[LegacyUG] Descendant Book - spaces before source footnotes in PDF

2007-05-30 Thread Susan Daily
) Include al Notes except Research notes. Do not print [[private]] notes. Create PDF file. (Then open the PDF file to see this.) When I create a RTF file, instead, I do not see any extra spacing in the opened Word document. Thank you. Susan Daily Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Deleting event copy (WAS Two Legacy windows open simultaneously)

2007-05-29 Thread Susan Daily
Gail, Look for Options in the Events menu, and select Delete. (Took me time to find that, too, when I first started.) Susan On 5/29/07, Gail Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a question about drag and drop with split screen. After you have done the drag and drop you get the screens with

Re: [LegacyUG] computer crash and reinstall question

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Daily
Thanks for the update, Ron. Janis, here is the download location for Version 5: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpDownloadVersion5.asp --Susan On 5/28/07, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: With respect, Susan, unless one specifically saves it there, Legacy is not in C:\Program File

Re: [LegacyUG] computer crash and reinstall question

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Daily
ice and started uploading my files to Mozy, and am very happy with it so far. It is nice to know all my digital files (photos etc.) are saved somewhere safely other than at home! Regards, Susan Daily On 5/28/07, Janis Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I (being the collective - my computer

Re: [LegacyUG] U.S. County Verification

2007-05-24 Thread Susan Daily
say "She was probably born in Placename, but her birth record has not yet been found." I don't publish my notes to my Worldconnect tree. Hope these ideas might get you thinking of other ways to handle the data. Susan Daily On 5/24/07, Jill King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Assigned Source Events

2007-05-22 Thread Susan Daily
Jim, From the Individual Screen, are you clicking on the Sources icon? So that what pops up next is called "Assigned Sources for: (person's name) [RIN]" ? First, is it mostly a blank list? In the middle right, is your check box checked for "Show All Events"? Check it if you'd like to show all t

Re: [LegacyUG] Is This a Bug!

2007-05-22 Thread Susan Daily
I can only guess if the woman didn't have a father, you accidently clicked in the blank father box, rather than the large box above her name. When you click in the father box, it says "Add an Individual" - it doesn't use the word Father. But when you click on the spouse box, it asks "Add a Husband

Re: [LegacyUG] Is This a Bug!

2007-05-21 Thread Susan Daily
Wayne, Does the Single woman have any other family links? Is she an unattached person added to the file? (Sounds like the feature when you select on a blank father's box, it gives the same surname.) I tried it with both a single male and a single female, but both had a father and mother attached

Re: [LegacyUG] String of PPPP in Website Name List?

2007-05-20 Thread Susan Daily
Donna, I had never heard of the superscript P, but you might want to check those parents to see how many times they are linked to their children. Go to the Family View and click on each one of their linked children. Then look at the child's "Parents" icon (looks like a couple with white hair). It

Re: [LegacyUG] Same Couple Married Twice

2007-05-13 Thread Susan Daily
Judy, I "added a new spouse", linking to an existing (same) person, typed in the new marriage date, then changed the wording to say "remarried to" instead of "married to." It helps to add status Divorced to the original marriage with a date. Susan On 5/13/07, Judy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can

Re: [LegacyUG] Webpage Creation WAS No messages

2007-05-09 Thread Susan Daily
ll write in reply to this email. I have not worked on web pages with Legacy before, so I myself can't answer your question. Good luck, and hope I've been a little bit helpful. Susan Daily On 5/9/07, LouAnn Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I signed up for this list yesterday. Not

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing space in reports & Spelling issues

2007-05-05 Thread Susan Daily
Ah - that is inconvenient! Did you try checking the box (under GEDCOM export) for changing the Customize option of "Break note lines between words (old style)"? The RTF suggestion is only good for certain segments of your database, not the whole thing, so that is why I didn't mention it, but

Re: [LegacyUG] Re:Digest format

2007-05-05 Thread Susan Daily
suggestions on sorting your emails into a folder to read them at your leisure, without cluttering up your inbox. Susan Daily On 5/5/07, K. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - From: C.G. Ouimet Not anymore ... Behalf Of K. Hilliard

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing space in reports & Spelling issues

2007-05-04 Thread Susan Daily
COM export where you ONLY export notes (events, medical, general, etc.) Might save on wear-and-tear! Not a great solution, but just one work-around. Good luck, Susan Daily On 5/3/07, Cary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Will be glad when Legacy fixes the space after colon Notes issue

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom - Family Historian programme

2007-05-04 Thread Susan Daily
th a checked off box). If you uncheck the box, you have unlocked the file on your PC. (You cannot uncheck it while it is still on the CD-ROM.) This might not be your exact problem, but is something people should keep in mind if they run into this in the future. Good luck! Susan Daily On 5/2/07, caro

[LegacyUG] LUG Archives

2007-04-23 Thread Susan Daily
Yes, Bill, it is printed at the bottom of each email. The older emails (before July 2006) are archived here: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ Susan Daily On 4/23/07, Bill Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Is there a way to acce

Re: [LegacyUG] Surety settings

2007-04-22 Thread Susan Daily
ard and it is a Deluxe feature? Susan Daily On 4/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to be able to permanently change the Surety Level settings for individual sources. I don't want to change the global setting. I have tried going into the master source

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Sources

2007-04-18 Thread Susan Daily
Stephen, "Unspecified" is the category in the Individual Sources' list - it is located at the top of the list and doesn't relate to any particular data for the individual, thus it is "unspecified." In reports, the source footnotes itself to the name of the individual. So yes, when you import a sou

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Sources

2007-04-17 Thread Susan Daily
orted it into a separate file, cleaned up the data, then imported it into my file but with the author and her WorldConnect tree as my source. I added some of our email discussions as other sources and notes. Sorry this isn't the answer you were looking for. Susan Daily On 4/17/07, Moira

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual events vs marriage events

2007-04-16 Thread Susan Daily
ggest you try the various ideas people have suggested, then print the reports you are most likely to use and see if you like how they come out. Regards, Susan Daily On 4/16/07, Bruce Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am puzzled as to where to put my father's employment events. I have up

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering "generic" information

2007-04-15 Thread Susan Daily
ause with events, you can always re-sort by date. This is just one idea. Hope it helps you to think of other possibilities. Susan Daily On 4/14/07, Richard Heckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi LUGgies, A few days ago, I found some interesting newspaper articles that were written about my fam

Re: [LegacyUG] The unsubscribing post

2007-04-12 Thread Susan Daily
Robert, That email didn't originate with you. You can always look at past messages here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ to see what got sent to the list and by whom. Unfortunately they mispelled the word that might have automatically kicked them out of the LUG (unless that mail "f

Re: [LegacyUG] need help in fixing this problem

2007-04-12 Thread Susan Daily
You probably don't have two records for the child, you probably just linked them twice. I hope this works for you. Susan Daily On 4/12/07, Pat Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In my database is a male that was married three times. He has children by both his first and second wives. Some

Re: [LegacyUG] Slave Holder Information

2007-04-11 Thread Susan Daily
able to link to an existing person within either tree. Then it will become only one tree in the Tree Finder. So that is how I would go about it. I would not create a separate family file for the other family. Susan Daily On 4/11/07, Richard Bynum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello: I

Re: [LegacyUG] Unexplained little box on my Male/Female main boxes

2007-03-28 Thread Susan Daily
his is the box you are talking about. Susan Daily On 3/28/07, Greg Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A couple of days ago I had a little box suddenly appear on my main Male and Female boxes on the Legacy screen. The boxes are in the upper right of the main box for each spouse, to the

Re: [LegacyUG] Removing duplicate source citations

2007-03-26 Thread Susan Daily
urced by one or the other will now be sourced by only one master source. If you do mean that, then I don't understand what else you are needing to do. If you didn't do that, then I hope this is the answer you were looking for. Susan Daily On 3/26/07, Richard Van Wasshnova <[EMAIL P

[LegacyUG] Legacy Attachments (WAS S.S. Death Index as an event)

2007-03-26 Thread Susan Daily
em to his emails, for some reason? Susan Daily On 3/25/07, Reg SHERLOCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Everyone Could I please ask all members of this Legacy user group (via Group Administration). "Please stop setting your emails to to group as requiring a receipt from readers&

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - data formatting

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Daily
y don't print), because I don't want to repeat the info. Susan Daily On 3/24/07, Kathy Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Death Notes: DEATHS - County of Wellington Name Of Deceased: Edward Robinson Sex: M Date Of Death: 22 Aug 1872 Age: 72 years Where Born: England Cause Of

Re: [LegacyUG] S.S. Death Index as an event

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Daily
event (if any locations are given as place where benefits were last received or residence at time of death, not to be confused with place of death). Hope this helps, Susan Daily On 3/24/07, KENNETH HERMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was showing the S. S. Death Index as a note. Works O

Re: [LegacyUG] Order of emails

2007-03-20 Thread Susan Daily
One thing that GMAIL does is group emails together. Sometimes someone responds to the original query and renames the subject. For example, the subject of this email is "Re: [LegacyUG] Order of emails" - they might write "Re:Email Order" not realizing it changes the grouping of this thread. So the

Re: [LegacyUG] Stepchildren not showing in descendant report

2007-03-18 Thread Susan Daily
ou want it to appear they way you want it to in reports. Susan Daily On 3/18/07, Kathy Townsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bummer! I know the children aren't blood but as long as a program stated their true relationship to the parents the family history should be complete. When you give

Re: [LegacyUG] Editing from Search - was How to Select Group by birth date?

2007-03-16 Thread Susan Daily
Thanks, Cathy, of course. Was it my imagination, then, that a search resulted in a list that you couldn't edit from, in an earlier version of Legacy? (From your memory, has it always been Create a List that you can edit?) I've uninstalled ver 5 by now. Ron - thanks but I was doing that (to see wh

Re: [LegacyUG] Editing from Search - was How to Select Group by birth date?

2007-03-16 Thread Susan Daily
Cathy, I just did a search, for missing birth dates, and now I noticed I can't find a Show List anymore?! Where did I use to use it? I am rolling my eyes at myself. I noticed now there is Create List, and that does allow you to edit from the list. I do use Search a lot when I need to find somethi

Re: [LegacyUG] newbie.. gedcom download help

2007-03-15 Thread Susan Daily
will figure it out offline. One question we had which is on-topic would be what is the best type of end of character item to use for a GEDCOM to be imported into Legacy? The options are: End of line character CRLF, LFCR, or LFCR. Thanks, Susan Daily On 3/14/07, Missylove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [LegacyUG] How to add individual's info from previous file

2007-03-14 Thread Susan Daily
ns didn't take, so you will need to link him in. Click in the empty husband spot in your current file and "Add a Husband" then "Link to an Existing person." Once Dennis is back in your file, you can follow Russ' instructions on making sure Dennis shows up in only one m

Re: [LegacyUG] Editing from Search - was How to Select Group by birth date?

2007-03-12 Thread Susan Daily
Cathy, I do use Show List, almost exclusively when I do a search. What is a better way, if I want to edit people from search results? Thanks for figuring that one out! Susan On 3/12/07, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Susan, You are getting confused with "Show List" - which doesn't give y

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Select Group by birth date?

2007-03-12 Thread Susan Daily
]> wrote: It is easier to do a search for Individual; Birth Date; Equal to; ' '. leave blank, not 'space bar' Rich --- Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An easy way is to look at the Index tab, and go down > it looking for > missing birthdates. Have you

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Select Group by birth date?

2007-03-12 Thread Susan Daily
f the child's in-laws. I try to round to 0 or 5 endings, so it is more obvious they are manufactured dates, i.e. "Est 1855". Regards, Susan Daily On 3/12/07, Donna in Texas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wow, Ron. Thank you for the quick reponse and the very clear directions.

Re: [LegacyUG] About quarter dates....

