Re: [LegacyUG] Impossible to unsubscribe?

This list is an "opt in" service provided to us for free by Legacy.  One stops receiving messages by unsubscribing.  If this service does not suit your needs, you may opt not to use it.  Therefore, the LUG email, by definition, is not spam.  It *is* a very active list most days.  This comes i

Re: [LegacyUG] Remarriage

me too linda chapman wrote: Hi Jim I would personally enter this as two seperate marriages and the divorce. The reason being, that there are two marriage certificates and divorce papers involved. Regards Lin please browse my family tree at http://mytangledfamily.tribalpages.com ---

Re: [LegacyUG] List Mandates

Wait a minute . . . Watkins?!? . . . as a possible distant relative, I must accept this immediately and ask: Any connection to the Watkins in Oneonata NY in the mid 1800's? Dawn Crowley Tom Watkins wrote: Brian, "I should think the unpardonable Sin for this particular list would

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2

I like being able to choose the size & font type that I prefer. I also like being able to make Legacy fit only1/2 of the screen & still be legible while I look @ digitized records on the other 1/2 of the screen. Dawn Arnold Sprague wrote: The original intent of this good post has been hij

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features

I'm not sure what the purpose of sorting by birthdate would be. Are you aware that Legacy has a calendar creator under reports - all reports? Perhaps that would meet your needs. Dawn Chick Lewis wrote: No, that is not what I meant. I know the children can by sorted by birth date. I am talk

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features

You got my personal favorites! Arnold Sprague wrote: Two Legacy features that I especially like are: #1. Family View: If the *highlighted* individual has siblings, it is easy to rotate through the brothers/sisters by merely left-clicking on the adjacent thin *vertical* space in the *middle* o

Re: [LegacyUG] Interview Report and other Forms and Questionnaires

When I have taught interviewing techniques @ conferences, I have learned that having some older objects on hand helps jog the memory, as does food. For example: My toddler helped me bake cookies to take to on a visit to see+ my grandma. With the added help they were unsuitable to share, so we

Re: [LegacyUG] sorting children

I cannot think of a bulk way to do this. Besides, doing this en masse could also unintentionally change the order of children where the order is known, but dates are not. Dawn Jim Walton wrote: Is there a way to do a bulk sort on all children so they appear in date order? I have a couple of

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing surname

Yes. And I have a marriage record one party's surname are spelled differently within the same document. This New England family had moved to the south. Same name, but with pronunciation variations that led to differing spellings. Dawn Laura Johnson wrote: It is NOT pendantic at all

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing surname

I handle name variations the same way as Ron does. Ron Ferguson wrote: Sorry, Jane, but I do not understand your problem here. I have the same situation with a family called "Heyes" up to the late 19c and "Hayes" thereafter. I entered the surname as Heyes until it changed and then entered H

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Legacy users in Whittier, CA area?

What kind of help are you seeking? Dawn Crowley Geoff Rasmussen wrote: If you live near (1-2 hr drive) Whittier, California, and would be interested in helping us at a seminar there next February, please contact me directly at ge...@legacyfamilytree.com. There's so many conferences

Re: [LegacyUG] Family History Center

I email info to myself, then use it at home. I also download PDFs, for example, and email them for use at home. Also, having volunteered at FHCs for many years, just ask when someone is there who might be able to assist you. That's a fair question whether the issue is handwriting, record ava

Re: [LegacyUG] Enter adopted parents family?

