Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Randy Clark
OK, testing your method, I have a location: Warrington Reformed Lutheren Church, Dover Twp, York Co, Pennsylvania So I click on Sort (which has been set to right-to-left) and then can't find the location at all. This is why I thought that the use of parentheses was necessary. Am I wrong? On Fri,

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Jenny M Benson
Randy Clark wrote OK, testing your method, I have a location: Warrington Reformed Lutheren Church, Dover Twp, York Co, Pennsylvania So I click on Sort (which has been set to right-to-left) and then can't find the location at all. This is why I thought that the use of parentheses was necessary.

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Randy Clark
OK, it's working. Whoever said that parentheses needed to be used needs to come over right now and help me remove them[?]. BTW I left Lutheran misspelled as that's how it was in the original. Thanks. On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.ukwrote: Randy Clark wrote

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Jim Walton
The problems with doing this are presented in the 2nd CD tutorial. If you try to sort your localities by county or state, having the cemetery in the city location will cause the city to sort as a county. A better option is to use the + symbol by the burial and then enter the cemetery location and

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jim, Why is your option a better method? I accept that the method of including the cemetery, and indeed house and street names in the Location field, and then right sorting does mean that the output is not suitable for the Geolocation function, but then that American function does not work

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread GeoSci
Ron, EASY! Make the burial an EVENT - for my Grandfather - Armor LeRoy McKain is says: Events 1. He was buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in Lancaster, PA. Mifflin Section - Lot 559 Find-A-Grave # 38226479

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Ron Ferguson
Sure you can Keith, but I don't have to as it's in the Burial Location field, so I do not need the clutter of Burial Events. Just out of interest, because I can think of two, or more, ways of getting your output from the Events, which are you using (in detail please - wrt the description,

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread GeoSci
Ron, I just prefer the way Events come out in a report. For this - I named the event Cemetery (just start typing and it pops up in Event) ; under Description I put the cemetery name : under date I put the date of burial (at least year) : under Place I put the location (City,County,State,USA for

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
(for the same place). You can then use as many fields as you prefer. Rich in LA CA - Original Message From: Ron Ferguson rnldfe...@tiscali.co.uk To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sat, October 31, 2009 8:49:47 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:12:05 -, Ron Ferguson rnldfe...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Sure you can Keith, but I don't have to as it's in the Burial Location field, so I do not need the clutter of Burial Events. Just out of interest, because I can think of two, or more, ways of getting your output from

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
-Original Message- From: GeoSci [mailto:geosc...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:38 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location Ron, I just prefer the way Events come out in a report. For this - I named

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Jenny M Benson
Brian L. Lightfoot wrote And don't forget, with Cemetery entered as an Event, you can now attach a photograph of the gravestone which will also print out in reports. You can also make the photograph a Source for your Cemetery event as well as a source for Burial location, Name, Birth date, and

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Ron Ferguson
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:12:05 -, Ron Ferguson rnldfe...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Sure you can Keith, but I don't have to as it's in the Burial Location field, so I do not need the clutter of Burial Events. Just out of interest, because I can think of two, or more,

[LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-30 Thread Brenda J. Van Dyke
I am in the process of a huge cleanup of my location database as I never used the Geo location database in the past and want to use it now. Although the cleanup is time consuming, it’s coming along nicely. I have arrived at a huge job and I’m wondering if someone can help me make it easier.

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-30 Thread Arnold Sprague
Brenda, I take a different approach to this and list the cemetery as a *location*, but in a different order from what you have done in the past. Here are two examples: 1. Chicago, Cook, IL, USA, Graceland Cemetery 2. Chicago, Cook, IL, USA, Graceland Cemetery,

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-30 Thread Jenny M Benson
Arnold Sprague wrote I take a different approach to this and list the cemetery as a *location*, but in a different order from what you have done in the past. Here are two examples: 1. Chicago, Cook, IL, USA, Graceland Cemetery 2. Chicago, Cook, IL, USA, Graceland

