Re: [LegacyUG] Apple

2009-01-14 Thread Wynthner
As someone once said... "Moderation in all thngs- *even moderation*!" ;) --- On Wed, 1/14/09, RobinH wrote: > From: RobinH > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Apple > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 7:58 PM > Any forum is a cross section of society, slanted

Re: [LegacyUG] Apple

2009-01-14 Thread Wynthner
Bill... Repeatedly posting is *not* a small infraction- it is, rather, a gross assault on the list and the members thereof. --- On Wed, 1/14/09, Bill Wilson wrote: > From: Bill Wilson > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Apple > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Wednesday, January 14, 20

Re: [LegacyUG] Apple

2009-01-14 Thread Wynthner
nsure if I am responding in > the correct manner to this post but I am sure I will read > about it if I have not followed the guidelines correctly. > > Gail Dyer > > Wynthner wrote: > > Look Lady- either get an e-mail address you can set to > ALWAYS send in plain text or

Re: [LegacyUG] Rudeness to the list

2009-01-14 Thread Wynthner
My appologies to the list. I meant to send that private. btw- the appology is for sending it public- not for what was said. --- On Wed, 1/14/09, Janis L Gilmore wrote: > From: Janis L Gilmore > Subject: [LegacyUG] Rudeness to the list > To: "LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com" > > Date: W

Re: [LegacyUG] Apple

2009-01-13 Thread Wynthner
Look Lady- either get an e-mail address you can set to ALWAYS send in plain text or quit posting- got it?? !! PS- And I don't care how olds you are- age is no excuse for stupidity! --- On Tue, 1/13/09, momalo...@aol.com wrote: > From: momalo...@aol.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Apple > To: Lega

Re: [LegacyUG] Survey: Error 91

2009-01-13 Thread Wynthner
Dell's early power supply connectors were non-standard... and a few other connectors if I recall correctly. --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Mike Fry wrote: > From: Mike Fry > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Survey: Error 91 > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:07 PM >

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 91

2009-01-10 Thread Wynthner
It really ought to be a cardinal rule for all computer users that any PC should have a cold boot after any update. You'd be amazed at the little problems it prevents. --- On Sat, 1/10/09, ronald ferguson wrote: > From: ronald ferguson > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Error 91 > To: legacyusergroup@

Re: [LegacyUG] Forms Center on a 64-bit system

2009-01-09 Thread Wynthner
It may have something to do with those two items having some 16 bit code in them. While 32 bit Vista can handle old 16 bit code 64 bit Vista can't. There is another program on the market that has the same problem in one of its modules. --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Sherry/Support wrote: > From: Sherry

RE: [LegacyUG] Ibid feature and unknown spouse

2009-01-06 Thread Wynthner
Ibid should ONLY used if the source IMMEDIATELY preceding it is exactly the same in ALL respects. If there is an intervening source other standards apply. --- On Tue, 1/6/09, ronald ferguson wrote: > From: ronald ferguson > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ibid feature and unknown spouse > To: legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter

2009-01-05 Thread Wynthner
Perhaps, then again, perhaps not... But until a full explaination of just why the feature was pulled and the warning issued one is left to wonder. --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Elizabeth Richardson wrote: > From: Elizabeth Richardson > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter > T

RE: [LegacyUG] Newbie questions

2009-01-04 Thread Wynthner
Amen! LUG should do like rootsweb and strip HTML befor it ever gets to the list- anything else is pre-neanderthal. --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Ron Bernier wrote: > From: Ron Bernier > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Newbie questions > To: "LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com" > > Date: Sunday, January 4,

Re: [LegacyUG] how to source unidentified newspaper clipping

2009-01-04 Thread Wynthner
Source it just like that... "Unidentified Newspaper Clipping". You could say when/where you obtained it but that is about it. --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Bernard Doddema wrote: > From: Bernard Doddema > Subject: [LegacyUG] how to source unidentified newspaper clipping > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamil

Re: [LegacyUG] Someone

2009-01-03 Thread Wynthner
One works backwards only to a point-say your great grandfather and then you want to add his descendants( your cousins)- then you start working forward so sooner or later everyone might well encounter this "bug". --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Elizabeth Richardson wrote: > From: Elizabeth Richardson >