2007-03-12 Thread Susan Daily
If you have seen the actual index books, like I did for the Irish civil registrations at the LDS on microfilm, the index books themselves are labeled something like "... for the Births Registered in the Quarter ending in March 1886" for example. So that is probably why the date is entered in Mar Q

Re: [LegacyUG] Removing HTML code

2007-03-04 Thread Susan Daily
Martin, This is exactly how I do it, too. I just leave Notepad open and consider it just one of those things I need to do to make it look nice. Sometimes it is handy to keep the source text in notepad, because you can take parts of it to paste into the Source Detail, without having to tab back and

Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing Center, Ancestor Book Reports, Multiple Parents

2007-03-03 Thread Susan Daily
ast! Susan On 3/3/07, Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am guessing the only work around is to make a duplicate copy of Joe Smith, link him to the second set of parents, and leave the original Joe Smith linked to the first set of parents. The RINs will be different for these two Joe S

Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing Center, Ancestor Book Reports, Multiple Parents

2007-03-03 Thread Susan Daily
Ron, It doesn't work in the same Publishing Center report. I just tested it. If you select the ancestor report for Joe Smith with ParentSet1 Preferred, then close the publishing center to prefer (Select) ParentSet2, return to publishing center and add another ancestor report for Joe Smith, Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting Source List

2007-03-03 Thread Susan Daily
Peggy, I looked at the Report - Books/Other - Source Citation report, and unfortuntely can't figure out a way to sort it like you wanted. (I was trying to do a report for "Only the Master sources.") What is odd, is there is no option to include the Master Source type, unless you select "List Style

Re: [LegacyUG] PowerPoint Presentation

2007-03-02 Thread Susan Daily
Mark, Does it work if you attach it using either the Audio or the Video icon when you go to Attach Pictures? You might not be able to run it from Legacy, but it should attach. (I think!) I don't have a file to test this. Susan On 3/2/07, dad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi listers, Is there t

Re: [LegacyUG] Newbie ? on consumption as cause of death.

2007-02-27 Thread Susan Daily
Wayne, The nice thing about Legacy is it provides an area of cause of death and then and area for Medical Notes. You can use these to your advantage in a few ways. If you run into a term you don't recognize, you can look it up here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwkidz/oldmedterm.htm Consumption is

Re: [LegacyUG] Creating a GEDCOM with some Living individuals (not working)

2007-02-26 Thread Susan Daily
Thanks to all who have tried to check this out. I am really puzzled. This time I only checked off Suppress details for living persons. Again the three people do not appear in the GEDCOM. I had added a fake person to my main family tree called "Mystery" (no quotes) Mulligan. There is no son named

[LegacyUG] Creating a GEDCOM with some Living individuals (not working)

2007-02-26 Thread Susan Daily
but there it was expected). So I conclude that they were not exported. How can I achieve what I am trying to do? And why is there a second checkbox if Suppress details of living people means delete living people completely from exported database? I am using Legacy Deluxe Edition 6.0.0.118 on Wind

Re: [LegacyUG] Re-ordering your sources?

2007-02-26 Thread Susan Daily
As I wrote to Ralf: On the left of the Assigned Sources screen are two little black up and down arrows. Highlight your source in the list for births [or an event in your case], for example, and move it down or up into the position you want it to go. If there is only one source, it won't move. Sus

Re: [LegacyUG] Re-ordering your sources?

2007-02-26 Thread Susan Daily
Ralf, On the left of the Assigned Sources screen are two little black up and down arrows. Highlight your source in the list for births, for example, and move it down or up into the position you want it to go. If there is only one source, it won't move. I don't have an answer for your other questi

Re: [LegacyUG] Quoted Names

2007-02-22 Thread Susan Daily
Leo, Your last example would be redundant. Legacy works as if John Paul Smith and John Paul "John" Smith were the same. No sense in typing up the extra characters. The one example you left out was John Paul "Paul" Smith and that is the one that seems to me will meet your need. Susan On 2/22/07,

