis wrote: > It prints in the reports (all of them) with just the > overwritten source information. It won't print out the > overridden DETAIL information. > > How can I get this to print properly? I have to have the > details! > So do I, but there is no fix at this point that I'

Re: [LegacyUG] New to Source Writer, help finding "Evidence Explained page and section numbers"

2009-02-01 Thread Connie Sheets
E, you can go to the page/section number in Legacy and select the template. In other words, it looks like we have two choices for finding templates: by name, and by page/section number in EE. Nice feature; and thanks for letting us know it existed. It will save me considerable guessing as to w

Re: [LegacyUG] Reason to Print An Individual Report

2009-01-31 Thread Connie Sheets
use the most. The only thing I put under Marriage is the marriage. It makes no sense to me to record things like Census or Residence as a Marriage Event but to each his own: that is the beauty of Legacy. Connie Sheets Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.co

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Access dates

2009-01-30 Thread Connie Sheets
is intended to be a style guide. The grammar and punctuation police aren't likely to fine me too heavily if I don't dot every I and cross every T exactly the same way ESM would). I, for one, am grateful to Legacy for attempting to incorporate the EE formats so that I have less work to do

Re: [LegacyUG] Incorporating Narratives From Sources into a Report

2009-01-28 Thread Connie Sheets
Judy, I too have transcribed some lengthy obits, biographies, etc. into Event Notes without running into this problem, but if I did, the first thing I would probably do is extract, rather than transcribe, the document, using ... judiciously to indicate where I have omitted words, phrases or per

Re: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter / Book COMPILED BY

2009-01-26 Thread Connie Sheets
sults in a citation that is, as near as I can tell with a quick check of EE, completely in compliance with standards. Connie Sheets --- On Sun, 1/25/09, Arnold Sprague wrote: > I have come across a goodly number of books which are > Compiled By, not Authored By nor Edited by as are the &

Re: [LegacyUG] Various Sources within a single Note

2009-01-25 Thread Connie Sheets
e for in Events, rather than General Notes. I hope this makes sense... Connie Sheets Glendale, AZ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technica

Re: [LegacyUG] Help on making a PDF

2009-01-20 Thread Connie Sheets
) Highlight topic Click on Display (at bottom of topic list) The results will tell you that to create a PDF file: >From Publish (or any relevant report), select PDF format (bottom of right hand >side of Publish window) Click on Create Name the file Save the file... Hope this help

RE: [LegacyUG] Subsequent Citations

2009-01-15 Thread Connie Sheets
Ron, I have reported these issues as bugs at least a month or two ago. I did receive correspondence from Support about one of them (the fact that subsequent citations don't print on Individual and Family Group Sheet reports), but have no acknowledgment of the others. Actually, my reference wa

RE: [LegacyUG] Subsequent Citations

2009-01-15 Thread Connie Sheets
--- On Sat, 1/10/09, ronald ferguson wrote: > Ward, > > Have you checked since the last update was issued? By far > the majority of problems have been resolved. I did notice > that if a footnote was right at the bottom of the page then > it could be lost, but as I cannot replicate it now I assu

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering In Unknowns To Database

2008-12-24 Thread Connie Sheets
For a somewhat different prospective: I have not studied your problem closely, but from what I have gleaned, you in fact do not know how (or even if) these two people are actually related. I never link people in my database until I have documentation to support the link. I enter suspected or

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't Delete Unused Sources

2008-12-22 Thread Connie Sheets
Thanks, Dennis. That's what I suspected but thought I'd run it by the list first. Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:11:34 -0800 (PST), Connie Sheets > wrote: > > > > > >When I try to delete them individually, I get: > > > &g

Re: [LegacyUG] A question about Sourcing

2008-12-22 Thread Connie Sheets
I consider myself middle of the road, but may lean more toward splitting than lumping, though I think there must be extreme lumpers (putting all newspapers in one source would be an extreme lumper IMO) and extreme splitters (making a separate master source for each census household would be an

[LegacyUG] Can't Delete Unused Sources

2008-12-18 Thread Connie Sheets
Running 7.0.0.76 on an XP system: A couple of years ago (with an obviously earlier edition of Legacy), I experimented with Research Guidance and automatically added several To-Do items for one individual in my database. This added several Sources I've never actually consulted to my Master Sour

RE: [LegacyUG] Embarrassed to ask...

2008-12-16 Thread Connie Sheets
I agree with Mary: it is intended to be the date you enter/record the info into your database. (I suppose as with anything else, you could use it for something else, though I'd be careful to be sure I was consistent and documented somewhere how I defined it so others who come along later would

Re: [LegacyUG] Another Citation Printing Bug? (was Master Source Subsequent Citation Issue)

2008-12-14 Thread Connie Sheets
--- On Mon, 12/8/08, Ward Walker wrote: > > Connie, > > For the fields of the master source, there is no problem or > ambiguity when the short form gets used. The master never > changes from citation to citation. Your only bug is that the > short form (subsequent citation) is being used in some

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source Subsequent Citation Issue

2008-12-13 Thread Connie Sheets
to do considerable editing. Connie --- On Tue, 12/9/08, Elizabeth Richardson wrote: > > Connie - do you have a need to edit the report? The > citations do print as footnotes if your output is to pdf. > > > - Original Message - From: "Connie > Sheets" > T

RE: [LegacyUG] Master Source Subsequent Citation Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Connie Sheets
Elizabeth M. wrote: > 2. Work on the word-processing capability, so we don't > have to import into > other software to create readable biographies, adequate > discussions of > problems, and proper punctuation--after which we still have > the problem of > stuffing the genie back into the bottle.

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source Subsequent Citation Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Connie Sheets
s (once the bugs are fixed) to read like they should regarding subsequent citations, it looks as though my only option is to ignore the subsequent citation format for the Master Source and make sure I create overrides for each and every detail Connie Sheets *** Holiday d

[LegacyUG] Master Source Subsequent Citation Issue

2008-12-06 Thread Connie Sheets
at is already specified for the Master Source. What am I missing here? Connie Sheets *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archiv

Re: [LegacyUG] Filing Systems (was entering first-person)

2008-10-21 Thread Connie Sheets
--- Gen Searcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Connie > I picked up that you file alphabetically, how would you > file a married couple > I can see that all unmarried people could be done by > alphabet but I just wondered do you file the husband and > wife separately > Regards > John John

Re: [LegacyUG] entering first-person

2008-10-18 Thread Connie Sheets
y are just something else to clutter the brain, IMO. It doesn't matter who you enter first; you could start with a 3rd cousin twice removed. If you decide you do have a use for the RINs, you can always change them later if you don't like how they are automatically assigned. Connie Sheet

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