Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping Gedcom Tags to Legacy

2006-12-18 Thread Susan Daily
Debbie, Stuart wanted to know the Legacy equivalents of these tags. He seemed to know what they were in GEDCOM format. I think the programmers will have to answer, if no one else has studied them and can comment on their findings. Susan On 12/18/06, Debbie Blanton McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping Gedcom Tags to Legacy

2006-12-18 Thread Susan Daily
parallel name. Legacy does not have an illegitimate tag, because "that is the parents fault?", not the kids. That title matters more to church and legal groups. If you export to Legacy including those tags, they will be created as tags in the program and/or notes. But not lost. Rich --- S

Re: [LegacyUG] Standard Usage?

2006-12-18 Thread Susan Daily
You can always search your exported GEDCOM file (be sure to export ALL private information!) for the use of the brackets"[[" or "]]". Or you can print out a report and include the brackets in the report, printing it out to a RTF file, then search that, before providing anyone a copy of the report.

Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping Gedcom Tags to Legacy

2006-12-18 Thread Susan Daily
Stuart, I would have thought NATU would be an indication if a child was Natural or not, but even though I do have plenty of Natural relationships in my database, I don't have that code in my GEDCOM or LEGACY export file. None of those four codes appear in my export file. ASSO seems like a witness

Re: [LegacyUG] Another question re gedcom

2006-12-14 Thread Susan Daily
Tish, I usually just email my Legacy back up file (that saves every time I shut down) and then on the other computer, you can restore that back up. A GEDCOM will lose certain formatting and settings in your file. The backup restore should make it look exactly the same. Susan Daily On 12/14/06

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom export when using alternate wording of events

2006-12-14 Thread Susan Daily
I double-checked and I guess I must have selected Legacy file for export instead of GEDCOM 5.5. It has been a while since my last export and I remember looking at the screen trying to remember all the things I usually selected when I updated my tree online. Good to know the cause. And also the sol

[LegacyUG] Gedcom export when using alternate wording of events

2006-12-13 Thread Susan Daily
I just went and took a look at my WorldConnect tree on Rootsweb.com and was disturbed that all of my event sentence override constructions are appearing, for example: "Event: National Army Military Service 27 May 1918 Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA _OVER: [HeShe] enlisted in the [Desc] [onDate] [inPlac

Re: [LegacyUG] still problem with relationship calculator

2006-12-13 Thread Susan Daily
Donna, Since it works in other cases in your tree, but not specifically for her, why don't you try exporting this little branch to another file and see if the relationships work? Or you could delete your grandmother and her first child and create them all over again, linking them in, and see if th

Re: [LegacyUG] Index with leaders

2006-12-11 Thread Susan Daily
If you do get it to work as a choice, people could run the report twice with each option selected, then copy out the location index and paste it into the first report with the name index. Would love for that to happen (soon LOL)! Says the family history writer with a week deadline Susan On 1

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Map My Family Tree (was: Family Atlas Genealogy Mapping)

2006-12-11 Thread Susan Daily
I promise a review some time very soon. The price tag for Family Atlas seems very good, but I am hopeful that Map My Family Tree will be worth the extra bucks. Hope this helps clear up the confusion! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net On 12/11/06, Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Atlas Genealogy Mapping

2006-12-11 Thread Susan Daily
I looked under Add-ons at the Legacy web site, but did not see it listed. Just wondered what the pricing was. Saw Family Atlas on sale in Eastman's newsletter this week for $20. Thanks, Susan Daily On 11/29/06, Geoff Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Map My Family Tree will b

[LegacyUG] Underlined notes doubling text

2006-12-07 Thread Susan Daily
06 this morning. I reset the report Options to default, and it still does this. So possibly a bug. Can anyone duplicate? 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. *** Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Short location versions on events screen

2006-12-07 Thread Susan Daily
Ron, can you explain "it is one place from which it can be changed"? I, too, don't want it permanently to show short locations. I usually customize to show full location names always. But this week I need short locations to quickly spot things to fix. Thanks Susan On 12/7/06, ronald ferguson <[E