Re: [LegacyUG] Quoted Names

2007-02-22 Thread Susan Daily
Myrna, I think it should be done when someone goes by their middle name, putting the middle name in quotes after the middle name not in quotes, so John Paul "Paul" Smith, where John never went by his first name, but was always called Paul. If you do this and select use quoted names in narratives

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture in Table of Contents

2007-02-21 Thread Susan Daily
f Contents and Update the Field (right-click over the TOC). I hope this works. Susan Daily On 2/21/07, Mason Woodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After generating a Ancestor Book Report with pictures to a RTF file and I try generating a Table of Contents it places a picture from the rep

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re: Descendant book problem

2007-02-19 Thread Susan Daily
sband. I'm only doing the report as far as her generation, so her son is not included. The report ends with this generation. My starting point is my husband's 2nd Great Grandfather and I'm only including 4 generations. Thanks for the suggestion. Elaine On 2/19/07, Susan Daily <[

Re: [LegacyUG] RIN numbers, can't call them up in index view

2007-02-19 Thread Susan Daily
Pat, I'm not sure why it would change overnight. Are you able to click on the H:xxx box at the bottom right (next to the time) and enter a RIN there after a pop-up comes up "Go To Individual"? (That is how I quickly find someone whose RIN I have.) Then going back to the Name List, just double c

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re: Descendant book problem

2007-02-19 Thread Susan Daily
Elaine, was the second wife somehow marked as a Private Person? Susan On 2/19/07, Elaine O'Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Ron, I ran Check/Repair multiple times, shut down Legacy and restarted.all with no change. I followed the link you sent, did what it suggested and exported to a n

Re: [LegacyUG] "Inserting " files

2007-02-17 Thread Susan Daily
Jim, Dawn answered your question correctly. The opportunities to add will be as a spouse, a child, or as a parent. Susan On 2/17/07, James Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have started entering unattached people into my data base. My questions are: 1. If, and when, I find where they fit i

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing the family Bible

2007-02-15 Thread Susan Daily
I also believe the Publisher info is important, if only just to verify you have found the correct bible, if indeed you ever come into its possession to verify its information. Susan Daily On 2/14/07, Kirsten Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would respectfully disagree with Jenny reg

Re: [LegacyUG] Husband and Wife label color -easy (and maybe dumb) question

2007-02-14 Thread Susan Daily
Hm. I hadn't noticed the colors before. My husband and I have our Husband and Wife labels in purple. Deceased individuals are in blue. But when I went to the Customize window, I saw nothing that would indicate I chose purple. Is the Husband Wife label color determined by the option Label Text Col

Re: [LegacyUG] Deleting RINs and starting over

2007-02-12 Thread Susan Daily
Michele, This question was asked last June. (You can try searching the Archives.) The answer was that it all has to be done manually. And after you add more names, they won't be added logically. So you might find yourself doing this all over again in a few years. I choose to ignore the numbers, t

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing documents and info found on Internet sites and forums

2007-02-12 Thread Susan Daily
ertificate/Record - Baptism Certificate/Record - Birth Certificate/Record - Confirmation Certificate/Record - Death Certificate/Record - Divorce Certificate/Record - Marriage I might use one of these and in the Source Detail list something like: Email "KILKENNEY" from Bill Surname to Susa

Re: [LegacyUG] photos question

2007-02-11 Thread Susan Daily
like your computer. A few possible hiccups: Her Legacy folder is installed somewhere different than your computer stores it, so the pictures may not be found immediately. You can have Legacy look for the correct (new) photo locations. More help can be provided, as you follow these steps. Just ask!

