[LegacyUG] Show all events

2012-08-07 Thread Marli
Where do I find the setup to turn off "show all events" in the assigned sources for: list. I want to just see assigned sources, not all events. I unclick the box and next time I look, it is unclicked. How do I turn it off so it stays off until I want it turned on? Help says I can't. Someone plea

RE: [LegacyUG] Single adopted parent

2012-08-07 Thread Ian GARDENER
What about just making the non existent spouse invisible to keep them off reports and just naming them "NOT Applicable"? Just a thought. -Original Message- From: Ron Taylor [mailto:doit4...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2012 4:03 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Taylor
I believe after re-checking those screen shots that Dave is correct about the date 29 Feb 1890. Since that is an invalid date, it is not being sorted or shown correctly. Change it to 28 Feb 1890 (with a possible explanation for doing so) and then see if things shake out as they should. Ron Tay

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread MVMcgrs
It was NOT meant to be sent to the full list. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Cert

Re: [LegacyUG] Image captions using misspelled surnames

2012-08-07 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 07/08/2012 21:33, Lavern Hall wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am working on one branch of the family whose surname is > repeatedly misspelled (e.g. original spelling is Giorgio which > has turned into Giorgi, Georgi, Gorge, George.) In each case, > I've transcribed the record exactly as the name a

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Ferguson
Lloyd, In fairness, that particular email with attachments was sent to me, but unfortunately, and I think inadvertently, copied to LUG. I am as much against the use of HTML, and, definitely, attachments as you are, but in this instance, I think any action would be over the top. Ron Ferguson htt

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Lloyd
At 02:54 PM 8/7/2012, you wrote: >Blocking attachments or HTML isn't available in our software. > > >Sincerely, >Sherry >Technical Support >Legacy Family Tree If this attachment had been posted on Roots Magic, that person would most likely have been unsubscribed from the list. Lloyd __

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Lloyd
At 02:45 PM 8/7/2012, you wrote: >It was bad enough that the powers to be at >Millennia refused to make any effort to block >any message not in plain text.. Â Instead, they >gave up and allowed HTML messages to be sent to >the list. Â I really wish they would at least >take the initiative to block

Re: [LegacyUG] Single adopted parent

2012-08-07 Thread Charani
Ron Taylor wrote: > The cases you are talking about all have 2 parents, even if > sometimes we don't wish to record one of them. The case I > described only has 1 parent. The best solution I have found so far > is to enter "Adopted by Single Parent" in the spouse record to make > it clear that th

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Ferguson
From: mvmc...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 8:02 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date RIN 3 and RIN 55 are two different people. Actually grand mother and grand daughter Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services,

Re: [LegacyUG] Image captions using misspelled surnames

2012-08-07 Thread JLB
1.) I think AKA's work. I have one person with 5 different names according to records. I just picked one and put the rest as AKA's. 2.) This is one reason I use a numbered filing system instead of names. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Ferguson
From: Ron Taylor Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 7:58 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date Manual merge RIN 3 and 55. Ron Taylor Ron, Why are you suggesting that? It looks as though RIN 55 is the grandmother of RIN 3. Me – I’m still thinking :-)

[LegacyUG] Image captions using misspelled surnames

2012-08-07 Thread Lavern Hall
Hello everyone, I am working on one branch of the family whose surname is repeatedly misspelled (e.g. original spelling is Giorgio which has turned into Giorgi, Georgi, Gorge, George.) In each case, I've transcribed the record exactly as the name appeared, and I've put the alternate spellings in

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread MVMcgrs
Thank you Dave! By removing the date it shows a birth month and year and I was able to sort her on the children's list. The date was from the SSDI and family tradition said she also "fudged" her birth date because she was born in a Leap Year. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Dave
Marie,  1890 was not a leap year so Feb 29th is an incorrect date.    Regards,   Dave (NZ)   > > From: "mvmc...@aol.com" >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2012 6:26 AM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date > > Legacy User Grou

Re: [LegacyUG] Single adopted parent

2012-08-07 Thread Tim Rosenlof
On 8/7/2012 12:03 PM, Ron Taylor wrote: > Does anyone know of a correct method to store a child that was adopted by a > single parent? Children settings Set the 'Relationship to Mother' as Adopted then the 'Relationship to Father' as Step > Obviously, both biological parents should be connecte

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread MVMcgrs
RIN 3 and RIN 55 are two different people. Actually grand mother and grand daughter Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer ar

