On 2012/09/01 05:21, hwedhlor wrote:
If I click on “Help/Show Help Index” then key in “Sources” I
am presented with a list of 32 sub-headings under the word
Sources.With Sources highlighted in the resulting
Keyword List I am invited to click on a Display button at
the bottom right of the
John,
Your point is well made.
Having found similar issues with the Help search function in other software I
am inclined to think this may be more of a problem with the Microsoft help
function than with Legacy. Maybe someone with expertise in this area will
respond.
Larry Lee
hwedhlor
That lets me see the numbers and I could print them. I finally found it in help
where I should have looked from the first. I wanted to renumber the whole list
since some of the main people had high numbers. Found out I could change one at
a time and the person who was changed would be assigned
Thanks for the reply Sherry. I should have explained in my first post that I
was looking for an easy way to renumber everyone. I appreciate your response.
From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Friday,
On 01/09/2012 10:44, Marg Strong wrote:
That lets me see the numbers and I could print them. I finally found it
in help where I should have looked from the first. I wanted to renumber
the whole list since some of the main people had high numbers.
Just curious, but why does it matter if some of
-Original Message-
From: Jenny M Benson
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 11:55 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MRINs again
On 01/09/2012 10:44, Marg Strong wrote:
That lets me see the numbers and I could print them. I finally found it
in help where I
Hello List,
Some time ago I globally privatized a source to keep it from showing on
reports. Now I want to globally unprivatize the source but for the life
of me, I cannot find where I did it.
Can some one please tell me where I do it?
Lloyd
Hi, Larry,
I'm not sure what you mean by Help search function? It seems to me what
we're complaining about is the way instructions in Legacy Help are
written, not about the Search function?
Pat
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Larry ldlee...@gmail.com wrote:
John,
Your point is well made.
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The circle with an x in it designates the person who gave the information to
the census taker. I put it in the notes or comments section.
From: y.moreho...@comcast.net
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] 1940 Census - circle with an x in it - what does it mean?
where
Michele,
First, be sure you have Tagging turned on.
(To be able to see the tag boxes through Legacy, you must have the tagging
option turned on. This is done from the *General* tab of the *Options
Customize* [lower left of screen.])
From the Family screen, click the Edit menu, then Tags to
I too make a note of it. Here is what my 1940 census event looks like:
Local Road
W. H. Simmons [informant], rents, rent $3/month, head, male, white, age 29,
married, highest grade completed 4, born in MS, was living in a rural area of
Lamar Co, MS on 01 Apr 1935, laborer, county-wide public
I am wondering, why is Clear Imported Tags a tool, but Tagging itself
is not, apparently, a tool?
Pat
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On 8/31/2012 6:49 PM, CE WOOD wrote:
Legacy does save several files there, such as Tag lists. Really
strange, and a total pain because you should really back up those files
too in case of any problem with Legacy. Yet nowhere does Legacy tell
you that! You would think all such files, Tag
My thanks.
Yvonne
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My event really isn't all squashed together like that. When I switch to plain
text for the list it messes up my copy and paste!
Michele
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From: Michele Lewis [mailto:ancestor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:05 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Lloyd,
Globally?
Each Source can be excluded from reports by going to ViewMaster
ListSource; select the source you require then use the Edit Button and at
the bottom uncheck the exclude from reports box.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
Original Message-
From: Lloyd Hite
Sent:
Pat,
What does the following mean? .”what to click on” – to do what, every
option that is available in Family View?
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: Pat Hickin
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 1:33 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help
On 9/1/2012 9:38 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote:
Each Source can be excluded from reports by going to ViewMaster
ListSource; select the source you require then use the Edit Button and at
the bottom uncheck the exclude from reports box.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
Thanks Ron,
I sure
On 9/1/2012 7:16 AM, Lloyd Hite wrote:
Hello List,
Some time ago I globally privatized a source to keep it from showing on
reports. Now I want to globally unprivatize the source but for the life
of me, I cannot find where I did it.
Can some one please tell me where I do it?
Lloyd
Open and
When customizing a report or book, you set what you want included using
Report Options such as photo's, sources, format,privacy,fonts, etc.
Once you set it the way you want, you can save these Customizations by
hitting Report Settings Save,
Legacy want to save these settings to the folder
Ron,
”what to click on” -- What tab/menu/icon/option/button, etc. you need to
click on.
To do what - whatever it is you're trying to do.
Does that answer your question?
Pat
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote:
Pat,
What does the following mean?