Re: [LegacyUG] Readily visible "Link Proof"

2007-02-11 Thread Susan Daily
en, then I understand more of what you are looking for. The asterisk mentioned previously might help there (maybe put it in the "Title Pre." box where it could be easily added or deleted, and quickly viewed). Susan Daily On 2/10/07, John Roose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In Family View - I&#

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Pedigree Charts with Source Citation

2007-02-07 Thread Susan Daily
By the way, be sure to suggest this as a new feature on the Home tab of Legacy under the Support window at right. On 2/7/07, Richard Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That being said, does anyone know of a charting program or another genealogy program that would print my pedigree charts cluttered

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Pedigree Charts with Source Citation

2007-02-07 Thread Susan Daily
Hi Richard, Charts are Legacy's weakest point, much to the frustration of its users. They do sell two add-on charting programs, the benefits of which have been debated many times and should be easy to find in the Archives. (See link below.) I, too, started with Apple's Family Roots. I am glad I h

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Pedigree Charts with Source Citation

2007-02-06 Thread Susan Daily
ook report (unselect everything that won't be in the Pedigree chart) and use the sources list from that to mark up the data in your chart by hand, then use the source sheet. Or you could leave the Pedigree Chart as is, and staple the book report to it. Probably not what you really want to he

Re: [LegacyUG] Hidden test

2007-02-06 Thread Susan Daily
M. You have to be more specific. Where do you see it? In a report? On your screen? What is the format? Are they garbled characters or regular words? If you type out what you see, we may be able to identify it and help. Susan Daily On 2/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Adobe Files to sources/cites

2007-02-04 Thread Susan Daily
f you then save this into your Clipboard (Copy Source to Clipboard), then you can use this source for all items you add based on this PDF source. Susan Daily On 2/4/07, Diana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have received Family Group Sheets in a PDF format. I have added things to my family and

Re: [LegacyUG] Listing brothers and sisters in Ancestor

2007-02-04 Thread Susan Daily
Art, You have two choices, one is a chart and one is a report: The Lineage Chart has an options box to include siblings (under Report Style), and is shaped like a chart. The Ancestor Book will also list all the children of each ancestor, in report format. Susan Daily On 2/4/07, Art Michaels

Re: [LegacyUG] Is it possible?

2007-02-02 Thread Susan Daily
Tom, In addition to Ron's answer, you would have to reimport the GEDCOM back into a new Legacy file, and it might not format everything correctly, especially notes and other settings. Seems like a little more trouble than it is worth! Susan On 2/1/07, Tom Element <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi S

Re: [LegacyUG] Is it possible?

2007-02-01 Thread Susan Daily
Michele, One quick and dirty way is to export your entire file into a GEDCOM, then open that in a word processing program (like Notepad or Word). Then do a "find". It will find all instances of your phrase, but to do the replacement, you will need to see which individual record has that mentioned,

Re: [LegacyUG] MyFamily Online family Tree

2007-01-29 Thread Susan Daily
Martin, I am guessing you have, but just in case, have you double-checked to make sure there is only set of parents linked to the children? Sometimes a second set which is made up of Unknown and Unknown (two records without RINs) can occur. They may be the preferred parents. Susan On 1/29/07, Ma

Re: [LegacyUG] Living together

2007-01-28 Thread Susan Daily
Jenny, I use the phrase "committed to" to indicate long-term commitments and single-sex partnerships. The date works fine then, I think. Susan On 1/27/07, Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For the first time I am entering details of couples who are living together but unmarried and I ha

Re: [LegacyUG] Dealing with conflicting evidence

2007-01-25 Thread Susan Daily
e. I might only provide one or two sources, too. Hope this idea is useful to someone Susan Daily p.s. Here is another example where I show my reasoning in the birth notes. I use the date 9 Aug 1835 for the birthdate: "[[ 22 Aug 1835 - Baptism record for same parents 22 May 1859 - Marriage record

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and pictures

2007-01-22 Thread Susan Daily
, with proper colored hair and less balding. So just some ideas to think about. Welcome aboard! Susan Daily On 1/22/07, David Bonnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Ron. Currently using FTM. Have imported many jpg pics of US Census, City Directory pages, Birth Certs, Cemetery maps and

Re: [LegacyUG] Excel into Text of Source?

