Re: [LegacyUG] filing system for genealogy

2012-11-05 Thread MJ
C.N.    since a picture is worth a thousand words, I uploaded some pictures to my blog about organizing documents, you can find them here: http://foundingfamilylines.blogspot.com/search/label/jump%20drives  If you have any questions, glad to help further.  I find that with Legacy I keep relevan

Re: [LegacyUG] filing system for genealogy

2012-11-05 Thread Wendy Howard
Geoff did a webinar on digital imaging a while back where he talked about his filing system; you might find that helpful. Look for "Organizing and Sharing Digital Images" dated 29 February 2012 at http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/webinars.asp Dick Eastman sometimes mentions how he's gone "paperles

Re: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-05 Thread Brian/Support
The include all sources check box has no impact on what parts of a source is included in the GEDCOM. That setting is there more for when you are only exporting part of your file. If that is not checked only the sources linked to the individuals in the export will be included. If it is checked all s

Re: [LegacyUG] filing system for genealogy

2012-11-05 Thread Marg Strong
Just a couple of thoughts. There are software programs that tag images with keywords and these could be used to find documents. I have all my documents scanned, though I keep paper copies also. The scanned docs are filed in directories and sub-directories. For instance: the McLean family direct

[LegacyUG] filing system for genealogy

2012-11-05 Thread Gmail
I have been using the Legacy genealogy program for many years, but I am now struggling with how to think through scanning all of my papers to become paperless by 40 feet of papers as I prepare to move from my home to an apartment with much less room. The scanner I have purchased, an Epson GT-S5

RE: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-05 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
Upon further review.. It turns out that my email correspondent was referring to a WorldConnect GEDCOM report and not one of Legacy's Book Reports on my own domain web site. I've also confirmed that Legacy seems to be correctly displaying or not displaying the Comments tab depending whether

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2012-11-05 Thread Anne Hollingshead
Most of my ancestors are UK or AUS and I use the four part solution and I use a hyphen to the place name. I find that this works well in my location list for sorting and checking. My main problem is getting rid of the two commas in reports. I do hope Versi

Re: [LegacyUG] Question re: Picture Gallery

2012-11-05 Thread Terri Brown
I've not tried printing photos from Legacy but according to the Help file, you can only print ALL photos from the Picture Gallery > Photo Album.   Try View > Scrapbook and see if that will work for you. See the Help file under Picture Scrapbook Options.   Terri

Re: [LegacyUG] Cdn Tax records

2012-11-05 Thread Ron Ferguson
Charles, >From what you have written it would seem that they are important to you because “they evidence so many details of of my personal employment history”. What you are saying, therefore, is that they are a source for your employment history. It follows that they should be used as a Sourc

[LegacyUG] Cdn Tax records

2012-11-05 Thread charles.a.dixon
I have Canadian Income tax returns from 1952 thru 2011 and because they evidence so many details of of my personal employment history I would like to record this in my Legacy file. I would appreciation any recommendations you can give me to facilitate the recording of this info. Respectfully, Ch

[LegacyUG] Locations

2012-11-05 Thread Tony Rolfe
Hi, Sherry Thanks for the clarification. If I understand correctly, the reasons for doing it the "correct" way are because a well-established book says so, Sort doesn't work properly and the Expand/contract parts won't work. The book, although I haven't read it, is probably geared mainly towards

Re: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-05 Thread Ron Ferguson
Richard, Brian, Turning off the printing of the Repository would also turn it off for all sources, if I understand you correctly, Richard. Brian, which type of source are you using – Basic or SW? I have just had a look at one of mine which uses the Basic source and the comments are not printing

Re: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-05 Thread Brian/Support
I tried to test this but I was not able to duplicate the addition/inclusion of Master Source Comments in web pages. To confirm this as an error I need to know some details of the web pages you created with Legacy. What is the web page style (Ancestor, Descendant, Pedigree, Family Group or Individu

Re: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-05 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 05/11/2012 21:37, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > It’s interesting that this should come up right after the recent > discussion. I was just contacted by a person whose name and address > appear as a source in a report on my online tree and while he has no > objection to the name, he’d like the a

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2012-11-05 Thread Nut
On 11/5/2012 8:11 AM, Sherry/Support wrote: > If you follow the suggestions in "Getting It Right" by Mary H. > Slawson, only the governmental jurisdictions will be included in the > location field. Those are city/town, county, state and country. > > Including more than that, separated by commas fr

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2012-11-05 Thread Bruce Jones
Two comments. 1. Regarding the sorting of the Master Location List, I change the sort order to sort from Right to Left, so it doesn't matter how many fields I have. 2. If I don't put the address in the location, I can't map out the different houses, in the same city, I have lived in. Or am I missi

RE: [LegacyUG] Locations

2012-11-05 Thread Michele Lewis
What Sherry said :) Michele -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 10:11 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations If you follow the suggestions in "Getting It Right" by Mary H. Slawson,

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2012-11-05 Thread Sherry/Support
If you follow the suggestions in "Getting It Right" by Mary H. Slawson, only the governmental jurisdictions will be included in the location field. Those are city/town, county, state and country. Including more than that, separated by commas from the city/town (street address, city, county, state

[LegacyUG] Question re: Picture Gallery

2012-11-05 Thread Kay Keating
Hello, Is there a way to selectively print photos when printing out a Photo Album? I have stored some documents that I don't want printed in the albums for some people. OR is there a way to create a second album? KAY Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp