Well said Charles.
I agree with all you have said. I have learnt so much from reading the
postings which has resulted in my making much better use of Legacy.
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From: Charles Apple apple1...@embarqmail.com
To: Legacy User Group
I think I saw something about this in a post a few days ago but didn't save
it as I didn't know I had the problem then. I just printed a bunch of
reports on special paper, bound, etc, to find that the Source Reference
numbers did not all print, some did, even though they all appear properly in
I am working with Walt, off the list, to determine the scope of this
problem and will submit a problem report if the problem is confirmed.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
We are changing the world of genealogy!
When
: WALTER D. CONNER wconn...@verizon.net
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:18:32 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Re: Source Numbers
I think I saw something about this in a post a few days ago but didn't save it
as I didn't know I had the problem then. I just printed
, October 28, 2009 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Source Numbers
I am working with Walt, off the list, to determine the scope of this
problem and will submit a problem report if the problem is confirmed.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http
Hi Listers
Just want to thank everyone that have had some ideas about the file I had
received with the MHT extension.
My son has come and explained things too about what the file is etc., so
have now been intouch with the person who sent it and they had sent me the
wrong file as this was one
Thank you all for the advice. I have a lot to think about now!
Mary
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Of Jenny M Benson
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 5:43 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG
, a
cemetery. You may want to find all the things that happened at that address.
Cheers, Brett
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From: Mary Carpenter
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 12:46 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: address list or location list??
Hi! I'm sure
:46 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: address list or location list??
Hi! I'm sure most of you can guess that I'm a new user by this
question - can anyone explain to me when I should use a location and
when I should use an address? I'm having a little trouble
understanding the differences and where my
Mary Carpenter wrote
Hi! I?m sure most of you can guess that I?m a new user by this
question ? can anyone explain to me when I should use a location and
when I should use an address? I?m having a little trouble
understanding the differences and where my GPS and location/address
notes should
Tjanlks for the followup, Sherry. It,s not a big deal but I did such
a poor job of documenting my sources when I started out that I feel it
is important to go back and get them in a consistent, correct format.
The conversion tool will be a great feature when it's up and running!
Regards,
Bob
On
Hi! I'm sure most of you can guess that I'm a new user by this question -
can anyone explain to me when I should use a location and when I should use
an address? I'm having a little trouble understanding the differences and
where my GPS and location/address notes should go. It seems like
Can we get it perfectly clear that Legacy Charting *will* display half kids
if they are entered correctly into Legacy, in the same way that the other
programs which you quote do. And in the same way incertain circumstances may
actually appear twice, in, say, descendant reports, once as the
I was thinking that some of the other Genealogy programs out there can
show 1/2 children and multiple marriages etc in charting?
I can't remember but it seems like I have seen a few that do this.
anyone else know?
Jenny M Benson wrote:
Mary Figgins wrote
There is no problem showing the 1/2
There is no problem showing the 1/2 children in Legacy. What I need is a chart
such as descendancy that would show these children that are related by marriage
and not blood. I should a chart to my mother and that is the first comment she
made - Sunni, Kevin and Martin need to be in the chart.
Mary Figgins wrote
There is no problem showing the 1/2 children in Legacy. What I need is
a chart such as descendancy that would show these children that are
related by marriage and not blood.
Your problem is that Legacy (and Legacy Charting) are *genealogy*
programs and genealogy is based
, 2009 12:17:08 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: Is it possible to COPY an event?
Ignore this post!! It was actually posted by my wife who apparently has not
yet learned to use the HELP file that comes with Legacy and every other
software program made since the invention of the wheel.
Brian
(the one
Ignore this post!! It was actually posted by my wife who apparently has not
yet learned to use the HELP file that comes with Legacy and every other
software program made since the invention of the wheel.
Brian
(the one sleeping on the couch tonight)
-Original Message-
From: Brian L.
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I googled genealogy software, and guess what? Legacy came up first!
