Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Legacy Family Tree Question(s)

Hi Al, There is no one right answer to each of your questions, only a range of choices in which you need to consider which is the right one FOR YOU. > 1)Is it better to load all information into one family file: from > 1610 down to present day (13 generations), including many, many > branches al

RE: [LegacyUG] Find My Past Search

Tony, I have looked at findmypast and see that it’s search engine uses applets. Therefore one cannot construct a customized search in Legacy to use with this site. bgj From: Tony Hibbert [mailto:tonyhibber...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:08 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@Le

RE: [LegacyUG] Mary Hill file system products - Australia

Jerry, I am not amazed! With our small population, there are many things easily available in other countries that are not available here. I did look online, but they are not available, though one company seemed at one time to import them from the US, but are currently "Unavailable". We do have

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

Good points, Brett. Jerry Brett McL Robinson wrote: >Hi Jerry > >You may not have noticed but the Events (in Legacy) has been named >Events/Facts, to highlight that the structure can be used to record >events and facts. It could be that some users are recording the census >as a fact. However I

RE: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

I'm sorry I missed that, but let me ask you something. How would you do reporting or have a list of all residences or occupations if you put everything under the census as an event? Jerry Dave Johnson wrote: >For many years, I used the residence and occupation events to capture census >info

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

Thanks for explaining, Wendy. I started using computers long before I did genealogy, since the 1970s. I can't find fault with what works for you - I just think ultra-analytically - like a computer or dictionary, I guess. You perhaps think more like an historian.Jerry Wendy Howard wrote

Re: [LegacyUG] Can anyone help me with a simple question?

Sandra Sorry coming in late on this one. I think Bernhard's comment is important, about biological wonder. I suspect that the child have a biological father and mother, and then another set of parents. Or was it the child had a mother who then had a partner. I would try and unravel the situation b

RE: [LegacyUG] Mary Hill file system products - Australia

Jennifer, I am amazed that third-tabbed folders are not available, maybe check online, but are straight-tabbed manila folders available? You could still use the left - center- right sides of the folders to do essentially the same thing. I could mail you some labels, if you'd like. Jerry /htt

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

Hi Jerry You may not have noticed but the Events (in Legacy) has been named Events/Facts, to highlight that the structure can be used to record events and facts. It could be that some users are recording the census as a fact. However I would do as you - the census is a source, the residence is a f

[LegacyUG] Basic Legacy Family Tree Question(s)

I am not a 'newbie' to genealogy but am new to Legacy Family Tree. Over approximately 18 years, I have traced my paternal family line to 1610 and my maternal family line to 1744. I have approximately 1500 (and it is growing) individuals identified and have images of hundreds of documents such as

RE: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

For many years, I used the residence and occupation events to capture census information. After watching Geoff's "Adding a Census Record", I began to experiment with his method and I fell in love with it. Perhaps it is the transcription that makes the most difference and the method to store im

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

I too record the census as an event because it is something that took place at a specific time and a specific place. I also use the census as a SOURCE for the specific information on the record (name, date of birth, place of birth, relationship to others in the family group) but I do not record t

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

Jerry said: > I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone's life > and I guess a lot of the professional genealogists do this, but I'm > still puzzled by why? To me a census is a SOURCE of information to > collaborate events in a person's life - birth, marriage, etc. But I

[LegacyUG] Mary Hill Webinar

This used to be my filing system but I have A LOT of documents that are on people that are not in my direct line. This system works better for those researchers that stick pretty close to their direct lines only. If you do cluster genealogy to try and figure out who everyone is in a specific area

RE: [LegacyUG] Mary Hill file system products - Australia

Susan, it is not the paper size that is a problem, it is the tabbed manila folders which don't seem to be available here, nor the labels that go on them. I have been using the MRIN filing system, and I may just stick with that. Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com -Original Message-

Re: [LegacyUG] Mary Hill file system products - Australia

Jennifer, I think you may find that America has different size paper to us, so you may have to adapt your thinking to Aussie sizes - I did not see the webinar. At 09:52 AM 6/11/2011, you wrote: >Is there anyone in Australia using the Mary Hill colour file system? >Her shopping list is here: >

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

Bruce, I do have Residence Events and Occupation events which, if appropriate, have a census for the Source. If a person is not cohabiting then clearly it is an Individual's Residence Event, if cohabiting a Marriage Event (others, I know, do this differently - but you asked me :-) ) and if widowed

