Re: [LegacyUG] 2 entries or 2 DOB for one entry

2011-11-02 Thread Laura Johnson
I would use the alternate birth and alternate death in the events center and source them with the same source showing where you found these alternate data On 11/1/2011 4:47 PM, Duncan family wrote: > > Hi > > Recent research has revealed that a line of ancestors may not be as > previously thought.

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging problem

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:32:31 -0700, CE Wood wrote: >No. When I clear the tags, former ancestors remain tagged. Robert said to "clear ALL tags" ... IOW check "Untag", set the correct Tag #, and press the "Everyone" button. At least this is the procedure in V6. In your original post (not plain tex

Re: [LegacyUG] How to show parents and siblings of 'spouses' in a book?

2011-11-02 Thread Ward Walker
I have noticed that a lot of people model relatives of spouses as individuals in their tree. I can see where this might prove helpful when you find a distant cousin who descends from that line. My own (perhaps selfish) approach is to not model them but to mention them in the general notes for that

Re: [LegacyUG] How to show parents and siblings of 'spouses' in a book?

2011-11-02 Thread Sherry/Support
Adding to Brian's comment, if you do a Multiple Lines of Descent report and include the MRIN for the spouse's ancestor(s), then you can get his or her siblings in the report. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Brian/Support wrote: > There ar

[LegacyUG] Common Ancestor

2011-11-02 Thread Tim Rosenlof
I have now decided to be a splitter (Don't throw rocks please) ! Task with dozens of replies I am sure, I cannot find the common ancestor that keeps me from doing so. Suggestions ? -- Regards, Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always --> Document <-- your work. Legacy User Grou

Re: [LegacyUG] Location List problem

2011-11-02 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 02/11/2011 04:30, Brian/Support wrote: > > For those locations where you do not want the Lat and Long set: > Open the Master Location List and select the location > Click the Edit button under the location > Click the Geo-code button and select do not Auto geocode this location > You will get a

Re: [LegacyUG] How to show parents and siblings of 'spouses' in a book?

2011-11-02 Thread mbstx
I add spouses as individuals because you never know what might pop up. Like the man who married two women, each of whom are my first cousins twice removed, and who both track back to my 2nd great-grandfather as a common ancestor. Marianne -Original Message- >From: Ward Walker >Sent:

RE: [LegacyUG] Location List problem

2011-11-02 Thread Alan Pereira
possible cause If you look at the folder where your Legacy file is stored you will see "your file.fdb" and if it's open also "your file.ldb". if that file exists when you have closed Legacy then Legacy will still think there is another user accessing the database. Making sure you do not have th

[LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
I would like to make a file of all of the ancestors [and their siblings] of one person with all the data I have for those people and use it separately. I don't want to delete it from my main file, at least not at the moment. It would seem I would export it as a GEDCOM but I can't seem to figure ou

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Brian/Support
There is no limitation on the size of a focus group. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 02/11/2011 4:

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
>From Help:  A Focus Group can hold up to 100 entry lines. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Brian/Support wrote: > > There is no limitation on the size of a focus group. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:20:00 -0500, Cheryl Rothwell wrote: >I would like to make a file of all of the ancestors [and their >siblings] of one person with all the data I have for those people and >use it separately. I don't want to delete it from my main file, at >least not at the moment. > >It woul

Re: [LegacyUG] Considering Switching from FTM to Legacy 7.5 Deluxe-Old file a mess

2011-11-02 Thread Paula Ryburn
Vicki, Been meaning to point out to you that there is a webinar this Friday about organizing your research. Check it out here: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Webinars.asp There's some software to install to participate. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagr

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Leon Chapman
Cheryl: Here is the steps that will get what you want: 1. Position yourseld to person you want ancestors for in the Family View 2. Go to advanced tagging (Ctrl+T) (hold CTRL key and hit t) 3. Clear all Tags for Everyone 4. Select Tag # to use (Normally Tag #1) 5. Select Ancestors 6 Use Dire

Re: [LegacyUG] Four-color filing system (Mary A.V. Hill, earlier & current versions) was: Considering Switching from FTM to Legacy 7.5 Deluxe-Old file a mess

2011-11-02 Thread Paula Ryburn
In reality, Jennifer, I use six colors. Four are for my ancestors and two are for my husband's ancestors. I also use binders instead of folders. I'm still working through getting everything updated (lots of re-working of things I've entered over the past decade). But, I like having the surnames