[LegacyUG] Re: Short location versions on events screen

2006-12-06 Thread Susan Daily
I haven't received any replies, so I will send a copy to Support. I would think I should see the short location view in the Events list view if I select it in the Options. Is there some other check box I am missing? Thanks, Susan On 12/3/06, Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [LegacyUG] asking questions on the list (was: Missing Sources Report)

2006-12-06 Thread Susan Daily
Not to mention how answering one person helps others. I was pleasantly surprised that my response to the post "Adding my own editorial comments" taught someone new about [[privacy brackets]]. So by asking a question publicly, you may help many of us learn something new. This happens more often tha

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding my own editorial comments

2006-12-04 Thread Susan Daily
d a simple, impassioned manifesto... " This won't cause a conflict in Legacy. I think brackets are better than parenthesis because brackets are usually more commonly identified as editorial comments, and not part of original quotations. Susan Daily On 12/4/06, Dick Nixon <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Crashes

2006-12-04 Thread Susan Daily
as not talking about using the Legacy program. Susan Daily On 12/4/06, Linda Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running Legacy with Zone Alarm Pro and have not had any trouble. From: Elizabeth Cunningham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:06 AM To: LegacyUser

[LegacyUG] Short location versions on events screen

2006-12-03 Thread Susan Daily
As I am nearing publication, I decided I wanted to see Short Locations only when I looked at my events - how they would print. I went to Options -> Cutomize -> View and selected Use short location names on screen views. Okay, so now Family and Individual view show the short location names, but the

Re: [LegacyUG] GenSmarts vs. Legacy Research Guidance

2006-12-02 Thread Susan Daily
Hi Jennifer - I used Gen Smarts for a while until I upgraded to a new PC, and no longer had the CD to reinstall. I really liked the way it was organized. I found it easier to work with than Legacy's Research Guidance. But that said, I've only used Legacy's version a few times, so don't have any wa

Re: [LegacyUG] Non-Standard Date checking pop-up bug?

2006-12-02 Thread Susan Daily
you still have the error all > the time? > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Susan Daily wrote: > > In my Options-Customize-Dates I have it set to check formatting of > > dates as they are entered and note any that are

Re: [LegacyUG] Non-Standard Date checking pop-up bug?

2006-12-02 Thread Susan Daily
rporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Susan Daily wrote: > In my Options-Customize-Dates I have it set to check formatting of > dates as they are entered and note any that are questionable. > > I've entered a date "1996 to present" and expected the pop-up check. > But I keep clicki

[LegacyUG] Non-Standard Date checking pop-up bug?

2006-12-01 Thread Susan Daily
In my Options-Customize-Dates I have it set to check formatting of dates as they are entered and note any that are questionable. I've entered a date "1996 to present" and expected the pop-up check. But I keep clicking "Accept this date entry and continue future warnings" and it pops back up again

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth/Death locations

2006-11-29 Thread Susan Daily
There was a typo in my second suggestion - an extra comma, sorry. Should have been: "Winchester (Mystic Lake), Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA" On 11/27/06, Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can adapt Jenny's idea to read something like - long location: &qu

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplication of children

2006-11-29 Thread Susan Daily
Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp First, you should let people you know you can send them an attachment individually if they would like to see it, as there is etiquette against sending attachments to the the list: "9. Please don't send a

Re: [LegacyUG] option for Cremation - how long ago?

2006-11-29 Thread Susan Daily
I've had a GMAIL account since March 2005, and have never deleted Legacy emails (except for "test" and "unsub..."). I searched for cremation, and the first was Cathy mentioning adding a note about cremation to the burial field, and that was about May 2005. The first actual reference to the cremati

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth/Death locations

2006-11-27 Thread Susan Daily
I have a fisherman who drowned at sea when his ship sank. I've entered the location in the four comma format as "At Sea, La Have Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada" and changed the short location name to read "sea on La Have Bank, Nova Scotia" with the preposition changed to "at" (haven't tested the prepos

Re: [LegacyUG] couple married twice

2006-11-27 Thread Susan Daily
Mary Ann, I added a "new wife" and selected the same person (link to an existing person), and used the new date. I made sure to note the status of the divorce in the previous MRIN. I also changed the wording in the second marriage to say "remarried" instead of "married" - comes out much neater and

Re: [LegacyUG] Sigh...