Pat,
By Help search function I meant: When you select Help on the Menu Bar or
press F1 the Help Index is displayed.
My comment was addressing the two different result lists that John
Zimmerman presented
If I click on “Help/Show Help Index” then key in “Sources” I
am presented with a list of 32
I guess one solution would be for programmers to write several versions
of the same help files. This should satisfy the needs of those who
think logically, those who do not think logically, and those who fall
somewhere in between. Another solution would be for someone to invent
a pill that
Ron,
You always bring a smile to my face, even when you direct your comments
to me. grin
--
Tim Rosenlof
Sunny and beautiful Utah
On 9/1/2012 9:03 AM, Ron Bernier wrote:
I guess one solution would be for programmers to write several versions
of the same help files. This should satisfy the
On 2012/09/01 16:38, Pat Hickin wrote:
”what to click on” -- What tab/menu/icon/option/button, etc. you need to
click on.
To do what - whatever it is you're trying to do.
Simply not practicable. How is some technical writer supposed to work out what
some users may or may not want to do? This
Yep, sure does.Thanks, Larry.
Pat
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Larry Lee ldlee...@gmail.com wrote:
Pat,
By Help search function I meant: When you select Help on the Menu Bar or
press F1 the Help Index is displayed.
My comment was addressing the two different result lists that John
Mike,
I have tried to summarize a few webinars for my own notes into a cookbook
fashion and have found it hard to do only because of the decision tree
process which is not linear as are most cookbook recipes. But I like the
concept generally.
Larry Lee
Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com wrote:
On
Mike,
If ever it was to be done, and let us not forget that Geoff has already
published a Guide to using Legacy (That's $10 for the plug, Geoff), then I
bet you an evening of beers that we will still have about the same volume of
questions :-)
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original
Michele,
I like the way you note the informant...will have to incorporate that
into my transcriptions. [Next project!!]
Virginia
W. H. Simmons [informant], rents, rent $3/month, head, male, white, age 29,
married, highest grade completed 4, born in MS, was living in a rural area of
Lamar
Thank you :)
-Original Message-
From: Virginia Dunham [mailto:geistdn...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 12:58 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 Census - circle with an x in it - what does it
mean? where do I enter it in Legacy?
Michele,
Why not use the new Census Search tab in the Search window?
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Bobby Johnson b...@brmemc.net wrote:
I am interested in preparing my Legacy database for the 1940 census release. I
want to tag the individuals
Michele,
I think many of us would be interested in the extra tags, and LTools does say
that this is available in their deluxe version.
Another tip on tagging, which I haven’t found in the Help section, right
clicking on a tag in Family View takes you to Advanced Tagging, AND the tag
that
I didn’t know that!
Michele
From: Robert Austen [mailto:rgaus...@telus.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 12:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Problem with Legacy tags
Michele,
I think many of us would be interested in the extra tags, and LTools
So Color Schemes is an appropriate folder for saved tag lists and customized
report options, and who knows what else? What have they to do with color?
Since those are created by the user, it would, to many non-programmers, seem
logical that those would be saved in as USR files. Why ever
On 9/1/2012 9:58 AM, Gene Young wrote:
Open and Edit the source in the Master Source List go to the Source
info tab. At the bottom center of that view uncheck the Exclude this
Master Source from reports check box.
-- Gene Young
Thanks for replying, Gene. Ron suggested that earlier, but
Lloyd,
Is it possible that you have not excluded the full Source. Try clicking on
the sources from Family View (the book icons), then Edit Detail; is the
Include this citation unchecked?
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original Message-
From: Lloyd Hite
Sent: Saturday, September
A few more thoughts if I may about ‘how-to’ information in Legacy.
First, how many are aware of the tutorial topics available in Legacy’s help
system? To find the list of tutorial topics, do the following:
1. Click the Help icon in the toolbar.
2. From the Legacy Help Contents
No. The Color Schemes folder is for Color Schemes with the file extension .LCS.
If this folder shows up when you save a tag list or report options,
that's because you saved them there once upon a time.
The default for saving any settings or lists is the c:\Legacy folder.
Sincerely,
Sherry
On 2012/09/01 20:20, Denise Moss-Fritch wrote:
One writer suggested multiple versions of the same help file, for example,
novice, intermediate, and advanced. Please understand that a user is not all
novice, or all advanced in their use or understanding of legacy. You might
rarely use one
Sherry,
Thank you !
I had a rather long and probably rude reply to his last long and boring
post. Just as you say the files were put there by the *User* at one
point or another.
