John Carter wrote: "If you were transported back in time 70 years.."
Thanks John - you've really brought back some memories with this one!
Maureen
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Ron Ferguson wrote: "Mike, Whilst I have no doubt that I am much, much
closer to your father's age than yours I am afraid that I am a little
reluctant to admit to the classification of 'technologically challenged' "
I feel the same way Ron. Mike implies "senior" and "complete dumbo" go (or
p
Paul wrote: "Is there an easy way to increase the font size on uploaded
tree pages?"
Paul, your web pages display just fine for me, but I have my Page>Text Size
on my browser home page (IE) set to *Larger* (my eyesight is a bit poor).
However, I know what you mean about the font sizes on the
John wrote: "what should the 1/2 brother of my mom, relationship be to
me"
He is your half uncle.
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Could we please return to Legacy and its Add-Ons? This looks like turning
into one of those silly marathons. Just my personal thoughts gained from
experience!
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Valerie, rather than send your message to the List (as Listers can do
nothing about your complaint) it would be more appropriate to address the
individuals who send you such messages. If they persist, block them from
your incoming mail - that way you don't have to read anything they have to
sa
For Geoff Rasmussen please.
Thanks for letting us have a play around pre-release.
Under Appearance tab>Box Items>Select Items to Include>Available Items,
could Cremated date/location be added? At the moment, a person entered on
the database as cremated reproduces on a chart as Bur: [date] in
Gary wrote: "..Forcing that researcher to spend time and money obtain
their own copy of every document I have located over decades of searching
does nothing to extend the lines."
Gary I agree with all you have said. I should have mentioned that I was not
into pure genealogy - just th
Elizabeth wrote: "...I'll now sit back and wait for the backlash . . . . !"
No argument from me Elizabeth - I agree with you. While each of us may have
different ideas on how and what and how much etc to record in the source
fields, I feel that it is just as important for future individuals t
Carmen, somehow when you downloaded the Standard edition of Legacy, you have
opted to subscribe to this User Group. If you follow the link shown on the
last line of this email, it will take you through the steps to unsubscribe
yourself (no one on the User Group can do this for you).
Maureen
Dick wrote: "I had already done all those steps"
Dick, in the marriage window (where you enter the date/place of marriage, etc),
down the bottom where it says left label change it from husband to partner and
also change the right label to read partner. Just under that, where it says
Perso
Hi Germaine
At the bottom of every email (the very last line) there is a link to
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Randy wrote: "When creating web pages directly from Legacy the (Sur)name
lists are
empty"
Under Web Page Creation>Formatting, select your option from the Name List on
the right hand side.
Hope this helps.
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Heather, I have quite a few unlinked families in my database. Because my
main research name is Youlten/Youlton, I am fairly certain that a
relationship exists in the cases I have kept.
All I do is *Add an unlinked individual*, enter any information I have on
this person, such as wife and chil
Hi Wendy,
With New South Wales (and all other Australian States) I have Master Sources
as per the following examples:
Vic BMD (Shows in reports in full as *The Victorian Registry of Births,
Deaths and Marriages, a division of the Department of Justice*). I place
the Registration No in the
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Bob wrote: "..so lets leave the programmers alone to finish the
job"
And Amen to that!
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I can't imagine how such a thing would be proven. I just feel it is up to
everyone to be as careful as possible with vital information about themselves
and others.
Maureen
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Lisa wrote: "Is there something I can mark on the web page."
Hi Lisa,
Go to Internet>Web Page Creation>Other. Tick boxes for Suppress Details for
Living People, (and to be on the safe side, I also tick the next box
directly under it) Change Name to "Living".
Identity fraud is a very real
Rich in LA CA wrote: "I do not know what a deed poll is"
A deed poll is a legal document which shows a person's intention to change
his/her name. It's not just an "Aussie thing". I don't know what it's called
in other parts of the world.
Maureen
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Jim wrote "I need to replace the Swedish cryptic county symbols with full names
of the
counties."
Jim,
In Family View, go to View>Master Lists>Location
Find the Location you wish to change
Click Edit
Make the change
click Save
A screen will advise you that the SAVE action will affect all r
Thomas Herson wrote: "4 useless postings"
So, what are you telling us here?? Are there 3 more still to come?
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Michele wrote: "...curious how you show census data."
Michele I do much the same as you have done. I transcribe the census sheet,
including all the reference bits and pieces, and copy and paste it in each
person's notes. I like the idea of being able to see all the census data in
sequen
Kathy wrote: "pedigree reportancestor colours"
Kathy I think you would have to change the Set Direct Line as Preferred option
(under Tools) from yourself to each of your siblings for each of the reports.