Re: [LegacyUG] Four-color filing system (Mary A.V. Hill, earlier & current versions) was: Considering Switching from FTM to Legacy 7.5 Deluxe-Old file a mess

2011-11-02 Thread Paula Ryburn
If the person is female, she is with her parents (whatever color that family unit is) before her marriage, and with her husband (whatever color his family unit is) after she's married. Or did I completely misunderstand that part? --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigl

[LegacyUG] Brick Walls webinar - recording now online

2011-11-02 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
The recording of today's webinar by Marian Pierre-Louis, "Brick Walls: Cracking the Case of Nathan Brown," is now online in our webinar archives. Visit www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp to watch. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
Thank you. That seems to do it. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Leon Chapman wrote: > > Cheryl: > > Here is the steps that will get what you want: > 1.  Position yourseld to person you want ancestors for in the Family View > 2.  Go to advanced tagging (Ctrl+T) (hold CTRL key and hit t) > 3.  Clea

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
I am going to guess this automatically does what Leon detailed out for me. I am little nervous when L-Tools warns it will mess with my original file. :-/ I don't know enough about tagging in Legacy to know if I care. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > On Wed, 2 Nov 2011

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:55:49 -0500, Cheryl Rothwell wrote: >I am going to guess this automatically does what Leon detailed out for >me. Except for the export part. >I am little nervous when L-Tools warns it will mess with my >original file. :-/ I don't know enough about tagging in Legacy to >kn

RE: [LegacyUG] Dates in Picture Center

2011-11-02 Thread M. Brenzel
Ron, I checked my settings: Dates Displayed As = 21 Nov 1953 Month Format = Abbr. month name I would think that this would indicate that all of my dates would be DD MMM but they are not. Some of them actually have the month spelled out completely. But that's only in the Picture Center.

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Tim Rosenlof
And your sources ? Regards, Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always --> Document <-- your work. On 11/2/2011 4:24 PM, Leon Chapman wrote: > Cheryl: > > Here is the steps that will get what you want: > 1. Position yourseld to person you want ancestors for in the Family View > 2.

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Leon Chapman
All the sources and pictures will be exported to the new Legacy file Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Tim Rosenlof wrote: > And your sources ? > > Regards, > Tim Rosenlof > Utah, USA > Researching Southern Sweden > Always --> Document <-- your work. >

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
My sources, pictures, etc. seem to be with the new file. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Leon Chapman wrote: > > All the sources and pictures will be exported to the new Legacy file > > Sent from my iPad > Leon Chapman > chap...@gmail.com > > On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Tim Rosenlof wrote: > > >

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Ron Ferguson
Leon, Not necessarily so with a GEDCOM I'm afraid. Source Writer sources do not export correctly to a GEDCOM (GEDCOM's fault btw. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Leon Chapman Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:34 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Su

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Brian/Support
The number of people chosen by a focus group is unlimited. The number 100 is the limit on how many focus specification lines can be included to describe who will be included in the final list of people. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamil

[LegacyUG] Spacing Issues / Word Wrap

2011-11-02 Thread MarksLady
Recently after upgrading to Windows 7 I began having a spacing issue in my descendancy book reports. Now there are HUGE gaps in my book reports. Spaces of 10- 40 lines have started to appear in the books. Note that these spaces are NOT in my original notes. They only show up once I generate a r

Re: [LegacyUG] Spacing Issues / Word Wrap

2011-11-02 Thread Leon Chapman
Karen: I do not have that problem with my data using Descendant Book reports when printing notes. I only print General Notes for eveyone. Do any of your notes involve Research or Medical Notes? If you have Notes with Pictures and are printing pictures, then you would expect blank lines to accou

Re: [LegacyUG] Spacing Issues / Word Wrap

2011-11-02 Thread Ron Ferguson
Karen, I have only had a look at the Descendant Book Report, and mine is fine. WIN7 Legacy Version 7.5.0.112. I suggest that you try again after using the Reset Button at the bottom right of the page. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: MarksLady Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Wendy Howard
Dennis said: "Since this LTool only messes with tags, the only damage you can inflict on your database is to accidentally choose a tag # that you are using for something else important. But you can do that in Legacy also (and I have done that myself). That is why we back backup our databases, isn'

Re: [LegacyUG] Common Ancestor

2011-11-02 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Tim, > I have now decided to be a splitter (Don't throw rocks please) ! > Task with dozens of replies I am sure, I cannot find the common ancestor > that keeps me from doing so. Suggestions ? Split what? Sources? The tree? Wendy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.co