--
Tim Rosenlof
Utah, USA
Swedish Research
On 9/1/2012 12:33 PM, Sherry/Support wrote
No. The Color Schemes folder
It seems simple to me. I back up my entire Legacy folder every day.
---
JL Beeken
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 9/1/2012 10:30 AM, CE WOOD wrote:
So Color Schemes is an appropriate folder for saved tag lists and
customized report options, and who
Denise,
My suggestion for multiple versions of the help file was strictly
tongue in cheek. It wouldn't matter how many versions of a help file
existed, there will always be users who are going to complain that the
help file doesn't help them. There was one user on this list not too
long ago who
On 9/1/2012 11:37 AM, CE WOOD wrote:
Yes. For some reason, saved Tag Lists and customized Report Options are
stored as Color Schemes.
You seem to be the only one to gripe about this. How come others are not
doing the same ?
Legacy does not save all your usr files. Backup them on your own
Sherry, My tag list was vreated by Search. It was AUTOMATICALLY given the
extension .sc0. I did NOTHING except save the search. Legacy attached the
extension. That is what probably happened to the OP. The problem is that
Legacy provided the extension, which made them end up in the Color
To add MRIN's to the User ID's is something LTools can do. Otherwise,
you're right, it's one at a time in Legacy.
Not sure what you mean by 'chronological order'. Considering this is
genealogy.
---
JL Beeken
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 9/1/2012
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Problems.asp
You will get a ticket, then move on. Posts to this list do not make it
to the support tracking system.
--
Tim Rosenlof
Utah, USA
Swedish Research
On 9/1/2012 11:30 AM, CE WOOD wrote:
So Color Schemes is an appropriate folder for saved tag lists and
Yes, I know. That is the problem. I did nothing but save the search. Legacy
added the extension .sc0; I did not. But then, Legacy PUT the file in the
Color Schemes folder. I had to run Windows search to find it, because I never
thought to look in the Color Schemes folder. I had nothing
What does it matter what extension Legacy gives? The extension for colour
schemes is .lsc, so what has this to do with you .sc0?
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: CE WOOD
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 8:13 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Saving
Jenny, it's just the OCD in me. But I can see where it isn't really possible
especially when branching out more. I just started trying to catch up on
entering data and arranging my folders and find myself overwhelmed. I thought I
might arrange the documents/media etc for families and use the
The problem is trying to find the file so I can save it to back up, it not
being one of the files that Legacy backs up.
CE
From: ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Saving report options
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 20:34:34 +0100
What does
The Help Index lists some of the Legacy file extensions by going to File,
Extensions. However, I have several extensions created by Legacy, and I do not
know what they mean. They show up in files that Legacy stored in my Color
Schemes folder along with that .sc0 file. Is there a list of
CE WOOD wood...@msn.com proclaimed:
What IS the extension that is supposed to be given by Legacy when we save
report options or searches?
There are many different extensions. I think there is something in the
Help file on this.
--
bgsu
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On 01/09/2012 19:33, Sherry/Support wrote:
No. The Color Schemes folder is for Color Schemes with the file extension
.LCS.
If this folder shows up when you save a tag list or report options,
that's because you saved them there once upon a time.
With respect, Sherry, I don't think that's
One way, possibly, to get around the OCD issue is to come up with a
combination of letters and numbers for the User ID that distinguishes
one main line from another. Don't ask me what. I don't want to have to
think that hard.
Meantime, it could be your lucky day. I just published a video on the
I have never seen why one should ever wish to change the RINs or MRINs, I
never have, indeed it would be a grave mistake if I changed the former as
the RINs are used for the file names in Pedigree webpages. If I changed the
RINs all the URLs in the Search Engines would be wrong, at least until
-Original Message-
From: Jenny M Benson
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 8:44 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Saving report options
On 01/09/2012 19:33, Sherry/Support wrote:
No. The Color Schemes folder is for Color Schemes with the file extension
.LCS.
EXCEPT, that is the only search or report file I have saved, so your comment
doesn't obtain.
CE
From: ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Saving report options
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 20:52:53 +0100
-Original Message-
From: Jenny M
I know there must be a way to turn off Legacy from automatically entering what
I'm trying to type but I can't think of a help search term to find it. I try
and correct the name to lower case and Legacy insists on prefilling it with
capitals (probably because that's what I had there. If I type a
Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk proclaimed:
I am fairly certain I have never saved any Report
Options and if I had done so I certainly wouldn't have chosen to save
them in the Colour Schemes folder.