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread MVMcgrs
Sorry list they were not supposed to be attachments to the list. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Taylor
Manual merge RIN 3 and 55.Ron Taylor Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Sherry/Support
What went wrong is that you posted pictures to the group! Attachments and in-line pictures are *not* allowed in the LUG list. Please review the list guidelines at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:26

Re: [LegacyUG] Single adopted parent

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Taylor
The cases you are talking about all have 2 parents, even if sometimes we don't wish to record one of them. The case I described only has 1 parent. The best solution I have found so far is to enter "Adopted by Single Parent" in the spouse record to make it clear that there will not be a second

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Bernier
It was bad enough that the powers to be at Millennia refused to make any effort to block any message not in plain text.. Instead, they gave up and allowed HTML messages to be sent to the list. I really wish they would at least take the initiative to block messages with attachments. No matter how

Re: [LegacyUG] Single adopted parent

2012-08-07 Thread Charani
Ron Taylor wrote: > Does anyone know of a correct method to store a child that was > adopted by a single parent? Obviously, both biological parents > should be connected to the child by way of their marriage record if > possible but the woman who adopted the child is not the biological > mother an

Re: [LegacyUG] Single adopted parent

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Ferguson
-Original Message- From: Ron Taylor Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 7:03 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Single adopted parent Does anyone know of a correct method to store a child that was adopted by a single parent? Obviously, both biological parents should be

[LegacyUG] Single adopted parent

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Taylor
Does anyone know of a correct method to store a child that was adopted by a single parent? Obviously, both biological parents should be connected to the child by way of their marriage record if possible but the woman who adopted the child is not the biological mother and she has never been marr

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Charani
mvmc...@aol.com wrote: > Will you accept an attachment? I'll copy the two views and show what I > mean. Can you upload the images to a free site? Everyone can then have a look to see if they can help you sort out the anomaly. Mailing lists don't accept attachments because of the size of them (n

Re: [LegacyUG] Chart Order Status

2012-08-07 Thread Sherry/Support
Our current vendor for wall charts is Family ChartMasters, formerly Generation Maps. You can contact them at i...@familychartmasters.com or by calling (801) 872-4278 Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Dave Keeney wrote: > I ordered a Legacy C

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Ferguson
Marie, Attachments are not allowed on-list, but you can send one to me off-list, and I will happily look at it. May I ask that you put the RINs after the Name (Options>Customise>Views) if you don't already do so. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: mvmc...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August

Re: [LegacyUG] documentation question

2012-08-07 Thread Lavern Hall
Thanks, Sherry. The template works fine and I like the way it prints out. :-) Have a good day, Lavern Hall On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: > There isn't a "Memory" template. Just Personal Knowledge. and it can be > anyone who relates their knowledge to you or even your

[LegacyUG] Chart Order Status

2012-08-07 Thread Dave Keeney
I ordered a Legacy Chart a week ago. I cannot find anyway to find the status of that order. Is there a way? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived mess

Re: [LegacyUG] documentation question

2012-08-07 Thread Sherry/Support
There isn't a "Memory" template. Just Personal Knowledge. and it can be anyone who relates their knowledge to you or even yourself. It will say "Personal knowledge of" with the name of the person. You can include their address in your source, but it will be suppressed in the printing. Give

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread MVMcgrs
Will you accept an attachment? I'll copy the two views and show what I mean. I did the repair no difference, only has 1 marriage for the parensts. She has the same RIN number in all views. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropped birth date

2012-08-07 Thread Brian/Support
If you are seeing "different" data for the same person make sure you have not entered him/her as two different people. Look for the person in the name list, are there two different RINs for the same person? If so you will have to merge them into one person. Use tools > Merge > Manual Merge to join

Re: [LegacyUG] Census list finds immigrants

2012-08-07 Thread Tim Rosenlof
On 8/7/2012 2:50 AM, Gavin Nicholson wrote: > I think this discussion should be of benefit to others trying to > understand how this tool works though! For me, I pass up all the posts on this subject. If you think you have a real problem,I would suggest: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Problems.as

RE: [LegacyUG] Census list finds immigrants

2012-08-07 Thread Gavin Nicholson
OK I appreciate your thoughts but I don’t think I am making myself clear. In points 2 and 3 you seem to indicate that I am asking Legacy to do some sort of analysis of what might POSSIBLY be the case. I am not. I am saying that if I have entered a census or residence event on a census night that

Re: [LegacyUG] Census list finds immigrants

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Ferguson
Gavin, This is going to be my last word on this subject, as I feel we are going around in circles. I will agree with you on at least one point. 1) Would it help if Legacy published the algorithm they use to calculate the probability – yes 2) Would I expect Legacy to realise that if a person is