2006-11-13 Thread Susan Daily
nting [[private]] notes. Susan Daily On 11/11/06, Wayne Martell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I need some clarification on this. My wife's grandfather and his siblings all emigrated from Lithuania to the US, separately I believe. At this point, we have the names of the siblings but we ha

Re: [LegacyUG] Alastair's Word Macro

2006-11-02 Thread Susan Daily
Alastair, can you please just confirm which word processing program this macro works with? I presume MS Word? But not sure. Thanks! Susan On 11/1/06, Alastair Lack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jan, Thanks for that - I'm delighted that all is now well. Here is the position. After much experiment

[LegacyUG] Publishing Center - book margins aka gutter fold

2006-10-31 Thread Susan Daily
lex, but I don't understand how that works.) Do I need to recommend gutter fold for an enhancement, or is there a workaround? I was hoping to publish in December this year! Thank you, Susan Daily Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To fin

Re: [LegacyUG] Corrupted GEDCOMs - UTF-8 format

2006-10-29 Thread Susan Daily
Pat, You don't need to uninstall Wordpad. This issue will only cause you a problem if you willingly choose to use the program Wordpad to open up a GEDCOM file. The workaround is to open GEDCOMs in Notepad or a word processor like MS Word or Wordperfect. Susan On 10/29/06, Patricia Hickin <[EMAIL

Re: [LegacyUG] How to set marriage status to blank?

2006-10-29 Thread Susan Daily
Steven, What version of Legacy are you using? I checked my newest two marriages, and they both remained blank. There is no customize option to change that, as far as I can make out. I have 6.0.0.110. How are you creating the new marriages? Do you have an individual and then click on the other sid

Re: [LegacyUG] Unmarried status and wording in reports

2006-10-29 Thread Susan Daily
I use the phrase "committed to" - because it happened in the past, like the word married, and implies they are still committed. Susan On 10/29/06, Rob Vader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I have a problem with the way in (e.g.) a descendants report a relation between 2 persons with status Unma

Re: [LegacyUG] date problems

2006-10-28 Thread Susan Daily
Jeff, The Legacy Help section doesn't explain how to enter ranges, which leaves you guessing, like you've found. Read about "Dates: Entering" and "Date" then read about unrecognizable dates, and how to do some customizing to be alerted, or not be. 1. Instead of 1970s, it wants you to use the rang

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Parent Relationship

2006-10-28 Thread Susan Daily
You know what I noticed about the email from Walt? It didn't have the usual add-on Legacy text at the bottom. Now that is interesting! Susan On 10/28/06, Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ron, Her email text font size was normal in my GMAIL inbox. If your PC renders the text

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Parent Relationship

2006-10-28 Thread Susan Daily
Sorry Walt - when I said "her" I was reading the "Marie" in the sender part of your address! I would submit this to the bug report, but I think it has to do with the well-known relationships problem which is allegedly being fixed in the "next" update! Susan On 10/28/06, Walt & Marie <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Parent Relationship

2006-10-28 Thread Susan Daily
Ron, Her email text font size was normal in my GMAIL inbox. If your PC renders the text flukey, you could hold the CTRL key down and roll the ball on your mouse (if you have a ball) to make it larger or smaller. Susan On 10/28/06, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry - too small to

Re: [LegacyUG] All children views

2006-10-23 Thread Susan Daily
Chuck, You can choose to add the word "Stepdaughter" to your child status list, then show Child Status in reports. Go to view the Children's List for your family view. Highlight your step daughter. Click on the blue down arrow for Child Status, Click on Add. Hope this approaches what you are look