But there are of course other sites of interest. I just wanted to
mention Cyndi's List. As thorough as she always is, there is a page
dedicated to gen. software, all kinds of programs, including some
charting ones:
Legacy _is_ the best genealogy software out there today. It's charting
however is not its strong suit .
Jeff
MJ Harper wrote:
I googled genealogy software, and guess what? Legacy came up first!
But there are of course other sites of interest. I just wanted to
mention Cyndi's List. As
Laura Johnson wrote
In order for my Sansone Zodia to appear properly, I had to hyphenate
it. Otherwise it appears as Zodia only and all entries appear in the
index as Zodia, first name Sansone.
That is very odd because it's not what I see in my file. As long as I
enter two names in the
Jenny,
I could be because I started my file originally in 1994 in FTM and
imported it into Legacy. Legacy did not see both names as the surname
and I had to hyphenate them to make it work properly.
Jenny M Benson wrote:
Laura Johnson wrote
In order for my Sansone Zodia to appear properly,
I don't know precisely the record you are referring to about the name Rosaria
Testini. I am new to this forum. I may be drifting far from your question
and presuming too much or to little about your research. Nevertheless, I offer
these few thoughts to be helpful.
As you probably know,
, 2009 2:44 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Re: TESTINI
I don't know precisely the record you are referring to about the name Rosaria
Testini. I am new to this forum. I may be drifting far from your question
and presuming too much or to little about your research. Nevertheless, I offer
these few
, and all indicate parents unknown.
Ruth
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: TESTINI
Ruth,
Do all of the Sconza Testa's appear in the index as Sconza Testa for a
surname or are they under Testa for the surname? It appears from the
reports you show
:08 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: TESTINI
Yes, I'm pretty good at reading the Italian records. These happen to be in
Italian. Since Rosaria was a foundling, the mayor gave her a name similar to
the
surname of the family she was being given to - Sconza Testa, a double surname,
somewhat unusual
Is there a cost for it? And how does it work with Legacy?
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:25:03 -0700
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source template conversion tool
From: rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
I should have mentioned ltools does a lot more than Source
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Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: ltools
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:55:16 -0600
Is there a cost for it? And how does it work with Legacy?
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:25:03 -0700
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source template conversion tool
From: rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:02:04 -0400, Kirstin catlady1...@yahoo.com
wrote:
FYI, This discussion went to my spam folder (I'm guessing it was the
s-word that triggered it).
Also maybe a good idea NOT to use the word spam in a legitimate
subject. Many ISPs add that word to the subject line when an
I did just as you, creating the report in Publishing Center.
On the Contents tab, Descendant Report is highlighted.
On the Additional tab, the box by Index Options is checked. Click on Index
Options. On the Name Index tab, check the box by Include a Name Index and
the box by Include Alternate
Ok, I got you now. I previewed it, and it is showing alternate
names. Then I generated a RTF file, and the format is different, but
the alternate names are there. When I preview it, it looks like this:
CARNEAL
Nancy15
~Nannie..18
Joseph...43
Robert Carneal USA wrote:
But, when I do an RTF, the worm character is moved. It looks like this:
CARNEAL
Nancy15
Nannie~..18
Joseph...43
Joey~22
Thanks for the chuckle, Robert. For future reference, your 'worm'
character - never heard of that one
Paul,
Basically the answer is yes they do display differently and no there is not
another setting.
You will find that there are different ways in which Maclean is is
capitalised/spelt in normal use, and either of the two ways which you showed is
valid. This has been discussed several
Ron, Awesome roadmap! Another email to keep.
Thanks,
--Paula
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote:
Vicky,
I replied to your questions yesterday but have only just
noticed that it must have evaporated into the ether
somewhere, so I'll try and remember what I
Thanks, Rich!! This is SO lucid! I am keeping this email for future reference!
--Paula
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, RICHARD SCHULTHIES fourpa...@verizon.net wrote:
From what you wrote, did you give a husband the name of
Unknown. Using that, first print (or write on scrap paper)
the family group
Ron and everyone
I just wanted to thank you all for your help. I am grateful for the
directions and hopefully will get it sorted
Regards
Vicky
Canada
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. Now I am almost
compulsive about it. ;-)
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote:
From: ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE: Complicated Family
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 11:47 AM
Hmmm. My English
:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
_
From: vhan...@sympatico.ca
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: Complicated Family
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:14:25
, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote:
From: ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE: Complicated Family
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 7:57 AM
Vicky,
I replied to your questions yesterday but have only just
noticed that it must
...@verizon.net
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE: Complicated Family
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
I disagree. I have over 50 'single' parents. The program if used correctly,
will place 'unknown' as a place saver for the screen, but not add a person
named 'Unknown'. The way is to put the child's
] On Behalf
Of ronald ferguson
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:48 AM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE: Complicated Family
Hmmm. My English was not sufficiently precise as you are correct in saying
that a person with a RIN is *not* created, but in the Marriage List
/
For The Fergusons of N.W. England See:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
_
From: wood...@msn.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE: Complicated
Good Morning
I am new to this list so apologize if this question has been asked before.
I am having a problem entering data on a very complicated family.
Simplified,
Ann Brown had 3 base born children-father(s) unknown.
David Brown
Sally Brown
Grace Brown - The parish records for Grace's birth
Father box above. Then
that way it only adds the one parent.
You may be showing View 1/2 Kids?
Rich in LA CA
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, Vicky L Hannam vhan...@sympatico.ca wrote:
From: Vicky L Hannam vhan...@sympatico.ca
Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: Complicated Family
To: LegacyUserGroup
legacy 7 works just fine on Windows 7 RC
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At 15:58 19/06/2009, you wrote:
Don,
Were those two misplaced endnotes for sources to an individual's
notes? We have a problem report recorded in our tracking system for
an error like that.
Yes! A recent report affected by this problem was either a
Descendant Narrative in RTF Format
If
Don,
Were those two misplaced endnotes for sources to an individual's notes?
We have a problem report recorded in our tracking system for an error
like that.
If they were not for an individual's notes please send a private Email
to b...@legacyfamilytree.com describing:
The report(s) which
Don, What I'm about to type may or may not help, but I use exclusively
ENDnotes, and what you have as the 1.-10. is how I see my source citations.
However, it looks to me like the 1. and 2. at the bottom are sort of summary
notes...? That is, each of 1.-10. are from one of the two bottom
At 20:07 13/06/2009, Jenny wrote:
A recent descendant report had a last page with ten full source
citations, numbered 1-10 (most of which should have been abbreviated
to ibid, and then two end notes, numbered 1 and 2.
Chaos. I did NOT want any end notes, and don't know how to stop them
@legacyfamilytree.com
From: don.monta...@virgin.net
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Numbering source citations and end notes
At 01:27 13/06/2009, Ron wrote:
Go to Descendant ReportReport OptionsSources and tell it not to
print any.
If I tick Print source citations then I CANNOT untick as endnotes
/
_
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:55:40 +0100
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
From: don.monta...@virgin.net
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Numbering source citations and end notes
At 09:43 13/06/2009, Ron Ferguson wrote:
Don,
I do not understand you. You said, if I read
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:55:40 +0100
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
From: don.monta...@virgin.net
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Numbering source citations and end notes
At 09:43 13/06/2009, Ron Ferguson wrote:
Don,
I do not understand you. You said, if I read
At 01:27 13/06/2009, Ron wrote:
Go to Descendant ReportReport OptionsSources and tell it not to print any.
If I tick Print source citations then I CANNOT untick as endnotes
at the end of the book.
If I untick Print source citations then the other options are
greyed out and no source
/
_
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:52:47 +0100
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
From: don.monta...@virgin.net
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Numbering source citations and end notes
At 01:27 13/06/2009, Ron wrote:
Go to Descendant ReportReport OptionsSources and tell
A recent descendant report had a last page with ten full source
citations, numbered 1-10 (most of which should have been abbreviated
to ibid, and then two end notes, numbered 1 and 2.
Chaos. I did NOT want any end notes, and don't know how to stop them
appearing, let alone using the same
At 00:32 13/06/2009, a contrubutor wrote:
When I produced a Descendant Report with endnotes, I got what Walt
mentions - the endnote used the same number as it used the first time - example
10. Full citation endnote for the proper source
6. [Full citation endnote No. 6 which first appeared
: don.monta...@virgin.net
Subject: [LegacyUG] Re: Numbering source citations and end notes
At 00:32 13/06/2009, a contrubutor wrote:
When I produced a Descendant
Report with endnotes, I got what Walt mentions - the endnote used the
same number as it used the first time - example
10. Full
02, 2009 9:40 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
I have Polish family members and Legacy doesn't recognize the POLISH
spelling like
Józefa so I do my best and spell it the English
Tarchalski
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Of ke...@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:40 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/
For The Fergusons of N.W. England See:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
_
From: momalo...@aol.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE
: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of ronald ferguson
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:13 AM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE: PICTURE PROBLEMS in Books
Nina,
In trying to fix the Options/Customize/Locations - I'm trying
Of Nina K. Johnson
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 12:13 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] RE: PICTURE PROBLEMS in Books
After backing up my Legacy file I get a message Backup is complete but
there were some multimedia files missing. You should run a check for missing
Nina K. Johnson wrote
I've been trying to switch things around as to WHO is in the Chapter
Names, but The duplicates mostly appear in the Picture Scrapbook Pages
with 9 per page.
I'll bet there are duplicates other chapters, as I know the Sources are
problematic, too. I'm trying to get my
, please include all previous correspondence.
Thanks.
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of CE Wood
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:49 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European
, 2009 8:09 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
The programming language which the programmers use does not support UTF-8 -
Uncode fonts. They need to rebuild Legacy in another programming language
which does
CE Wood wrote
It does work for notes, but not for names, places, addresses, et alia.
When I was trying Alt codes last night before submitting my post, I
*only* used them in the Name field, and as I said in my post Legacy had
no objection.
--
Jenny M Benson
Legacy User Group guidelines:
wrote
I have Polish family members and Legacy doesn't recognize the POLISH
spelling like
Józefa so I do my best and spell it the English
way
What exactly do you mean by Legacy doesn't recognize?
I have just entered the name Józefa both as a name and into Notes in
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:37:29 +0100
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
From: ge...@cedarbank.me.uk
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
wrote
I have Polish family members and Legacy doesn't
: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Jenny M Benson
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:28 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
CE Wood wrote
It does work for notes
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 1:37 AM
wrote
I have Polish family members and Legacy doesn't
recognize the POLISH spelling like
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
CE Wood wrote
It does work for notes, but not for names, places, addresses, et alia.
When I was trying Alt codes last night before submitting my post, I
*only* used them in the Name field
/
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From: ke...@aol.com
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:04:26 -0400
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
does this work
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
does this work with the l the has a slas through it
In a message dated 6/3/2009 12:52:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wood...@msn.com writes:
Trouble is, not ALL of the codes work. Inserting a zero to the listed
Of ronald ferguson
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:17 PM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
I have just had another look at this and whilst the Ó and ó do work most of
the other Polish characters do not. It would seem
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:49:10 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote:
Why ever do they not use utf-8 coding - Unicode? Or more precisely, why
allow SOME of these characters in Notes but nowhere else?
Is this something to suggest as an enhancement?
As has been discussed in the past ... VB6 does not
[mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Dennis M. Kowallek
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:48 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:49:10 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote:
Why
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:19:47 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote:
I realize this upgrade may be a long time in coming, because
Sherry emailed me to wait for Legacy 7 for all the accents to be available,
but I guess not...