Ditto that. I input all known relations. Dawn Crowley ross.chap...@rogers.com wrote: I personally feel that one should take any and all important lines as far back as you are able. Although not adopted myself I have cousins who where and if the knowledge of their parents was known then I

Re: [LegacyUG] surnames not ALL CAPS

his will apply the "selected" formatting to ALL SURNAMES in your file. Valerie -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Dawn Crowley Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:54 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sub

Re: [LegacyUG] surnames not ALL CAPS

If the surnames were originally entered in all caps, they can be revised one surname (not individual) at a time by: 1. Click on "view". 2. Click on "master lists". 3. Work your way down the surname list, editing each surname. (FYI, if you want to see how many of any given surname are

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth date & death date reminders

Thank you. It was the bit about birthday reminders that I searched. It seems like a cool tool, but I didn't find it when I looked. Sometimes I just search for the wrong term. After spending a few months off and on trying to figure out how to download something, one of my teenagers happened

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth date & death date reminders

Awesome, but how did you find that? So often when I use the built-in help files of *any* software program, my search is futile. What were your search terms? Thanks, Dawn ronald ferguson wrote: Wendy, The instructions in the Help File are: "Selecting the individuals and marriages to inc

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

I don't use calculated, but tested it. It shows up as it should in ver 6.0.0.190. Kay Fordham wrote: Using 7.0.0.90 Build Date of: 13 March 2009 When I use the calendar feature to calculate a date (in this case birth), it shows properly as "cal 3 April 1849" in the Family View; however, i

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate Messages

I have noticed a handful of duplicates here and there. Garl Satterthwaite wrote: Hi, I have been getting two copies of every message for the last few weeks! Garl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.

Re: [LegacyUG] Incorrect Relationships

H . . . it sounds like some folks have mighty tangled ancestries. Wanna borrow mine? I have not yet discovered any dual relationships. ;) ;) ;) Vivian White wrote: Richard, Except that the wife of your x-2 granduncle will be shown as the Wife of x-2 granduncle which signifies no bl

Re: [LegacyUG] Does anyone know how convert Family Tree Maker - Version 1.1 (MS-DOS) to GENCOM or later file formats?

You probably need to export the file as a gedcom. You may need to move that gedcom up to more recent versions one at a time. Dawn blbrown_teac...@live.com wrote: Does anyone know how convert Family Tree Maker - Version 1.1 (MS-DOS) to GENCOM or later file formats? Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree View Enhancement

Wow!!! Given that our TV just died (leaving an empty space in my living room), now I know the size to look for in a replacement monitor. All the neighborhood teenagers will be jealous--until they find out what it's for. No wii. Hmmm . . . LOL ;) Oh, and given the fun of wearing trifocals,

Re: [LegacyUG] adoption by step father

No need to add the child multiple times. Just right click on the child and link to another set of parents. You can list the additional surname as an AKA. Add notes to explain the surname change. Kathy Miller wrote: When there is a child by a previous marriage (known or unknown name) of a wif

Re: [LegacyUG] Has anyone probs

Have you tried exporting from FTM again? Maybe there were some export and/or import options that would help. toni evans wrote: Sadly it looks like others have not had much of a problem, firstly I noticed my countries entered in Capitals had all turned to lower case which I have sorted with

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree View Enhancement

4 generations is enough for my laptop, my trifocals, and me. However, if I ever went back to a desktop (or had a computer desk again) and had a larger monitor, the option to select the number of generations would be cool. ronald ferguson wrote: Given that screens in general use are now quite

Re: [LegacyUG] new people

Please tell us the error number, if any, and specifically what the message states. Tell us which version of Legacy you are using. Also describe how you are adding people (i.e.: adding an existing person as a parent, adding an unlinked individual, etc.). That will aid us in providing a more acc

Re: [LegacyUG] Help on making a PDF now WHO

Now that you have saved your PDF file, you can: 1) email it as an attachment (it may be rather large, though) 2) burn it to a CD or DVD 3) copy it to a flash drive to share it with others Dawn momalo...@aol.com wrote: Got my PDF. Now I just need to know WHO can look at it??? My email is _mo

Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: BOOK BUGS

Sorry. I forgot that you were in the publishing center, not reports. Dawn momalo...@aol.com wrote: I found the generation box on the first REPORT screen, but now how do I get it into the book in "Publishing Cener?" In a message dated 1/17/2009 11:26:47 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, sc...@

Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: BOOK BUGS

Go back into reports and select one of them. Note that there are options of how many generations to include on the main screen. Dawn momalo...@aol.com wrote: Not so far, notes don't seem to be a problem. Questions that have come up in the last check of the book preview: Why does the "An

Re: [LegacyUG] Chronology Report - Edit

Do you wish to omit *some* notes, or *all* notes? The "options" icon has a lot of options to include or exclude info, including notes. Dawn momalo...@aol.com wrote: I did that . . . no luck yet. In a message dated 1/16/2009 10:31:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, sc...@relatively-speaking.o

Re: [LegacyUG] familysearch

Yes. It's 11:05 in SoCal. Tim Rosenlof wrote: Can anyone sign on to familysearch.org. Currently 9:05am Tim Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical

Re: [LegacyUG] Chronology Report - Edit

The information in the chronology tab comes from data input on other screens. For example, a child's birthday needs to be revised on the family, pedigree, descendant, or index tabs with a right click to edit. Dawn momalo...@aol.com wrote: When I clicked on the Chronology tab in the main vie

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy & new FamilySearch

Good to hear, but I may be bald by then. ;^) nFS searches have so many false positives (i.e.: matches only a given name) that it's a waste of time and effort. Ron Taylor wrote: Ron Ferguson is right...it will be there when Family Search makes it official. I have some personal communicatio

[LegacyUG] Legacy & new FamilySearch

Does the current version of Legacy interface with new FamilySearch for searches, uploading, temple name prep, and/or syncing (sp?) ? Holding my breath, Dawn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legac

Re: [LegacyUG] legacy

If it's a matter of wading through the Legacy messages in your inbox, then you might want to set up a filter (also called "rule" in some programs) to automatically move all email with the subject [LegacyUG] to a particular folder. Dawn Don McEdward wrote: Please do not send anymore items on

Re: [LegacyUG] How to list step parents status and sealing

But of course. You stated that you gave her two sets of parents. You may set the preferred line and also identify the type of parent-child relationship. Bernard Doddema wrote: If I look at a report, it shows she has two sets of parents. That wouldn't be correct, would it? On Fri, Nov 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Standardisation Tips

Legacy is so often very flexibleI love that! RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: But, if you don't want to change, just go into each person and check the 'Exclude from potential problems' and check 'check for illegal characters'. Wrong is a judgement call, what works for you is fine for you. Rich i

Re: [LegacyUG] Standardisation Tips

On the individual information screen, it is below the burial field. Lucky Belinfante wrote: Thanks Dave Where do I find the 'User ID fields" Sorry to be such a pain but I am a newbie to Legacy and not very PC literate. I have place 30 years of research from paper to a genealogy program an

[LegacyUG] reporting a bug

Within Legacy, click on the "home" tab. The bottom right side of the screen has a "support" box. Select "report a bug". (Whew! Finally a question that I can answer! ;^) ) Syble Glasscock wrote: I hate to be so dumb, but how do I report it as a bug? It does seem odd that it would be a bug,

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree Chart- picture size

Within Legacy, click on the "home" tab. The bottom right side of the screen has a "support" box. Select "report a bug". (Whew! Finally a question that I can answer! ;^) ) Syble Glasscock wrote: I hate to be so dumb, but how do I report it as a bug? It does seem odd that it would be a bug,

Re: [LegacyUG] Alternative Place Names Suggestion

An alternate modern place name would also need a year field. For example, I have a Lithuanian ancestor born in the 1800's and deceased in the US in the early 1900's. FamilySearch "corrected" his place of birth to the USSR, which never existed during his lifetime and does not now exist. Howev

Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Individual Information screen Event display

I have found cases where people were in two different locations for the same census year. One was a child visiting relatives. Another was a farmer who had a home in town & another outside of town. I haven't found anyone in the middle of a move yet, but these were interesting. Richard and

Re: [LegacyUG] Sitemap - Lecacy html pages.