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-30 Thread Ron Ferguson
Brenda J. Van Dyke wrote: I am in the process of a huge cleanup of my location database as I never used the Geo location database in the past and want to use it now. Although the cleanup is time consuming, it’s coming along nicely. I have arrived at a huge job and I’m wondering if someone can

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-30 Thread Roger Jarrett
...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Ron Ferguson Sent: Saturday, 31 October 2009 1:26 p.m. To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location Brenda J. Van Dyke wrote: I am in the process of a huge cleanup of my location database as I never

[LegacyUG] Question for Ron Ferguson

2009-10-01 Thread Gene Young
Ron, Can I contact you off list with some questions on the Legacy Generated web pages and the errors contained therin? Thanks, -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.comxa.com/ Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Question for Ron Ferguson

2009-10-01 Thread Ron Ferguson
No problem Gene, Remember also that there is the WUL Group which is set up for that purpose at http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/WUL/ where a number of experienced users can contributed. Ron Ferguson _ New Tutorial: Embed Blogger RSS feed

[LegacyUG] question about charting

2009-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
I thought you could order charts from right within the charting program but when I tried it it says not available, future update. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] question about charting

2009-09-11 Thread Bob Janice
Works fine for me. Have already ordered several of them directly through the program. Maybe you need to upgrade to the latest version. Michele Lewis wrote: I thought you could order charts from right within the charting program but when I tried it it says not available, future update.

RE: [LegacyUG] question about charting

2009-09-11 Thread Sherry/Support
: [LegacyUG] question about charting I thought you could order charts from right within the charting program but when I tried it it says not available, future update. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on merging two files

2009-06-02 Thread Brian/Support
When you merge two records in Legacy the sources from both records are included with the resulting person. From what you say you may need to review all the sources attached to your records after you have imported and merged to eliminate the sources you entered and leave only the Ancestry

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on merging two files

2009-06-02 Thread lucee-too
can search for these and move them where they belong. Is there a way to not have this happen on import to Legacy ? Thanks again for the help Lucy --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: From: Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG

[LegacyUG] Question on merging two files

2009-05-28 Thread lucee-too
Sorry about that blank message. I read the article on merging two files and have a question.  What I have done is to look up things (census, etc) on Ancestry and bring them into the family file that I have posted on the Ancestry site.   At the same time, I tried to enter them into my Legacy file

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on merging two files

2009-05-28 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
-...@prodigy.net lucee-...@prodigy.net wrote: From: lucee-...@prodigy.net lucee-...@prodigy.net Subject: [LegacyUG] Question on merging two files To: LegacyUserGroup LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:39 AM Sorry about that blank message. I read the article

Re: [LegacyUG] Question

2009-04-29 Thread Colin Liddell
The same way you sent this one. Colin. - Original Message - From: Bill Rhodes To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:20 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Question I just signed up. How do I post questions to the group? Bill Rhodes Legacy User Group

[LegacyUG] Question

2009-04-28 Thread Bill Rhodes
I just signed up. How do I post questions to the group? Bill Rhodes

Re: [LegacyUG] Question

2009-04-28 Thread Wendy Howard
...@gmail.com *To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com *Sent:* 04/29/2009 7:20:44 AM +1200 *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Question I just signed up. How do I post questions to the group? Bill Rhodes Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Question

2009-04-28 Thread Elizabeth
By just putting your question here! Hope you enjoy the group, it can be very useful. -- - - - - - - - Elizabeth researching ALLAMBRIDGE (Dorset, Somerset and anywhere else they might turn up) 2009/4/28 Bill Rhodes wlrho...@gmail.com: I just signed up. How do I post questions to the group?

[LegacyUG] Question on Geo-Code

2009-04-14 Thread Kay Fordham
Using Legacy 7.0.0.90, Windows XP Per Sherry's advice (when I was having mapping issues) I used the geo-code all unresolved locations. This resolved the problem existing at that time. Now, in looking at my master location list I'm finding that perhaps 7 out of 10 locations are incorrect, even

[LegacyUG] Question about Vacation Event and Thank You for Godparent event ideas.

