I am sorry, James, but I am not clear as to what you mean, but it is early
morning!
My difficulty may be due to the fact that I have yet to wake up! I don't think
you are saying that your script allows only new files to be uploaded, but what
does it do? As I said, I no longer subscribe to Ances
Bruce,
Writing from my Asus Transformer Prime tablet...I do not always have my
laptop with me but I usually have either my phone or tablet with me. So the
portability is what I like. The battery life of my tablet is 18 hours
(when the keyboard is connected) or 8 alone, which is better than most
l
Sherry,
Today when I reread the Solutions by Error number I do see that is says, almost
at the top of the instructions, to Run Check / Repair, and basically to do what
I ended up doing - not sure how I missed that the first time, because I
remember that most of the instructions seemed to pertain
You cannot, or at least could not - I have a tree on the Ancestry site but
stopped subscribing over a year ago. If you have previously been adding them
to Ancestry and then creating a GEDCOM for download to Legacy, I would
suggest that you consider adding the details to Legacy. The only way to get
Yes, I am confusing the two Brian. But I think I am good now.
Legacy.fdb is how you save your tree and how you open it on a thumb
drive on another computer. Gedcom is to transfer from different
software.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Ronald Bernier
wrote:
> Brian,
>
> She also keeps talking a
Brian,
She also keeps talking about backing up to GEDCOM. She is obviously confusing
the legacy.fdb backup process and the process for creating a GEDCOM.ged file.
Ron Bernier
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 13, 2012, at 6:32 PM, "Brian/Support" wrote:
> Go to File > Backup Family File
> You should
Go to File > Backup Family File
You should see the path where Legacy is going to store your backup file
just below the button which says "Select Name and Location for Data Backup"
If the path is not where you want your backup stored click the button
and select the correct location.
Make sure there
Hi, thank you both for the suggestions, *.fdb did not work on the
other computer. Maybe I can get a quick lesson on how to do this
again, nothing is more scary than worrying about losing all your
genealogy work.
Please tell me if this is the correct way to save my family tree.
For backup, I want
The only problem I can see is one of consistency.
Why *Rel@ively* and not also *P@rice* ? :-)
Graham
On 14/04/2012 3:18 AM, geneal...@cfl.rr.com wrote:
> I know I should have done this long ago, but I'm a professional
> procrastinator.
>
> Would someone be kind enough to advise the best way t
Apologies, I meant to type Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: Kirsten Bowman [mailto:vik...@rvi.net]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 6:04 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Webinars on iPad?
I’d like to watch some of the Legacy webinars on my iPad1 but can’t because
Kristen,
Unfortunately there is no work around. Adobe flash player is the one thing I
miss having on my iPad2
Regards,
Ron Bernier
Woonsocket, RI
-Original Message-
From: Kirsten Bowman [mailto:vik...@rvi.net]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 6:04 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Su
Michele,
I think that the default for the backup is C\Legacy\Data, but would not swear
to this. In any event Jenny has advised how to see where your's is.
Nobody can say why your data is not on your other machine. However, to make
certain that it isn't I suggest that you use Windows Explorer to
I have tried putting it in the Notes of the Location field, but personally I
like to see at a glance that I have the Plot #, so personally I record it like
this: Name of Cemetery, Section, Plot #, City, County, State, USA.
Syble
From: Jenny M Benson
>To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
>Sent:
On 13/04/2012 21:34, Michele S wrote:
> So I backup my family file and have no idea where it is backing up to.
> I have Windows 7 64 bit. So I decide it is probably better to export
> to a gedcom file on a thumb drive, I have done this before. Today I
> decide I better back up my family tree onto
Lyn,
I am running Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit, and also run Legacy 7 Deluxe, 32 bit,
with no problems. Whoever the people are that gave you that information is
definitely misinformed. To answer your question, yes, you are OK to install and
run Legacy Deluxe 7.
Charles
From: Lyn Lou [mailto:ly
So I backup my family file and have no idea where it is backing up to.
I have Windows 7 64 bit. So I decide it is probably better to export
to a gedcom file on a thumb drive, I have done this before. Today I
decide I better back up my family tree onto my thumb drive and update
the other computers
I am still on the fence about this: currently I use Burial Notes. But I'm
starting to consider putting them under a Cemetery Event because I usually run
a lot of family group sheets and all notes are tacked on at the end. However,
for a report like the Descendant Narrative, they are printed aft
Legacy uses functions from IE that are part of Windows so when you
invoke a browser from the Legacy Home Tab it is IE that will open since
it is effectively IE that is opening the web site. If you want to open
your default browser to view webinars use Internet > Legacy Home Page to
open Firefox the
Lyn,
Legacy is a 32-bit program and runs perfectly on 64-bit WIndows Vista
or Windows 7. I have a *lot* of 32-bit programs on both of those
versions of Windows and have absolutely no problems. with the
programs.
