RE: [LegacyUG] Personal Knowledge vs. Interview?

2009-07-03 Thread Ross Chapman
I have used personal knowledge for various facts that I would not actually qualify as an interview. i.e. chatting with family at a reunion, wedding, funeral or another get together. I do sub-divided them up a bit into spouse, sibling, child, subject, and parent and have never used a name as the

RE: [LegacyUG]

2009-07-02 Thread Ross Chapman
I normally do transfer via the backup... this time the GeDCom file was already created for an upload to my web page so decided to use it instead. I have already replaced the file with a backup from my pc so there is no issue there. However it also shows me that the data I have passed on to family

Re: [LegacyUG] Enter adopted parents family?

2009-07-02 Thread ross . chapman
grandparents were. Even if they call you grand pa. Ross Chapman --Original Message-- From: Red Sanders Sender: k...@legacyfamilytree.com To: Legacy Users Group ReplyTo: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: 2 Jul 2009 19:18 Subject: [LegacyUG] Enter adopted parents family? Searched

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2009-07-01 Thread Ross Chapman
I exported a copy of my database into a GEDCom file for transfer to my notebook and all the source citations were switched over to the Basic format. When it did that is started placing spaces in some of my data i.e. splits in file numbers and the like. Any of you out there seen this or know of

[LegacyUG] Surity Level Reports

2009-06-27 Thread Ross Chapman
I seem to remember that there was a report out there for all sources that have a surety level of 2 or less. Am I mistaken or can I just not find the report I am looking for? Ross Chapman Toronto, Ontario, Canada ross.chap...@rogers.com Visit my genealogy web page at http

Re: [LegacyUG] Location Names and Addresses

2009-06-26 Thread ROSS CHAPMAN
I have to agree, it would be nice to have samples that show what each setting on the report options will generate. I wouldn't think it would be too difficult to create. I had to take screen shots of certain SourceWriter screens and make notes on them for future reference when entering similiar

Re: [LegacyUG] Married names questions

2009-06-25 Thread ROSS CHAPMAN
If you set the generate married names to 0 it will only affect names going forward and not any that have been entered up to time. Ross From: Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:52:20

RE: [LegacyUG] Location Issues

2009-06-22 Thread Ross Chapman
in Foley Township. Either one would keep it all in the city position. Parry Sound would then go in the county position. Kirsten -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Ross Chapman Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:31 AM

RE: [LegacyUG] Location Issues

2009-06-22 Thread Ross Chapman
So then... the question is will the program convert the current locations system wide or will I have to manually convert each location? If the system will convert the names what are the steps to do so? Ross Chapman Toronto, Ontario, Canada ross.chap...@rogers.com Visit my genealogy web page

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy crash/internet connection

2009-06-22 Thread Ross Chapman
frequently. You best be it to connect to your modem or hub via hard wire. I even travel with one in my briefcase for hotel stays. Ross Chapman Toronto, Ontario, Canada ross.chap...@rogers.com Visit my genealogy web page at http://rossallanchapman.tribalpages.com (major work in progress

RE: [LegacyUG] Location Issues

2009-06-22 Thread Ross Chapman
I found the sort button on the Master Location list, and the direction of sort feature, that did change all the info on the master list to right to left, however the data that is in the individual information screens never changed to match the sort parameters. Ross Chapman Toronto, Ontario

[LegacyUG] Citing Questionnaires

2009-06-18 Thread Ross Chapman
I have a number of questionnaires that I have received back from family members. Any ideas on how to cite them using either source writer or the old format? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

RE: [LegacyUG] Advice please: Cemetery Name changing ?

2009-06-13 Thread Ross Chapman
As far as all the research I have done on standards for genealogical research one should enter the name at the time of the event (i.e up here in Ontario we have had Districts changed to Counties and Counties changed to Regional Municipalities) so all my entries refer to the name at the time of the

RE: [LegacyUG] source types - new not integrated?

2009-06-12 Thread Ross Chapman
There are as probably as many different ways of titling your sources as there are members on here... lol Myself I usually title everything in the following format: Document Type, Year, Municipality, Region Makes finding any master source relatively easy in the list when citing sources. As for

Re: [LegacyUG] (no subject)

2009-06-01 Thread ROSS CHAPMAN
Do you have a back-up of your files from back then? If so you should be able to restore them in version 6. Open v6 and then in the file menu click on the restore secion in the list. That should work. However whne you restore the data you will have to make sure that you save it as a secondary

[LegacyUG] Event Builder

2009-05-31 Thread Ross Chapman
The previos version of Legacy (v6) had an event builder that you could custom design your wording for various events such as for God Parents. Is that feature available in the Deluxe version of v7, as I am only using the standard version currently. Legacy User Group guidelines:

RE: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem

2009-05-30 Thread Ross Chapman
...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Ross Chapman Sent: May-29-09 12:32 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6

RE: [LegacyUG] Downloading Legacy on new computer

2009-05-28 Thread Ross Chapman
Yes he can do that. He needs to click the download button from the Legacy site and rather than click on the Run button click on the Save button. Once that is done you can save the program to a CD or USB device for transfer to your new computer. -Original Message- From:

[LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem

2009-05-28 Thread Ross Chapman
I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6 and needed to re-enter all my data) and every one of the people I have entered has come up with a problem. 'Surname all uppercase'. I have set the settings in to program to display and print

RE: [LegacyUG] Exchange between two computers

2009-05-27 Thread Ross Chapman
I have used two methods to move my data for research. I have emailed myself the data files and downloaded them to my notebook as well as moved them via a USB key. I have found that the better brands are much more reliable than the cheaper devices. You get what you pay for. From: