RE: [LegacyUG] unknown surnames

2009-11-27 Thread Roger Jarrett
I like the idea of using privacy brackets [[]] in the name field but upon looking in the help file it would seem that this option is only supported in the notes. Is this true? Can [[]] be used in the name fields? Roger -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.ca direct link to Legacy

2009-11-02 Thread Roger Jarrett
What I do is upload a gedcom of the parts of my tree I want to research on ancestry. I then save whatever records I find in the tree. When I am done I download the tree as another gedcom. I then merge back the new gedcom into legacy. Ancestry does properly source the info and that is my reason for

RE: [LegacyUG] Identify Individuals missing from one file.

2009-10-30 Thread Roger Jarrett
One way would be to use the compare two files for duplicates and tag the duplicate individuals. You would then be left with the untagged individuals which are not in your main file. Roger -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-30 Thread Roger Jarrett
I have just discovered Ltools (http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm) and it has a task to enable you at add an event to a tagged individual. You have to register the product to get this task. Hope that helps Roger -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com

[LegacyUG] Setting Birth Location for tagged individuals

2009-10-28 Thread Roger Jarrett
Hi I was wondering if anybody can help with this problem. I have a large number of tagged individuals that I want to set their birth location to be the same. At the moment I cannot see any way to quickly do this other than editing each individual separately. I am able to use Microsoft Access

RE: [LegacyUG] Setting Birth Location for tagged individuals

2009-10-28 Thread Roger Jarrett
statements, and a lot of functionality is already built in. Check if out, it's a deal that is too good to pass up. (The help has a list of every table and what it contains - very helpful). Jim On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Roger Jarrett rhjarr...@xtra.co.nz wrote: Hi I was wondering

RE: [LegacyUG] Marriage List

2008-09-29 Thread Roger Jarrett
Try using GEDxlate (http://gedmagic.com/GEDxlate.htm) its free. This program takes a GEDCOM file and allows you to export the data to a spreadsheet. You can select what data you want to export. Roger From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Syble Glasscock Sent:

RE: [LegacyUG] a problem with assigning sources

2008-09-26 Thread Roger Jarrett
I have tried repeating what Michele was trying to do and I too get the same problem. It seems that you cannot add multiples of the same source even if the details are different. This seems to be for any of the items not just AKA. Roger -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [LegacyUG] a problem with assigning sources

2008-09-26 Thread Roger Jarrett
clog things. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Roger Jarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:23 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] a problem with assigning

RE: [LegacyUG] a problem with assigning sources

2008-09-26 Thread Roger Jarrett
marker, Myrtis Myrtle Lewis marker, personally read, 25 Sep 2008. And she can do this quite easily. Elizabeth Richardson researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Roger Jarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup

RE: [LegacyUG] a problem with assigning sources

2008-09-26 Thread Roger Jarrett
. Elizabeth Richardson researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Roger Jarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:45 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] a problem with assigning

[LegacyUG] Not Duplicate List

2008-09-20 Thread Roger Jarrett
Does anyone know how to quickly clear the Not Duplicate List without having to remove each entry one at the time. I have over one thousand entries :( Roger Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

RE: [LegacyUG] Not Duplicate List

2008-09-20 Thread Roger Jarrett
Excellent! Worked just fine thank you. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Young Sent: Sunday, 21 September 2008 4:42 a.m. To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not Duplicate List Roger Jarrett wrote: Does

RE: [LegacyUG] combining two files

2008-09-18 Thread Roger Jarrett
When you import all the info and sources are brought in. The option to assign an autosource allows you to say where the data came from. It adds an extra source to the data. I used to ignore this when I imported and only later came to realise how important it was to identify where the data came

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing after GEDCOM import and merge

2008-09-17 Thread Roger Jarrett
to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Jarrett Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:43 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing after GEDCOM

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing after GEDCOM import and merge

2008-09-16 Thread Roger Jarrett
Does anyone know of a utility that would compare two Legacy databases? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Jarrett Sent: Wednesday, 17 September 2008 5:43 a.m. To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing after GEDCOM import and merge

2008-09-16 Thread Roger Jarrett
Hi Richard Thank you for your input. I think I understand what you are trying to achieve and I believe it would work. What would be good is if Legacy could compare two databases and allow tagging of duplicates without doing an import. That way I could quickly add the sources without the hassle

RE: [LegacyUG] Biological and Adoptive Parents

2008-09-13 Thread Roger Jarrett
I have found that if you make alterations like that you need to reset the relationships by running set relationships again. Roger Jarrett -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Sent: Sunday, 14 September 2008 3:36 a.m. To: LegacyUserGroup