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

That should have read "Residences sourced..." On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Bruce Jones wrote: > How would you respond if the conversation was about Residences sources > from a Census? Would you create an Individual Event or a Marriage Event > (or both?) > > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 4:50 PM,

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

How would you respond if the conversation was about Residences sources from a Census? Would you create an Individual Event or a Marriage Event (or both?) On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > I don't think that it is likely to be forgotten, Jerry, as many of us > absolutely agree

Re: [LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

I don't think that it is likely to be forgotten, Jerry, as many of us absolutely agree with you (myself included). Which is why I do not normally bother with this debate. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Jerry Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 10:40 PM To: Le

[LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events

Apologies to Wendy, for thanking Bruce for the idea of putting ages in the description. Thanks should hve gone to Wendy for the idea. Tony Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergrou

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events

Thanks. That was very helpful and detailed. I like it. I wonder how the "God with clay feet" handles it? :) On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Wendy Howard wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > > I am puzzling on where to put Census (or Residence) Events for a couple. > > It is clear that a single person in a C

[LegacyUG] CENSUS: Event or Source ?

I know a lot of people do treat the census as an EVENT in someone's life and I guess a lot of the professional genealogists do this, but I'm still puzzled by why? To me a census is a SOURCE of information to collaborate events in a person's life - birth, marriage, etc. But I never treat a census

[LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events

I'm similar to Bruce. I build the source data in the source clipboard and then create an individual event for the head of household and save that in the event clipboard. I then create individual events for each member of the household, using a few mouse clicks and a bit of editing for the descrip

[LegacyUG] Legacy Web CONCEPT pages

Hello All, I have taken a respite for the past couple of months from writing my follow-up book to The Legacy Family PDF to actively put down on paper (well in this case - a web page) my ideas for improved Legacy Web Pages. The current Legacy web pages serve the program well, however, there have b

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events

Hi Bruce, > I am puzzling on where to put Census (or Residence) Events for a couple. > It is clear that a single person in a Census would have the Census as > an Individual Event. But where you others put a Census Event for a > couple? Individual? Marriage? Both? This is something that can be do

RE: [LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events

Bruce, >From my POV, that all depends on the context. If they’re single and live >alone, then a census or residence I would place under the Individual. If >they’re couple/family, I’d put under marriage. Kind Regards Mark Lang From: Bruce Jones [mailto:juicebo...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday,

Re: [LegacyUG] Today's webinar now online - "Watch Geoff Live: Cemeteries"

My mistake - I thought he was saying that there would be a transcript of the questions submitted through attendees' webinar control panels along with answers from Sherry and Brian. On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Janet Bullock wrote: > Chris, > Click on the URL where the session is available agai

[LegacyUG] Individual Events vs Marriage Events

I am puzzling on where to put Census (or Residence) Events for a couple. It is clear that a single person in a Census would have the Census as an Individual Event. But where you others put a Census Event for a couple? Individual? Marriage? Both? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFam

Re: [LegacyUG] Today's webinar now online - "Watch Geoff Live: Cemeteries"

Chris, Click on the URL where the session is available again, then near the top right hand side of the page click on "click here to watch a previous seminar," this takes you down the page and the cemeteries seminar is the third one down. Hope this helps, Janet On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Chr

RE: [LegacyUG] Today's webinar now online - "Watch Geoff Live: Cemeteries"

Chris, When Geoff says they will be available in the archives, it is always referred to the webinar in question. In this case the cemeteries webinar would have the Q and A within the webinar, not separate. However the WGN-Cemeteries did not have any Q and A, as he browsed the listing of viewers

Re: [LegacyUG] Today's webinar now online - "Watch Geoff Live: Cemeteries"

At the end of the (excellent!) presentation, it's noted that the Q/A session will be available in the archives at http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/webinars.asp. I haven't been able to find it there - can someone please guide me to it? Thanks, Chris On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Geoff Rasmusse

RE: [LegacyUG] Making web page

And just for the record, Microsoft stopped development of Front Page in 2003. The replacement, a much better program, is Expression Web, now in version 4 already. Also for the record, in case anyone is doing a search for the freebie, it’s Kompozer, not Komposer. Bob Rowe From: Richard