Re: [LegacyUG] Duplication in Charts but not in database

2009-12-16 Thread juicebones
Could you have them married to each other twice? On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:56 PM, amecoy75...@yahoo.com wrote: Help I am going crazy... John Brown Jr is married to Wealthy Hotchkiss. If I do a search for given name contains Wealt I get one record returned. If I do a search for John Brown

Re: [LegacyUG] Is there a digest option for group messages?

2009-12-16 Thread mikefry
regem...@frankrobert.net wrote: Well, I'm *brand* new to this list, but in over 40 years of using computers, I've never felt that a program was doing me a favor by not working the way I want it to work...nor do I need a listserv teaching (forcing?) me how do work-arounds. LOL :-D It's a

Re: [LegacyUG] Backing up my information.

2009-12-16 Thread pattimartin
Hugh: thanks so much! - Original Message - From: hbu...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Backing up my information. Yes Patti, there is an easier way. Dick Eastman, the well-known genealogy

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding Bad Links (Merge Problems?)

2009-12-16 Thread brittongen
Thanks Brian and Richard. The heads up on problems with gedcom transfer was much appreciated. I use GRAMPS on Linux and was too focused on my problem to be alert to side effects... Using the multiple parent search dropped a list of 25. The first was Sarah, daughter of Henry and Anne, sibling

[LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list

2009-12-16 Thread morgjm
I'm getting a Resource not Found error when I click this link. Jim Morgan mor...@comcast.net - LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com wrote: You have requested a subscription to the LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com mailing list.  To be added to the list you must click the following link to

Re: [LegacyUG] Is there a digest option for group messages?

2009-12-16 Thread charani . b
saxman1...@msn.com wrote: Is there a digest option for group messages that I'm not aware of, This is one list where I would welcome a digest option as well. All the other mailing lists I'm on I have in list mode, which is my normal preference. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton and Greinton, SOM

RE: [LegacyUG] Is there a digest option for group messages?

2009-12-16 Thread brian
I also belong to several other list-servers that support digest mode. One of the biggest problems with digest mode is that a user may find a particular message that they are interested in and send a reply without realizing that they are replying to the entire digest which gets re-quoted and

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Magnabrite Magnifier

2009-12-16 Thread sparky
Lavern, Love it. Have it for about 2 years. I've graduated to the reading glasses awhile back, and you don't need them to use it. No need with the Magnabrite. Goes with me everywhere. Self illumination is great. Great for small locations on a map. I use it for Swedish parishes which can be small

RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect

2009-12-16 Thread william . murray . anderson
No problem with what you are saying, but the original mail stated the 24th GGA should have been shown as the 24th GGM. This was probably a slip-up, but just in case I was missing something…….. Bill From: hstov...@gmail.com [mailto:hstov...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009

[LegacyUG] remarry Spouse

2009-12-16 Thread bohemian1866
How do you indicate that spouse's divorced and then remarried? Would you put it as a event in the marriage screen? Thanks ~ C Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect

2009-12-16 Thread fourpartz
I just re-ran my son's line. He was born in the 1970's.Using Blood = 10, Non-blood = 0. His great grandfather, Charlemange is 36th gr 1, 37th 10 times; born 0747 AD. He was born abt 1040 years before descendant. To help to accept that my work 'may' be correct, my (adopted)  son's goes through

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect

2009-12-16 Thread fourpartz
In 800 years the fact that in some generations, many have 30 years between the youngest to the oldest is normal.  (not including multiple marriages that have 30 years difference between the spouses.)  I have many cousins marrying a 'different generation', but that won't  actually exist until

Re: [LegacyUG] remarry Spouse

2009-12-16 Thread toddcarnes
Don't enter the individuals twice. Just enter two marriages between them (with an ending date on the first marriage). Todd - Original Message - From: jburns...@cox.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] remarry

Re: [LegacyUG] remarry Spouse

2009-12-16 Thread geistdnham
Curiosity: what if she were to add an existing person as the second wife and link to first wife. I did an experiment...both keep original RIN's. Group sheet shows John Smith married Jane Doe in 1900. Marriage ended in divorce. Other spouse: Jane Doe with second marriage date. Virginia

RE: [LegacyUG] remarry Spouse

2009-12-16 Thread ytu20
Hi Brian, Can you tell me how to work this program? I am new to this thing. Bobbie From: br...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] remarry Spouse Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:36:15 -0500 In Legacy it is very easy to create a second marriage

[LegacyUG] Living?