Re: [LegacyUG] Someone

2009-01-03 Thread Wynthner
I *always* enter a 'name' for a marriage partner- even if I don't know it! A spouse with an unknown name would be entered as: Given Name:"_" Surname:"~" Then I chnage it when I get the real name. --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Elizabeth Richardson wrote: > From: Elizabeth Richardson > Subject:

RE: [LegacyUG] Someone

2009-01-03 Thread Wynthner
My personal opinion is that the "someone" shouldn't be added at all. It should simply read " married." The mere fact of a marriage indicates that there was another someone involved. When/if other information is found then it should be entered a another marriage with full details and the ori

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem

2008-12-31 Thread Wynthner
If your birthday was 1 jan 1900 then on 1 jan 1901 you would have entered your 2nd year. --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Mike Fry wrote: > From: Mike Fry > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab Problem > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 7:33 PM > RICHARD

Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-27 Thread Wynthner
The thing is the end-user should NOT have to re-configure anything-period. Preventing this type of situation is clearly the responsibility of the mailing list owner... besides, who in their right mind makes a "rule" that they have no way of enforcing?? --- On Sat, 12/27/08, Hope Bagot Bees

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening database------could not lock file

2008-12-27 Thread Wynthner
Jill, Just my personal opinion but my feeling is that flash drives should only be used to transfer files between computers and never used as a long term storage device or to actually run files from a flash drive. Too many chances for something to go wrong. Better to backup to an external drive,

Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-26 Thread Wynthner
They *really* need to do something about their maillist software and/or their servers to prevent just this sort of thing- even if it means raising the price to pay for it! --- On Sat, 12/27/08, Carl Cox wrote: > From: Carl Cox > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7 > To: LegacyU

Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom from Ver 7

2008-12-26 Thread Wynthner
I think what she is saying is that she has a v.7 family file but has uninstalled version 7 and only has v.6 on her machine- thus she can't open the v7 file to gedcom anything out. --- On Fri, 12/26/08, Rachel Alliston wrote: > From: Rachel Alliston > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Need a Gedcom f

Re: [LegacyUG] one file or many?

2008-12-21 Thread Wynthner
I'd go with one-I just find it easier in case I find a person that would link to two different files. No duplicate sources, etc to set up or special customized items to remeber in which set. --- On Sun, 12/21/08, Howard Mathieson wrote: > From: Howard Mathieson > Subject: [LegacyUG] one fil

Re: [LegacyUG] Updating file after reversion to old copy

2008-12-16 Thread Wynthner
The *only* Golden Rule I've found for merging is... DON'T DO IT! (grin) I'm like you- it always seems to create more problems than it solves. --- On Tue, 12/16/08, Hope Bagot Bees wrote: > From: Hope Bagot Bees > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Updating file after reversion to old copy > To: Lega

Re: [LegacyUG] newbie to source writer

2008-12-12 Thread Wynthner
I've been convinced from the beginning that the source conversion feature was unworkable. Considering how unique each person does their sources I fail to see any way all those variations can be taken into account and rendered into one "standard" source. --- On Fri, 12/12/08, JLB wrote: > Fro

RE: [LegacyUG] Index Sorting

2008-12-09 Thread Wynthner
It has always been my belief that *any* database should be both searchable *and* sortable on any field in said database... otherwise why bother to build one? --- On Wed, 12/10/08, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]

RE: [LegacyUG] Master Source Subsequent Citation Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Wynthner
I fully agree! Just as one shouldn't try to paint the Mona Lisa with a chain saw, neither should one try to sculpt a David with a paint brush. Perhaps what is really needed is a third party full bodied, fully customizable, user friendly report generator --- On Tue, 12/9/08, ronald ferguson <[

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source Subsequent Citation Issue

2008-12-07 Thread Wynthner
In other words... dumb it down; the same solution that has led to the collapse of the american education system. Standards are standards because they do *not* change. One either tries to meet standards or one doesn't. Those who try to meet the standards are called serious genealogists, those w

Re: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HTML issues (Was: Legacy Question)

