[LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Barry Revill
Hello, Thank you for the information. How do I start to establish my family tree with legacy. I have received my password. Regards, Barry Revill Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Barry, How do I start to establish my family tree with legacy. I have received my password. We could post all sorts of different things, but really I think you should take a look at the first training video, which is available on the Legacy web site and can be viewed for free. It's the

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Judy Wardlaw
Barry How do I start to establish my family tree with legacy. I have received my password. An invaluable help also after viewing the first training video is to go to Help File (on main Toolbar) and on the right side scroll down to Tutorials. There are a large number of graded tutorials through

RE: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Barry Revill
Hello Judy, Do you mean the “Help Center” Regards, Barry From: Judy Wardlaw [mailto:jward...@netspace.net.au] Sent: Sunday, 29 May 2011 5:28 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Query Barry How do I start to establish my family tree with legacy. I have received

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 29/05/2011 09:24, Barry Revill wrote: Do you mean the “Help Center” Have you actually installed the program on your computer yet? Like every (?) other Windows program it has Help as one of the menu headings. Open the Help menu, click on Show Help index to open the next screen and then

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread cranberryfrog
Barry, are you an experienced genealogist just using a new database (Legacy) or are you a novice researcher just starting out? michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

RE: [LegacyUG] Preserving files (was: Speaking of pictures?)

2011-05-29 Thread William Boswell
Rootsweb is now owned by Ancestry.com who profits from our work. I prefer a website, like LDS, that doesn't. Besides, Ancestry has a lot of members who use our data inappropriately by adding to their own families where they don't belong. I've gotten into it with a number of folks who added

Re: [LegacyUG] Preserving files (was: Speaking of pictures?)

2011-05-29 Thread Ron Ferguson
William, You say I think the only safe thing to do is to publish our data independently and not online. There is no difference between publishing on-line and in a book, provided that, as many of us do, we own the website. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From:

Re: [LegacyUG] Preserving files (was: Speaking of pictures?)

2011-05-29 Thread Sherry/Support
Please review the Legacy Etiquette Guidelines found at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp 2. Stay on the topic of Legacy and its add-on programs, which is the sole purpose of the LUG User Group. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 5:14 AM,

RE: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Barry Revill
Although I have been playing around, on and off, with family history for years, I feel I am still not getting very far.I would like to put up on my screen, starting with myself, my family history. Please direct me to this site. I am grateful for your help. Regards, Barry From:

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Sherry/Support
On our website at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com, go to Training View Training Videos and watch the Legacy for Beginners video. You can also view this through Legacy by clicking on the Watch Training Videos link in the Support section of the Legacy Home tab. If you have the Legacy CD, the video is

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread cranberryfrog
The training videos that Legacy offers are VERY good and I think they will help you get started on the right foot. There is a lot of basic genealogy principles in the videos along with learning how to use the program. Welcome to genealogy and welcome to Legacy :) :) michele On Sun, May 29, 2011

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Tim Rosenlof
Michele.../all... When replying to a message, please include all previous correspondence. Tim On 5/29/2011 5:25 AM, cranberryf...@cobridge.tv wrote: Barry, are you an experienced genealogist just using a new database (Legacy) or are you a novice researcher just starting out? michele

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread cranberryfrog
Sorry. I thought we were supposed to trim to save space. My mistake. michele -Original Message- From: Tim Rosenlof Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:45 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Query Michele.../all... When replying to a message, please include all

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Brian/Support
Michele, You are correct to trim the messages so that only relevant text is included. Here is item 5 in the guidelines on the etiquette page. 5. Please only include relevant return text when replying. Mail boxes can quickly become cluttered by with meaningless me too or thank you messages that

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread DianeLeMasson
Michele, no reason to be sorry. you are correct, we are suppose to trim our correspondence to keep space free. - Original Message - From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Query Sorry. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Query

2011-05-29 Thread Janice Wilson
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[LegacyUG] Tell me the best way to do this