2009-02-16 Thread v pedersen
Hi Again, I am wondering if anyone uses a Vacation event and if so, how do they structure the sentence.  Or is anyone of the opinion that vacation information should be just put into general notes?  Also, thank you for the Godparent event ideas.  I'm still trying to figure out the best way

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about Vacation Event and Thank You for Godparent event ideas.

2009-02-16 Thread brenzelmf
I have a His/Her Godfather and His/Her Godmother events (2 for each). These are given to a person who's baptism is being recorded. This is used regardless of whether the godfather or godmother is related AND in my database. I have Godfather/Godmother events that I use for the person who is

RE: [LegacyUG] question on extentions:

2008-11-19 Thread Sherry/Support
@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] question on extentions: When saving files, I know I have too many. Which files should be saved? .fdb (seems to always be the largest) Are these others needed, and for what .PPL .RGD .ldb CB .FG .Rel ..TC Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] question on extentions:

2008-11-19 Thread Jim Winfrey
. Jim - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:11 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] question on extentions: When saving files, I know I have too many. Which files should be saved? .fdb (seems to always be the largest

[LegacyUG] question on extentions:

2008-11-18 Thread Momalot66
When saving files, I know I have too many. Which files should be saved? .fdb (seems to always be the largest) Are these others needed, and for what .PPL .RGD .ldb CB .FG .Rel ..TC . **Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news

Re: [LegacyUG] question on extentions:

2008-11-18 Thread Gary Templeman
will likely know the exact functions, but for the most part just assume they are necessary. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:11 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] question on extentions: When

Re: [LegacyUG] question on extentions:

2008-11-18 Thread Dan Bateham
Click on Help, click Index and type in Extensions and click Display. You will see a list of all the file types in Legacy. Dan - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:11 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] question

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-11 Thread Marion Rainey
Ronald, I'm not sure what is meant by lumping. Marion - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 6:11 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing Jean, I am a confirmed lumper

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-11 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Message From: music-line [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:46:33 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing Hi Jean, Legacy have worked so hard to produce the new sourcewriter in V.7 but it does seem that everyone has a slightly

RE: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-11 Thread ronald ferguson
] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:43:25 -0700 Ronald, I'm not sure what is meant by lumping. Marion - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson To: Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 6:11 PM Subject: RE

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-11 Thread Jenny M Benson
Jennifer Trahan wrote I don't change the name for each person in a particular household.  In the source detail, I just use the head of household's name for everyone in that household. This still makes it easy for someone to go back and find the information in the census record. All they have

[LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-10 Thread Jean Suplick
I've been using Legacy for many years, but recently decided it was time to go back and rethink sourcing. I had been following a method that had developed ad hoc, but now I want to get serious about it. I've read some of the threads on lumping/splitting, and it's led to a couple questions I'm sure

RE: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-10 Thread ronald ferguson
, 10 Nov 2008 18:33:21 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing I've been using Legacy for many years, but recently decided it was time to go back and rethink sourcing. I had been following a method that had developed ad hoc

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-10 Thread SHIRLEY ANDERSON
PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 6:33:21 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing I've been using Legacy for many years, but recently decided it was time to go back and rethink sourcing. I had been following a method that had developed ad hoc

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-10 Thread Kathy Shiell-Stokes
Jean: I live in a small rural area where , in many case the same funeral home issues memorial cards for many different people. I guess you could call me anintermediate lumper since I tend to have a master source for each funeral home. Each person is listed under the funeral home that

RE: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-10 Thread music-line
* -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Suplick Sent: 11 November 2008 00:33 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing I've been using Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re practicing file

2008-10-29 Thread JLB
Work on a copy. Just make sure when you open Legacy you're using the 'Copy of' file, not your original. Put a backup of your original away somewhere so you don't misuse it. If you change Legacy settings while you're working on the copy, that would probably 'stick' so what I would do is make

