Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-25 Thread Ronald Bernier
But it does seem to be a huge deal to you. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.commailto:pph...@gmail.com wrote: Shingals wrote We none of us can ever *absolutely prove* any fact. What makes this one require special treatment? I realize that most facts

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-25 Thread geoffbr...@juno.com
-- Original Message -- From: Ronald Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.org To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marriages Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:00:01 + But it does seem to be a huge deal to you. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Pat

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-25 Thread geoffbr...@juno.com
To me genealogy is all about connecting people. The software is just a tool to make it easier. Most people have one set of parents; some people have more than one father and/or mother due to adoption or other reasons, but in researching there is always at least the hope of finding at least one

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-25 Thread Don Hendershot
Yep! ~Don On Jun 25, 2013, at 1:40 PM, geoffbr...@juno.com geoffbr...@juno.com wrote: To me genealogy is all about connecting people. The software is just a tool to make it easier. Most people have one set of parents; some people have more than one father and/or mother due to adoption

[LegacyUG] Umlaut

2013-06-25 Thread Barbara
How do you add an umlaut to a name? Thanks Barb 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] Umlaut

2013-06-25 Thread Ron Taylor
Look at HelpSpecial Characters 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:

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Michele Lewis
I need Polish characters. michele From: Anna Kopij [mailto:annak...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 11:44 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request Here's what I hope is in the next major release of Legacy 8, I mentioned when

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/06/25 17:44, Anna Kopij wrote: 9)Ability to enter Same Sex Marriages legal in the following locations: (FTM2012) a.States allowing: i.Massachusetts, USA (May 17, 2004) ii.Connecticut, USA (November 12, 2008) iii.Iowa, USA (April 3, 2009) iv.Vermont, USA (September 1, 2009)

[LegacyUG] Geoff's announcement

2013-06-25 Thread Michele Lewis
Has the research guidance been updated for version 8? Geoff almost, but not quite, gives that impression. Michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/

Re: [LegacyUG] Geoff's announcement

2013-06-25 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
Working on it Michele, but nothing major. We just wanted to highlight that after exhausting the resources of FamilySearch, Legacy is there to help with the next steps. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

RE: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-25 Thread CE WOOD
Anyone who has spent any time doing research in medieval genealogy knows that parentage is being changed constantly as new documents, land descents, and the like, and discovered. Many persons thought not to have had children turn out to have been the parents of children whose parents were

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-25 Thread Syble Glasscock
I agree, and we all have things we would like for the Legacy software to do, but when we buy/build a house or buy a car we have that option to look for what we like, but most of the time there is something lacking, and it's time we should realize that this Legacy software is not going to fit

RE: [LegacyUG] Geoff's announcement

2013-06-25 Thread Michele Lewis
Thanks, Geoff. Y’all are doing a great job J I am looking forward to interfacing with Family Tree. I did have access to New FamilySearch so I am guessing it won’t be that different. Michele From: Geoff Rasmussen [mailto:ge...@legacyusers.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 1:08 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread singhals
Anna Kopij wrote: Here's what I hope is in the next major release of Legacy 8, I mentioned when feature was in other programs *1)**UTF8 Support, so the following Languages will be supported.*(FTM2012)** a)*Ukrainian*: Я можу їсти скло, і воно мені не

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Mike I am not sure the where matters so much as the fact that same sex marriages are being made legal on a fairly regular basis. I would be hard to be updated. G Maybe wait until v9 G Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Ward Walker
See, here again I maintain that the word ‘marriage’ is defined culturally and subject to interpretation. If I have a relative who is in a long-term, committed relationship with a same-sex partner, I will probably want to link them in Legacy (as best I can). I really don’t care whether or not

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Ward Walker
Interesting top 9 list, Anna. I suspect that no two users have the wish lists. I too have felt the need for an Undo/Redo – at least for one transaction. It’s the oops factor. When I was in S/W development, we called the database implementation of that a 2-phase commit. I don’t know if MS Access