Re: [LegacyUG] Names in Different colours

2006-10-21 Thread Susan Daily
Females are listed in black, and males are in blue. You'll notice this, too, in Family View for the children. If any are bold, they are your direct line. Susan On 10/21/06, Yvonne Murgatroyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I go into the "names" section of Legacy, some of the names are in black

Re: [LegacyUG] Date entry and date sort

2006-10-18 Thread Susan Daily
Pat, Go to Options -> Customize -> Dates -> and change your separator from slash to dash. Susan On 10/18/06, Patricia Hickin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In entering a date range, I encounter the following problem: I enter "1910-1915" (without the quotes); what appears is "1910/1915." To me a s

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship to Father/Relationship to Mother

2006-10-17 Thread Susan Daily
wasn't a default term! Thanks for double checking all your lists - that is helpful information and food for thought. Susan On 10/17/06, Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Susan Daily wrote >If you are on the parents family view, and click on View -> Children >List, you w

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship to Father/Relationship to Mother

2006-10-16 Thread Susan Daily
Pat, If you are on the parents family view, and click on View -> Children List, you will see the children listed, and at the bottom is the "Relationship to Father" etc. - this is where you find the Natural term. Thanks for sharing your experience with the use of the word Natural. Something to thi

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Question

2006-10-16 Thread Susan Daily
Elaine, I add all that "extra" information into the Master Source publication detail. My Master Source reads simply World War I Draft Card. I take their source citation (that you quoted) and add it to the Source Detail, but I like to add the name I found in the index and the year of birth so I kno

Re: [LegacyUG] Searching "Sources"

2006-10-11 Thread Susan Daily
John, AFter reading the other responses, you might try this. Export your file to a Legacy GEDCOM file, open the file in a text processor, then search for the strings you are looking for. It will take a lot of scrolling up to find the person who has that entry, but you will find all the instances.

Re: [LegacyUG] RTFs, PDFs and layouts-Word vs WP

2006-10-10 Thread Susan Daily
Definitely not OT - I am going to be producing a book in two months with my Legacy data, and I am keen on saving the most time!! Susan On 10/10/06, Mary Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can't find the reference now - something about picture placement etc. in Legacy output being handled better i

Re: [LegacyUG] Shedding non-relatives

2006-10-09 Thread Susan Daily
Couldn't she also use View-> Tree Finder and Tag everyone in her main tree? The other families who aren't connected would be in their own trees, wouldn't they? Too bad you can't export from the Tree Finder, or create a new family tree file from that window! So perhaps another suggestion would be

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Selection Bug?

2006-10-09 Thread Susan Daily
1700/1701!! Other than that, choosing select date from either the Month or the Year Calendar seems to work. Susan Daily On 10/9/06, Paul Croteau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think I have found a bug which I can replicate here... When I recently selected a date from the Legacy calendar, a

[LegacyUG] How I handle data entry problems etc [originally no subject]

2006-10-07 Thread Susan Daily
Pat, this is how I do it to make my life easier. 1. I enter a date that I figure is the best guestimate. In the birth notes window, I use [[privacy brackets]] to indicate all the alternate birth dates given, ie: [[Variations on birthdate: 1860 1 Jun US Census age 21 - so 1838. 1866 10 Aug Marria

Re: FW: [LegacyUG] Location List Report

2006-10-07 Thread Susan Daily
You've sent about seven or so copies of the same email to the list - they have all arrived here. Just wait paitiently for an answer. Hopefully someone will be able to help you or corroberate the problem and then suggest you submit a problem report. Susan D On 10/7/06, leo macdonald <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [LegacyUG] Master List of sources by Type?

2006-10-05 Thread Susan Daily
I looked at the Source Report and the Master Source list, and didn't see a way to do that. This is my major reason why I begin all names in the Master Source list as "Person - " followed by their full and maiden/married names. (I do type "personal" regardless of how they were used as a source.) Pe

Re: [LegacyUG] Archives for this user group?

2006-10-03 Thread Susan Daily
At the bottom of each email is the link to archived messages since July 2006: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ To find messages older than July 2006, you can visit the old archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ Susan O

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing sources in Legacy

2006-10-03 Thread Susan Daily
y looking in the archives. But I just wanted to show you how you can do it so it is simple, doesn't necessarily match the experts advice, but works for you and keeps you sourcing! Good luck! Susan Daily On 10/3/06, Dennis L. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm new both to

Re: [LegacyUG] Fam. Members by Generation

2006-10-02 Thread Susan Daily
Hi Jennie, This has been very helpful to me. The tip posted online by Legacy did not work for me. Just a few clarifications, since I just tried this from scratch, and had to figure out a few things. Thank you! Susan My comments/clarifications between >yours: Select the individual you want to be

Re: [LegacyUG] Search globally?

2006-09-30 Thread Susan Daily
If you have the Access program, I think that is the only way to globally search for a particular word in the Legacy database. The poor-man's shortcut, though, is to export everything into a GEDCOM, then search the text-file (GEDCOM) for the word you are looking for. It will appear within a few lin

Re: [LegacyUG] Search globally?

2006-09-30 Thread Susan Daily
FYI - They also show where the locations occur in the events. Susan On 9/30/06, Dawn Crowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm not sure if this completely answers your question, but it's worth a try. click on "view" click on "master lists" click on "location" select th

Re: [LegacyUG] problem with sourcing

2006-09-28 Thread Susan Daily
Just to throw in another thought - I sometimes source a marriage, even if there is no marriage data. So I am glad marriage shows up on the list of things to be sourced. In your example (if I understand correctly) a person wouldn't have that option, since there is no data entered. Susan On 9/28/0

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest version

2006-09-26 Thread Susan Daily
No, there is not with the new server. Susan On 9/26/06, Ken Schurr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a digest version of the User Group messages? Thanks, Ken Schurr Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please

Re: [LegacyUG] sorting information

2006-09-20 Thread Susan Daily
Linda, I presume you are asking how to enter grandchildren into Legacy, skipping a generation. You can do it one of two ways that I show here (I'm sure there are other ideas, too). For the first brother, Grandpa1, I'll call him, you can add a child named "[[Child]]" (the [[ ...]] doesn't print i

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom export

2006-09-20 Thread Susan Daily
Melanie, You can open up your GEDCOM file that you exported from Legacy with a text editor program (Notepad, Word, etc.) See if you can find that phrase in the GEDCOM anywhere. If you find it, please post the results here and we'll try to pinpoint this further if it is caused by Legacy, rather tha

Re: [LegacyUG] Date entry bug, i.e. 1900-07

2006-09-14 Thread Susan Daily
Thanks for that Robert! Maybe my change over occurred when I went from Windows ME to my new laptop with XP. I just did some testing in Legacy, and when I type 1930-36 it correctly changes it to 1930-1936. I moved my date setting back to 1911-2010. This will be good to know, too, when I work with d

[LegacyUG] Date entry bug, i.e. 1900-07

2006-09-13 Thread Susan Daily
rom what I recall, I used to be able to do the shorthand, and Legacy added the century automatically. Did some programming cause this to change? I tried selecting "Format with 4-digit year" but this did not change anything. I normally have that unselected. Can anyone duplicate this? Thank

Re: [LegacyUG] Personal ID Numbers

2006-09-10 Thread Susan Daily
John, Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but when you click on the source for your father's birth, presumably the birth certificate, click on Edit Detail. At the bottom of the window is a box, "File ID." If you click on the binoculars icon, it will help you find the next available FileI

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Pennsylvania Location names

2006-09-10 Thread Susan Daily
Connie, I like to maintain the four-location standard that Legacy has set, so I did this when I discovered Townships in Indiana! My Long Location gets filed like this: Jasper - Bainbridge Township, Dubois, Indiana, USA and my short name becomes: Bainbridge Twp., Jasper City, Dubois, IN (I think i

