Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Source Format vs Source Writer

2012-10-12 Thread Don Hendershot
lol ~Don On Oct 11, 2012, at 1:23 PM, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: I knew that NARA is an acronym for the National Archives and Records Administration. I'm also waiting for answer to Don's question. What does the NARA mneumonic mean? I know a mneumonic for the

[LegacyUG] duplicates

2012-10-12 Thread MJ SA
I am trying to print a descendant Chart, but I keep getting a warning box it says This marriage has been processed and I keep clicking continue now the marriage has been processed 3 times. Why? Why can't I check for duplicates or print? Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting

2012-10-12 Thread Brian/Support
You can do that using the GEDCOM Export Before you export to the GEDCOM click on the Customize button Select sources as a group of items to exclude. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 12/10/2012 09:13, Michele Lewis

RE: [LegacyUG] relationships

2012-10-12 Thread Ron Ferguson
Brian, Sherry explained in her post that [at the request of users] additional functionality was added which would have significantly slowed down data entry. Sure, we now have multi core processors available, but how many users actually have a multicore PC, I would venture to say probably only

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing my index

2012-10-12 Thread Kay Fordham
Are you referring to the Name Index? If so, hit the print button at the bottom for the attributes you want. Kay - Original Message - From: MJ SA michs...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:53 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Printing my index Is

[LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Lavern Hall
Hello everyone, I have a family where the husband and wife were both born in Europe, immigrated to the US (at different times), married in the US and had their family here. Over a 10 year period, this couple took their family back and forth to Europe three times, so I have Passenger Lists for

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing my index

2012-10-12 Thread Ron Bernier
On 10/11/2012 3:53 PM, MJ SA wrote: Is there a way to print the index? 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 -

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread Dick Nixon
I have a family where the husband and wife were both born in Europe, I think that both immigration and emigration involve the intent to become a citizen, or at least a permanent resident, of the country they went to. Otherwise it is travel and you can create a travel event. But they could have

Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Source Format vs Source Writer

2012-10-12 Thread MVMcgrs
This is just showing up in my email box. The NARA acronym means National Archives and Records Administration. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL,

Re: [LegacyUG]

2012-10-12 Thread MJ SA
Ron, did you get my email with the link about Legacy and Win 7 On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 3:38 PM, MJ SA michs...@gmail.com wrote: When tech support calls me back, I am sure they will fix my problems. On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Bob byoabm8a4h...@wowway.com wrote: On 2012-10-10 13:49, MJ SA

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2012-10-12 Thread Ron Ferguson
Nope; I was keeping my eyes open for it as well! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 MJ SA michs...@gmail.com wrote: Ron, did you get my email with the link about Legacy and Win 7 On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 3:38 PM, MJ SA michs...@gmail.com wrote: When tech support calls me back,

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Emigration is the act of permanently leaving one's country or region to settle in another Immigration is the coming in to the new country G Eliz On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Dick Nixon nixon.d...@gmail.com wrote: I have a family where the husband and wife were both born in Europe, I

RE: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread CE WOOD
With jet planes, it may not be so today, but for ancestors, the date of leaving (emigration) was often different from the date of arriving (immigration). They are two different events. Sometimes you know one, sometimes the other, and sometimes both. Also, the location for each event is going

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread Walt Quering
The arrival in their new home is an immigration event if you choose to do it that way. The departure from their old home would be an emigration event. The dates could be separated by days of even years, depending on routes and methods of travel. On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Lavern Hall

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread Walt Quering
The arrival in their new home is an immigration event if you choose to do it that way. The departure from their old home would be an emigration event. The two events could be separated by days or even years, depending on routes and methods of travel. On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Lavern

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Lavern: I have traveled out of the U.S. several times. I would use an Event titled Travel and use the passenger list as my source. Then there was my trip to Vietnam in 1967; I do not list this as travel! This comes under Military and uses my orders as the source. You say that you