FYI, there is a yahoo group devoted to Legacy users making websites. That unofficial group would be an alternate source of info for questions like this. It also has a searchable archive. (Not saying that you *must* use it--just a suggestion.) Check out: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/WUL

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering New Zealand Locations

*I don't have any NZ research to do.* However, I would definitely want to differentiate between a region at some level and a city. Wendy Howard wrote: I agree with Rachel, to a point... For places like Auckland and Wellington, two cities that are in regions of the same name, I don't bother

Re: [LegacyUG] TMG

The Master Genealogist The biggest difference between it and other genealogy software seems to be that it is event-based, rather than relationship-based. M Stowe wrote: Guess this is a strange question but was is TMG? M. On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Bruce McArthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [LegacyUG] TMG

The Master Genealogist M Stowe wrote: Guess this is a strange question but was is TMG? M. On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Bruce McArthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Hi It's me again - the lurker and lumper. I hate to defend TMG because it is slow an

Re: [LegacyUG] half siblings

It is something that can be turned off and on, so perhaps it was an option set long ago in v 6. I generally leave show 1/2 kids on because most of my families with 1/2 siblings were raised together. That makes it easier for me to catch all of the children when searching census records, etc.

Re: [LegacyUG] adding information from another person's gedcom to my family tree

And back up your own database prior to merging! Jessica Morgan wrote: Import to a blank database, clean up what you want, then merge to your database. Jess M On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:27 PM, sandra chester <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Hi everyone Since

[LegacyUG] V6 print tagged individuals

Awhile ago I tagged a group number 7. I'd like to print the list, but cannot figure out how to do it. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dawn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytr

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Calculator

It might have been written incorrectly on the original. Original records were also created by fallible human beings. Dawn Georgia wrote: At 07:39 PM 6/25/2008, you wrote: True except if the year is divisible by 400 it is a leap year, as was 2000. Sorry, I failed to give all the pertinen

Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Arrows in Husband Field

Legacy employs the use of various symbols as a shorthand to make users aware of various circumstances without making the screen data overly cumbersome. To see this, and others, search for "symbols" in the Legacy help file. Dawn Christina wrote: I have a question and not sure where to find

Re: [LegacyUG] V7: Accessed date for lumped US Census Entries - for Geoff

My reason for date accessed is so I know how long ago I accessed the site, whether it is still at the same URL or not. It gives me an idea of how experienced I was at the time. As I am teaching my children how to do research, I also include who added the info. Dawn Kris wrote: The "Wayback

Re: [LegacyUG] List Speed

Hmmm . . . what about the posts that I receive that are over 24 hours old when they arrive. (And yes, my computer was on during that time.) Dawn GeoSci wrote: Just received an Email with a time stamp of 6:15 -- but it is 4:25 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME! Apparently the time stamps (at least in Gm

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with Locations

You might wish to look at the archives for some lengthy discussions on prepositions used in locations. Dawn Steve Ayres wrote: Whilst on this subject I have traced my family out of Scotland and into America and I agree Gary some of the abbreviations are hard to make out. I have one which is

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with Living/Non-Living

Perhaps this information from the help screen answers your question: Advanced Set Living There are several Legacy reports, plus web pages, where the privacy of anyone whose Living status is set to Yes is protected by suppressing all personal details. When creating these reports, no info

Re: [LegacyUG] LDS Ordinances

if Legacy could give me a report of any/all information missing for individuals to be able to submit their names for Temple work. thank you very much; Michael -Original Message- From: Dawn Crowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyf

Re: [LegacyUG] LDS Ordinances

e individuals do qualify as far as I can tell. Another thing that would be great is if Legacy could give me a report of any/all information missing for individuals to be able to submit their names for Temple work. thank you very much; Michael -Original Message- From: Dawn C

Re: [LegacyUG] v7 & Familysearch

That link (without the www.) is the result of an ongoing indexing project. New Family Search will include changing the existing Ancestral File and other databases from static to interactive. The new product is still in testing stages; therefore it has limited access at this point. I looked a

Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records

ot; in the Location field for a Census event? I'd like to make sure that I'm not causing problems for myself in the future. Roxanne Baird --- On Sat, 5/31/08, Dawn Crowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dawn Crowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records

I record whatever the census says, even if it's "district 4". Dawn Roxanne wrote: I rely heavily on census records in my individual records. For those of you who transcribe such records, how do you handle locations where towns/townships are not listed? I am tempted to use things like, "Distr

Re: time delays Re: [LegacyUG] What is TMG?

Nope. My computer waits until I spend time carefully craft a response to a question lacking any replies. Pushing "send" then generates somewhere between 2 and 12 other replies, some of which were actually sent over 24 hours ago. It must be a conspiracy. (My email is sent to retrieve new m

Re: [LegacyUG] LDS Ordinances

This applies to Legacy 6: It can be done with just a few keystrokes thusly: * Click on the temple icon at the top of the screen. (If you don't see it, then right click in a blank spot where the icons belong at the top of the screen. Select the temple & drag it where you'd lik

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Splitting a spouses family off?

I use my bookmarks to get around the data quickly. I'm typically #1, but # 2 & #3 vary depending on what I'm doing. Dawn Dawn Del Guercio wrote: Thanks to both Cathy and Penny for the suggestions of how to work around the "uninterested" names in my list :) And yes Ron, I suppose I put 'em t

Re: [LegacyUG] V7 SourceWriter: Adding a medium

I don't have V7 yet, but it seems to me that index and transcription are two general options that I would pick frequently. Documenting the index is important to follow the trail of work accomplished. Sometimes a transcription is more readily available (and in my budget) than an original. Daw

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Relationship Report

Awesome! Thanks for that tip. Hugh Busey wrote: Scrapcat2 In that case try this: Go to INDEX - that will show all individuals in your database in a very flexible matrix. Select the Options button in the upper right hand corner. Select Customize Columns from the drop down menu. Now selec

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Relationship Report

On the index tab there is a box near the top right corner that says "options". Customize columns is the 3rd option down in Version 6. Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hugh... I was able to get as far as Customize, but cannot find Customize Columns in the drop down menu. I checked each option, b

Re: [LegacyUG] LDS Ordinances (V6)

I'm unaware of a list specific to this. When doing an IGI search results can be added to a filter list, which may or may not meet your needs. Folks can be tagged in the filter options. Select the LDS tab for various available searches. Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I create a repor

Re: [LegacyUG] LUG ARCHIVES

could remember the "preferred tool" for purging it, but my mind is blank at the moment - sorry) Bob - Original Message - From: "Dawn Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] LUG ARCHIVES The initial

Re: [LegacyUG] LUG ARCHIVES

The initial screen looks normal, but the search result is forbidden. ronald ferguson wrote: Dick, In a nutshell "No". I used your URL and got straight through using a Windows PC. Ron Ferguson _ New Blog: Free Contacts Dat

Re: [LegacyUG] Training Videos

I concur and was hoping that we'd hear a more detailed description, too. Dawn Thomas Herson wrote: Hugh Yes, I looked at the previews but it's kind of difficult to tell if the Ver. 7 training videos totally supercede the old training videos. Tom - Original Message - Fr

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy on 2 Computers

You might want to check the archives link below; this has been discussed several times over the last six months or so, along with USB flash drives, etc. Unfortunately, it's still "forbidden", but I'm sure that it'll be fixed shortly. Dawn DLevenick wrote: If I want to use Legacy on a desk

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3021

Try selecting the link to online technical support, then scrolling to error 3021. That link has some recommended steps. Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone I have a little problem with my Legacy 5.When I add a new person it comes up with : Error : Error getting next deleted RIN. Err

