As the developer of Families, I'd like to clarify the position regarding
supported Android platforms.
Families will run on devices with Android 1.6 upwards, with one known
limitation. If the device does not have Google Maps installed as standard (the
majority do) then Families requires
OK - have been looking at report options again. Next to 'Include source detail
in source citations in reports' there is a reset button. If I click on that I
am asked if I want to 'Reset all Include source details in source citations on
Report settings'. Does this mean it will reset the
On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 20:51:36 +1100, Jan Roberts poo...@ozemail.com.au
wrote:
Does this mean it will reset the option on all individual sources? BUT - does
it mean it will 'reset' them ALL to No, or reset them ALL to Yes because that
is what I currently have ticked? I don't want to try in case
Graham,
I had not noticed this before, and it's not just the Given Name BTW., it
applies to the whole of the AKA. I don't think that this is a Legacy
problem, but that of GEDxlate. I use a GEDCOM for the creation of my
One-Name pages and an AKA is correctly shown as an alternative name. The
NICK
I had to add legacy to the Families name to get it at Slide Me G
just incase anyone beside me needs it G
Eliz
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Malcolm Green malc...@telgen.co.uk wrote:
As the developer of Families, I'd like to clarify the position regarding
supported Android platforms.
When creating web pages, How can I suppress specific events?
I have many people with social security numbers in the event fields, I
obviously dont want these published but am not sure how to prevent it while
allowing other events.
Legacy User Group guidelines:
I've made the SSN a Private Event globally. Go to the Master Events
Definition List (View Master Lists...), locate the Social Security
event you used, click on Edit and click Private Event up towards the
top - just underneath the event name.
Or you can just click on the Private option for each
This morning I was doing some find duplicates and noticed that the
compatible parents is not working. I am quite certain it functioned well in
the past. Several people were presented as possible duplicates that did not
have compatible parents. These should not have been shown because both
Thanks Ron,
Yes, GEDxlate doesn't appear to be looking at Legacy's Alternate name
for its Nick column. A bit confusing to me, but not to worry.
Graham
On 6/03/2011 12:25 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote:
Graham,
I had not noticed this before, and it's not just the Given Name BTW., it
applies to the
Should AKA names be exported to GEDCOM as such (ALIA tag)? Because
Legacy is NOT doing so, or at least not for me. I'm running 7.5.0.56,
which Home states is the lastest build. Instead, what is happening is
that all names, my main name and all alternates are exported as NAME.
So, my GEDCOM has
I am re-thinking the way I've used the Locality List for To-Do items so I'm
attempting to clean it up.
I am unable to delete one of the locations in the list. When I click on
Show List, I am told that there are no records using that location.
However, when I attempt to delete it, I get a message
Not too sure where the problem really lies, but yes, Legacy's gedcom
exports Given name from 'main name area' and 'alternate name area',
both as 'Givn'. So then GEDxlate uses the 'given name' from the
'alternate name' as the 'given name'. Then to make things even more
confusing as Ron said, a
James,
If the information which you have given us is all you have, I would not
record it other than to put it in your ToDos as something to prove. It
should be easy enough to find out if there ever was a UK knight with that
name, just put Sir in front and Google eg. Sir Joe Bloggs, (include the
On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 16:09:48 -0500, M. Brenzel
brenze...@roadrunner.com wrote:
I am running Legacy 7.4.0.45.
You might want to update to the latest version. Then let us know if the
problem is still there.
--
Dennis Kowallek (LTools)
http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm
Graham,
The first name should be the given and surname (or maiden name) and the
second and subsequent the AKAs. It would appear that GEDxlate is replacing
the first name with the subsequent names.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original Message-
From: Graham Lambert
Sent:
Graham,
I should have said that unless you really need the AKAs don't export them to
the GEDCOM - use the Customize button.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original Message-
From: Ron Ferguson
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 9:56 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re:
I'd still I'd like to know how/where you would record the title?
Are you suggesting using TODOs unless you see an original document for
yourself?
