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
new source. The
I am having second thoughts pertaining to my event and source
methodology. I enter an event, then attach my source evidence to the
event---included with the source evidence is an image of the source
(census page, birth record, death record, etc).
I'm beginning to wonder if I should also attach
I use a laptop and desktop simultaneously. Very useful.
At the risk of straying too far from Legacy topics, do the users of
two desktop screens use only 1 keyboard? Presumably so. I'm not
clear how one sets up the computer to accomodate one keyboard and two
screens. Or, how Legacy is seen on
I work from both a desktop and laptop. As it applies to genealogy I
try to keep the two operating identically when I can.
When opening the Master Location List on my desktop [View-Master
Lists-Location] it opens with the Microsoft Virutal Earth view
(Location and People using this location lists
Ron
Thanks for your prompt and reliable as always reply. I just now
checked the boxes Show People and Show Map on the Master Location
Screen and the desktop and laptop screens are now identical.
If others aren't aware of this feature, avail yourself of it---it's a
worthy addition.
Thanks again,
The reply below sparked interest with me. I thought I exhausted all
features of the Picture Center (limited as they are). I didn't
realize one could use the Picture Center to rename picture files; I
could use this feature from time to time. Excuse my asking if the
feature is obvious and I'm
Just got a new laptop loaded with Vista. Installed Legacy Charting
Companion (v 1.1.2). Tried viewing a chart before printing. Got error
notice: Could not find PDF-Exchange Driver
I have a Adobe Professional 7.0 loadedone would think I had all the
horsepower needed.
Any suggestions?
Don
Many are hopeful---me certainly included---the Legacy folks fixed this
shortcoming in their upcoming revision.
Gary
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Hear. Hear. I would never consider a filing system other than document
(item) numbered. Any other way is fraught with problems and extra work. I
am surprised by the number of people who follow an MRIN filing system.
Perhaps because an expert genealogist suggested itbut not an expert
A numbering system by document has been addressed several times in the past.
A key word search on 'file system' or 'organizing files' should bring up a
number of comments. Suffice to say, visit a library in your local
city/town---the cataloging/numbering system by document (item) has been in
That all being said---
I don't want to stray too far from the context of the original email
plea
Why doesn't the function work?
Perhaps the Legacy staff can shed some light.
Thanks again
Gary
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Susan
Thank you for your comments. Your supposition may be accurate.
Your comments reminded me of festering issue. I am an advocate of placing
the residence of a married couple as an Event under Marriage Information.
Regrettably no Marriage Information Events appear on Individual Reports. I
I see the following statement on the Family view screen for one of the
children listed: ½ Lillian Danielson [1631] (Circa 1913-) (Laura). I don't
understand (or remember) how the (Laura) reference came to be. Can anyone
shed light on where a reference in this manner/in this position might come
Ah-hathat's it of course! Thanks Ron. I need to clear the cobwebs, my
absence from the program for several months is showing.
Gary
O'Fallon IL USA
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Mary Beth
You bring up a very good point about Legacy's photo album limitations.
Unlike some others who have responded recently to photo questions, I fully
support entering ALL photos you have into Legacy. This would include all
the info you have about each photo: names, date, place, etc. It is
Jan
You may have noted from the Archives messages related to this subject
comments regarding Marriage Events/Facts not appearing on Individual
Reports. This, I believe, is a serious enough shortcoming of Legacy to
require correcting in the next revision.
For those of us who prefer entering
Bruce
I'm glad this issue has resurfaced again. It was discussed briefly back in
February (under a 'marriage events' subject), but I don't believe much was
concluded.
Whether dealing with occupation information or some other Event, a method
should be established on each Event entry screen, for
the
Residence event definition instead.
Russ
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From: Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
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Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 6:00 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Individual events vs marriage
. in a flash.
I keep all the photos and documents in the Legacy folder on Drive C in
subfolder Pictures, this way when I want to share any info with relatives
they are very easily located.
Hope this helps
John Valencic
On 4/14/07, Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
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of any other.
Mary
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Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:29 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] About Picture
, etc. in a flash.
I keep all the photos and documents in the Legacy folder on Drive C in
subfolder Pictures, this way when I want to share any info with relatives
they are very easily located.
Hope this helps
John Valencic
On 4/14/07, Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
Sally
Saving your images as a .tiff file is the commonly accepted 'best way' to
keep digital copies of your original. This would then become your 'master
copy'.
From that you could make .jpgs to whatever file size you deem appropriate
for use (website, email atch, Legacy image, etc).
As for
Ergo the reason I use the area thought to be intended specifically for this
purpose, Alternate Names, which provides ample space for multiple AKAs.
Gary
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And in regard to 'known as' names---I have been placing these names under
the Alternate Names feature of Legacy, and using quotes around them. For
instance if the individual's name is William John Smith, but he goes by
Billy, I enter Billy in the Alternate Given Name block. Is this not
where
The only down side I can see by displaying the name as you do is the
question whether Paul, in the name John Paul Smith, is actually a middle
name or just a 'known as' name.
By displaying it John Paul Paul Smith, there is absolutely no question
that Paul is the middle name as well as the 'known
Shame on me for taking the literal interpretation of Also Known As to mean
also known as. So if John Paul Smith was also known as Paul, then that's
how I entered him, AKA Paul. And this entry went into the Alternate Name
area. Disappointing to now learn those many, many dozens of AKAs should
Thanks Nick. The process though a little clunky seems functional enough.
Certainly beats restroking it all over again.
Now to remember where all those Source Details were previously used so they
can be revisited when needed. Is there an insiders trick I'm not seeing to
that (without getting
the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/
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Ron
I smiled when I read your email and Dick's. I go back a ways too---1982,
Family Roots, Apple IIc. Before that it was exclusively stubby pencil and
paper.
The 1982 days saw the barest of bones for a computer genealogy
program---but, oh my, it was SO much better than that ole stubby pencil.
Ron
I smiled when I read your email and Dick's. I go back a ways too---1982,
Family Roots, Apple IIc. Before that it was exclusively stubby pencil and
paper.
The 1982 days saw the barest of bones for a computer genealogy
program---but, oh my, it was SO much better than that ole stubby pencil.
In a previous email, sorry at the time it wasn't an issue so didn't save it,
it was mentioned marriage events will not appear on individual reports. I
shrugged it off.
After a little more thought it occurred to me I've been putting addresses in
marriage events when the addresses applied to both
Sherry
Can you tell me when the Sources CD will be ready for shipping?
Gary
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Thanks Sherry, will do. The Sources training video is not available. All
this talk has me jazzed about getting it now.
Gary
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Ron
Getting back to your reply regarding .pdf versus .jpg. For multiple page
images, such as letters, do you have another solution to adding them as
images in a single file other than .pdf?
Thanks
Gary
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I checked the archives, but still am not certain of the consensus regarding
this situation.
Child's biological father dies while child is an infant.
Mother remarries while child is still a baby.
New husband adopts child while child is still a baby.
Child now assumes same surname as adopted
Dale
Thanks for your thorough explanation. If you and others don't mind I would
appreciate your advice with a couple more image related issues that affect
my Legacy workings.
I will soon be wrapping up my scanning and attaching photographs,
thankfully. It has been a huge undertaking as my photo
While entering General Notes from the Family screen it occurred to me I may
need some method of identifying which Source applies to which note since the
notes run on. Is there a common method in practice for linking a note
statement to Source? I thought perhaps prefacing the new note paragraph
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Subject: [LegacyUG] Notes in 'Family View'
While entering General Notes from the Family screen it occurred
Ron
Thanks. I agree with you but saw so much communication regarding use of .PDF
files attached to Sources and within the Picture Gallery I thought there was
something I was missing.
As Heather pointed out perhaps .PDF is the only file version you have, but
it seems to me even they could be
Cathy
Thanks for responding. I hadn't considered possible advantages of using
.PDFs for webpages (I'm not there yet) if indeed there are any.
Of course converting Forms to a .PDF that can be filled in electronically by
a recipient and emailed back is certainly a plus. But even there, once
Heather
I experimented with Clooz, older version and 2.0. I would not have
gotten 2.0 if it weren't for getting it free (because of when I
purchased the older version).