2009-12-16 Thread cagrits
Hi, I have an individual in my data that is 91 years old. In my Options Customize Data Entry, I have Set as dead if over 90. When I go and mark my 91 year old relative as Living and click save, my relative does not stay Living. Is that the way it is supposed to work? What would be the

Re: [LegacyUG] Living?

2009-12-16 Thread ourfamilyhistories . org
Rita, You need to change your settings for the age to set as dead. If you change this to 95 or 100, it will not affect any existing data (dead individuals will not return to life), but it will allow you to have someone live to an older age. Currently I have mine set at 110 because I have a living

Re: [LegacyUG] Validating subscription

2009-12-16 Thread drybones
How are you planning to construct a computer literacy test? My sister has been a COBOL programmer for 45 years, but does not know much about PC's. I have been involved with PC's for over 25 (and was a UNIVAC programmer earlier) but that does not make me easy around some parts of e-mail. I have

RE: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . .

2009-12-16 Thread vrsschulman
I would like to comment on this listserv, although I have not been subscribed for very long.  1.  I have read many messages that were not about verifying one's subscription, although that was the subject line. 2.  I have read many messages that appear to be totally personal and not directed to

Re: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . .

2009-12-16 Thread n2kvs
vrsschul...@yahoo.com wrote: I would like to comment on this listserv, although I have not been subscribed for very long. 1. I have read many messages that were not about verifying one's subscription, although that was the subject line. 2. I have read many messages that appear to be

[LegacyUG] Sorry

2009-12-16 Thread cagrits
Hi Bryan, Didn't mead to misspell your name. Sorry. Rita in South Carolina Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old

[LegacyUG] Living

2009-12-16 Thread cagrits
Hi Brian, Thanks for your response but my question still stands. What is the purpose of Living? Yes or No. If we can't over ride what is set up in Options, for an individual, maybe is just should be Dead? Don't you think? Rita in South Carolina Legacy User Group guidelines:

RE: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect

2009-12-16 Thread brian
No, no need to show me your work. As I said in the message, congrats on getting back that far. Many hit that brick wall after 4 or 5 generations. Brian in CA -Original Message- From: fourpa...@verizon.net [mailto:fourpa...@verizon.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:27 AM To:

RE: [LegacyUG] remarry Spouse

2009-12-16 Thread bohemian1866
Thanks for all your suggestions. That works for me ttfn, ~C From: bohemian1...@gmail.com [mailto:bohemian1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 10:24 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] remarry Spouse How do you indicate that spouse's divorced and then

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships Incorrect

2009-12-16 Thread mikefry
br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote: No, no need to show me your work. As I said in the message, congrats on getting back that far. Many hit that brick wall after 4 or 5 generations. Then again, many of us prefer not to trust the medieval attempts at trying to legitimise undeserved notions of

RE: [LegacyUG] Living?

2009-12-16 Thread brian
OK, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that your method in not necessarily correct and somewhat misleading (but then again, maybe its only me that has been mislead). I believe that changing the settings for the automatically assumed dead only applies to individuals wherein no death date

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list

2009-12-16 Thread n2kvs
karenc...@aol.com wrote: Your link doesn't work. Even when I remove the Thank You Legacy Family Tree, it won't work. In a message dated 12/16/2009 1:18:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com writes: You have requested a subscription to the

RE: [LegacyUG] Need help with spell checker

2009-12-16 Thread brian
Same problem also notice here…after several hours of running. Work around is the same. I thought this had already been reported but not sure. Not really earth-shattering as it happens so infrequent and the programming fix is probably not an urgent one. Brian in CA

RE: [LegacyUG] Living?