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Ron Ferguson wrote: "...conversely it will find all those marriage dates
and/or issue"
Thanks Ron. I'm not sure how long ago I went through that whole boring
exercise, although it was in the distant past Perhaps I didn't allow
for the strength of the Advanced Set Living feature, thi
Ron Ferguson wrote: "have you tried Tool>Set Living"
Hi Ron,
Just to butt in on your message to Arnold: I tried that with the problem I
had - however, if there was no marriage date or issue from the individual/s
concerned, the Not Living wasn't picked up. And on web pages, such
individuals
Arnold Sprague wrote: "...many individuals...marked living...no birth
date..."
Arnold, I had a similar problem and the only way I was able to correct it
was as follows:
Search>Find>Detailed Search>[Look for]Individual>[Where to look] Living>[How
to look] Equal To>[What to look for]Yes
sel
Darlene wrote: "haven't received one message since...last evening"
Same here Darlene (in Australia). I haven't had any messages either -
perhaps the List is just quiet at the moment.
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Phil Hawkins wrote: "What has this to do with Legacy???"
Absolutely nothing Phil, from what I can tell. At the risk of becoming a
complete bore, can we *please* stick to discussions about Legacy and the
add-ons?
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Mary [M Brenzel] wrote: "I think it's time to put this discussion to rest."
I agree. People will have various views on this adoption topic so perhaps
this is not the forum for such a discussion. Could we get back to Legacy
and its add-ons and how they work?
Maureen
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Len wrote: "To print what is displayed on the screen..."
Len, many thanks for these steps (posted for Ann Parsons). I have had
IrfanView for ages and didn't realise I could do this - what a bonus! - I
can now much better handle stuff I want to save into my Legacy files.
Maureen
Have yo
Karen Waters wrote: "I'm looking for someone who has an old copy of Reunion
for the PC"
Hi Karen,
I have a copy of Generations Family Tree here (PC CD-ROM by Broderbund). If
this is what you're after you're most welcome to it. Contact me off list if
you'd like me to forward it over.
Maur
Yvonne Murgatroyd wrote: "I did the highlight bit, I do not
have "File-Print-Selection!! Where would one find this??"
After you've highlighted the part/s of the message you want to print, click
on File, click on Print, click on Selection (shown as an option at the left
in the body of the pr
Mike Fry wrote "Secondly, I've been trying for ages to get the old
fuddy-duddys around
here to try this and also to learn to trim messages. No good. They're all
far too set in their ways. Either that or they're scared to touching
anything they don't know about."
Oh, spare us! I might be old (
Jenny Benson wrote: "I can print any part of a message just by
highlighting the section I want before clicking the print button, which I
don't think works in Outlook. (It certainly doesn't in Outlook Express.)
I use Outlook Express. I just highlighted text from your message, then
>File>Print
(Pls excuse me using the list to send a message to Ron)
Ron, I sent you an email to your Webmaster address - am wondering if perhaps
your spam blocker has eaten it?
Thanks,
Maureen
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Jane wrote: "That didn't work. It still opens small"
Jane, did you try what I suggested? I had the same problem after setting up
a new computer. I was repeatedly resizing the screen by dragging each time
I opened the program - driving myself insane!. However, I (quite
accidentally) clicke
Jane wrote: "My screen size is very small each time I open it."
Jane, after you open your family page just click on the maximising button
(between the - and the x at the top righthand corner) instead of manually
maximising it. After that, each time you open it the page should
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Laura wrote: "I was just wondering why when you do a "search the internet"
it doesn't search ancestry.com..."
Have you downloaded the latest update? It should fix your problem I think.
Maureen
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Myrna wrote: "Is the problem with my ISP"
I only just downloaded the latest update this morning - haven't encountered
any problems at all.
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Ron Ferguson said "LTD will read your family .fdb file"
Thanks for this Ron. I didn't know it could be achieved directly from LTD.
I will stay with the export/import method I think - that way I can be sure
to suppress as/if necessary.
Maureen
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Ron & Tom, (about exporting to Tree Draw)
Ron, I bring up the person on the family file screen,
then File>Export To>select Legacy File
name the file
this brings up the Legacy Export Screen
select the options - the Suppress box is bottom left
start export
then I go to Tree Draw and Import the re
Ron (Ferguson)/Tom,
Ron wrote "note that should you wish to add a family tree using Tree
Draw Legacy that TDL does not recognise the "Suppress" command and you will
have to manually delete the details"
I use Tree Draw Legacy and providing I mark the appropriate box (suppress)
when export
Sorry to clog up the list - I have found the answer to my question about
maximising the view. (Like try clicking on the maximising button on the top
right hand corner of the screen instead of manually maximising it using the
corner arrows) I feel so dumb!!
Maureen
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Dear Listers,
I have just re-installed Legacy after changing hard drives. I want to
maximise the screen at start-up (Family View) without having to manually
maximise it each time and adjust everything. The Help files tell me to go
to Options>Customise>General tab, but I can't see a selection
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