2008-12-04 Thread Wynthner
As Sylvester the cat would say... "Exaticaly!" --- On Thu, 12/4/08, Dennis Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dennis Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HTML issues (Was: Legacy Question) > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Thursday, D

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes VS Events

2008-12-04 Thread Wynthner
I can't see a biography as an event or as a note. I'd make the biography a source (relative A being the source of the source) and then add the events in the biography with whatever additional notes were needed. --- On Thu, 12/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HTML issues (Was: Legacy Question)

2008-12-03 Thread Wynthner
Rootsweb uses the Mailman Mailing List program which is a commercial program and has, in fact, restricted a lot of the bells and whistles it allows. --- On Wed, 12/3/08, John B. Lisle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: John B. Lisle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HT

RE: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HTML issues (Was: Legacy Question)

2008-12-02 Thread Wynthner
Then I *strongly* suggest you get new Mailing List Software. Just corious but what Mailing List software do you use? --- On Wed, 12/3/08, Sherry/Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Sherry/Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HTML issues (Was: Legacy Questio

Re: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HTML issues (Was: Legacy Question)

2008-12-02 Thread Wynthner
Sorry, but ALL users ahould have their e-mail client set to send ONLY in text. HTML should never, Never, NEVER, be used in e-mail-for *any* reason-period. Truth be told, Emails clients shouldn't even recognize HTML. Browsers yes- E-Mail clients no. --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Steve Voght <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing a Source multiple times

2008-11-28 Thread Wynthner
If you now do the exact same thing using the SourceWriter that should tell the tale. :) --- On Sat, 11/29/08, Dennis M. Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dennis M. Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Citing a Source multiple times > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamil

RE: [LegacyUG] Multiusers

2008-11-28 Thread Wynthner
There was a Frenchman who produced such a program (Geneweb). Google will find it. IIRC, there were even a couple of websites that specialized in displaying its output. --- On Fri, 11/28/08, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-27 Thread Wynthner
I just have two questions for list members... Of all the people you have shared your genealogy information how many have gone thru the trouble to actually check your sources? Do you check the sources of all information you recieve? My feeling is that unless you are preparing to actually publish

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing emails

2008-11-22 Thread Wynthner
Wouldn't the easiest way be to just create another Master Source "Correspondence, Joe Bloggs<->Fanny Adams" --- On Sun, 11/23/08, Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing emails > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTre

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing a family association using SourceWriter template

2008-11-22 Thread Wynthner
Imho, for what it is worth... The Website is the repository and the particular webpage is the source (and hopefully cites its source). --- On Sat, 11/22/08, Jennifer Trahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jennifer Trahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing a family associa

Re: Tagging/Events was ([LegacyUG] Searching Location notes field)

2008-11-18 Thread Wynthner
--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It all depends entirely on what you mean by > "record" doesn't it. I could say I have over > 2,000 records in my family file: (meaning over 2000 > individuals) but I could also say I have several records for > each person, mea

Re: Tagging/Events was ([LegacyUG] Searching Location notes field)

2008-11-18 Thread Wynthner
As I was once told by a rather well-known genealogist... "A source is that which records the occurance of an event". --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Dennis M. Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dennis M. Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Tagging/Events was ([LegacyUG] Searching Location

Re: [LegacyUG] web pages

2008-11-14 Thread Wynthner
You won't see it because it isn't there. A link is nothing *but* text arranged in a certain way so it doesn't matter as far as list mail goes. --- On Fri, 11/14/08, Elizabeth Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Elizabeth Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] web pa

Re: [LegacyUG] another question about locations

2008-11-13 Thread Wynthner
It depends on the context/how you use it. The full form is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] another question about locations > To: "Legacy E-M

Re: [LegacyUG] countries other than the USA

2008-11-13 Thread Wynthner
Good luck with England! There are several overlapping jurisdictional systems that can lead to utter confusion depending on civil district, registration district, etc. --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 rumours

2008-11-08 Thread Wynthner
Ah!! An FTM Upgrade!!! *GRIN!* --- On Sun, 11/9/08, Ron Bernier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Ron Bernier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 rumours > To: "legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com" > > Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 1:08 AM > Maybe they feel they messed

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures in Reports

2008-11-08 Thread Wynthner
It is purely a guess but several "features" that people have asked for have resulted in a "this would take a major re-write of the entire program" type answer- this may well be in this catagory. --- On Sat, 11/8/08, Mary Fowler Leek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mary Fowler Leek <[EM

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting children and 1/2 siblings by birth order?

2008-10-29 Thread Wynthner
Ah.. so that would make the husband's children by the previous marriage and the wife's children from previous marriage Siblings-in-Law! *grin* --- On Wed, 10/29/08, Jan Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jan Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting children and 1/2

Re: [LegacyUG] looking for cems

2008-10-28 Thread Wynthner
Err... if you sort it by cemetery, county, state then what happen to cemeteries with same name in different counties and/or states? Wouldn't it be better to sort by state, county, cemetery to keep them all together? --- On Wed, 10/29/08, JLB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: JLB <[EMAIL PROT

RE: [LegacyUG] looking for cems

2008-10-28 Thread Wynthner
Now *that* is just plain silly! To have a database with unsearchable fields is, to be blunt about it, unforgivable in the extreme. --- On Tue, 10/28/08, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] looking for cems > To: legac

Re: [LegacyUG] A different twist on invisible and privacy

2008-10-27 Thread Wynthner
Too many people fail to understand the difference between "personal" information and "private" information. Names, dates of birth, etc are personal information but they are *not* private. Bank account numbers, Soc.Sec. Numbers, credit card numbers, etc are "private" information. *ANY* persona

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Writer Question

2008-10-24 Thread Wynthner
Ancestry has a copy of the original two indexes- note plural but they then combined those into ONE database and indexed that database so yes- Amazon did create the database that allows you to view the original pages of the original two indexes. --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Elizabeth Richardson <[EMA

Re: [LegacyUG] TIF images attached to sources

2008-10-19 Thread Wynthner
One can not derogatorize Microsoft since, than it, there is nothing lower than! ;) - Original Message From: Elizabeth Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:04:53 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] TIF images attached to sources

Re: [LegacyUG] entering first-person

2008-10-18 Thread Wynthner
Numbers associated with a person aren't important unless those numbers are serving multiple purposes (like also serving as document numbers, etc.). As to pedigree numbering, there are several numbering systems in use around the world so trying to keep them in order is like re-arranging deck chai

Re: [LegacyUG] Protocall in Divorce

2008-10-15 Thread Wynthner
We have recently run into the same thing. My nephew is in the divorce process now. Since he has formed several close relationships with his soon-to-be- ex-wife's siblings and their children we have decided to just enter the fact of the divorce but to keep updating the info on all of her her othe

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Changing RINs

2008-09-26 Thread Wynthner
AMEN!   Luckily, the program I use has an ID number for each individual you can change.. but thankfully that does *not* change the internal record number   - Original Message From: Johnny V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 7:

Re: [LegacyUG] I now have done the RTF the right way and

2008-09-11 Thread Wynthner
You can have all the beta testers you want... but if the programers and management don't listen to them... you wind up with a FTM 2008 or a Legacy 7.   (sigh) - Original Message From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2

Re: [LegacyUG] I now have done the RTF the right way and

2008-09-11 Thread Wynthner
A ream is approx. 1.75-2.0 inches so 2 3-inch binders would be a tight fit for 1500 sheets. Better to figure 1 three inch binder per ream. That was what we used in our lab for our procedure manuals (which we constantly being updated!).   - Original Message From: Ruth Nerud <[EMAIL P

Re: [LegacyUG] re: appending ?

2008-09-06 Thread Wynthner
I would beg to differ... If I buy a certain software package because of a particular way it does a certain thing and it works properly and then I buy the next upgrade and find that it has changed the way that certain function works I have a perfect right to feel somewhat less than warm and fuzzy

Re: [LegacyUG] TMG

2008-09-01 Thread Wynthner
TMG=The Master Genealogist - Original Message From: M Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, September 1, 2008 7:46:46 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] TMG Guess this is a strange question but was is TMG? M. Legacy User Group guideline

Re: [LegacyUG] TMG

2008-09-01 Thread Wynthner
There is also the use of witnesses. The witnesses in TMG do not transfer to GEDCOM and if the cousin has used them to a great extent it would be a major work to re-do them somehow in Legacy. I do like one report Legacy does better than the same TMG report... The Kinship /Relatives Report in Al