[LegacyUG] printing

2012-10-12 Thread MJ SA
Is there a way to print my index, surname, first name, dob, etc 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread Confused
On 10/12/2012 12:35 PM, Walt Quering wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Lavern Hall lavernh...@gmail.com mailto:lavernh...@gmail.com wrote: Seems simple enough, yet it's confusing to me. When immigrant family members arrive in the US for the first time (and have made the US

Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler

2012-10-12 Thread John Bernacki
Totally agree! -Original Message- From: Brian L. Lightfoot Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 4:03 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler Having read all the previous responses to this question, I shudder to

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread Lavern Hall
Thanks everyone for clearing up the Immigration and Emigration matter. As for subsequent visits back to the old-country, I'll use TRAVEL as previously suggested. Thanks again! Lavern Hall Aurora, Ohio On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Walt Quering waltsro...@gmail.com wrote: The arrival in

Re: [LegacyUG] relationships

2012-10-12 Thread Confused
On 10/11/2012 11:15 AM, Sherry/Support wrote: Not everyone has newer computers with dual-core processors or even Windows Vista or Win7- we have a lot of users still on older XP computers. XP, Single Core, 1.2 Ghz, 40GIG Hard drive, Junky video card, 15 Monitor, 6 years old. Legacy Loads slow,

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2012-10-12 Thread Brian/Support
From your symptom you have one of two possible situations. The most probable, since this is a descendant chart, is that you have a circular link between people in your file. Someone is incorrectly linked as a child for one of their descendants. This can happen where you have several people with

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2012-10-12 Thread Sherry/Support
Click on the Help button in that window to take you to the Help file in Legacy which explains Endless Loop and how to resolve it. Or just look up Endless Loop in Help. You'll find an explanation of what it is and how to fix it. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri,

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Lavern Hall
First, my apologies to the List for the double posting. I had problems with my gmail settings and thought my original didn't go through, so I re-sent the message. Howland, In response to your question: Do you have passenger lists for leaving the U.S. too? I wish I had those lists. So far, I

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread Eliz Hanebury
No the leaving of the old country is the emigration. If you have something like the Hamburg leaving records that would be emigration. Eliz On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Lavern Hall lavernh...@gmail.com wrote: Seems simple enough, yet it's confusing to me. When immigrant family members

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Eliz Hanebury
According to the Ships List, there were no outbound passenger lists kept in the US. (or many countries for that matter) Some countries kept them often involved with Military service for the men. Eliz On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Lavern Hall lavernh...@gmail.com wrote: First, my apologies

Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler

2012-10-12 Thread JLB
You win the prize for writing the most depressing post I've ever read. I don't agree with the paper thing either. First of all, mine is way too much to print and it's no guarantee anyway. Share while you can. If your close relatives are boobs at least it's all somewhere else and has a fighting

Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler

2012-10-12 Thread Yvonne Morehouse
I surely second that very wise advice. Yvonne 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:

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing a census

2012-10-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
You can do this to either the source or the source detail: Open the source list for the particular family and find the source you are using for the census and click on Edit source detail and the edit window will open, click on the Media Tab and then click on Picture button and you can choose the

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing a census

2012-10-12 Thread kinhunter25
Thanks, that worked. -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes [mailto:rgstrongge...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:07 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing a census You can do this to either the source or the source detail:

Re: [LegacyUG]

2012-10-12 Thread MJ SA
I sent it to the email I got off your website On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Nope; I was keeping my eyes open for it as well! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 MJ SA michs...@gmail.com wrote: Ron, did you get my email with

RE: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing a census

2012-10-12 Thread kinhunter25
That works for me!!! -Original Message- From: bgsu1...@gmail.com [mailto:bgsu1...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:49 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing a census kinhunter25 kinhunte...@gmail.com proclaimed: I want to use

Re: [LegacyUG]

