[LegacyUG] Exclude "living" from Merge/Find Duplicates?

2008-07-21 Thread steven perkins
Hello: How do I exclude all persons marked as "living" from the Merge/Find Duplicates process? Thanks, Steven -- Steven C. Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://stevencperkins.com/ Online Journal of Genetics and Genealogy http://jgg-online.blogspot.com/ Steven C. Perkins' Genealogy Page http:

Re: [LegacyUG] Exclude "living" from Merge/Find Duplicates?

2008-07-21 Thread steven perkins
Ron: I found that there is an Options menu that allows you to exclude items based on a tag. I ran a tagging list of all the people with a given name of Living and tagged them #1, some 6600+. I then ran the Merge/Find Duplicates and set the Option to exclude all with the Tag #1 and got 1800 possi

Re: [LegacyUG] search string for NEHGS

2008-01-06 Thread steven perkins
Was this question ever answered? The website is http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ Thanks, Steven C. Perkins On Jun 10, 2007 8:45 AM, Gail Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > All the good advice is surely appreciated. I added the Footnote search > string to Legacy and it is helpful.

Re: [LegacyUG] District of Columbia

2008-01-25 Thread steven perkins
>From the US Postal Service page http://www.usps.com/ncsc/addressstds/vigeninfo.htm Virgin Islands General Information Address Formats Virgin Island addresses follow the rules for Puerto Rican-style addresses, but the Virgin Islands do not use urbanizations or Spanish words. The valid last line

Re: [LegacyUG] how to show two brothers' lines

2008-03-27 Thread steven perkins
Isn't the Relationship Chart an easier way than using the Charting program? Steven C. Perkins On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Geoff Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Connie, > > In Legacy, mark every child but the two you want to show as Private. > > Then, in Legacy Charting, click on th

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location Database - Updates

2009-09-17 Thread steven perkins
Brian: On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Brian Beddor wrote: > Hi Sherry, > Thanks for explaining. > > I have a question on using the Geo Location feature. S N I P P E D > I also know that we should record place names as they were at that time. > So, what should I be putting in the place locatio

Re: [LegacyUG] test

2006-06-22 Thread steven perkins
Shery: I have to say that your email software is broken and fails to meet the RFC requirements. If you required the software vendor to meet RFC standards, you did not get what you paid for.If you did not require RFC compliance, then someone failed to advise you properly. HTML messages are di

[LegacyUG] Is there a Users Group in Houston, TX?

2006-08-13 Thread steven perkins
From: steven perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 13, 2006 11:45 PM Subject: Is there a Users Group in Houston, TX? To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Is there a Users Group in Houston, TX? Thanks for any info. SCPerkins -- Steven C. Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED

DNA research: was Re: [LegacyUG] The Americanisation of Legacy?

2006-08-29 Thread steven perkins
Dave: I run 10 DNA studies with over 250 participants. We need the DNA part. If you are not going to use it, don't, but I certainly will. Nearly 70,000 people have been tested by one commercial company. Sorenson Molecular Genetics Foundation is testing another 100,000 people and the National Ge

Re: [LegacyUG] Before 1850 ?

2006-09-07 Thread steven perkins
I believe you can use the ? if there is no space between it and the number. Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 9/7/06, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Debbie, If you were using question marks in dates, then you didn't have the date checking on. Normally your settings are not changed by an up

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

2006-09-10 Thread steven perkins
I have a situation where two children were adopted/raised in one family but I know who their  biological parents were.  I originally had them in with the adoptive family, with status as adopted, but I could not see a way to add their biological parents.  I need the parents since there is an interma

Re: [LegacyUG] sourcing Civil War military records

2006-09-23 Thread steven perkins
Confederate States of America, War Department, Army Service Record, then the unit, etc. Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 9/23/06, Janis Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How do others source their individual Civil War files? For instance, a Confederate Service record. The author wasn't the U.

Re: [LegacyUG] Want to get a new scanner - any ideas? *OT*

2006-09-25 Thread steven perkins
Dermot: Canon CanoScan 8400F http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1712301,00.asp Review notes that it rivals many dedicated photoscanners Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 9/25/06, Dermot McGlone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sherry et al, Please excuse this off topic posting, but it is periphera

Re: [LegacyUG] Font size in Legacy generated web pages

2006-10-23 Thread steven perkins
Norman: What browser are you using? GO to the VIEW menu option. There should be a link to Increase/Decrease tex/font size. Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 10/23/06, Norman Weston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Apologies to the list if this has been asked before but I can find no reference to it

[LegacyUG] How to set marriage status to blank?

2006-10-28 Thread steven perkins
I discovered that the marriage status on the marriage information form is defaulting to divorced instead of staying blank when I create a new marriage record. How can I set the default back to blank for the status? Thanks, Steven C. Perkins -- Steven C. Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://st

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

2006-10-29 Thread steven perkins
r step? No Are you doing anything like "repeat" which might copy the same items entered in a previously accessed marriage record? I don't think I am, but . . . Susan On 10/28/06, steven perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I discovered that the marriage status on the

Re: [LegacyUG] Dilbert

2006-12-09 Thread steven perkins
This cartoon is a double reference for Legacy users and for BattleStar Galactica watchers. Steven C. Perkins On 12/9/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dilbert found! Try: http://www.trever.org/module-Feeds-view-option-viewfeed-fid-10.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For th

[LegacyUG] Upgrade problem

2007-01-04 Thread steven perkins
Hello: I have now upgraded from .110 to .118 three times. Each time the upgrade seems to go well. When I restart Legacy, it says I am still at .110 and not at .118. How can I get it to recognize the upgrade? Do I need to down load the full program and install that? Thanks, Steven C. Perkins

Re: [LegacyUG] Upgrade problem

2007-01-04 Thread steven perkins
Cathy: Thanks for the reply. What, you can't read my mind? Start Legacy, go to Legacy Home. Click on link at right. Installs from there in the correct directory. Steven On 1/4/07, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Steven, You don't say how you are doing the upgrade. Are you clicking t

Re: [LegacyUG] Upgrade problem: Solved?

2007-01-04 Thread steven perkins
OK, problem solved. The Legacy.exe file was installed in a new directory under H:\Legacy. The shortcut was referring to the Legacy.exe file in H:\legacy instead of the new H:\Legacy\Legacy\Legacy.exe I change the shortcut and all seems to work fine now. Is there anythin new in the subdirectori

Re: [LegacyUG] RTFM usage

2007-03-04 Thread steven perkins
Read the Fine Manual. What is the problem? What word were you thing of? Regards, Steven C. Perkins On 3/4/07, mffowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi David, I'm responding only to you. I, for one, do not appreciate the use of words such as "f" There are so many wonderful, descriptive

Re: [LegacyUG] Records in Research Guidance

2007-04-08 Thread steven perkins
Ann: Could I have a copy of these pages? Email address is below. 1623-24-25 are related the the persons living and killed in VA in the Indian uprising around that time. Not sure what 1634 is. 1699, 1701, and 1703 are colony wide Rent Rolls. I believe 1779 is either a tax list or the Oaths of