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re practicing file

2008-10-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Doesn't Legacy still come with sample.fdb? -- Dennis Kowallek Genealogy Website Custom Programming http://consulting.kowallekfamily.com/ On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:32:50 -0700, JLB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Work on a copy. Just make sure when you open Legacy you're using the 'Copy of' file,

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re practicing file

2008-10-29 Thread JLB
Yes, it does, but I assumed the OP was wanting to work with their own file. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: Doesn't Legacy still come with sample.fdb? ** $10 OFF when you spend $50 or more in our store. Use

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re practicing file

2008-10-29 Thread Gene Young
Tish wrote: I am wondering if I could put into the family files - a fake file just to practice all the different and wonderful things that are in Legacy 7. Would this harm all the info I have in there that is legit? Could I delete it when I am finished without harming the information that I

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re practicing file

2008-10-29 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Question re practicing file To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 11:58 AM I am wondering if I could put into the family files - a fake file just to practice all the different and wonderful things that are in Legacy 7. Would

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re practicing file

2008-10-29 Thread Reg SHERLOCK
Hello Trish All the replies seem to have missed the point of your question Trish Yes you can make new Legacy Family File under the name/s of your choice, ( e.g.: Practice One and Practice Two), and do whatever makes you happy with these files (Export to Legacy File and/or, Export to Gedcom,

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-29 Thread Chuck Arbogast
: Saturday, June 28, 2008 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Elizabeth, What you suggest is great for an individual person. I wanted a report that could list all of the research notes for everyone. It appears that there is no way of doing that. I may be wrong though

[LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Hello, I hope this hasn't been covered before. I'm wondering what the difference in the research notes for each individual and the the To-Do list for an individual. I have been putting things that I needed to research for an individual in the research notes and not the To-Do list. At first I

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Margaret Couch
Hi Chuck Don't worry about re-asking questions (although checking the archives of this list is always a good idea). From the help file: Keep track of your research notes concerning an individual or his/her family. This might include the process by which this individual was found,

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Margaret, Thanks for your info. I did check about 4 or 5 pages of the archives but didn't see my specific questions answered. I also checked the help file and saw what you wrote. I was just wanting to see what the general practice is for each type of item. It seems like the there are two

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Message - From: Chuck Arbogast [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Margaret, Thanks for your info. I did check about 4 or 5 pages of the archives but didn't see my specific

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Mary, Thanks for your info. That is a interesting way to save copies of records. I do that with my source citations. If I need to put in any notes or media for that source or record, I would do it in the source citation. I guess my way of thinking is that research notes or the To-Do list

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Chuck Arbogast
- Original Message - From: Chuck Arbogast [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Margaret, Thanks for your info. I did check about 4 or 5 pages of the archives but didn't see

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Elizabeth, What you suggest is great for an individual person. I wanted a report that could list all of the research notes for everyone. It appears that there is no way of doing that. I may be wrong

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Alanna Fant
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:51:49 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Hello,   I hope this hasn't been covered before.  I'm wondering what the difference in the research notes for each individual and the the To-Do list

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Alanna Fant
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:51:49 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Hello,   I hope this hasn't been covered before.  I'm wondering what the difference in the research notes for each individual and the the To-Do list

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Alanna Fant
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:51:49 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Hello,   I hope this hasn't been covered before.  I'm wondering what the difference in the research notes for each individual and the the To-Do list

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Alanna Fant
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:51:49 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Hello,   I hope this hasn't been covered before.  I'm wondering what the difference in the research notes for each individual and the the To-Do list

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Chuck Arbogast
the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Chuck Arbogast [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Elizabeth, What you suggest is great

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Alanna Fant
Sorry if anyone got this more than once.  My computer went a little weird on me. :) Alanna - Original Message From: Alanna Fant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:03:57 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes I

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Alanna Fant
Sorry if anyone got this more than once.  My computer went a little weird on me. :) Alanna - Original Message From: Alanna Fant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:03:57 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes I

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes

2008-06-28 Thread Trippsibs5
of those things that is easy to see, hard to explain. Regards, Jane Tripp Original Message - From: Chuck Arbogast To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about research notes Elizabeth, What you suggest is great

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
IMHO, put your paragraph starting with 'Each volume' in the either thet Publication area, or the notes area, or both. I am guessing on the NP stuff, but it frequently means No Progeny (in Latin?) ND may mean No Descendants. One may mean no adult heirs, or no adult male heirs. You might check if

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Mary, Thanks for that. It was a case that I didn't notice the scroll bar to go down to enter that info. Richard, Thanks for your input. To all, Do you have any answers/opinions on the rest of my questions? Thanks, Chuck On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Mary Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Dermot McGlone
Chuck, Regarding the page numbers, I would use the number that is displayed on the page itself (i.e. 2880) rather than 578, as, in my opinion, that number is only for that particular volume, but it sounds like it's one big book that had to be split over 5 CDs as it was too big. That's how I'd do

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Dermot McGlone
Chuck, I just read over my reply to you and it didn't make sense even to me (and I wrote it!!), so I'll try it again. Regarding the page numbers, I would use the number that is displayed on the page itself (i.e., 2880) rather than 578. In my opinion, 578 is the pdf-generated number which shows

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Jenny M Benson
Chuck Arbogast wrote Charles Joseph Eades and Frances (Yeager) Dunham Ph. D., Descendants of Michael Arbogast (ca. 1734-1812), 5 Volumes , IV: 578 (2880); (N.p.: n.p., n.d.). What if there are more than two authors? I would copy that Endnote/Footnote from the Preview, then switch to the

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Margaret Couch
Just a tip for citing publications while you are learning what might go where - try looking the title up on the internet to see how they are catalogued by some libraries or publishers, for example this from Williamson County Public Library Author: Eades, Charles Joseph. Title: Descendants of

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Margaret, Thanks for the tip. That would be a good place to help on how to source it. I was wanting to use the source writer for all of my souces so I would be somewhat forced to be consistant. Although, I know that even the source writer allows for some flexability. Thanks again for the

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Jenny, Thanks for the suggestion. That is definatly a work around. I don't know how often it would come up but it could happen, so I guess I thought that Legacy could build that in to the program. Maybe in an update. :) I thought that it would be best to have both page numbers too, I just

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Dermont, I understand what your saying and do agree to a point. Page 578 is the page on the pdf, however the pdf's were not split up due to size constraints. The actual book, hard back edition, is broken into 5 volumes, so that is why the CD version is in 5 CD's, you could get them one one CD

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Kirsten Bowman
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Arbogast Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 10:20 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books Dermont, I understand what your saying and do agree to a point. Page 578 is the page on the pdf

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-27 Thread Chuck Arbogast
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books Dermont, I understand what your saying and do agree to a point. Page 578 is the page on the pdf, however the pdf's were not split up due to size constraints. The actual book, hard back edition

[LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-26 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Hello, I have just recently received a book on CD that has my family history. I have a few questions about how to source this book on CD. Actually there are 5 CD's, one for each volume. This is a pdf version of the original hardback version. So, I chose, Book, authored (reprint), then Two

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing books

2008-06-26 Thread Mary Moyer
Chuck And last but not least, what does (N.p.: n.p., n.d.) mean at the very end of that source? N.p. = no place n.p. = no publisher n.d. = no date (Because the format is supposed to follow the format of place, publisher, date.) Mary

RE: [LegacyUG] Question regarding existing sources and source writer

2008-06-11 Thread Connie
I find if I create a new source via SourceWriter and then combine with the old source NONE of the Master Source 'Text of Source' is retained from the original (basic) Master Source. The source detail text is retained, but not the text entered in the Master Text of Source tab in the 'old' /

Re: [LegacyUG] Question regarding existing sources and source writer

2008-06-09 Thread Gary Templeman
- Original Message - From: Jenny M Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I have done is create a new Source with the SourceWriter, copying information from an existing Source. Then I highlight the old Source, click on Combine Highlighted Source with Another in List..., highlight the new