2012-10-12 Thread Ellen
ABSOLUTELY! Many of the questions on this list are answered on those videos. God bless, Ellen On Oct 9, 2012, at 8:29 PM, MJ SA wrote: Would I be better off buying the training videos? Any opinions? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread MJ SA
I have the same thing in one of my families, they went back and forth to Italy multiple times. I just made a note that this is the year when they officially settled in Brooklyn. On my Grandma and Uncle, I was told they went back to Sicily for 5 years, so on the notes I said this is what I was

Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler

2012-10-12 Thread hwedhlor
I had a friend who spent a lifetime researching and writing his family history. He kept a daily journal, entering 1,500 words each day for over 67 years and taking thousands of photographs. My friend privately published six volumes of 400+ pages each, 9x12 hardbound and had 100 copies printed of

Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler

2012-10-12 Thread JLB
At the risk of being 'off-topic' once again, THIS should be distributed everywhere. Good job. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 10/12/2012 3:55 PM, hwedhlor wrote: I had a friend who spent a lifetime researching and writing his family

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Eliz: Thank you for your comment. I wondered because I have found passenger lists for my (and relatives') return from Bermuda and Europe but nothing the other way when obviously we did go the other way first. As for my military travel, I flew so there would be no lists, just orders.

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread MJ SA
It doesn't look like my response was sent properly. I have the same thing in one of my families, they went back and forth to Italy multiple times. I just made a note that this is the year when they officially settled in Brooklyn. On my Grandma and Uncle, I was told they went back to Sicily for 5

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Ron Ferguson
Howland, You raise an interesting question. What does happen to air passenger lists? I haven't a clue. It might be too early in terms of flying history to expect any to be released as yet (say 70 - 100yrs classified) but with the data the now contained in them they will be a valuable future

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Ron Bernier
MJ, Your response has actually come through three times. If you are using GMail, you don't always receive a copy of your own post. However, you can see a copy of what you sent in your sent folder. Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI On Friday, October 12, 2012, MJ SA wrote: It doesn't look like my

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread MJ SA
wonderful, now I have to learn how to use gmail, lol@ On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Ron Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.net wrote: MJ, Your response has actually come through three times. If you are using GMail, you don't always receive a copy of your own post. However, you can see a

[LegacyUG] Why cant I create a Gedcom file?

2012-10-12 Thread Brian Lehman
I'm using the latest version of Legacy. I want to create a Gedcom of my entire database, using Gedcom 5.5.1. Nothing special. After I press Select file name and start import, I go to LegacyData, where my files are kept and the folder is empty. My database files are there, outside of the Gedcom

RE: [LegacyUG] Adopted child marries a relative

2012-10-12 Thread CE WOOD
It doesn't matter what his last name is. From his adoptive parents' page, add him as a brother to the other children. OR From his page, link him to his adoptive parents. You show that he is adopted from the parents' page. In the list of children, right click on him. Click on Children's

RE: [LegacyUG] Why cant I create a Gedcom file?

2012-10-12 Thread Brian Lehman
Guess I'm up to late. I just realized, Legacy is creating a Gedcom from the family file I have open. I'm not selecting an unopened .fdb file. Brian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

RE: [LegacyUG] Immigration vs Emigration events, clarification please

2012-10-12 Thread M. Brenzel
I would consider those to simply be “Travel”. They weren’t emigrating back to their mother country to live, right? They were just traveling to visit, probably family still there. Emigration is what they did to the United States to begin with. Mary From: Lavern Hall

RE: [LegacyUG] Why cant I create a Gedcom file?

2012-10-12 Thread David C Abernathy
The wording that Legacy is using is very misleading. I would think that instead of Select file name they (Legacy) should use Enter file name. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the

[LegacyUG] gedcom -- event sentences

2012-10-12 Thread Pat Hickin
I just created a .gedcom of ancestors of Jane Doe. I then imported the .gedcom and then created an ancestor report for Jane Doe. In the principal file/report I have this Event sentence definition: Property: [Date], [Place]: [Desc] [Notes][Sources] which results in this sentence: Property: 1850,