On 21 Jan 2014 12:31, Jenny M Benson wrote:
The fact that it is a 3rd party product and not Legacy!
Ah! But it can replace all your scraps of paper until you consolidate and
organise them in a more permanent fashion. And it's free!
--
Regards,
Mike Fry
Johannesburg (g)
Legacy User Group
I use OneNote to copy book and document references and take to the Record
Office etc on my phone., but I still copy and paste the relevant items into
the research notes, it gets too complicated otherwise, if the notes relate
to more than one person I copy it to the male person at the top of that
I'm experiencing this at times too. If I click out of that family, then back,
the created person appears.
I'm using the most recent version of Legacy.
Rob Miller
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On Jan 21, 2014, at 12:42 AM, Kathy Thompson kmthoms...@gmail.com wrote:
I was getting that a few weeks back -
How do people record research for a specific fact in Legacy? For example
conflicting information about a date/place of birth? I am not keen on Geoff's
alternate birth method. I would prefer something like the notes area for a
fact being tabbed general and research. This could be used to record
I have created a variation on my main file called My Family - unrelated in
that I add research notes against individuals that have yet to be verified as
part of my family. If they are, I move them using split screen, otherwise I
leave them there with notes showing that they are definitely
Anne,
I use the General Notes for biographical information (I try to write at least a
short biography on each of my direct line ancestors and each of their siblings)
and I use the Research Notes for my general theories, trains of thought etc.
I also will write some of this stuff in the event
Does anyone know how to stop source citations for a spouse being attached to
an individual report? Obviously I want to retain the marriage event but
don't see why this automatically attaches the spouses source citations which
are not relevant.
Graham
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On 1/21/2014 5:57 AM, robs_familytree . wrote:
I'm experiencing this at times too. If I click out of that family, then back,
the created person appears.
I'm using the most recent version of Legacy.
Rob Miller
I experience the same effect with sources. I have some basic sources I use as
They are attached to the entry for the spouse name. The marriage source
citation is correct - it applies to both. For example I'm looking at my GGG
Grandparents - for both, the birth and death citations appear for the spouse of
the individual. I wouldn't perhaps have noticed except in this case
Hello everyone,
I recently tried to create a PDF of my possible problem
list so I could review it and correct any errors regarding my genealogy.
When doing this I came up with a report that has 1843 pages. On each page it
has either one word or one sentence.
Am I
But those are legitimate sources that apply to the spouse and they are
being cited for his name where he appears in the report.
Why would you not want sources applicable to the spouse not being cited
for the spouse?
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
Not seen this in 7.5 or 8. Just tried a test - all ok in saved pdf. Only
suggestion I can make is to check your 'Page Setup' eg line spacing. Does it
preview ok?
Graham
From: Richard Falzini [mailto:rfalz...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 21 January 2014 13:57
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject:
Because it is an individual report not a family group. I don't see citations
for the children who are also listed. The 'problem' is I don't want to share
source information about my ancestors with others who are only related by
marriage.
Graham
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From: Brian/Support
PS - maybe an option to choose whether to include spouse citations would make
sense?
G
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From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: 21 January 2014 14:09
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Individual report
But those are
I see now that the report uses different standards for including
sources. For spouses all sources for name, birth, chr/bapt/death/burial
are included. For children only sources for unspecified or for their
name are cited.
I think the different rules on what is used to cite as a source is a bug
Sounds good to me, thanks.
Graham
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From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: 21 January 2014 14:39
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Individual report
I see now that the report uses different standards for including sources.
But that more permanent fashion needs a place in Legacy. Something
that contains notes that may or may not need to go into the events for
that person, but helps you in research. The problem with using the
Research Notes is that it would be very difficult to organize those
notes in a useful
Using 8.0.0.385 (current version), and looking at Individual ChartReport
OptionsPage setup.
Why are there two sections controlling Line Spacing?
i.e., Line Spacing with 4 radio buttons for Really tight, Tight, Normal and
Loose
plus, an input box for “Space lines at ... percent of font size
Rich,
Click the RESET ALL button at the bottom right corner of the Potential Problems
window. This will set everything back to the defaults including your page
setup in case something got messed up there. You will have to go back in and
re-do any options you might have changed.
