On 2010/03/10 05:33, Scott Hall wrote:
> Hi. I am a new user of Legacy, and have come across a challenge I can't
> figure out. If one doesn't know an ancestor's parents, Legacy will use
> a blank record, thus enabling me to enter siblings even though no parent
> appears. But, I can't figure out
On 2010/03/10 02:28, Ron Ferguson wrote:
> Mike, my point was/is that genealogists everywhere would/should recognise
> them, but the proverbial man in the street may not, as they are not the
> abbreviations commonly used by him. Lancashire: Lancs; Yorkshire: Yorks;
> Hampshire: Hants; etc. etc.
T
Mike Fry wrote:
> On 2010/03/10 05:33, Scott Hall wrote:
>
>> Hi. I am a new user of Legacy, and have come across a challenge I
>> can't figure out. If one doesn't know an ancestor's parents, Legacy
>> will use
>> a blank record, thus enabling me to enter siblings even though no
>> parent appears
Mike Fry wrote:
> On 2010/03/10 05:33, Scott Hall wrote:
>
>
>> Hi. I am a new user of Legacy, and have come across a challenge I can't
>> figure out. If one doesn't know an ancestor's parents, Legacy will use
>> a blank record, thus enabling me to enter siblings even though no parent
>> appears.
Dave Naylor wrote
>Legacy already has a feature to change Long and Short UK locations to
>and from Chapman codes.
>
>Master Location List > Options > Expand/Contract Location Parts > Parts
>to Work On.
A few choice phrases like "You live and learn!" and "You're never too
old to learn!" spring to m
Personally I have 95 people with the given name Unknown. I don't
always sleep well but not because of Unknown.
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Scott Hall wrote:
> Hi. I am a new user of Legacy, and have come across a challenge I can't
> figure out. If one doesn't know an ancestor's parents, Le
Hello List
Could sks please email me privately and advise me that I am actually on the list
John
Stockport
UK
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I'm talking about the tidbits of information handed down in legends,
sent in emails, or flow out of interviews? Things like Grandpa Moses
lived in a river boat on the river, or Great Aunt Sally dated Jesse
James, or whatever. The stuff that puts some life into all the facts
we collect. I've been
I create Events with no attached Source, then mention why the Source was not
available/required.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 3/10/10, James Cook wrote:
> From: James Cook
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Where to put life stories?
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 6:0
Welcome. You are here.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 3/10/10, John Murray wrote:
> From: John Murray
> Subject: [LegacyUG] I do not appear to be recieving emails
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 4:43 AM
> Hello List
> Could sks please email me privately and a
Hi James,
I am actually first a life story writer and second a genealogist, so
your question is dear to my heart.
If you don't already use it for something, the obvious answer is the
notes sections for individuals, where you have plenty of space.
Me personally, I leave the stories out of my geneal
Hi James,
I use notes for that type of thing. I use the Research notes to collect all
the tidbits, emails, and things like "I searched the entire census for St.
Joseph Co. and could not find any Quinn's". And then I use General Notes to
tell "the story" where you can incorporate any/all of the
This has been a fascinating discussion for me! I'm starting to second
guess my use of the standard 4-part location standard now, especially
since there was a part of my brain that wondered why I wouldn't want
to put the entire location in the location box... I'll have to look
into this more... any
James Cook wrote
>I'm talking about the tidbits of information handed down in legends,
>sent in emails, or flow out of interviews? Things like Grandpa Moses
>lived in a river boat on the river, or Great Aunt Sally dated Jesse
>James, or whatever. The stuff that puts some life into all the facts
>
Rita Lynn McKale wrote:
> PS: What I would like are some ideas on is where to record church/cemetery
> information. I have several families where the church was very important and
> several generations attended the same church, donated land, founded the
> church, and lots of other things. I w
I'm fairly new to Legacy but am having an issue I need assistance in resolving.
I'm preparing for a reunion and was going to use the address labels to assist
in the invitations. I have a couple of family members who are showing up
multiple times in my address labels even though I can't find wh
Rita,
I agree with Lionel here, and was working on a reply, but he beat me to it.
Dawn in NJ
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Baline,
Och! It's never a good idea to delete records, I hope that you still have
the back-up.
I suggest that you look at View>Master Lists>Address Lists, and when there
use the drop-down list to check all addresses. It may be that they have been
entered in diffrent catagories. If not please let
I do find the 3 names listed in the Master Mailing Address list...but can't see
how to delete them since there is no associated name anymore in my name
list...If I blank out the information I get an entry in my Master Mailing
Address List called n/a with no reference name. (and ...I did make a
Ok...I found the delete function under the option and was able to remove it
from the master address list. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Blaine
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From: Blaine Scott [mailto:scot...@ldschurch.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:55 AM
To: LegacyUserGrou
Thanks all, good stuff so far.