64-bit Windows will run 32-bit programs just fine. I don't know what
those people we
Before you do the upgrade, back up the Family File(s) by going to File
> Backup Family File since your file(s) will need to go through the
conversion process and this just gives you a little extra peace about
that.
Other than that. v7.5 will install right over your existing
installation of Leg
I know I should have done this long ago, but I'm a professional procrastinator.
Would someone be kind enough to advise the best way to accomplish the
updating from 6.0 to the current version of Legacy? What pitfalls
can I expect along the way? Is there anything I can do in advance to
avoid probl
IMHO no user has the right to chastise another, especially over something which
for many of us is a matter of personal taste.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
Olwyn Bourne wrote:
>
>Thanks for asking this question. In the beginning I entered it as part of the
>location but was chastised
Thanks for asking this question. In the beginning I entered it as part of the
location but was chastised by a fellow Legacy user for misusing the field. I
changed to the Burial Address so it would still print on the Family group
sheet. Probably another misuse but I believe it is an important
I use Burial Notes
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Michele Lewis wrote:
> I put it in the event notes. I have cemetery as an event. I put a
> transcription of the marker and plot location if there is one.
>
> Michele
>
>
> From: Rita Lynn McKale [mailto:cagr...@comporium.net]
> Sent: Friday, A
I put it in the event notes. I have cemetery as an event. I put a
transcription of the marker and plot location if there is one.
Michele
From: Rita Lynn McKale [mailto:cagr...@comporium.net]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:41 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Burial p
Interestingly enough, for one individual, I received a suggested 1940 location
based on that person's CHILD's birth location around 1907, rather than using
that person's own death location in 1947. Would it be valuable for me to submit
a suggestion to look at the locations associated with events "
On 2012/04/13 18:51, R G Strong-genes wrote:
> I am the original poster of this thread and as I said I only have one
> monitor so it is not a "multiple monitor configuration problem! AND As I
> said when ever Legacy has been snapped to either the left or right side of
> the screen and closed from
"Never mind." As usual, Jenny has an excellent workaround! ;)
Thanks,
--Paula in Texas
Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman
Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field
Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hin
I typed too quickly! My description was not for the Narratives. However,
various formatting options are available on the Narratives reports' Format tab
>> Event Narrative Format button.
Or were you talking about other sorts of Notes ? (I assumed it was Event Notes
with "Notes:".)
--Paula
_
Brian, Do you think it would be worth it to submit a suggestion to add indented
check boxes for each of the Events check boxes... " [ ] Do not print Event Notes
" (or maybe one for all)... or would the programmers just throw that out?
Thanks.
--Paula in Texas
Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Ben
Geoff, does this qualify for "locations for anyone surrounding the main person"
The person in the Family Group Record shown at the end of this message:
His Father and mother and two brothers have full details on birth, death and
locations. One sister has birth + location and the other sister has b
Try the Format tab > Event Format > Use event sentence formatting.
--Paula in Texas
Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman
Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field
Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Ho
Thank You... That is exactly what I needed.
A.J.
-Original Message-
>From: Jenny M Benson
>Sent: Apr 12, 2012 3:10 AM
>To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Narrative Reports
>
>On 11/04/2012 16:26, A. J. Rawls wrote:
>> Notes attached to Events/Facts. Census ev
Keep in mind that Legacy is also checking surrounding family members
(births of children, etc.) for the report's evaluation. If there are no
locations for anyone surrounding the main person, then that person will not
show up in the report.
Thanks,
Geoff Rasmussen
Millennia Corporation
ge...@legac
I just learned that - I think you mentioned that earlier. Good deal!
I hope Russ can resolve his problem - it sounds more like a Windows
issue than Legacy.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Mike Fry wrote:
> Did you know that you don't
Ron,
I am the original poster of this thread and as I said I only have one
monitor so it is not a "multiple monitor configuration problem! AND As I
said when ever Legacy has been snapped to either the left or right side of
the screen and closed from that position, it does not retain its pre-snapped
On 2012/04/12 21:22, R G Strong-genes wrote:
> Sherry, I am not referring to the dual monitor application, I only have a
> single monitor. I am referring to the Windows 7 feature of snapping two
> windows side by side by dragging the Legacy window by the title bar to the
> left and then dragging a
I agree, I also put the details in the Location Field. After all it does
locate the grave. I suppose one could say that it is equivalent to a house
number, and, where applicable, I do put the full location in an Event
Location Field.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original Message---
On 2012/04/12 22:27, Wendy Howard wrote:
> I frequently "snap" various windows to one side, or to the top to
> maximise. I do this with Legacy, and my computer remembers what I set
> when it closes and opens as it was last left.
Were you aware that if you hover the mouse over the top or bottom b
That is correct Jan.Thank You.-Original Message-
From: Jan Roberts
Sent: Apr 11, 2012 2:49 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Narrative Reports
It is my understanding that A. J. wants the events to print, but not the notes associated with the events. Cheer
Yet, it is only the Legacy program window that opens in a 5 inch square
window, all the other programs open in their pre-snapped window size and
position when closed from the snapped position. So it seems that the Legacy
window does not remember it's pre-snapped window position if it is closed in
t
Many, including myself, put this type of information in location
fields. The benefits of using location are:
- Work in the most amount of reports (or at least it seems so to me,
haven't actually done a complete study of where notes show up)
- Can geocode and map specific locations in the same four
Michele,
I did some more testing:
1. The census tool finds 1848 individuals for the 1930 census and I tagged these
with tag 2.
2. Next I did a Detailed Search >
Look for whom?=Individual >Where to look= Birth Place>
How to look=Equal To>What to look for= blank, no entry here.
Sec
On 13/04/2012 16:40, Rita Lynn McKale wrote:
> I would like to know where others record a cemetery plot number. Is
> there a specific place (that I can’t seem to find) for this or is
> everyone just putting this in Notes somewhere?
That's one of the many questions which will provoke many differe
I enter the date and governmental jurisdictions in the Buried fields.
Then I create a Cemetery Event for the name and location of the
Cemetery. I enter the plot information in the Cemetery Event notes.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Rita
Michele,
Nope, the principle is the same. Why this hoary old chestnut continues to
appear on this list is rather beyond me. Windows configuration for multiple
screens is not a Legacy question but a Windows one. Googling "Windows:
multiple monitor configuration" will bring op loads of references fo
I would like to know where others record a cemetery plot number. Is there a
specific place (that I can't seem to find) for this or is everyone just
putting this in Notes somewhere?
Thanks,
Rita in South Carolina
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Ar
The solutions on the website *always* apply to the error number that
they're linked to and are the solutions we have found that usually
resolve the issue.
The steps on the website don't say to compact - they're
1. Repair Legacy by installing the update again
2. Reset the temp folder
3. Run check/
Arnold,
I assume the Windows Task Bar is on the center monitor and that is where Legacy
opens maximized, Is that correct?
Laird
On 4/13/2012 7:52 AM, Arnold Sprague wrote:
> Sherry,
> In your final paragraph below, you suggested deleting
> Legacy2.usr. I did that and nothing has improved
On 13/04/2012 14:14, Arnold Sprague wrote:
> I was addressing this to those of us running three monitors.
You were - intentionally or otherwise - addressing yourself to *all*
subscribers to LUG. Think of it as either sending a mail with one "To"
and several "CC"s or as sending one with many "To"s
I don't know what's going on with your computer, but Legacy is
behaving on mine. It could be something in the way your monitors are
set up.
Legacy's on my secondary monitor - I always keep my programs in a
window so I can scootch them between monitors.
I minimized Legacy to the toolbar, closed i
Does it matter if it is 2 or 3? The principle is the same.
Michele
-Original Message-
From: Arnold Sprague [mailto:aspra...@gsb.uchicago.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:15 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Window sizes
I was addressing this to those of
I was addressing this to those of us running three monitors.
At 07:08 AM 4/13/2012, you wrote:
>I only run two monitors but Legacy always opens on my laptop screen
>even if I had previously pulled it to my 2nd monitor and closed it
>down on that screen. I don't think you can do anything about t
I only run two monitors but Legacy always opens on my laptop screen even if I
had previously pulled it to my 2nd monitor and closed it down on that screen.
I don't think you can do anything about that.
-Original Message-
From: Arnold Sprague [mailto:aspra...@gsb.uchicago.edu]
Sent: F
Sherry,
In your final paragraph below, you suggested deleting
Legacy2.usr. I did that and nothing has improved.
I run three monitors on Windows XP, SP3. I place Legacy on
the RIGHT-hand monitor.
1. If Legacy is maximized when I close it down and then
reopen it, Legacy o
If you have no location listed at all, then Legacy won't know that they should
be in a census. For example, would they be in a US census or a UK one? If the
person has no locations filled in at all how would Legacy know.
Michele
-Original Message-
From: Laird [mailto:lftu...@bayleen
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