Re: [LegacyUG] Question regarding existing sources and source writer

2008-06-08 Thread Bob Howes
course. Regards Bob Howes Carlisle UK - Original Message - From: legacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 3:51 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Question regarding existing sources and source writer Is there any way to call up the source

Re: [LegacyUG] Question regarding existing sources and source writer

2008-06-08 Thread Jenny M Benson
legacy wrote Is there any way to call up the source writer from within an existing source? I would like to change existing sources to the new format, but see a problem in that there are many people for whom a source might exist. I don't want to have to go in and manually make the change for

[LegacyUG] Question regarding existing sources and source writer

2008-06-06 Thread legacy
Is there any way to call up the source writer from within an existing source? I would like to change existing sources to the new format, but see a problem in that there are many people for whom a source might exist. I don't want to have to go in and manually make the change for each and every

[LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records

2008-05-31 Thread Roxanne
I rely heavily on census records in my individual records. For those of you who transcribe such records, how do you handle locations where towns/townships are not listed? I am tempted to use things like, District 4, Rhea County, TN, USA, but aside from personal preference, is there a standard

Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records

2008-05-31 Thread Dawn Crowley
I record whatever the census says, even if it's district 4. Dawn Roxanne wrote: I rely heavily on census records in my individual records. For those of you who transcribe such records, how do you handle locations where towns/townships are not listed? I am tempted to use things like,

RE: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records

2008-05-31 Thread Janis Gilmore
closely with Mills in writing this part of the software. Hopefully, that last comment kept this post on-topic (-: Janis Walker Gilmore From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roxanne Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 11:06 PM To: Legacy Subject: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding

Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records

2008-05-31 Thread Roxanne
event? I'd like to make sure that I'm not causing problems for myself in the future. Roxanne Baird --- On Sat, 5/31/08, Dawn Crowley lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; wrote: From: Dawn Crowley lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records

2008-05-31 Thread Dawn Crowley
to make sure that I'm not causing problems for myself in the future. Roxanne Baird --- On Sat, 5/31/08, Dawn Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dawn Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records

2008-05-31 Thread Roxanne
]gt; wrote: gt; gt; From: Dawn Crowley lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; gt; Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question Regarding Location/ Census Records gt; To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com gt; Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 1:49 AM gt; gt;I record whatever the census says, even if it's district

Re: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7

2008-05-28 Thread Robert57P via Gmail
. Thanks, Bob - Original Message - From: Rodney Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 5:20 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7 Brenda, You are quite right - for those intent on not using IE7

[LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7

2008-05-25 Thread Brenda Van Dyke
Following the thread about IE7 all day and knowing that some users of this user group are quite knowledgeable regarding MS products, I have a question:  Would MS’s Virtual PC be an option?  It sounds like a lot of work, but I guess if you don’t want to install IE7 on your “regular” computer and

RE: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7

2008-05-25 Thread Rodney Hall
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brenda Van Dyke Sent: 25 May 2008 05:11 To: LegacyUserGroup Subject: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7 Following the thread about IE7 all day and knowing that some users of this user group are quite knowledgeable regarding MS

Re: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7

2008-05-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
When I had my old XP notebook I upgraded from IE6 to IE7. I don't remember the details, but I was sorry I did. Then, when I bought my new XP notebook last year, I found that it came with IE6 pre-installed (I wonder why?) and I left it alone. I have no intention of upgrading to IE7 again. And I

RE: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7

2008-05-25 Thread C.G. Ouimet
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7 When I had my old XP notebook I upgraded from IE6 to IE7. I don't remember the details, but I was sorry I did. Then, when I bought my new XP notebook last year, I found that it came with IE6 pre-installed (I wonder why?) and I

Re: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7

2008-05-25 Thread Gary Templeman
M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 4:57 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question to seasoned computer users re: IE7/Legacy 7 When I had my old XP notebook I upgraded from IE6 to IE7. I don't remember the details, but I was sorry I did

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