Try saving
Thanks
Michelle I took your suggestion and after resetting I created a new pdf.
This time I got a 20 page list instead of 1843 pages.
Thanks again!
Rich
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If there were a feature called Tagged Notes, that could be used to
hold research information pertaining to all those with a certain tag
number, would that come close to what you are requesting?
Joseph Leavitt
On 1/20/2014 6:54 PM, Jane Sarles wrote:
But that more permanent fashion needs a
You can still do that in your notes! If you don't want them to appear in
reports then just surround them with the privacy brackets [[ some text ]]
and they will be visible in your file but will not appear in reports unless
you change the Privacy Options of the report. If you want the whole note
Jenny - yours notes sound just like mine. Sometimes they are fragments
of things I have found, sometimes they are excerpts I have done a
copy/paste on from the internet.
I agree that something like Evernote would work, but it sure would be
handier to have all that collected information right
Only if there enough tags for every family or person. I should like to
see some sort of category such as is on the line of options under the
person screen: other spouses, aka, todo, sources, etc.
Some sort of option to list all the extraneous material one collects
when research a person.
I am using Build 385. The program has not been doing backups, either on
request (File backup file) or when I exit the program after having
made changes. All the usual checks have been made including rebooting.
I also initially had this same problem with Build 367.
The solution is to reinstall
Just because it is found doesn't mean it does not belong in a To-Do list.
you could give it a title that would be appropriate and you can assign
reminder dates and priority and tag it. The To-do could be research more to
validate the item.
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From: Jane Sarles
Sent:
Graham Love wrote:
They are attached to the entry for the spouse name. The marriage source
citation is correct - it applies to both. For example I'm looking at my
GGG Grandparents - for both, the birth and death citations appear for the
spouse of the individual. I wouldn't perhaps have
If they use different templates then they cannot be merged you will have to
copy and paste the data that you want to appear in the correct source.
From: Charles Apple
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:30 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging Sources
I have recently
Last evening I downloaded Legacy 8. Everyone in my file, 37,000 people, all
have date problems with a little red ! by it. I am aware of the (from
1960)exp. change and have started changing that. The program states that 21
November 1898 is incorrect as a date format. I have gone through the
When an item in a person's media gallery is not allowing editing and the
number above it is red what is indicated?
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Darlene,
In option 5.2, right hand side do you have full month name (as opposed to
abbrev month name) checked?
Paul Gray
From: Darlene Don Hicks [mailto:darca...@yahoo.com]
Sent: January-21-14 12:07 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8.0.0385
Last
In the version previous to v8, I was able to switch between two files with a
couple of clicks. In V8 it seems more difficult. Is there an easier way to
move between two files.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Mike
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I need help in entering a Master Source for a U.S. Federal Census
Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880. When I try to enter a new master source
using source writer, I choose: Census/United States/Federal Census records, the
next selection does not contain an 1860 Non-Population Schedules. Any
Thanks for all the ideas everyone! A lot of good ideas. You have been a great
help.
Will probably follow many of Michele's ideas, but combining with adding the
privacy brackets.
I also like the idea of a category under the person screen: other spouses, AKA
etc for all the scribbles, research
I have 385 and it prompted me for a backup after I changed some one. When I do
an update I see the skip file message also, which means that the file already
exists and doesn’t need to update.
From: Boyd Miller
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 2:14 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject:
Make a backup just in case but I think the following should work for you:
View - Master Lists - Source
Click on the source you want to get rid of
Click on the “Combine…” button at the bottom of the screen
Click on the new version that you are keeping
Click again on the “Highlight…” button
Why oh why must Legacy designate events that
occurred after a death, eg. death announcement, obituary,
biography (most of the time), funeral announcements, etc.
as problems? It can be a stupid pain in the neck and I
don't see why I should click on Exclude from potential
problems every time I
The MRU (most recently used) list moved. Instead of clicking FILE and
finding the list there, you now click on the blue circle with the L in
side (way upper left corner). Your MRU files will show up there.
NOTE - If I remember right, the blue circle may, instead, be the far
left menu item, to
Not directly related to Legacy, but it is related to this mailing list.
I use Thunderbird as my e-mail client. In my address book for
LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com, I have it set to:
Prefers to receive messages formatted as PLAIN TEXT
But when I create a new e-mail and address it to this user
This is a test. I left it at auto-detect instead of changing it to
PLAIN TEXT ONLY under the OPTIONS menu. It SHOULD default to plain text
due to how Legacy is set up in my address book.
Checking to see how it shows up once it hits the list. (Sorry - I can't
think of any other way of testing
The skipped files are fine - you would expect on a re-installation for
them all to be skipped. Why are some copied when they should already
have been installed?
Boyd
On 22/01/2014 8:24 a.m., R G Strong-genes wrote:
I have 385 and it prompted me for a backup after I changed some one.
When I do an
Use the Override Tab to change the wording of the citation. It appears that
you have to re-write the entire citation. I don't see an easy way to copy the
cite and to change just a few words. Maybe another Legacy user can help with
that. You may have to make overrides to both the Master
Instead of complaining about the way the program was designed, why don't
you consider submitting this as a feature request which you can find under
the Help tab.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 3:09 PM, ci...@treadles.ca wrote:
Why oh why must Legacy designate events that
occurred after a death, eg.
Bob,
I received the test as plain text.
Paul Gray
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From: Robert57P_gmail [mailto:robert...@gmail.com]
Sent: January-21-14 1:38 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Plain text test
This is a test. I left it at auto-detect instead of changing it
Bob,
I replied to your test message indicating that it did indeed come through in
plain text. With respect to replies to messages I have no knowledge of
Thunderbird, but Outlook 2007 creates the reply in the same format as the
original message unless I manually override it despite the fact
This wasn't about the information it was about source citations for that
information. Anyway this has been accepted and a report submitted so we should
see a change sometime.
Graham
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From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk]
Sent: 21 January 2014 18:59
To:
Because there is no Feature Request tab under the Help tab in my
program. Why would I want to request it anyway when I already
have it and don't want it?
On 21-Jan-14 4:20 PM, Chris Seens wrote:
Instead of complaining about the way the program was designed, why
don't you consider submitting
Gary Crull, did you get the email I sent you earlier today to your personal
email address?
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:17 PM, Chris Seens cseens1...@gmail.com wrote:
Gary, I replied directly to your email address on both Jan 9th and again
on Jan 17th. Check your spam folder.
Have a great day.
Chris,
Yes, I replied to your gmail account but evidently you didn't get it. I
had some questions I wish to address with you OFF LIST!
Please correspond with me off-line at gcr...@juno.com.
Thanks.
Gary
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:39:54 -0500 Chris Seens cseens1...@gmail.com
writes:
Gary Crull,
It called Request Feature and IT IS under the Help tab - right between
Report A Bug and Legacy Homepage. You can also get to it by looking
at the Support tile (on the right hand side) on the Legacy Home tab
(right underneath the Updates tile) - here it is called Making A
Suggestion.
You would
Helen,
You can exclude these events GLOBALLY from the PP checking. Go to View
Master Lists Edit Event Definition. Highlight the event (anything that
happens after death like an obituary or a cemetery) and click edit over on the
right.
At the top you will see some check boxes. Check the
Helen,
Rather than have a heart attack, I would just switch the check off
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
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If you have the deluxe edition you can edit the Event definition and
tell Legacy to exclude those from potential problem checking.
View Master Lists Event Definitions
Select any event and click Edit
In the top section under the Event name are options including:
Exclude from Potential Problems
Thank you Michele and Brian for being such a great help. Brian,
you've pointed out something I didn't know existed and now that
I've fine tuned the Events section, it should make my life much
easier.
And while we're on about Potential Problems, why does this
feature point out problems under a
On the override tab of the source details there is a button which will
generate the default citation. It is to the right of the box where you
input your form for the citation.
Once you have the default citation in the box you can edit it.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
Dave and I are actually working right now to add additional exclusions for
these after-death type events. If you have any other event names that
occur after death, please email them to me at ge...@legacyfamilytree.com
Thanks,
Geoff Rasmussen
Millennia Corporation
ge...@legacyfamilytree.com
Hi Darlene
Please turn off all the quotations at the foot of your mails, they are very
distracting.