Richard - Why no source, every story would have at least a personal
reference, even if that is you, right?
Dawn - I have not heard of TheJournal, but will check it out.
Rita - Yes, Note is obvious, but some cons is that all notes are
contained there with a big long
Blaine Scott wrote
>I do find the 3 names listed in the Master Mailing Address list...but
>can't see how to delete them since there is no associated name anymore
>in my name list...If I blank out the information I get an entry in my
>Master Mailing Address List called n/a with no reference name. (
Hi,
I used Customize > Data Format > Bottom right.
I have no Unknowns. Maybe I have always had it like that when I
entered the data.
Regards,
Tim Rosenlof
Randy Clark wrote:
Personally I have 95 people with the given name Unknown. I don't
always sleep well but not because of Unknown.
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John Murray wrote:
> Hello List
> Could sks please email me privately and advise me that I am actually on the
> list
> John
> Stockport
> UK
>
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Add the child as an unlinked person. Then bring that child on the Family
View as the main person. Right-click them and select Add-Father. Select
the father that you already have. I believe that will give you a new
marriage of the Father to an unknown person, with the child as their child.
On T
In some events I actually state myself as Source, but have not created a source
(yet), but may finalize it later. Laziness or indescision or other?
Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 3/10/10, James Cook wrote:
> From: James Cook
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to put life stories?
> To: LegacyUserGroup
James Cook wrote
>Jenny - I don't understand "because one might have numerous notes, each
>with a different Source, I indicate briefly alongside the note which
>one is relevant" means. Which one *what* is relevant? Isn't that what
>the superscript source citations numbers do, tell you which source
Tim,
I use that option as well, but don't think you have no "unknowns" try
viewing a few reports or webpages!
Ron Ferguson
_
Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at:
http://www.fergys.co.uk
Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw
I have set up an Event entitled "Miscellaneous Notes" which does **not**
have any Date, Description or Place fields. It contains **only** Notes and
Sources.
I can then place as a "Miscellaneous Notes" an odd bit of information which
does not lend itself to any of the other regular events and I c
Ah, I understood when you said 'that's exactly what I do' you were
referring to my idea of using custom events for stories, but I now
understand you are saying you lump stories in an Individual's Notes
section. In that case I get it. And, I suppose it should be no
surprise that this topic comes a
James Cook wrote
>Ah, I understood when you said 'that's exactly what I do' you were
>referring to my idea of using custom events for stories,
Sorry, I was reading too fast. I saw the word Notes and didn't realise
you were referring to the Note section of an Event.
--
Jenny M Benson
Legacy Use
Hi James,
Here are a few examples that I have, similar to yours and how I deal
with these tidbits.
One is from a history that was put together by a relative about a
great-grandmother. Here is my example for that:
ORAL TIDBITS, HISTORY, INTERVIEWS:
"Agnes says that at one time Emily lived in Cob
James Cook wrote:
> Lional & Dawn - What does "make the narrative less bitty" mean?
You said:
"I'm talking about the tidbits of information"
but Rita said:
"I have several families where the church was very important and several
generations attended the same church, donated land, founded the chu
>
> Dawn - I have not heard of TheJournal, but will check it out.
>
I would love to paste a screenshot somewhere accessible to readers,
but don't know how to do that... just to show how I handle my life
stories within TheJournal.
> Lional & Dawn - What does "make the narrative less bitty" mean?
A
Dawn Del Guercio wrote:
>> Dawn - I have not heard of TheJournal, but will check it out.
>>
> I would love to paste a screenshot somewhere accessible to readers,
> but don't know how to do that... just to show how I handle my life
> stories within TheJournal.
>
>> Lional & Dawn - What does "make th
Thanks to all, I had forgotten about using the options under Master
Location List - that's a great help.
However, Jenny, I can't make the Search and Replace work at all on the
location list. Can you spell out how to do it please?
Elizabeth
On 10 March 2010 15:11, Dawn Del Guercio wrote:
> This h
I added an event named "Notes". That may seem like a duplication of
the already existing General Notes but I prefer this approach because
I can put the pieces in chronological order with the other events of
the person's life. When the information is something I don't want to
share with the world, I
When I don't know the wife's surname I enter the surname with as '(husband's
surname)' and estimate a birth age. That way it shows me who the wife is
married and approximate age. It may not be the best way, but keeps things
sorted in my mind? If you enter '???' or 'unknown' in the given name fil
Elizabeth wrote
>However, Jenny, I can't make the Search and Replace work at all on the
>location list. Can you spell out how to do it please?
Search>Search and replace ...
Find where: Lists-Location
Find what:
Replacement text:
Select Find whole word only.
Select Match case.