Yeah, at some point in the past someone in support mentioned this
Jenny Benson wrote:
As requested before, you need to say where they are appearing and how your
book is made up. For example, what chapters/reports have you included? Are
the duplicates appearing all in the same chapter or in different ones?
Nina writes:
The chapter names are (3 only) at the
Thanks, Rich for the info. about Legacy's plans for adding Cyrillic (Russian)
characters. What I'm wanting are not those but the ones needed to write Polish
names, places, etc., in what otherwise looks like the Western European alphabet.
There are 9 different letters of the Polish alphabet
wrote
There are 9 different letters of the Polish alphabet that have required
diacritical marks. Of those, just one (the o with an acute accent
over it) also appears in the current character ribbon (because it's
also usesd in some Western European languages), so that leaves eight
needed for
you can enter them by holding down the Alt key while typing in the 3
number code on you numeric key pad. The following website
http://webdesign.about.com/od/localization/l/blhtmlcodes-pl.htm;
gives a list of the codes for the different characters. Forget about
the # just type in the number while
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
you can enter them by holding down the Alt key while typing in the 3
number code on you numeric key pad. The following website
http://webdesign.about.com/od/localization/l/blhtmlcodes-pl.htm
Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Kevin Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:53 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
you can enter them
: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
you can enter them by holding down the Alt key while typing in the 3
number code on you numeric key pad. The following website
http://webdesign.about.com/od/localization/l/blhtmlcodes-pl.htm;
gives a list of the codes
letter when doing what you advise.
CE
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Kevin Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:53 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters
: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:53 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Estern European characters in name and place
fields
you can enter them by holding down the Alt key while typing in the 3
number code on you numeric key pad. The following website
http
for you as Legacy allows these letters in Notes ONLY,
so you can't get it into Names anyway.
CE
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ke...@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:49 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re
Bill Rhodes wrote:
Many thanks to all who responded to my second request. Lots of great
suggestions! For the time being I think I will stick with FreeOCR
recommended by GeneY which seems to work fine for my use. One question,
Gene - is a tutorial available somewhere for FreeOCR? I'm figuring
Bill,
I've been following this thread with interest. I must say I agree
with Janis. Transcribing the documents, even just the essential
parts, has helped me more than once to put some pieces of the puzzle
together that I might not have seen if I were simply scanning and
saving.
Just my FWIW.
On 5/8/09 3:42 PM, Bill Rhodes wlrho...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to all who responded to my request for help and advice. I have
spent the last day or so checking them all out.
To Ward Carl - no, OCR is not included in my Scanner which is an
Epson Perfection 4490. To JLB, the
Many thanks to all who responded to my second request. Lots of great
suggestions! For the time being I think I will stick with FreeOCR
recommended by GeneY which seems to work fine for my use. One question,
Gene - is a tutorial available somewhere for FreeOCR? I'm figuring out a few
things by
Thanks to all who responded to my request for help and advice. I have
spent the last day or so checking them all out.
To Ward Carl - no, OCR is not included in my Scanner which is an
Epson Perfection 4490. To JLB, the docs I want to copy are way to long to
do a split screen and type.
Bill Rhodes wrote:
Thanks to all who responded to my request for help and advice. I
have spent the last day or so checking them all out.
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My
question is, will it or any of the other for sale OCR's do a better job
than the FreeOCR, or do they all work the same and
Hi Bill,
According to the add from epson america the 4490 comes with loads of
software. It advertises ABBY fine reader which is an OCR. If you have the
cd's that came with the machine check out if the ABBY software is there to
load.
In my experience there is nearly always something to clean up.
Bill,
You should consider the possibility that the exercise of transcribing, and
then abstracting, the document(s) would be beneficial in a number of ways. I
always find that I learn so much in the process of transcribing. I see
things that I didn¹t notice before, and somehow I just absorb the
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