Why would a report by a deceased relative be any more or less a valid
source than a book on the library shelf?
For instance, I have a book called A
James,
Thank you for the added detail. I have already answered your first question,
A knight has the prefix Sir and the suffix would depend on the order of
chivalry which is not known.
I do not suggest that somebody's memory is worth less than something written
in a book, I actually rank them as
I'd be very wary of accepting, without some corroborating proof, what amounts
to a family story unless it comes from someone actually involved. I grew up
with the 'knowledge' that my family was related to Admiral Sir William Loring -
a leading light in Australia's naval history. As I got
I m trying to add brothers and sisters to someone in my database.
Unfortunately, I do not know the name of the person's mother or father. But I
do know for a certainty the names of some of his brothers and sisters. The
problem is that my Legacy software won't let me link them to him (without
I recently started a major picture reorganization and started linking pictures
to source details. I was researching how these pictures appear in reports and
stumbled across the slideshow feature which I had not used before.
Here's the problem - When I run the Slideshow, I see the same two
Hi Denise,
I m trying to add brothers and sisters to someone in my database.
Unfortunately, I do not know the name of the person's mother or
father. But I do know for a certainty the names of some of his
brothers and sisters. The problem is that my Legacy software won't
let me link them to
Denise,
I do what you hinted at – I add a father with the surname and in the notes put
something like “Created only to link siblings”
From: Denise
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 1:29 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] A Neophyte is again Requesting Help
I m trying
If I am sure of the siblings I use Mr and Mrs Whateverthename G when I am
not sure I say as you do created to link...
Eliz
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote:
Denise,
I do what you hinted at – I add a father with the surname and in the notes
Wendy, Perfect. Thank you! D
--- On Sat, 3/5/11, Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A Neophyte is again Requesting Help
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 6:47 PM
Hi Denise,
I m
Understood. Will start a new thread on managing leads.
Legacy User Group guidelines:
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Is 'Sir' all that is needed? Is the word 'Knight' entered into Legacy
anywhere (suffix, event)? I had not considered there were different
orders initially, so perhaps a membership event makes more sense
there.
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
(an aside to my Knight in shining armor thread)
I am trying to determine the best way to utilize Legacy (if at all) in
the uncertain situations - such as a family history claiming
Knighthood in the ancestry.
Seems to me there some choices:
- Enter the people - so they are not forgotten and/or
Hi James,
I have a number of titled gentry in my tree, from the middle ages and
I put his title (Sir) in the Title Pre. and his Knight (Knt) or
Baronet (Bt) in the Title Suf. Then should you know anything more
about how or why he got his title, I add it to my Notes on that person.
At 10:14 AM
James -
That's the beauty of Legacy! It is very flexible. I've been using it since v
3 and have been doing as your first option suggests. And, over the years
I've been able to substantiate or confirm the persons and/or data I entered.
Sometimes I have deleted info/persons when I found that was
I just upgraded to the latest version. That made no difference.
Mary
-Original Message-
From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:kowal...@iglou.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:36 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master To-Do Locality List
On Sat, 5 Mar 2011
I created a couple of Descendant web pages in Legacy - but I notice that the
only events which are being displayed are for spouses - despite selecting
Individual Events and Events for Marriage. For instance my own entry has
events but they don't show; my first husband has events - they show; my
James
Legacy is very good, perhaps unmatched, to organize material for reports,
document fact related to known data (sources etc.), and it helps discipline
users towards better scholarship. I wouldn't say it's useless, but it's
certainly been comparatively poor support for doing research, as
James,
You might want to look at Burke's General Armory on Google Books, and visit
the website of the College of Arms. www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/
From the perspective of what you can do with Legacy, this deserves more
general treatment than the thread title implies. Relatively few are
I'm sure I must have accidentally done something , but I don't know how to
correct this -
On the individual Information screen I have lost the icons for adding notes,
sources etc. They are just straight lines.
Added was a To Do icon and an LDS temple icon, I am fairly sure these were
not
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