Select Anywhe
Thanks, Jenny. I thought I had ticked all those boxes before, but
this time it worked!
Elizabeth
On 10 March 2010 20:11, Jenny M Benson wrote:
> Elizabeth wrote
>>However, Jenny, I can't make the Search and Replace work at all on the
>>location list. Can you spell out how to do it please?
>
> S
Wondering what others think of using Facebook photos and information (e.g.
birthdate, other family member names and FB links) that are accessible to
everyone in my genealogical software (Legacy). I have several extended family
members and their children who are on FB and have posted photos for a
On 2010/03/11 01:08, Tom Thorpe wrote:
> Wondering what others think of using Facebook photos and information
> (e.g. birthdate, other family member names and FB links) that are
> accessible to everyone in my genealogical software (Legacy). I have
> several extended family members and their childre
Tom,
Since you can't link the photos to Legacy, exactly what are you thinking of
doing, eg. copying the photos and putting them into Legacy? You clearly do
not own these photographs, so for the moment forget ethics, the copyright
for those pictures belong to the person who took them, or to whom th
Tom Thorpe wrote
>Wondering what others think of using Facebook photos and information
>(e.g. birthdate, other family member names and FB links) that are
>accessible to everyone in my genealogical software (Legacy). I have
>several extended family members and their children who are on FB and
>have
I keep getting this message when I try to send to this group stating that
'...Sorry, you do not have permission to post to the
legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com mailing list...'. Am I using the wrong address
or have I been black-balled? If the latter, please advise what my infraction
was!
Bob
I'm agreeing with Mike on this: not only is FaceBook more trouble than it's
worth, you would also be best served by making sure all of your family members
would have at least two strong anti-virus programs as well as a good
anti-malware program before visiting any FaceBook pages. And then be pre
I'm curious about why you would send this message to the group if you thought
you could not send messages. And then I'm equally curious as to why you would
post the message as a reply about "FaceBook" instead of just starting your own
thread.
At any rate, you obviously are allowed to post. So p
If you have multiple email addresses, make sure you use the one you subscribed
with.
You must have been using the wrong email address previously because this one
came through.
And please don't hijack an ongoing thread!
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
sup
Something I've just started using (since getting WIN7) is OneNote by
Microsoft. It was loaded on the computer & is just great.
I've named one of the notebooks "Genealogy" and have folders for the
main names, then pages for individuals.
You can write stories, add pictures or scans. And side not
Brian - first, I was 'replying' to a message to see if I was able to even get
to the group and do so; secondly, the message I got back was addressed to this
same group, so I think my question was legitimate and not as dumb as you imply.
Bob
On Mar 10, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrot
Understood Sherry - but if I couldn't transmit I was trying to rule it out and
I had no intention of 'highjacking' anyones message. Geez Louise, you people
are something else... Mea Culpa for trying to resolve an issue I was
having. So much for assistance... now as customer service, do your
Sheeeshwhat a grumpy sod!!! They were right and you were wrong, live
with it!
Colin.
- Original Message -
From: RUNION ROBERT
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: Email problems (was: RE: [LegacyUG] Facebook & Images)
Thanks all.
After reading this, I think a mix of solutions will be required. I
can see how a custom event works well for smallish bits (paragraph or
two) of information, and how a separate write-up for larger (page or
two) stories may be necessary. For those larger write-ups done in a
word proces
I have given this a lot of thought...as with all families, there are the
numerous stories passed down from generation to generation...usually
narrated at those wonderful family gatherings.
Anyway...I have decided to create an event: Family Tales? or Fairy Tales?
...and I will probably source them i
Geez, take a chill pill. Your reply is exactly what I was asking aboutif it
could be that you could only REPLY to a message and not start your own new
thread. That's what I was curious about and simply asked why you posted in the
manner that you did. I've checked my original message and the
SOD? :-)
Guess that doesn’t translate to Americanism. We’ve learned to throw off most of
the British terminology but the slang has me stumped. Please advise what it
means or if not appropriate for public posting, then I’d like a private email.
Brian in CA
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From: Colin Liddell [m
Hi Dawn,
I'm a firm believer of using whatever number of location spaces you want.
For example, a burial location:
"Lot 403 MEMORIAL GARDEN, Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange,
California, USA"
Sorting right to left, it comes up with all of the other Santa Ana
Locations.
And all the Fairh
In defence of Bob, I experienced the exactly the same sort of problems when I
tried to subscribe a couple of months ago. Eventually after doing nothing but
tearing my hair out, some sort of glitch resolved itself and I was able to
post. I think it is unfair and unkind to blame Bob for what appea
The 'larger write-ups done in a word processor', deserves to become a Source on
its own, with you as author
Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 3/10/10, James Cook wrote:
> From: James Cook
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to put life stories?
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Date: Wednesday, Marc
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