On 2012/01/22 04:07, Jerry wrote:
Thanks, I'll try working with it some more. But I can remember when the
Windows help files were first developed - you could literally search for
every instance in which a word of phrase was used. For example, if
searching for error 3260, why would you not
Hi People,
For those that are interested and are desirous of knowledge, I have uploaded a
small HTML Help File to Google. The file is named ViewHelp.CHM and is quite
small (about 57kb). It was originally sourced from Microsoft and largely
untouched by me. It describes how use that infernal Help
Tony
I agree.
I ignore the Legacy instructions and install in Program Files. I have used
Legacy for 8 years with copies of my data on TNG, a netbook and various PDAs
and smartphones and never had problems with where data is stored.
John Clifford
-Original Message-
From: Tony Rolfe
Hi, firstly thanks to everyone who responded with my earlier problems.
Hopefully the install/saving data etc is now resolved.
This morning I was searching some on-line records when I saw a street address
(Victorian London's east end) that looked familiar and so I went to Location
Master List
Carol,
As far as I know the only way to search for a location using the search box at
the top of the screen is to search from left to right using the layout select.
I have my list sorted to read from right to left – so I would enter, England,
Lancashire, Eccles, Victoria Street to find
Jerry,
There are currently a few exceptions to that though!
There is at least one in England that is often reasonably correctly referred
to as County Durham. Some Irish counties are often prefixed by the word
County as well.
Not all counties have the suffix shire as part of their name (such as
The location fields throughout Legacy allow free-form text...meaning you can
put whatever you wish in them. Some formatting is recommended but as you may
have noticed, they are used in many different ways. Others have described ways
to search inside the Master Locations List based on the sort
On 2012/01/22 16:46, Ron Taylor wrote:
The location fields throughout Legacy allow free-form text...meaning you can
put
whatever you wish in them. Some formatting is recommended but as you may have
noticed, they are used in many different ways. Others have described ways to
search inside
On 2012/01/22 16:46, Ron Taylor wrote:
It would be great if wild card searches were enabled in all the search boxes
within Legacy so that you could enter a text string *Calif* and see a
sub-set
of the table that contains all entries with that wild card string. The
Detailed Search mentioned
If one was to rename Legacy7Setup.exe to LegacyNew.exe you can direct
the install where you wish. I always install my Legacy to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Legacy7Beta
C:\Program Files (x86)\Legacy7GR
Further updates will find those locations just fine. If Legacy gives you
the option, then why does
On 1/22/2012 2:16 AM, Mike Fry wrote:
The Contents panel is, for some reason that escapes me, not used in Legacy.
This
should present a list of the topics in the file, in the form of a Table of
Contents found in a book. This should definitely be introduced and replace the
pitiful Legacy
On 1/21/2012 6:38 PM, laurie curtis wrote:
Using GEDCOM is an interesting approach. Thanks for the suggestion. I
have some files I can try it on. Someone also referenced Intelimerge,
but I'm not sure what that is... Part of legacy?
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsIntShare.asp
Tim
It appears that one may add timelines to what is available with Legacy.
Can someone tell me where to find timelines to add? and how to do so?
Jane Sarles
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
On 2012/01/22 19:56, Jane Sarles wrote:
It appears that one may add timelines to what is available with Legacy. Can
someone tell me where to find timelines to add? and how to do so?
In the Timelines folder inside the Legacy folder, you'll find those that are
installed with the program,
On 2012/01/22 11:50, Mike Fry wrote:
The link to the file, should you want to download it and take a look, is
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9zz7zWtKA-RZTdjNzdiNzYtYjUzYi00MjYxLTkyYWEtM2EyNGFjODk0MGY5
Don't bother. Google has screwed the file contents. Contact me if still
interested.
--
On 1/22/2012 10:56 AM, Jane Sarles wrote:
It appears that one may add timelines to what is available with Legacy.
Can someone tell me where to find timelines to add? and how to do so?
Jane Sarles
View Timelines
There are the default ones. Use the help file on adding your own.
Tim
From the help one of the many items about Timelines:
Creating Timeline Files
Legacy comes with several timelines that can be included in your Timeline
and Chronology reports. You can also create your own timelines to use in
these reports and to share with other people.
And remember,
Any suggestion on how to record proper pronunciation of a surname?
My mother was always correcting us on her grandmother's surname of NOEL
must be pronounced Newel not like Christmas. Also her aunt and cousins
BARRON must be pronounced nasally, sort of like Bahra. (They sometimes
appeared in
Personal knowledge? Interview with your mother?
Michele
From: Richard Van Wasshnova
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:50 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Surname pronunciation
Any suggestion on how to record proper pronunciation of a surname?
My mother was always
On 2012/01/22 22:50, Richard Van Wasshnova wrote:
Any suggestion on how to record proper pronunciation of a surname?
My mother was always correcting us on her grandmother's surname of NOEL must
be pronounced Newel not like Christmas. Also her aunt and cousins BARRON must
be pronounced
*I try to break up the names into the the nearest syllables. Often, my name
is pronounced as corn cal for some reason. I tell people to pronounce it
as if they were saying to independent words together. I suggest they
pronounce it as:
Car (as in automobile) and the word kneel.
Car - kneel, and
Mike,
we have over 150 nations.
Over 200 dialects and you living in a nation having over 20 dialects like in
eg. your nation is suggestion to use a dictionory like Webster or Chambers look
for a pronouniation of a foreign name.
Don't think you'll ever find all words there spoken in eg. all
Richard,
I think you started a topic which is very difficult and no one on this list is
capable to solve this whithout hearing how it is spoken.
The way names a pronounced is very different depending on the language spoken.
Having families in an boarder area does not make it easier.
In English
Robert,
your example of
Car - kneel
is great.
A while ago I was asked how to pronounce a name of German descandats.
it was Guckel. I said they should pronounce the u like a oo as in book.
This is only an example for this name.
Most eg. european countries have many dialect speaking the
In my web site the CSS page does that very well. I made my own, so don't
know how Legacy does it.
Ron Ferguson hosts a web learning site and can answer all your
questions. Ron Ferguson [ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk]
Carl
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Richard,
Names evolve considerably over generations, depending on dialects, countries of
origin, countries of destination, languages used, and many other factors. I
don't believe there is one easy answer, although, there may be many opinion's
on why it should be done a particular way.
On 22/01/2012 22:53, Bernhard Scholz wrote:
Robert,
your example of
Car - kneel
is great.
A while ago I was asked how to pronounce a name of German descandats.
it was Guckel. I said they should pronounce the u like a oo as in book.
This is only an example for this name.
Most eg. european
What about creating an event called Surname Pronunciation? Pertinent facts such
as the language of origin or the meaning of the name can be included in the
note section.
Roxanne Wolfe
From: Bernhard Scholz scholz-c...@gmx.de
To:
It is not annoying to me. When I see color I delete at once.Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri, 1/20/12, Ron Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.net wrote:
From: Ron Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.net
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] England Places
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 2:52
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