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
as I doubt that Legacy developers let personal biases influence their decisions to implement new features. (Some individuals might, but not a team running a competitive business.) HAHA I have to speak out here as I do feel that Legacy Family Tree as a company has allowed their personal views to

[LegacyUG] Custom Family View

2013-06-25 Thread M Sandvig
Is it possible to add/change one of the Family View labels? The five default fields are Born, Chr, Died, etc. I have looked through the Custom Display list and what I want isn't there. Can I add one of my own making? (we're American Indians; I would like a label that indicates whether the

RE: [LegacyUG] Custom Family View

2013-06-25 Thread Michele Lewis
Yes you can! Put your mouse over the labels and right click. You can customize them there J For your purposes you will probably have to do it as an event. Michele From: M Sandvig [mailto:sandv...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 3:35 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Dick Nixon
If wishes were horses. All well and good to wish but if 8 is in beta or even close to it, the features list was locked down months ago. Beta testing is usually for bugs, stability and compatibility; it is not a request for new improvements. Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Wendy Howard
Where is the Like button when you need it? LOL!!! :-) Duane Baker said the following on 26/06/2013 5:18 a.m.: 0) What do others hope to get Major Release 8? An end to all these inane suggestions. *From:* Mary

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Family View

2013-06-25 Thread Ron Ferguson
Marie, Let me start by saying that I haven’t a clue what to be “enrolled” means! However, it is clearly an event of importance, and I emphasise “Event”. I take it that the Event of enrolment will take place at a location on a specific date, I would, therefore create and “Enrolment Event”

Re: [LegacyUG] Umlaut

2013-06-25 Thread Barbara
Ron - I've looked at the helpspecial characters and it is as clear as mud. I can't really understand it.. Where is the ribbon they are talking about and how do I put the charactere on it and then pull it up when I need it? I must be eally thick and can't read English because I can't figure it

Re: [LegacyUG] Umlaut

2013-06-25 Thread Ron Ferguson
Barb, Go to the Individual's Information Screen. The ribbon is on the left (vertical) right click on it, on the pop-up, double click on the characters which you want, so that they appear in the box at the top, then click the return button. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original

[LegacyUG] New familysearch link

2013-06-25 Thread Eliz Hanebury
It may drive me crazy in later days (what familysearch.org gives it often takes away *G*) but I am loving the new link my 31,000+ db is loading at a reasonable rate and I don't have to enter name by name! Thanks Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For

[LegacyUG] Error message about birth/marriage

2013-06-25 Thread Eliz Hanebury
I am getting error messages about child being born 20 years or more after a marriage when the marriage was within a year (or a bit longer but not 20 years) is this Legacy or familysearch? Anyone know? Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will

Re: [LegacyUG] Error message about birth/marriage

2013-06-25 Thread Ron Ferguson
Eliz, It may be that because it’s been a long day, and it’s getting late but I do not understand what this means; “child being born 20 years or more after a marriage when the marriage was within a year (or a bit longer but not 20 years)” Are you saying that at the time of birth the marriage

Re: [LegacyUG] Error message about birth/marriage

2013-06-25 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Ah, no it isn't you, it is me making assumptions that my clear as mud statement would be understood G I had loaded my Legacy db to familysearch family tree and am going thru the matching process (heaven help me) and my father and his father and his grandfather all got these error messages, my

Re: [LegacyUG] Error message about birth/marriage

2013-06-25 Thread Ron Ferguson
Eliz, Difficult to hazard a guess!! One thing which I have found with my own stuff, and it can be difficult to spot is an error in my DB dates, in particular a wrong century in particular - writing eg. 1950 for 1850 in a date. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Eliz Hanebury Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] Error message about birth/marriage

2013-06-25 Thread Eliz Hanebury
In my case I default to the 1800's G The error message clearly gives the right date in these cases so I know I hadn't made an error in typing. Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at

Re: [LegacyUG] Error message about birth/marriage

2013-06-25 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Eliiz, Could you go to Potential problems report in Legacy and change the option for Warn if born after 20 years of marriage and change it to 19 or 30 and see if it still reports after 20? On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Eliz Hanebury elizhg...@gmail.com wrote: I am getting error messages