2009-12-16 Thread sherry
You can't work on a Family File from a CD/DVD anyway. Legacy needs to write files to the same folder where the Family File is stored and it can't do that when the file is on a CD/DVD. Note next to the Presumed Dead option in Options Customize . Data Entry is an Apply button. Did you click

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes and Source Details

2009-12-16 Thread fourpartz
I put the transcribed census in the Event notes. These are choices not rules. I have been doing this for decades and won't change my system.  The important part is that future recievers of your info can understand it, and prove it. Rich in LA CA From:

Re: [LegacyUG] remarry Spouse

2009-12-16 Thread fourpartz
I would not, but there are no genealogy police out there checking your work. IMHO, there are marriages on two dates, a divorce-type date inbetween, and no mention of the children from each. I would use the same RIN-RIN for each marriage. Steve married Sue 1979; Steve divorced Sue 1989;  Steve

RE: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . .

2009-12-16 Thread sherry
Ok - let's drop this before I have to call the list manager on you guys! Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest option

2009-12-16 Thread toddcarnes
and genealogical research. __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4694 (20091216) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes and Source Details

2009-12-16 Thread fourpartz
Thanks Ward, and I just sent a note stating the versatility of the program, which you gave examples of. Rich in LA CA - Original Message From: wnkwal...@rogers.com wnkwal...@rogers.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wed, December 16, 2009 12:42:35 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . .

2009-12-16 Thread toddcarnes
Ok, I'm done with it. Todd - Original Message - From: she...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:18 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . . Ok - let's drop this before I have to call the list manager on you

Re: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . .

2009-12-16 Thread marilyneb
If you use gmail, your messages should be threaded. Also, if you have gone into settings you can set your messages to show snippets, usually showing enough along with the subject to save or delete without ever opening the email. You might also need to check in settings for threading I will stop

Re: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . .

2009-12-16 Thread Todd Carnes
I use GMail and can assure you that it most certainly does have folders. GMail calls them labels. First (web interface) solution - Create a Label called LegacyUG. Then create a filter in GMail that asigns the label to any incoming email with [LegacyUG] in the subject and removes it from the

[LegacyUG] Showing wife twice on charts....

2009-12-16 Thread alice mecoy
Second post: I did the following unlinked John from his wife Wealthy - kids stayed with Wealthy ran chart- has only one marriage to each other. Should not shown as married. unlinked Weathly from unknown husband- kids stayed with unknown ran chart - no marriage shown Linked Wealthy to John

Re: [LegacyUG] How to cite identification card?

2009-12-16 Thread Terri Brown
Try Artifacts/Privately Held. It's usually a good choice for things like ID cards. Terri - Original Message From: sigmentenb...@gmail.com sigmentenb...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tue, December 15, 2009 5:18:03 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] How to cite identification

Re: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . .

2009-12-16 Thread Jim Walton
Mike, I was in agreement with you until you went off on the elderly. I for one, am elderly, not by my definition, but I am a senior citizen. I would venture to say, however, that I have more hours on the computer, and spend more hours online than the majority of users of this list, unless there

Re: [LegacyUG] digest option - for Mike

2009-12-16 Thread Ruth Nerud
Mike, how can you tell which of us Legacy users are elderly and which are young? how do you define elderly? by age? wisdom? versatility? poor spellers? Just curious. Ruth - Original Message - From: mike...@iafrica.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009

[LegacyUG] digest option, No Way.

2009-12-16 Thread Mary Legarth
I have recently joined this Site, having used Legacy for probably about 10 / 12 years. I have never, on other Sites, found Digest the best option for myself. The only way I could save e mails of Interest, on e.g. Rootsweb, was to resend the digest to myself, deleting all those I did not

Re: [LegacyUG] remarry Spouse

2009-12-16 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
No. One husband with at least two marriages, and one wife with at least two marriages.  They will have two different MRINs (one for each date). (And whoever else is there. This will appear as if the second marriage might otherwise look as a 'duplicate', but we know the real setup. I would put

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing wife twice on charts....

2009-12-16 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I have had similar problems in the past.While looking at the first marriage; write on a piece of paper, put John and Welthy's RINs and MRINS. Do the same thing for the second Marriage. If you have exactly 2 RINs (one for each) then see which children are in marriage 1 and which are in marriage