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship to Father/Relationship to Mother

2006-09-10 Thread Susan Daily
When I first began using Legacy, I imported a GEDCOM and the children were all imported with a "Natural" relationship to their parents. But when I now enter a child in Legacy, I have to remember to select Natural. It would be nice (for me) if Legacy would automatically choose Natural when a child

Re: [LegacyUG] Some ancestors not "colored box" at all

2006-08-29 Thread Susan Daily
iew, or in the chart.] > >I changed every child to Natural, and closed and reopened the file. I >also reset relationships to me. Closed and reopened Legacy. Still no >change. > >Thank you. >Susan Daily >Version Legacy Deluxe 6, update 108 Legacy User Group guidelines can

[LegacyUG] Some ancestors not "colored box" at all

2006-08-28 Thread Susan Daily
and closed and reopened the file. I also reset relationships to me. Closed and reopened Legacy. Still no change. Thank you. Susan Daily Version Legacy Deluxe 6, update 108 Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to

Re: [LegacyUG] icons

2006-08-28 Thread Susan Daily
In update 108, the husband (left) side icon shows a "female" icon for his wives, and the wife (right) side shows a "male" icon for husbands. The AKAs show all men on the left, and all women on the right. Change must have occurred in 109? Susan On 8/28/06, Carol Wait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: H

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting Family File to New Legacy File

2006-08-27 Thread Susan Daily
Cathy, Can I ask what you mean by "created date" info? If I used the date "Summer 1942" is this what gets lost? (I wish Legacy recognized seasons!) Does it keep its recognized dates, like "young" or "infant"? I did have it keep the RINs and MRINs the same, if possible. I haven't started filing b

[LegacyUG] Tracking "Make a Suggestion" feature

2006-08-27 Thread Susan Daily
I know that I recently suggested a new feature. But now I have forgotten what it was. Is there a way to track these - to see what was suggested, and then to find if it has been implemented? I want to suggest another feature, and dread it being the same one, LOL! I guess I need to keep a text fil

Re: [LegacyUG] New General Release Build - 26 August 2006 - ver 6.0.0.107

2006-08-27 Thread Susan Daily
My home page is saying that version .108 is the latest, but the files I download from the link below remain at .107. Is there a different link for 108? I have gone to the web site and am trying to download it, not sure if I will get the same (.107) file for the 3rd time. Susan On 8/26/06, Geoff

Re: [LegacyUG] Remove from Mailing list

2006-08-27 Thread Susan Daily
To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp On 8/27/06, Charles Stancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please tell me how to remove my name from the email message list. I have only just got on to this site and need time to read up and understand before getting too

Re: [LegacyUG] Search and Replace

2006-08-25 Thread Susan Daily
Eva, This may be an idea that works, but I don't know - I did not test it. Can you export the tagged people into a new tree. Run your search and replace. Then merge these people back, having it keep the "new" info, overriding the old? Perhaps someone on the list who has done merges might be able

[LegacyUG] Exporting Family File to New Legacy File

2006-08-24 Thread Susan Daily
try a merge then... Just wondering if anyone has advice. I am in the middle of creating it, and it is interesting how many Edit Sentence Definitions I must have done! Thank you. Susan Daily Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past mes

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Error 3021

2006-08-23 Thread Susan Daily
Gary, Don't be confused by the first line under the ERROR description (I know I was): "See 'Error logging on to FamilySearch.org' if your error occurred doing an IGI Search" - that is just another place to go if that is where that Error 3021 occurred. Follow all the steps noted for any other Erro

Re: [LegacyUG] Removing comma's in reports

2006-08-21 Thread Susan Daily
I run into the extra commas in the USA when I have a location of a city, and it occurs in two counties, but I don't know which county, so I have to leave it blank, for example: San Francisco, , California, USA. In Canada, I don't know if this is particular to Nova Scotia, but I have four location