Re: [LegacyUG] Training Videos

Legacy 6 has the same "feature". A screen pops up reminding me to buy a manual and training CDs. Having purchased those when I bought Legacy 6, I have always ignored the box and closed it. Since you brought it up, I actually read it today. It includes a box to tick that says something to th

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 7 features and specifications

Try following the archives link at the bottom of this page and searching on zamora. Renee wrote a sneak peak over a year ago, followed by secret is out more recently. Those posts will give you the link for her blog. Dawn John Gregson wrote: I am not yet a user of Legacy, but I do use anoth

Re: [LegacyUG] Customized Searches Find A Grave

You can enter names at the websites. The cool thing that Legacy does is search for us using our own data. Dawn Elizabeth Richardson wrote: Ok, folks. I don't have a clue what this stuff is, how to use it, or why you can't enter names in the boxes at the website. Can you explain? Elizabeth

Re: [LegacyUG] vs 7 update download question

If forgot to mention that the x.xxx (non whole number) build versions are free to download, whether the user bought the deluxe version, or uses the standard free version. Hope this answers your questions. Dawn Dawn Crowley wrote: Take a look at the "legacy home" tab. On the right

Re: [LegacyUG] vs 7 update download question

Take a look at the "legacy home" tab. On the right hand side of the screen in the "support" box, you'll find "make a suggestion". If suggestions are made following this procedure, then they get to the support staff, rather than to the end users on this list. (I think a few folks have said tha

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 6 - 19/22 generations report pedigree chart in Legacy problem

Although I have sufficient generations, I am unable to duplicate your situation. At this point, none of my ancestors' lines intermarry either. Dawn Debbie Freeman wrote: Hello All, Could someone please check this for me? Can someone repeat this? I am trying to figure out if this is my com

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Report Question - parents of spouse

When I look at descendants report, I don't see the option to include parents of spouses. However, I do see the option when going through the following steps: from the descendant screen, click on the print icon on the right hand side of the screen select descendant (chart) select report options

Re: [LegacyUG] Not fair Millennia!

We love this program and appreciate the efforts of the Legacy team to incorporate various new features in the new release and have it work properly. It takes an incredible amount of work to pull this off, yet Legacy's standard version is free. You offer the best technical support & customer i

Re: [LegacyUG] release of V. 7

If I were you, I'd contact the sales department to provide them a current snail mail address or change to download (your preference). [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dawn Jessica Morgan wrote: And the dreaded I've moved since I purchased legacy 6.0, and I belive I purchased the CD. Will I still be

Re: [LegacyUG] Documentation for Unsucessful Research

Be careful to note the specifications for the search, not just the source and result. Some years ago a relative wrote a letter to a cemetery seeking Thomas Lindsey's burial information. The response stated that they have no record of him, but that they did have a William Lindsey and an Edmund

Re: [LegacyUG] LDS Oridanace Work

Legacy searches for you with no additional software required. IMHO, it does a great job. Click on the temple icon. (If it's not at the top of the screen, you can right click where the other icons are and drag it up there.) Select "search IGI". Click on "filter". It gives you several options,

Re: [LegacyUG] addresses - how to sort/print

The search icon and "search" on the toolbar display differing options. Try the other search. Dawn Cynthia Russell wrote: Hello JL - I don't seem to be able to get to 2. When I click on 'Search' these are the options: Find / Find Next / Find Previous ; View Search List ; Search & Replace / S

Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Address Note in GEDCOM

Is this a GedCom from Legacy to Legacy, or is other software involved? Dawn Jim Rickenbacker(3) wrote: Does anyone know why a burial address note should show up as a burial note in an exported GEDCOM rather than as a burial address note. i.e. the burial address note shows up as a sub tag of

Re: [LegacyUG] web archive was: Sources and the elusive version 7 .... again.

I have used this web archive site to return to currently non-existent websites that had pedigrees, etc. on them. I had the exact website and at least a year in my notes. That's another reason to include a date stamp or date accessed. OT: I also use the web archive frequently at work. I'm a

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and the elusive version 7 .... again.