2007-01-21 Thread Susan Daily
Rich and Rob: I'm sorry I didn't test this first, but have you tried pasting the copied Excel section into Notepad (a text file) and then copying all that and pasting it into notes? Does it automatically save it with spaces or tabs? If niether, than save the Excel file as a tab deliminated text f

Re: [LegacyUG] Fitting long names in family files

2007-01-18 Thread Susan Daily
Maybe you could explain where it is that it is being cut off, since you mentioned PDF files. Presumably it shows find on the Individual and Family Views, and it is a report you are asking about. I would like to try to duplicate it for you. Susan Daily On 1/18/07, Leroy Ferguson <[EM

Re: [LegacyUG] family files, & custom view questions

2007-01-14 Thread Susan Daily
Julie (and Linda), Even if and when Legacy adds another choice to the Baptism/Christening field (in Options - Customize - Data Format), I think it will affect the database as a whole, so you won't be able to pick and choose for each person. Not unless they make it like they did for Burial, where y

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Cemetery information

2007-01-14 Thread Susan Daily
Melanie, if you click on the "+" icon just to the right of your burial field, you'll see an option for Burial Notes. These notes only save and print for that Individual. This is where I enter my plot information. Sometimes this is where I type up the Funeral Notice if I have a copy from the newspa

Re: [LegacyUG] Big problem/hope some one can help

2007-01-13 Thread Susan Daily
Bob, Did you try copying the contents of the CDs to your computer? A PC usually needs to write to the folder where it finds the data, and it won't be able to do that from a CD, since you can't write to it like you can to a hard drive. I don't know what you have on the CD, though. Is it the Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] saving family files

2007-01-13 Thread Susan Daily
like having everyone in my one file to make it easier to find them! Hope this helps, Susan Daily On 1/13/07, Cheryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new user & wondering about how people save family files. Do you have one file & have everyone - husband & wife (starting couple)w

Re: [LegacyUG] Request - programming change in individuals view

2007-01-13 Thread Susan Daily
Linda, To make sure this enhancement request is logged by the Legacy Programmers, you should go to the Legacy Home tab in your Legacy program, and over on the right hand side under Support, click on "Suggest a new feature." I recommend that you also save a Note file (text file) in your Legacy fold

Re: [LegacyUG] Is there a daily digest?

2007-01-11 Thread Susan Daily
No the option is not available any longer. If you search the archives (link at end) you will see this has been asked many times since they moved to the new server last year, and you will find some very good and helpful instructions on how to deal with the onslaught! Best wishes, Susan On 1/11/07

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows Vista

2007-01-09 Thread Susan Daily
Ron,. It looks like it comes straight from Joe Edmon's article which is referenced in the news story. You should probably ask where Joe got that (but I don't see a way to contact him). Susan On 1/9/07, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In Legacy News it says (quote): Vista will requi

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Color coding

2007-01-09 Thread Susan Daily
Nancy, did you recalculate relationships, too, starting with you? Not sure if that will help... Susan On 1/9/07, Nancy Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Robert, I had done all that, but just to be sure, I did it again. I went in and chose my colors and UNCHECKED the box to dispay th

Re: [LegacyUG] 1/2 siblings

2007-01-09 Thread Susan Daily
ould need to make him a step-parent to her children and her a step-parent to his children in order for them to show as half-siblings under them as a couple. Perhaps she set it up this way in one database but not the other. Lee On 1/9/07, Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lee, > I t

Re: [LegacyUG] 1/2 siblings

2007-01-09 Thread Susan Daily
Lee, I think she is saying that the half siblings are indeed showing up - as they should be - on her desktop, but on her laptop they aren't. She states she has the settings the same, so why don't they show? If Darlene is looking at her first marriage, then indeed, the children of her second husba

Re: [LegacyUG] Capitolization and in-line auto complete

2007-01-08 Thread Susan Daily
Ron, thanks for clarifying. I really wondered how Legacy could act so differently!! And sorry I didn't address it directly to you - after I sent it I realized I forgot that. So I am guessing Gene's Legacy problem, if it doesn't have anything to do with his locations list entries, must be caused b

Re: [LegacyUG] Capitolization and in-line auto complete

2007-01-08 Thread Susan Daily
That is different from how my Legacy version works. I am running 6.0.0.118, but it seems to me that it has worked this way always for me: My auto-complete puts the lowest alphabetical match in immediately, beginning with the first letter. I wonder if there is a setting for this? (I looked for one

