RE: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

2009-12-20 Thread Dianne Arnold
Paul -- I would appreciate having a copy of this utility -- sounds very useful. Thanks for doing it and being willing to share. Dianne Dianne Arnold djearn...@cox.net 651-994-0305 (St. Paul, MN) 760-479-0632 (Encinitas, CA) -Original Message- From: pd...@stny.rr.com [mailto:p

Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

2009-12-20 Thread saludevil
Paul, what is the name of the program ...or did you write it? Sounds really interesting! Sally Miller Hindley salude...@aol.com In a message dated 12/20/2009 11:27:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, donald.fr...@gmail.com writes: Paul I would interested in it please send it to me at _donald.fr.

Re: [LegacyUG] Bridging Gaps

2009-12-20 Thread brittongen
That's a much better approach than any I've thought of, and I will adopt it. Thank you Kirsten, kb - Original Message - From: "Kirsten Bowman" To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 11:43:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Bridging G

Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

2009-12-20 Thread GeoSci
Paul, Sounds like a very useful tool! Please let me know how to obtain it. Thanks Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Sun, Dec 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

2009-12-20 Thread Charles W Aubin
Hi Paul: I would sure be interested in it. Look foreward to your reply. with thanks and Merry CHRISTmas, Charles Aubin - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone I have just finished a program th

RE: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

2009-12-20 Thread woolvett
Yes please Paul, does it handle the UK Census? Regards Brian Woolvett From: Donald Frost [mailto:donald.fr...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 21 December 2009 2:56 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone Paul I would interested in it p

RE: [LegacyUG] Bridging Gaps

2009-12-20 Thread Kirsten Bowman
I also have a situation where I know a man married one of three possible "Jones" daughters and another where a man was the son of one of two brothers. Rather than leaving the individuals unlinked and possibly losing track of them I add, in the first case, another daughter called Unknown and li

Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

2009-12-20 Thread Donald Frost
Paul I would interested in it please send it to me at donald.fr...@gmail.com On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:01 PM, wrote: > > I have just finished a program that reads the Legacy database and reports > on the status of the census events for the individuals in the file. You > have to specify which

Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone

2009-12-20 Thread pdr01
I have just finished a program that reads the Legacy database and reports on the status of the census events for the individuals in the file. You have to specify which year(s) you want to check and if a person was alive during the year(s), it will produce a report showing if a census event exi

RE: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread William H. Boswell
I just started using it this year after putting it off since last year. I had been a faithful user of Family Tree Maker from about version 3 to 2010 until I found the company just doesn't want to cater to genealogists so I sent back FTM 2010 for a refund and switched everything over to Legacy.

Re: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread Deborah Trounstine
Wow - a pre-release of v.1? That is so cool! ma...@mcmahon.com wrote: > I actually have version 1 on floppy disks. Ken gave a presentation to our > Boeing Genealogy group and made available (I think for $30) a prerelease > version. > > Marty McMahon in Washington > > -Original Message-

RE: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread ma...@mcmahon.com
I actually have version 1 on floppy disks. Ken gave a presentation to our Boeing Genealogy group and made available (I think for $30) a prerelease version. Marty McMahon in Washington -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Sunday, December 20

Re: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread Wm Voss
I still have mine, as well. Me and Joe having been hanging about ever since. Wm Voss Sherry/Support wrote: > Legacy v2 was the first release to the general public in 1997. I still have > the original floppy disks from that release. I became part of the Legacy > Support team in Sept 2002. > >

RE: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread Sherry/Support
Legacy v2 was the first release to the general public in 1997. I still have the original floppy disks from that release. I became part of the Legacy Support team in Sept 2002. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread Margaret Turner
Hmm I think I started with Legacy 1. I lost many early emails once upon a time with a computer crash. :) Margaret On 21/12/2009, Deborah Trounstine wrote: > Was that the original version of Legacy, Margaret? > > Margaret Turner wrote: >> I've been a happy Legacy user since 1998 perhasp 1997. >>

Re: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread Deborah Trounstine
Was that the original version of Legacy, Margaret? Margaret Turner wrote: > I've been a happy Legacy user since 1998 perhasp 1997. > I am slowly changing and learning begining with names, standard events > and "head" photos. > > Slowly moving with census images, documents (certificates, > transcri

Re: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread Margaret Turner
I've been a happy Legacy user since 1998 perhasp 1997. I am slowly changing and learning begining with names, standard events and "head" photos. Slowly moving with census images, documents (certificates, transcripts, military, electoral rolls, ..). :) :) Margaret On 21/12/2009, Deborah Trounsti

RE: [LegacyUG] Bridging Gaps

2009-12-20 Thread Mark Lang
KB, Have you considered using the Research Guidance function in Legacy on the ancestors either side of the missing generations to see if there are any common links that will lead to a possible outcome? Filling in generations with temporary placeholders is temporary, but using RG may help furthe

[LegacyUG] Happy Holidays!