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Wynthner
Joseph, You can. All you have to do is go to one of the National Archives Regional Offices- but the NA has a LOT less online than Ancestry. - Original Message From: Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:56:42 AM Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Marriage Records - Volume & Page Number

2008-08-15 Thread Wynthner
All I can say is that if someone is not really into genealogy then they are *very* unlikely to get any type of report from me- lengthly or otherwise.. - Original Message From: Syble Glasscock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 8:1

Re: [LegacyUG] Has anybody tried to use Legacy to build an Adam and Eve family tree?

2008-08-14 Thread Wynthner
A case can be made that the conflicting genealogies of Jesus are on topic if the question is how does one enter completely different genealogies for the same person. - Original Message From: Elizabeth Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursd

Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Names Ancestry.com and US Census

2008-08-07 Thread Wynthner
The first thing I would do is submit a correction on the image page at Ancestry so that Magyari also show as an alternate name in the Ancestry Index. I've submitted several and they seem to get them entered pretty quickly. - Original Message From: John Magyari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Off Topic posts on LUG

2008-08-03 Thread Wynthner
Better yet- just complain to Sherry et al in an off list message and then let them handle it. - Original Message From: GeoSci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Legacy User Group Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2008 12:59:43 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Off Topic posts on LUG A suggestion - if you do not thi

Re: [LegacyUG] Marriage sourcing

2008-08-01 Thread Wynthner
To the best of my knowledge there is no softwware package that allows individual sourcing of the day, month, and year of a date, in the same vein there is no package that allows individual sourcing of street number, street, city, county, state, and country. I've never understood just why all pac

Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Sources: Nifty formatting lost in gedcom output

2008-07-31 Thread Wynthner
Until the major national and international genealogical Societies and Journals agree on one style of sourcing there will be no "standard". Such agreement is about as likely as Rev. Phelps or Osama Bin Laden being elected Pope. - Original Message From: Kirsten Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree list problem

2008-07-24 Thread Wynthner
I think first you have to decide what you mean by "tree". My earliest ancestor with my Surname only goes back to 1812 but my maternal line goes back to 1708. If I am doing a SURNAME tree then earliest means one person.. If I am doing Direct ancestors it is a different person. Any person in you tr

Re: [LegacyUG] sourcing newspaper obits

2008-07-23 Thread Wynthner
If you have the actual clipping in your possession just make a source "News Clippings-unsourced" If you have a copy provided by someone else then they, of course, are the source and you quote the clipping. - Original Message From: PHILLIP O HUSBAND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: legacyusergr

Re: [LegacyUG] How to record two marriages

2008-07-19 Thread Wynthner
I think we have to distinguish between a marriage and a wedding as they are not the same thing. There can only be one Legal marriage ceremony (that which the State recognizes as granting the legal benefits of marriage) but there can be an infinite number of wedding ceremonies. - Original

Re: [LegacyUG] HTML & Plain Text.

2008-07-12 Thread Wynthner
Imho opinion, the *only* reason to use HTML in either e-mail or Newsgroups is the sudden onset of complete senility. HTML was devised for the World Wide Web and should remain there. OIthers, of course, differ. - Original Message From: Jenny M Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally, I be

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing family research - sourcing

2008-07-11 Thread Wynthner
I'd use the cousin and the census for whatever they said about the info your cousin sent (name, dates, etc.) and the census only for whatever the census showed that your cousin didnt (occupation, own/rent home, etc.) - Original Message From: Christina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUse

Re: [LegacyUG] Event order

2008-07-11 Thread Wynthner
Somehow, I don't think Mr. Velke is rich... ;) - Original Message From: Dave Naylor If you can come up with program code that will sort records by date and still keep records with blank dates in their "correct" place then you'll make a fortune!  ;-)) Cheers, -- Dave --   David Nay

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing family research - sourcing

2008-07-11 Thread Wynthner
IMHO, they are doing the right thing... you *ARE* their source; they didn't see your sources for themselves and therefore shouldn't claim them as sources in their files. It might be nice if they had something like "Source: Tracy Skaggs (citing "Ancestral Anthologies" by Gilbert Blabbermouth, Big