Re: [LegacyUG] Restore Family File

2007-01-06 Thread Susan Daily
Diane, You should let Legacy do the unzipping by clicking on Restore Family File (that's what it says in ver 6). I don't think it is the same as unzipping it yourself and then trying to open the unzipped file. Susan On 1/5/07, Diane Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cathy, thank you for taking

Re: [LegacyUG] Practical File ID question

2007-01-05 Thread Susan Daily
I don't know what archivists do, but perhaps you could use an indelible ink pen to mark the ID on the outside of the sleeve. It might be hard to read, however. Have you tried searching the internet for other ideas? There might be references to archivist standards. Good luck! Susan Daily O

Re: [LegacyUG] SINGLE NAMES

2006-12-31 Thread Susan Daily
In addition to Leon's response, you could add a note in privacy brackets in the Given Name field such as "[[Only goes by one name]]" - when you print reports and omit private notes, that info won't print out, but you will still have it as a reminder in your database. Susan On 12/31/06, Art Sedd

Re: [LegacyUG] Storing Legacy data off-site WAS Transfer files between computers. (a caution)

2006-12-31 Thread Susan Daily
data file occasionally. My husband keeps a copy of my file on CD-ROM at his office - which is a secure building storing data for a major insurance company! Best wishes to all for a tragedy-free new year! Susan On 12/30/06, Art Sedddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Susan Daily writes: But ho

[LegacyUG] Notes bug - adding extra space when pasting text

2006-12-30 Thread Susan Daily
x Growers, 1796" from another similar web site to the line above.) Can anyone reproduce or explain? Thanks, Susan Daily *** Give the gift of Legacy for the holidays! Order online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp or call 1-800-753-3453. *** Legacy User Group guidel

Re: [LegacyUG] HTML codes - how to get rid of!

2006-12-30 Thread Susan Daily
x27;Text of Source" the button is at the bottom clicking on this button will remove the HTML code from the text. Russ - Original Message - From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] HTML codes - ho

Re: [LegacyUG] Storing Legacy data off-site WAS Transfer files between computers. (a caution)

2006-12-30 Thread Susan Daily
only recommended for people with broadband connections, however, and users of Windows XP (not Linux). The complete article by Dick Eastman is here: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/12/unlimited_onlin.html Susan Daily On 12/26/06, Bob Bashford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: N

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Sources

2006-12-30 Thread Susan Daily
Ralf, My method is similar to Myrna's. I prefer to have only six master sources for the basic information: Certificate/Record - Baptism Certificate/Record - Birth Certificate/Record - Confirmation Certificate/Record - Death Certificate/Record - Divorce Certificate/Record - Marriage In my Source D

Re: [LegacyUG] HTML codes - how to get rid of!

2006-12-30 Thread Susan Daily
Margaret, I noticed the change too, which was annoying. What I now do is copy the information, open up Notepad (found in Start -> All Programs -> Accessories if you are running Windows XP etc), paste it into the Notepad, then Ctrl-A (select all) and Ctrl-C (copy it all back into memory) then paste

Re: [LegacyUG] Name of Church

2006-12-29 Thread Susan Daily
List, and you can see the name of the church (or cemetery) and the town on your family view without having to click on the "+" for address. Susan Daily On 12/29/06, Mary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I enter the place of marriage, where do I enter the name of the actual church wh

Re: [LegacyUG] Suggest a New Feature

2006-12-29 Thread Susan Daily
r for what suggestions I've made. So, people, if you want something, you can mention it here, but you are better off adding it to the suggestions list if you truly wish it will be implemented. Susan Daily On 12/27/06, Dick Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There is one challenge here

Re: [LegacyUG] Unlikely but well documented lines

2006-12-29 Thread Susan Daily
the parent of the last proven ancestor. Change the wording on the bridge person's name to reflect the actual situation. It adds a generation, but does it matter at this point since it is unproven? Susan Daily On 12/27/06, Cary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For the people I can prove a

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