Thanks, Mary
On 21 January 2014 19:40, Paul Gray graypa...@outlook.com wrote:
Darlene,
In option 5.2, right hand side do you have full month name (as opposed to
abbrev month name) checked?
I would to thank people for the replies. I think Legacy is great software
except for the fact that it cannot handle all Polish diacritics. Legacy has
some diacritics in its Special Characters Bar, so I do not understand why a few
more cannot be included there. Why would it need a new platform
In Tbird got to Tools Options Composition
Look for a Send Options button
Click on that and you can tell Tbird to always send in plain text only
to those addressees specified as plain text in your address book.
There is also a plain text domains tab in the lower section of the
screen. Select that
I am so sorry, Mary, for posting the extra things at the bottom of my e-mail.
I haven't posted for awhile and forgot to exclude them. I guess I am getting
old. LOL It won't happen again! :-D
On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:17 PM, Mary Young m...@cmy.org.uk wrote:
Hi Darlene
Please turn
I just update to version: 8.0.0.385 I am using Windows 8.1. I cannot find
the Last Modified date in the Version: 7.5 it is on the bottom right of the
Family View also the Pedigree view; that is also where it shows it on the
Help menu but on my screen it has a tag for marriage down there I
Sandy,
Extreme bottom right. Hover cursor over a blank area. A tiny white square
appears. click on it.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Sandy Inklebarger sandy...@gmail.comwrote:
I just update to version: 8.0.0.385 I am using Windows 8.1. I cannot find
the Last Modified date in the Version:
Unfortunately you cannot combine sources which use different
SourceWriter templates. Your message says your correct source is using a
different template than the original incorrect ones so you cannot
combine the two sources. I am afraid it will be a copy and paste
exercise to convert each
Thanks, Brian. That's a big help.
John S. AdamsVentura, CA
From: br...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter a U.S. Federal Census Non-Population
Schedules, 1850-1880
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:07:43 -0500
On the override tab of the
Yes, I have full month selected in the date format. Any other ideas?
Darlene
darca...@yahoo.com
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I have always used 'c birth date' for the birth when I only have a baptism
date. 'Est' or 'Bef' work too. However, Legacy doesn't always recognize this
as a date, or may interpret it incorrectly.
Example PP: If I have a baptism date of 13 May 1849 and use c 13 May 1849 as a
birth date, the
Hi Kathy,
I personally use c/Bef/Est 11 Aug 1789. I find ‘About 1789’ or ‘1789’
misleading, as the birth could have been from days to years prior to baptism.
Bob
From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 8:19 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
I found it - Just have to hover over edge of lower right hand corner. Have it
use just Modified IN THE HELP MENU.
Thank you, Sandra Inklebarger
-Original Message-
From: Sandy Inklebarger [mailto:sandy...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:25 PM
To:
Thanks Brain, Russell, and Kurt for your assistance. I placed the correct
source on the clipboard, cited the new source where appropriate, and removed
the existing incorrect reference until all were removed. Then deleted the
incorrect source.
Charles
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in the same format. Earlier versions of Legacy allowed you to make a change
that was different from your computer settings, thus the problem on upgrading
to v8.
Bob Austen
From: Darlene Don Hicks
Thanks Michele, I've been looking for an answer to this.
Bob
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From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 2:15 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Rant: Potential problems
Helen,
You can exclude
Brian,
Excellent. Never noticed that before. I'll give it a try. Thanks much.
On a side note - I just took a look at the
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
link. I thought it used to say we are supposed to use plain text on the LUG -
but I don't see that now. Has that
Dale Carmack wrote:
I need help in entering a Master Source for a U.S. Federal
Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880. When I try to
enter a new master source using source writer, I choose:
Census/United States/Federal Census records, the next
selection does not contain an 1860
Randy, you didn't get a reply yet, so I'll take a very wild guess. If I'm
wrong, which I probably am, at least your question will get to the top of the
list for others to see.
My guess would be that the original which was copied to the media folder was a
read only file. To check this out, find
You are very welcome :)
Michele
Technical Support
mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
From: Richard Falzini [mailto:rfalz...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:15 AM
To:
Makes one wonder why they fixed something that was working well. Trust
those who do not use the program.
CE
From: rgaus...@telus.net
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8.0.0385
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:16:35 -0800
In v8 you have to have your computer
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