Re: [LegacyUG] Ship manifests

2008-07-10 Thread Wynthner
I have a cousin who did this. What he did was to produce his own unpublished manuscript for each ship and then used the appropriate manuscript as his source. He used a spreadsheet and had a column for the original source in addition to the other info. He'd then run a report "Voyages of _", sc

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing events vs. photographs of events

2008-07-08 Thread Wynthner
Adding the photos you took would be fine...reproducing the photos from the book is most likely a violation of copyright and I wouldn't advise using them except for your personal use (i.e. not passed along to family or put on the web). - Original Message From: Gorski Ian <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [LegacyUG] Multiple Repository

2008-07-07 Thread Wynthner
Just my opinion but... You should only cite as a repository the place where you saw the information- no matter how many other places that information may be available. If you had information from a book at your local library would you cite every library that may have that book? - Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Living or not

2008-07-05 Thread Wynthner
Jane, I've found it best to always enter a birth and death date for anyone I don't personally know is alive. Even if I don't know the actual dates one can come up with valid estimates. A real life example: My cousin's mother and father were divorced when she was very young and she had no contact

Re: [LegacyUG] Census - To split or not to split, that is the question!

2008-07-05 Thread Wynthner
y view, that leaves you with only one witness, the enumerator.           Elizabeth C Wynthner wrote: > In actuality the US census creates a minimum of two witnesses, one of which > is recorded on the census. > Witness #1 is the person giving the information to the enumerator. That > p

Re: [LegacyUG] Census - To split or not to split, that is the question!

2008-07-05 Thread Wynthner
In actuality the US census creates a minimum of two witnesses, one of which is recorded on the census. Witness #1 is the person giving the information to the enumerator. That person witnesses the recording of the information he/she is giving by the enumerator. Witness #2 is the enumerator, who wi

Re: [LegacyUG] Timelines

2008-07-05 Thread Wynthner
Jane, At one time I stumbled across a website that had county creation dates and details for each state so I know one is out there- unfortunately I didn't save it [sigh] - Original Message From: Jane Sarles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, Jul

[LegacyUG] Help needed with tagging and report.

2008-07-02 Thread Wynthner
Is there a fairly easy way (other than running a 7 generaion ancestor report on each person) to determine which people in my database (17,000+) have all 64 gt-gt-gt-gt-grandparents accounted for? I want to give each such person a special event so I can recognize them. Any thoughts? Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator

2008-06-30 Thread Wynthner
Exactly! - Original Message From: david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:45:54 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator    I think it's reasonable in that Legacy is showing non-blood people who are married to a blood

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator

2008-06-29 Thread Wynthner
e 29, 2008 7:35:58 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator OK, then Legacy should return the relationship as nephew-in-law. but it returns "no relationship" which is wrong. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Wynthner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your uncle is the brother

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Calculator

2008-06-29 Thread Wynthner
Your uncle is the brother of your father or mother. The husband of your aunt (your father's or mother's sister) is yoru uncle-in-law. You are the nephew-in-law, not the nephew, of the husband of your aunt. Imho, it is not a bug. - Original Message From: Chick Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: [LegacyUG] Very Basic Questions

2008-06-27 Thread Wynthner
True, except in the case of planning to publish your work in one of the professional journals. If that is the case, it then behooves one to determine the formats said journal requires before hand and enter data accordingly rather than have to re-do everything later. - Original Message ---

Re: [LegacyUG] Dealing with unknown maiden names

2008-06-23 Thread Wynthner
I use "~" for unknown Surnames and "_" for unknown given names and then in the suffix I add "Spouse of [insert spouse's name]" - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 2:47:01 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Dealing

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Source Detail associated with newly Merged Master Sources

2008-06-18 Thread Wynthner
It should be noted that a certain school of thought considers the GEDCOM to be the worst thing ever to befall computerizsed genealogy! In concept it was great but in implementation by the various companies (including the LDS itself) it was more than somewhat lacking. - Original Message

Re: [LegacyUG] V7: Accessed date for lumped US Census Entries - for Geoff

2008-06-17 Thread Wynthner
Yes, please; and the sooner the better . *GRIN* - Original Message From: Geoff Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:59:27 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V7: Accessed date for lumped US Census Entries - for Geoff Your experien

Re: [LegacyUG] Standardization

2008-06-17 Thread Wynthner
States Steamship Company was using the term into the early 70's. - Original Message From: Allen Prunty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:46:21 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Standardization I delete Mr. Miss. Mrs. as its redundant as

Re: [LegacyUG] Mr & Mrs (was Standardization)

2008-06-17 Thread Wynthner
David, In doing royal genealogy it is considered proper to use the highest rank or title a person attains rather than their rank at birth. I have tended to use this in my everyday genealogy as well. I also tend to have a different outlook on married names. If Mary Smith marries John Doe then upo

Re: [LegacyUG] Standardization

2008-06-17 Thread Wynthner
If that is the case then what is Mrs. short for?? - Original Message From: Gene Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:40:50 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Standardization Mary Young wrote: > NB why would anyone, anywhere in the wo

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Conversion Tool?

2008-06-16 Thread Wynthner
Considering what happened with V7 I'd be surprised if Legacy *ever*, even vaguely, committed to a certain time frame again- for anything; I'd certainly not blame them! - Original Message From: music-line <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, June 16

Re: [LegacyUG] sharing info with relative

2008-06-14 Thread Wynthner
You could... but there might be a better way. What format is his info in now? It might be better for him to send you his info in the present form and then you enter it into Legacy. You could then have him download Legacy and send him a copy of you family file to put into his legacy program. This

Re: [LegacyUG] Unknowns

2008-06-13 Thread Wynthner
I do something of teh same thing excepot I use "_" for given names and "~_" for surnames and then in the suffix I put "w/o Smith, Peter #".. All without quotes. This allows the entries to sort at the end of the Surnames index by spouses surname. - Original Message From: D

Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping specific locations that are in the same town in Version 7

2008-06-12 Thread Wynthner
I'd even go so far as to split the Street address into at least three fields: House Number Street Name Street Type [Street, Avenue, Parkway, Lane, Blvd., etc] Thus, 1234 Apple Pie Lane would be entered: [House Number] 1234 [Street Name] Apple Pie [Street Type] Lane - Original Message Fro

Re: [LegacyUG] Non-US Censuses in v7

2008-06-11 Thread Wynthner
Ron, Thanks for the info, it explains a great many things about the different perspectives. - Original Message From: ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 4:23:06 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Non-US Censuses in v7 Interes

Re: [LegacyUG] Non-US Censuses in v7

2008-06-11 Thread Wynthner
Ron, Just as a matter of interest, who are some of the people in the UK who are considered authorities on genealogical sourcing? Could any be enticed to help Legacy with UK Source Templates? - Original Message From: ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytr

Re: [LegacyUG] Email list for legacy solutions only?

2008-06-09 Thread Wynthner
Have you checked the Legacy Message Board at Rootsweb? - Original Message From: Judith H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:25:42 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Email list for legacy solutions only? I  too would prefer that type of li

Re: [LegacyUG] Non-US Censuses in v7

2008-06-08 Thread Wynthner
I'm curious as to UK practices. Is there a person in UK genealogy similar to Mills; or a licensing body of some sort; or something on the level of the New England Genealogical Society? I'm not saying these are "better" but just wondering on the state of "organizational" differences. - Orig

Re: [LegacyUG] New V. 7

2008-06-07 Thread Wynthner
Now there is a new idea.. a la cart pricing depending on which special features you want! I think I like it... and would hope the cable companies would follow suit. :) - Original Message From: Pat Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, June

Re: [LegacyUG] Convert sources

2008-06-06 Thread Wynthner
It is my understanding that the "Source Converter" is to be added at some yet to be determined future date... let's just pray they don't say "soon" ;) - Original Message From: Jim Keener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 7:23:26 P

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with Install password for Legacy 7.0 Free version

2008-06-05 Thread Wynthner
n $20-20 at todays rates - just pick up that many pennies in a parking lot somewhere!  Get real! Keith On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Wynthner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jan, sorry about your problems but > If I purchase something and the charge hits my account today then I shoul

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