Although I applaud Elizabeth Kerstens' filing methodology, using the
program along with Legacy results in double-entry
How common is it among this group to use Events on the Marriage screen
to record common activities of the marriage? For instance, I've been
considering as a Marriage event our ownership of our pets. This is only
one example that could lead to other joint ownership/participation
events.
I'm
WHAT!!?? I was afraid this was the answer.
As wonderful as this program is for the collection-storage-retrieval of
genealogy data (and it truly is), we have some ways to go to be fully
useful for source record management---the full other half of the
genealogy equation as Geoff will attest to.
I
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Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 8:07 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center Updates to Individual
Records--and Source Detail
Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center Updates to Individual
Records--and Source Detail
Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara wrote:
PLEASE, along with GLOBAL CHANGE OPTION FOR PICTURE CENTER and
ALPHABETIZED FILE-ID REPORT, please add
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I would prefer seeing a global change option made available when using
the
Picture List tab so these changes would get made to all
Whatever terminology you prefer, template or master source, has
anyone complied or seen compiled a list of common master source formats
for such common sources as censuses, vital records, newspapers, draft
registrations, SSDIs, city directories, etc?
I thought such a reference would be handy but
] Source Template
Gary,
Geoff has put together several and they are on the legacy site:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsSourceSamples.asp
I have used a number of them and find them quite useful.
Nancy
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I agree entirely
Best wishes
David
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Sent: 06
It has been my experience when using the Picture Center that updates
made to existing data do not get posted to the individual records. Have
others experienced the same?
If so, is there an explanation why these changes do not appear in the
individual records?
Thanks
Gary
Near St Louis MO USA
Thank you Cathy. You are absolutely right. I should have worded my
reply more carefully. Depending on how you number your FileIDs may
determine how useful this feature is.
Gary
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Sent: Thursday,
Hi Cathy
Yes, essentially that's what I meant. Any changes/additions to
information using the Picture List tab of the Photo Center made after
the initial entry and linking of photos don't get made to the individual
records. This means any change/addition must be made to each individual
record.
Hi Jim
Hopefully with the resurgence of interest in this topic by several
listers we will see some movement by the Legacy design team in an
upcoming upgrade.
Clooz was too fraught with glitches and promises of tomorrow for me to
spend much time with. There is also a voice of caution whispering
Jean's points are dead on. Excerpts below.
Only one suggestion, assign records to categories before assigning File
Numbers. Thus, census records would be C0001, newspaper articles would
be N0001, photographs would be P0001, and so on. Just as would be done
in a library system. I can provide
Sherry is absolutely correct, there is a FileID Report in Legacy Deluxe.
It only provides one format option--sorted by FileID number sequence.
For File IDs to be of complete use to those who file records according
to library standards, a sort should also be available in alphabetical
sequence
I teach the use of categorizing before assigning File IDs.
Twelve categories work for me. Less I feel is too disorganized. More
becomes too unwieldy. This has worked for 25 years. I've been stumped
a few times--should it go here or there. It happens. It becomes a
judgment call. And then
Back on the topic of organizing files--
I heartily agree with those who view making multiple copies of material
wasteful, time-consuming, space-consuming, and prone to errors.
For what it's worth I am defining material here as any hard copy item
be it photograph, letter, newspaper, recorded
Has anyone discovered a method to provide an alphabetical listing of all
individuals with a File ID number assigned?
Under [All Reports] [File ID] there is an option to print a File ID
report which lists Names, but no option to print a Names report which
lists File IDs.
This report would be
Thank you to Sharon, Wendy, Cathy, and Leo for responding to my request
for unknown name recording ideas.
Having just re-subscribed to this list after some months' absence, I
just learned there is no digest option. I discovered this when no
reference to digest in the application instructions
I welcome recommendations on listing children when given names are not
known.
For instance, when it is known 8 children were born of a marriage, but
given names are only known for two. How does one record the other 6?
Thanks
Gary
Near St Louis MO
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