2009-12-20 Thread DianeLeMasson
Hi I want to wish everyone, Legacy administration, the people on this list a Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! Best Wishes Diane in NJ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-ar

Re: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread Deborah Trounstine
Good point, Helen. I agree that working with the program has given me a good idea of what I DON'T know and need to learn. The biggest problem that I have created for myself is in how I manage my events and my sourcing. I could have made a plan for how I was going to do this if I'd studied Legacy mo

Re: [LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread circe
The problem with Help files or training videos is that they're meaningless until you've tried out the program and get a feel for how it works. Of course by that time, you're familiar with everything and don't bother checking what all the bells and whistles do. My New Year's resolution is to try ou

RE: [LegacyUG] Bridging Gaps

2009-12-20 Thread William H. Boswell
I've done the same thing by just creating a "Mr. Jones." However in a few rare instances I discovered that a few of the children didn't have this man as their father and came from the wife's previous marriage. But it works as a placeholder for the time being. Bill Boswell From: Heather S

[LegacyUG] How long have you used Legacy?

2009-12-20 Thread Deborah Trounstine
I mentioned in a message yesterday that I'd been using Legacy for a couple of years - well, hold the phone! I just ran across my first password for Deluxe Legacy v.4. I've been using Legacy since September 2003 - for more than 6 years. Time sure flies when you're having fun, eh? One would think tha

RE: [LegacyUG] Source Detail Text in Reports

2009-12-20 Thread smegraw
Just came to me... the 'Reset' buttons are used to override any previous settings. I wrote: > > There is an option in Customize> Sources to include source detail text in > reports. I'm unclear what this means. The only way I can get the source > detai

Re: [LegacyUG] Bridging Gaps

2009-12-20 Thread Deborah Trounstine
I do the same thing Heather does. I enter a "Father Jones" and then put all the known Jones siblings in as his children. Otherwise, I don't see how you can show them as siblings and a whole united family line is not properly accounted for. Later on, of course, I hope to find out who Father and Moth

[LegacyUG] Source Detail Text in Reports

2009-12-20 Thread smegraw
There is an option in Customize> Sources to include source detail text in reports. I'm unclear what this means. The only way I can get the source detail text to show (or not show) in the citations is by checking the box for each individual source. I was hoping the Options< Customize> Sources ro

Re: [LegacyUG] Bridging Gaps

2009-12-20 Thread Heather Stovold
Well on this one - if you are sure they are siblings (which I have had) - then you know there is a Father. In most cases you even know what his last name is likely to be, so I don't see why it is a big deal to create the father. For instance, if you have Brother and Sister - John Brown and Jane

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

2009-12-20 Thread Evert van Dijken
Everyone with a gmail address sees his own sent mail to the list in the thread and a few seconds later the mail from the list arrives. I think it's not really a blank mail but gmail hides the text because it's the same text as the sent mail. Evert 2009/12/20 GeoSci : > Ah - now I get a BLANK messa

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

2009-12-20 Thread GeoSci
Ah - now I get a BLANK message even on REPLY!?!?!?? Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:28 AM, GeoSci wrot

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

2009-12-20 Thread GeoSci
Whenever I send a message (not reply - but send to LUG) I get back my messaeg and one of these odd little "Verify your Subscription" things. This is odd since on the old system I did not even get my own messages back at all (using GMAIL). Any ideas yet?? Keith -- Find-A-Grave "County Keeper" fo

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

2009-12-20 Thread Mike Fry
Katherine C. King said the following on 2009/12/20 16:35: > LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com wrote: >> http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/optin.aspx?id=35eab7ee94db4246aec43a7cac2 >> 8e7f8&ml=3&domain=LegacyUsers.com Duh? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http

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

2009-12-20 Thread Katherine C. King
LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com wrote: > http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/optin.aspx?id=35eab7ee94db4246aec43a7cac2 > 8e7f8&ml=3&domain=LegacyUsers.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-a

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing Gender

2009-12-20 Thread Evert van Dijken
In the Edit menu Swap Husband and Wife. Evert 2009/12/20 Abdul Haqq : > Hi, > I have accidentally put a person entered as male and should be female. > How can I change this as the radio button is ghosted out? > > Ta.. > > -- > > What fools people are, that leave the straight path. > Agatha Ch

[LegacyUG] Changing Gender

2009-12-20 Thread Abdul Haqq
Hi, I have accidentally put a person entered as male and should be female. How can I change this as the radio button is ghosted out? Ta.. -- What fools people are, that leave the straight path. Agatha Christie Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.as