2011-05-29 Thread cranberryfrog
I am trying to export a piece of my file so that I can import it into a friend’s file. I have tried to do this several different ways and either I don’t get everyone or I end up with duplicates. I have tried dragging a dropping people and I have tried exporting people into a new Legacy file

Re: [LegacyUG] Tell me the best way to do this

2011-05-29 Thread Mike Fry
On 2011/05/30 00:23, cranberryf...@cobridge.tv wrote: I am trying to export a piece of my file so that I can import it into a friend’s file. I have tried to do this several different ways and either I don’t get everyone or I end up with duplicates. I have tried dragging a dropping people and

[LegacyUG] Tags question

2011-05-29 Thread cranberryfrog
I now have 2 files on my computer, my file and a friend’s file that I am trying to clean up. In my file I have people tagged and on the Advanced Tagging screen , I have a couple of the tags labeled so I know what I have tagged. HOWEVER, when I open up my friend’s file and go to advanced

Re: [LegacyUG] Tags question

2011-05-29 Thread Ron Ferguson
Michele, I am not at all sure that I understand what you are saying, but it may be that you do not have the correct screen in focus when you look at the advanced tagging. You must first click the screen of the one which you wish to look at. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From:

Re: [LegacyUG] Preserving files (was: Speaking of pictures?)

2011-05-29 Thread Kathy Meyer
I wonder if somewhere in the middle ground is the answer? Like publish just enough identifying information so that other researchers are able to contact us and share information. I personally get more benefit out of corresponding with other researchers than the consequences of others misusing

Re: [LegacyUG] Tags question

2011-05-29 Thread cranberryfrog
Go to EDIT then TAG RECORDS On this screen is where you write in descriptions of what you have tagged so that you don’t forget. In my personal file, I have 4 tag numbers with descriptions on them. 1, 2, 3, and 9. When I opened up my friend’s file and pulled up this screen, I see MY tag

Re: [LegacyUG]

2011-05-29 Thread Wendy Howard
How is it that this person remains able to post spam to the list? This is the third time in just over a month that it's happened from this address. Actually, she's never posted anything else in the five years I've been receiving LUG mail at my gmail address. Seems a good reason to moderate or

Re: [LegacyUG] Tags question

2011-05-29 Thread Ron Ferguson
Michele, Yes, thank you, that clarifies part of what you are doing. Now are you using the split screen view, or reloading the fdb file in the normal view? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 12:24 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Tags question

2011-05-29 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Barry, I wish to cancel my Legacy membership. There's a link at the end of every list post for getting yourself off the mailing list: To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Click on that link, put your email address (the one the LUG mail is being sent to) in the

Re: [LegacyUG] Tags question

2011-05-29 Thread cranberryfrog
I am not using the split screen view. I loaded the two files separately. Since I typed that this is what happened While in my friend’s file I deleted the labels (I was a little scared to do that but...) then I opened up my file and the labels were still there. It must have been a weird

Re: [LegacyUG] Tags question

2011-05-29 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Michele, I don't think you understood what Ron was saying. Are you working with the split screen, with two files open at the same time? If that is the case, then you need to make sure that you are focused on the right file before opening the Advanced Tagging window. You have three blue bars

Re: [LegacyUG] Tags question

2011-05-29 Thread Wendy Howard
... I hadn't yet seen your reply to Ron when I posted this, and you've got it all sorted now. Good stuff. :-) Wendy -Original Message- *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Tags question *Sent:* Mon, 30 May 2011 11:47:12 +1200 *From:* Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.com *To:*

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy on a netbook and pictures

2011-05-29 Thread Mary Moyer
Hi If I buy a netbook, can Legacy's attached pictures be viewed on it? I'm not talking about editing pictures, which I understand isn't advisable on netbooks, just viewing the attached pictures. Mary Groupon#8482 Official Site 1

[LegacyUG] Events residence address

2011-05-29 Thread Diane Sye
In events, for residence address, I've been entering the street number, street name and suburb in the description field and this looks fine when printing reports. Would it be better to enter to enter the address using the address icon, or just write the address in the event notes? Diane Legacy