It may be by mistake on the part of the programmers, but the Colour
Schemes folder does
On 9/1/2012 1:44 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote:
On 01/09/2012 19:33, Sherry/Support wrote:
No. The Color Schemes folder is for Color Schemes with the file extension
.LCS.
If this folder shows up when you save a tag list or report options,
that's because you saved them there once upon a time.
CE WOOD wood...@msn.com proclaimed:
EXCEPT, that is the only search or report file I have saved, so your comment
doesn't obtain.
Ron said load.
Did you ever load one of Legacy's built in color schemes? If so,
Legacy set the directory pointer to the ColorSchemes folder.
--
bgsu
Legacy User
On 9/1/2012 1:52 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote:
Actually I think that the program opens at the last folder used to open/load
a setting etc.. This is very common in Windows programs. It is up to the
users to select the folder they wish, using the Windows Explorer Tree to
select.
Ron Ferguson
Not sure what I mean either. I have a new family file, imported from my work in
Ancestry.com and because the citations are not the way I use citations, I'm
really overwhelmed. Also trying to think of ways to sort all the information
I've collected into folders that make sense. Like Family
Thanks, It does sound interesting.
From: JLB j...@jgen.ws
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2012 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MRINs again
One way, possibly, to get around the OCD issue is to come up with a
combination of
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™III, an ATT 4G LTE smartphoneCE WOOD
wood...@msn.com wrote:The Help Index lists some of the Legacy file extensions
by going to File, Extensions. However, I have several extensions created by
Legacy, and I do not know what they mean. They show up in files that
From what you've said, I think the content of the video will suit what
you're looking for. At the very least it will get you thinking in the
direction it sounds like you want to go.
---
JL Beeken
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 9/1/2012 1:16 PM,
With respect, I did not write the piece of prose which you quote. It is, of
course, possible that the source was in an email on which I commented,
although I did not comment on that particular piece. Whilst I tend to agree
with the first paragraph of the 'quote', I do not consider the second to be
I noted Ancestry.com is offering free access to the US census for three
days.
No money, No charge card, No strings attached !
I tried, and sure enough it works
--
Tim Rosenlof
Utah, USA
Swedish Research
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From: bgsu1...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:49 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Saving report options
Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk proclaimed:
With respect, I did not write the piece of prose which you quote.
My coding system was well established long before Legacy, so RINs and MRINs are
basically useless to me, apart from their functione within Legacy. I have two
different numbering schemes, one for ancestor projects and one for descendant
projects.
For ancestors I use the ahnentafel numbering
I am using 7.5.0.185 (paid version).
Using SourceWriter, I added a Master Source (a newspaper) and transcribed an
obituary into the Detail section. Using this, I sourced many names, places,
dates, events, etc... relating to the deceased and family. Now -- after the
fact -- I have obtained a
Lana,
I do not know of away of way of adding something to multiple Source Details,
it is not the way that the Legacy sourcing is designed, and correctly so in
my view, as it is intended that the Source Detail should apply to only a few
individuals, whereas the Master Source applies to many.
You should be able to link the image to the multimedia tab when you're
setting up Source Detail. Then it's on the clipboard for every event you
use that Source for.
---
JL Beeken
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 9/1/2012 2:13 PM, Bain Family wrote:
I
Maybe I'm doing it incorrectly to begin with.
I use the newspaper as the Master Source and the published event (in this
case, a specific obituary) as the Detail. Is this incorrect?
Lana
-Original Message-
From: Ron Ferguson
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 2:59 PM
To:
Sorry about my previous answer. I didn't quite understand your
situation. I don't think there's a way to do it after the fact except
adding it to Source Detail multimedia for each citation.
---
JL Beeken
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 9/1/2012 2:59
JL,
I don't think it works that way. Once the Source Detail has been set up an
applied to more than one Event, I am pretty sure that adding an image to the
Detail Multimedia will only add it for that Event for that individual. This
seems to be confirmed in Lena's post.
Ron Ferguson
Yes. And I normally do. I did not have a hard copy of the obituary when I
entered the information from it. Now that I have a clipping, I scanned it
and would like to insert it after the fact. Don't normally do things
backwards like this, but since is was already done, I was hoping there was a
Lena,
Yes, that method is perfectly correct. But there are at least three ways of
doing this, and I am not clear as to which you are using:
1) Have a Master Source called Newspapers and then put the name of the
paper in the Source Detail, together with date, details, image etc.