Re: [LegacyUG] Removing comma's in reports

2006-08-20 Thread Susan Daily
Rob, that is my experience. Embedded empty commas remain. Like you mentioned, I use the short locations to remove them. Susan On 8/20/06, Rob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Legacy will remove one or more leading commas and two or more leading commas when printing reports. But what do you do

Re: [LegacyUG] additional location data

2006-08-20 Thread Susan Daily
John, Within the city of Woburn, Massachusetts, USA there are several areas, like "Cummingsville." So if I wanted to specify that, in the way you are asking, I could do one of two things. In the location box, I could write: "Woburn (Cummingsville), Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA" and then in the sh

Re: [LegacyUG] Godfather / Godmother event

2006-08-16 Thread Susan Daily
Nancy, I have Legacy Deluxe 6.0. The name of the two events are: God Father and God Mother I wonder if you could add these events, then click on the word "reset" to get all the definitions back? Because when I click on Edit Event Sentence Definition and view Wording Options, there are eight optio

Re: [LegacyUG] Blue down-pointing triangle in Individual Information short cut key?

2006-08-15 Thread Susan Daily
When you want to look at possible shortcuts, you can always go to Help, then search for "Shortcuts" and you'll see the link to Shortcut keys. (Learned that from a LUGger!) That said, I saw nothing that would bring you into the Master location list. I tried a few of the ALT + commands, but none of

Re: [LegacyUG] Multiple Residents in One Address

2006-08-12 Thread Susan Daily
es closest. Good luck, Susan Daily On 8/12/06, David + Deb Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How do I enter multiple residents in one address? For example, John & Lisa Smith and their four children, Ole, Sven, Leah and Esther live all in the same house. Do I have to enter them individua

Re: [LegacyUG] PDFs and RTFs

2006-08-11 Thread Susan Daily
s my computer so fast, that it doesn't show? Do you have an old computer? Susan Daily On 8/11/06, Alastair Lack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: if you watch carefully what is happening, Legacy goes through two processes. First it creates a formatted text file that is much better than its RT

Re: [LegacyUG] FGS setting: ALLspouses & ALL children?

2006-08-08 Thread Susan Daily
Robert, I have not found Family Group Sheet to work that way, either. My work-around has been to do a different report, Descendant Book, and select just one generation. It will list the spouses of the children, but not the grandchildren. If you don't mind it printing the father twice (or more), y

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I indicate information is not proven

2006-08-02 Thread Susan Daily
re compiled, written and held by the Government. So there can be little doubt that the information is an accurate copy of that which they have. > >From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Since my Master Sources are generic, as in "Certificate/Record of >Marriage&q

[LegacyUG] Why I need you to ask questions on this list

2006-08-02 Thread Susan Daily
ith us all, via this wonderful Users' Group! Gratefully, Susan Daily (Legacy User of two years) p.s. Please don't reply with a "thank you" or other post along that line and clutter up the list - just wanted to reassure those who have privately written of their fears of post

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I indicate information is not proven

2006-08-01 Thread Susan Daily
fy Email letter!) To others who have questions, please don't let his commentary below prevent you from asking a question here on this list. Those of us who can assist, will be happy to do so. Susan Daily On 8/1/06, James A. McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I wonder if this thread

Re: [LegacyUG] Setting up a fake family---

2006-08-01 Thread Susan Daily
Bill, You can add these people into your family file, but they can remain unlinked. Being there will make it easy for you to refer to them using the Name Index when you wish to, without having to open a new file. Start with -- Add -- New Unlinked Individual --- Then when you click on -- View --

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I indicate information is not proven

2006-08-01 Thread Susan Daily
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Daily Sent: 2006-08-01 15:05 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I indicate information is not proven Betty - Items that have a source show up onscreen in red, if you select that option. If you do put in a source, but it is iffy at bes

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I indicate information is not proven

2006-08-01 Thread Susan Daily
Betty - Items that have a source show up onscreen in red, if you select that option. If you do put in a source, but it is iffy at best, and unproven, then you have a way of indicating that on the source screen - Uncheck "this source has been verified" (unless you've seen the source) and under Sure

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I tentatively link 2 people?

2006-07-30 Thread Susan Daily
CJ - I had this occur - I had two people and really thought they were the same one. But I kept them separate since I had no proof, and in my general notes I said I believed that this person was the same as RIN number . It was a pain when I wanted to zip back and forth between the people. But i

Re: [LegacyUG] Need Help for Error 1003

2006-07-26 Thread Susan Daily
Have you tried writing directly to Legacy Support? "LegacySupport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Your error number unfortunately is not listed in their usual culprits list. On 7/26/06, Jan Buker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I downloaded my geo files and went to import the first one in the file when durin

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships not Husband/Wife

2006-07-24 Thread Susan Daily
Well well well - if you look at the email "Gedcom Import Issue" - I think we have a solution that does not require having or knowing how to use access. I created a sample file with Female Partner1 on the left and Female Partner2 on the right (M and F) and Adopted Child. I then exported them to a

Re: [LegacyUG] ERROR 3021 - To Do Item Not Found

2006-07-22 Thread Susan Daily
From the Legacy Techinical Support Web page: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp Click on Solutions by Error Number: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp#SolutionsByNumber and you will find your error there. Susan On 7/22/06, Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While doing file maint

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes for whole family

2006-07-22 Thread Susan Daily
Edna, It depends on what the type of note is, and what type of reporting you will do. If your whole database will always be seen, then you could do one note, like Jan suggest, in the marriage record. But sometimes you need to produce a family group sheet for the child, who now has their own family

Re: [LegacyUG] Desc. Narrative problem

2006-07-20 Thread Susan Daily
Jan, When you are viewing daughter Alice, click on the parents icon. Who does it show she is linked to? Could you have accidently linked her to her grandparents? If so, then you will need to unlink that connection. The relationships show if you have a Report Option selected to show "Child-Parent

[LegacyUG] Searching archives / Searching GMAIL inbox

2006-07-19 Thread Susan Daily
even though the archives have become unsearchable for me, I just search my emails to see if anyone else has posted a similar question to the one I am looking for an answer. I do not delete any of my old Legacy emails, and I have only filled 9% of my GMAIL inbox (2.7 GB) in over a year. Susan Daily

Re: [LegacyUG] Status?

2006-07-19 Thread Susan Daily
What a shock to see a LUG email thread! Hooray! I guess we were all just waiting to hear from Support, so that is why I haven't tried posting to the list since I came back from vacation - coincidently and conveniently I went on vacation July 6th! Thanks for writing Kay! By the way - the News on

Re: [LegacyUG] Please

2006-07-04 Thread Susan Daily
From line. I used to get one message sent to the Spam folder every month or two, so this isn't technically something new. What IS new, however, is the quantity of LUG email being sent to the spam folder. Now it is at least 6 or 7 emails a day. Susan Daily On 7/4/06, Marion McCall <[EMAI

Re: [LegacyUG] Quiet List

2006-06-30 Thread Susan Daily
I have GMAIL, and just found seven Legacy email threads in my Spam folder - that is unusual for my GMAIL account. Have you checked your Spam folder? (Well, I guess you checked the archives... smart!) Susan On 6/30/06, C.G. Ouimet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It certainly has been quiet the last

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Reports

2006-06-29 Thread Susan Daily
Unless Gene used the date of enumeration or the date of the census when he entered his census dates. Then he could simply search for people with an event with that date (i.e 1 June 1930). It would narrow it down a lot. Probaby could skip the Census event search, and just use the date. Of course, d

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain of relationship

2006-06-26 Thread Susan Daily
g the data. You might start to find coincidences in the two families that might help you to connect them at some later date. Good luck! Susan Daily On 6/26/06, Nicholas Cirillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a few people and 1 line that may be related to a family group that I am searc

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