I prefer recording where I accessed records of any type in addition to standard bibliographic information. That way, if I have a subsequent need to return to that record or research the source again, I don't have to figure out where it was. Dawn Janis Gilmore wrote: Brian, I can (almost)

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and the elusive version 7 .... again.

Personally, I would like to see both a date stamp to each new source added and a user stamp. That would help me when I come back to a family and reevaluate information. Multiple people in my household are working on the same database, so knowing who added information would be helpful. I find

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and the elusive version 7 .... again.

I use www.onelook.com when I see words and acronymns with which I am unfamiliar. It incorporates a wide variety of specialty dictionaries, depending upon the term searched. The result for aiui was "as I understand it". These dictionary sites are free, so sometimes it's necessary to scroll pa

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing and emailing pages

You don't say just what you want to print. Here are generic instructions for printing and saving in Legacy: At the very top of the screen, click on "reports". Select the desired category of reports. Choose the appropriate report. In the bottom right corner of the popup box, you'll see an optio

Re: [LegacyUG] Print Setup

Please tell us what you are trying to print. Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've looked all over the Legacy Manual 6.0 and in the Help files, but can not find how to start each generation on a new page. Is that option available and if so, would someone be so kind as to steer me to it? --

Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

Not all maps choose to include military installations. Google, Yahoo, and Mapblast omit Fort Ord, CA, for example. However, Mapquest not only has the base, but a new state park; I don't see info for longitude & lattitude on their website. (BTW, it also found both Ft Ord and Fort Ord.) If t

Re: [LegacyUG] Saving All Important Information and Websites

Wendy wrote a great summary of useful tips for email. If you'll still have internet access while you're out of town & want to access it (LUG or otherwise), then contact your ISP and ask them how to do it. Sometimes they have a different website to login online. If your email is going to hotm

Re: Mom re [LegacyUG] Email number

While many email lists have a digest option, Legacy UG does not at this time. Dawn Gayle Mann wrote: Hi Shirl, New user and am trying to set myself to digest. I went to http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp and couldn't find Edit to set myself to Digest. Am I in the right place? G

Re: [LegacyUG] Email number

I use a folder with a filter. I also have a second folder called "Legacy keep" where I manually move messages that I'm pretty sure I'll want to read again in the near future--especially step-by-step instructions. Sometimes I'm too busy to read LUG email, so I just delete all of it. They're a

[LegacyUG] Ages (was: Can I add marriage date to the individual page?)

Just right click to the right of the globes on the individual screen to toggle ages on & off. The birth "age" is the years since birth, while the others are the age at the event. Dawn June McDonald wrote: I too, put in a request a while ago for the BDMs ages to be shown on the Individual s

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate lines in reports

It's not greyed out in my format options, but then I have no duplicate lines on which to test it. Dawn W Gurney wrote: When printing a Book Report it is showing a remark like "Duplicate Line, see person ? on page ?" when a relative has married a relative in the same file. I note that in the

Re: [LegacyUG] wall charting - can I set it for legal-size paper?

I love reading all the work-arounds that folks come up with in this group! Excellent idea. Dawn Mary Moyer wrote: You could print it out on letter size paper and then take to a copier that will print legal size paper, enlarge it & reprint on legal size paper. Mary --- Dee Whiting <[EMAIL

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about locations

We've had quite animated discussions about the pros and cons of using prepositions with places and where to put them in Legacy. They can be used for different purposes. For example, I might know that my relative was in Los Angeles for a particular event, but not yet have a document clarifying

Re: [LegacyUG] Online Genealogy Groups (off-topic)

You might also try: www.cyndislist.com Cyndis List has over 264k genealogy related organized & searchable links. Dawn Drew Smith wrote: Mailing lists can be found here: lists.rootsweb.com Message boards can be found here: boards.ancestry.com

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