2) Have a Master
Ok. Maybe there is more than one way to address this, so let me ask... Is
there any way I can filter my database to display everyone I have applied
this specific obituary to? That way I could open each individual and edit
the Detail in their Assigned Sources. This would not eliminate having to
On 2012/09/01 23:13, Bain Family wrote:
Must I insert the scanned obituary one by one into each event sourced? Is
there any way to edit all the items sourced back to this obituary to include
the scan of the obituary with one simple edit? If so, how? When I edit a
Source, it asks if I want
Lana,
Sorry, I misnamed you in my last post.
Yes. Go to SearchFindDetailed Search then select: Individual; Source
Citation; Contains; and in the last box a name, or phrase, which is unique
to that Source Detail. Then Create List.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original
Ron,
I use option 2. My Master Source is a specific newspaper which is listed
only once in the Master Source list. Every obit, marriage, birth, etc...
published from that paper uses the same Master Source with only the Details
changed. I insert the specifics of the published event in the
Denise,
Just a quick note to thank you for mentioning the Tutorial
Lessons, which I had neglected to do. They are indeed a high
point in Legacy documentation and I can heartily recommend
them as they provide a concise, item-by-item description of
most processes. They even include images of the
Mike,
If I consider the obituary to be the Master Source, what would I put in the
Details section since I already entered the obituary information in the
Master Source section? Wouldn't I put information relating to the newspaper
in the Master Source?
I always considered the specific newspaper
Oops! I've just written virtually the same thing, before I saw your post Sherry.
Cheers
Jan
-Original Message-
From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012 04:34
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Saving report options
On 01/09/2012 20:52, Ron Ferguson wrote:
Actually I think that the program opens at the last folder used to open/load
a setting etc.. This is very common in Windows programs. It is up to the
users to select the folder they wish, using the Windows Explorer Tree to
select.
Oh yes, I think you
Lana,
Although , as has been said, you will need to add the scanned
obit. to each sourced event there is some help. There is a Picture
Gallery clipboard. Having setup the first occurrence of the link to
the scanned image file in the source detail picture gallery, make sure
you have added
This did it!
Boy, I didn't know I had used that obituary to source so many items. I'm
glad I didn't have to try to track them all down without a filter. Thank
you! Thank you! Thank you! This program is so big, I don't know how I
will ever remember how to do all these special things.
No
Rick,
I have already corrected this issue with Ron's suggestion, but I
experimented with what you suggest and I'm glad to learn this. This will be
good for future issues as I *love* including pictures, scans, etc... Thank
you for the lesson.
(Still so much to learn!)
Thank you,
Lana
Hello
How do I search my family file for a marriage knowing
- the husband's given name and wife's given name
or
- the husband's surname and wife's given name
Regards
Ted
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After trying everything that I can possibly think of, can anyone clarify how to
get a subsequent Citation to print?
I used the Source Writer to create a source.
On the Edit Master Source Definition page there is an Output Preview.
The Help file states:
“To the right of the input
On 9/1/2012 2:07 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote:
Is it possible that you have not excluded the full Source. Try clicking on
the sources from Family View (the book icons), then Edit Detail; is the
Include this citation unchecked?
Ron Ferguson
No, it is checked.
Lloyd
Hi Ted,
There is more than one way to find your couple...
A) In Family View bring up the Marriage List (via the icon, or View
Marriage List, or Ctrl-M) and search for the couple.
You then have three choices for sorting the list and finding a couple:
1) by MRIN; (not much help to you in this
Wendy's suggestions are excellent. Here's one more. Use the SearchDetailed
Search and put in Given names Contains one of the Husband's given names
then on the second condition click And then Spouse's given name Contains
one of the Wife's given names. Similar logic for your second search.
In the Master Locations list, I have my United States locations labeled as
‘USA’ and not as ‘United States’. Such as: USA, Washington, King, Seattle
and not: United States, Washington, King, Seattle.
I am right now going through and cleaning up some incorrectly entered
locations – checking the
Reference:
1940 USA Census; Schuylkill County, PA; Pottsville City; Ward No. 4; Sheet
No. 3A
Question:
On referenced sheet we find a Theresa Meiswinkel and daughter Betty
Meiswinkel in House No. 311. There are three other families in the same
House No., apparently renters of Theresa
You say ‘footnotes/endnotes’, but are you sure that you checked both? We have
complained for nearly 4 years that subsequent citations appear for footnotes,
but are not used in endnotes. I didn’t re-test this on the current release. If
this is still the case, I suggest logging yet another bug
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