Julia,
I keep the Locality field to just geographic locations as this can then be used
in a sorting of the information when a To Do report is issued. Also, the
Location field can differ from the location of a repository which is shown in
the repository tab.
There are several Legacy newsletter
Sherry,
Again thanks for your input.
This small tidbit if information about Locations should help those who are
using it, and about the intended use.
Thanks,
David C Abernathy
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Just out of curiosity, WHY would you want to use Facebook as a source? If
you are talking with Mr. John Doe on Facebook and he gives you some
information that you need then I would source it as an interview with the
person. (And, I would then try and find the information myself so that I
could s
I notice that many of you aren't cleaning up your messages when you
reply. Although it's not as severe of a problem as it would be if we
had a digest version, it really does add a lot of extra "weight" to a
message when you don't clean up.
Please, remove any messages that aren't pertinent to your
If they state their birthdate and you believe it to be credible then why
not source it as Facebook?
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:39 AM, wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, WHY would you want to use Facebook as a source? If
> you are talking with Mr. John Doe on Facebook and he gives you some
> infor
Why would you believe *anything* to be credible on Facebook???
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Randy Clark wrote:
> If they state their birthdate and you believe it to be credible then why not
> source it as Facebook?
>
> On Wed, Nov 23,
I'm gullible that way.
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Sherry/Support <
she...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote:
> Why would you believe *anything* to be credible on Facebook???
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Sherry
> Technical Support
> Legacy Family Tree
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Randy Clark w
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:03:18 -0800, "Sherry/Support"
wrote:
>Why would you believe *anything* to be credible on Facebook???
You might be friends with a relative that listed their birthdate on
Facebook.
--
Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)
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*I am with you!! Consider these facts:
*
1. *Some of my friends on Facebook declared their birth city to be some
other city besides the one they were actually born in.*
2. *Some of them lied about their birth.*
3. *Some of them lied about their jobs. Reason so they cannot be
conta
Those of us who read this on mobile devices will thank you even more.
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Can Legacy family files be shared between two computers with different
Windows operating systems? For instance XP and Win7 with Dropbox or
just with USB drive?
Erin
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Robert said,
“My solution: If someone on Facebook says an ancestor of mine married so
and so, I email them and get more facts. I will record in Legacy that Kathy
Smith said . Then I will actually get verification of those facts
through records. If I find it true, I will list Kathy as a bona fide
Robert,
Agreed! I cannot possibly see how Facebook can be anything other than a
repository. I have a friend in England who gives his address as California! QED.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: Robert E. Carneal
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:16 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUs
Legacy files can be shared between any two computers no matter which
version of Windows are installed. Before anyone jumps on me though I
better say the Windows system has to be Windows 95 or later.
I personally would not use Dropbox for the file sharing but many users
here have used it with their
I have shared between a 64 bit Win 7 and an XP netbook using Sugar Sync. I
use the Magic Briefcase in Sugar Sync. The free version is enough for this
purpose.
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Erin Bradshaw wrote:
> Can Legacy family files be shared between two computers with different
> Windows
Thank you Cathy-0 that is very helpful. I see what you mean by sorting using
the repository for reports for research trips, that will make the trip much
more efficient!
Julia
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:26:38 -0500
From: chorn0...@optimum.net
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do Locality List
To: Legac
Thank you and others.
On 11/23/2011 9:59 AM, Brian/Support wrote:
> Legacy files can be shared between any two computers no matter which
> version of Windows are installed. Before anyone jumps on me though I
> better say the Windows system has to be Windows 95 or later.
>
Legacy User Group guid
I was referring to personal information on individuals, not
"commercial" Facebook sites!
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:03:18 -0800, "Sherry/Support"
> wrote:
>
>>Why would you believe
I created a Child Status "Died in infancy". Legacy has the option of displaying
this in the Family View. Is there a way to show it in Descendant reports?
Thanks
Stan
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:13:06 -0500, s megraw
wrote:
>I created a Child Status "Died in infancy". Legacy has the option of
>displaying this in the Family View. Is there a way to show it in Descendant
>reports?
Do you have an actual date of death for this individual? If not, Legacy
allows you to
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:41:47 -0800, "Sherry/Support"
wrote:
>I was referring to personal information on individuals, not
>"commercial" Facebook sites!
Without getting into the source vs. repository argument, I think it is
entirely proper to use these facts (actually assertions) if one chooses
to
Excellent... using the death date field fits my need. Thanks!
> From: kowal...@iglou.com
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - Died in Infancy
> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:29:35 -0500
>
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:13:0
The choice of words here is very misleading, I would just use an "About date"
which is more helpful that the phrase that is being used.
>From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/infancy
in·fan·cy [in-fuhn-see] Show IPA noun, plural -cies.
1. the state or period of being an infant; very earl
One other thing to consider when using Legacy on two computers is the location
of multimedia files. The links in your Legacy file must be the same on both
computers. Generally, this means you should not use 'My Documents', 'My
Pictures' etc. as they are part of your user profile, and that path i
Paul,
Thank you for that extra tip. "Using the default Legacy folders
C:\Legacy\Data.. works fine, as will anything up in the 'root
folder', often C:\something. I actually use Dropbox, but have installed
it as C:\Dropbox, rather than the normal default C:\My Documents\Dropbox
precisely because
Hello, all!
My question might chime in with a previous thread on "census as event" vs.
"census as source."
Thanks to a recently-received copy of the original of my great-grandparents'
marriage return, I now know for sure that a certain couple were my
great-grandmother's parents and their elder ch
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