[LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Michael Berry
Is this worth joining? It's sort of expensive. Is the free trial period (abt 14 days) long enough to give it a fair trial? Michael Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfami

Re: [LegacyUG] Recording Seperated and Divorced

2008-08-29 Thread Michael Berry
I think that a major function of the event list is to create a chronology. If you want an item to appear in the chronology then I would put it there, if not then I think some form of note would be appropriate. Yes/No? Michael - Original Message - From: "Claire Spinelli" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [LegacyUG] Use of the marriage information

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Berry
Thanks. That's what I want to do and your reasoning agrees with mine. Thanks. - Original Message - From: "Laurel Feal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 1:43 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Use of the marriage information I like "everything" to print so I use Events a

Re: [LegacyUG] consistancy in sources

2008-07-29 Thread Michael Berry
I am using Legacy 7. I am concerned about the Source List Name Field. - Original Message - From: "Jenny M Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] consistancy in sources Michael Berry wrote Is there a naming conve

Re: [LegacyUG] consistancy in sources

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Berry
go to and scan down the list of books. There have been extensive discussions on the list about grouping sources, and this is also covered briefly in _EE_. If you're interested in how users group their sources, a post on that topic will bring you a lot of suggestions. Kirsten -Origina

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Grouping Sources (was: consistancy in sources)

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Berry
s this: With Legacy, everyone can have their own system and it's not too much trouble to rearrange groups later if you have a better idea. Kirsten -----Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Berry Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:14

Re: [LegacyUG] Which file is best for a 1-page written document?

2008-08-05 Thread Michael Berry
According to one of the training videos you should use either .bmp or .tiff files. The reasosn is that .jpg files loose data and quality if you edit them. - Original Message - From: "Cathy Vallevieni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 1:45 AM Subject: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Names Ancestry.com and US Census

2008-08-07 Thread Michael Berry
John Magyari, yes use an AKA. You should also evaluate the source. If ist is not reliable and/or you know it to be wrong say so, but document it. Michael - Original Message - From: "John Magyari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:49 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Alte

[LegacyUG] No father

2008-08-09 Thread Michael Berry
How do we record the situation when the father is unknown and the mother is un-married to the father , but is married to a man who is not the father? I just set up an unknown husband and link the child. But that seems to disable the step child selection. What is the proper way to handle someth

Re: [LegacyUG] No father

2008-08-10 Thread Michael Berry
The step child function does not seem to work in such a situation when the mother marries. The child is shown as 1/2 when the married man is selecetd. And when this happen the step designation de-selected. This really is not a problem it's just that I want to be consistant and wish the program

Re: [LegacyUG] New User with some questions

2008-08-12 Thread Michael Berry
You simple attach it as a file in the multimedia screen. On the right you have the pictire gallary and on the top lefy you have: picture - Sound - Video - File Use the file button to attach the pdf file. Real simple. Michael - Original Message - From: "Gavin Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTE

[LegacyUG] Employment records in SourceWriter

2008-08-16 Thread Michael Berry
I just recieved some employment records on an ancestor from the National Personnel Records Center. I can't seem to find a template that fits employment/personnel records. Any suggestions? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows Service Pack 3

2008-08-16 Thread Michael Berry
I am running SP 3 and Legacy with no problems. Michael - Original Message - From: "smuggler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 7:23 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Windows Service Pack 3 Hello Has anyone installed this update? Have it sitting on my PC but am not sure

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2

2009-10-24 Thread Michael Berry
Sherry, just save the web picture to where you keep photos you link to in Legacy (I have a picture and documents folder labeled "My Family" and put everything in there using sub folders for organization). Then you can link to that picture in Legacy. Michael Sherry wrote: I am fairly new to