[LegacyUG] Re: Gathering media files in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread JMB
I managed to sort out this problem, I have many files archived on various external US drives so I plugged in one of these and set off the Media Relinker it found all except for about half a dozen so I printed out the list then let it Gather all these files and the ones scattered around my

[LegacyUG] Photo Printing in Reports

2014-02-21 Thread June Chan
I have looked through the help menu but either can't find or have overlooked the information I am looking for. I am printing various reports and I note that all the photos are printing on the right hand side of the page. Is there any way to place the photos at random while still keeping them

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Gathering media files in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 21/02/2014 10:39, JMB wrote: I managed to sort out this problem, I have many files archived on various external US drives so I plugged in one of these and set off the Media Relinker it found all except for about half a dozen so I printed out the list then let it Gather all these files and

[LegacyUG] Edit in family tab

2014-02-21 Thread Richard Falzini
Hello Group,                       I have my legacy opened to family Tab and I'm viewing a cousin and in the section for Dth Cau I want to add her cause as Ventricular Heart Failure. How to I add the change? Also, if my grand father had an Italian first name, but he went by an American name

[LegacyUG] Lengthy notes in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread Ed Ladendorf
While online, I met a man who had been studying the Civil War for years. He wrote a rather lengthy story that was likely to be a very interesting true story of my great grandfather's experiences in the Civil War. It seems to me this story should be placed in the general notes section, but I

RE: [LegacyUG] Edit in family tab

2014-02-21 Thread Michele/Support
Richard, Click on the Medical Notes tab on your cousin’s Individual’s Information screen. There you will see the field for the cause of death as well as space to write any additional notes. I would record your grandfather’s birth name (that which was recorded on his birth certificate or

Re: [LegacyUG] Lengthy notes in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread MikeFry
On 21 Feb 2014 15:19, Ed Ladendorf wrote: While online, I met a man who had been studying the Civil War for years. He wrote a rather lengthy story that was likely to be a very interesting true story of my great grandfather's experiences in the Civil War. It seems to me this story should be

Re: [LegacyUG] Lengthy notes in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread Gene Wheeler
Or perhaps a History. = On 2/21/2014 9:41 AM, MikeFry wrote: On 21 Feb 2014 15:19, Ed Ladendorf wrote: While online, I met a man who had been studying the Civil War for years. He wrote a rather lengthy story that was likely to be a very interesting true story of my great

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Gathering media files in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 21/02/2014 14:02, Michele/Support wrote: I have ALL my media in the Media file but I have folders for the different types of documents. This has worked very well for me. Legacy likes that I have everything in the Media folder and I like having my documents separated by type. But I presume

Re: [LegacyUG] Photo Printing in Reports

2014-02-21 Thread Sherry/Support
No, the picture location is hard-coded in and can't be changed. However... if you create a book report to RTF, in your Word Processing program, you can move the photos where ever you'd like - as well as resize them. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Feb 21, 2014

RE: [LegacyUG] Lengthy notes in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread Michele/Support
Ed, This is just personal preference but if it is lengthy, I would save it as a pdf and attach it your grandfather instead of copying and pasting it into the General Notes field. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 21 Feb 2014 15:19, Ed Ladendorf

RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Gathering media files in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread Michele/Support
Jenny, If you use the Gather Media tool it will put the documents/images in whatever folder you want (doesn't have to be the Media folder) but it will only gather to one folder. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -Original Message- From:

Re: [LegacyUG] Lengthy notes in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread Ed Ladendorf
Thanks very much for the suggestions. Your time is appreciated. The story will now be placed in Legacy, but not in the general notes section. It's always good to see how others handle things. Ed On Friday, February 21, 2014 9:21 AM, Michele/Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Ed,

[LegacyUG] Just getting back to Legacy

2014-02-21 Thread John Gregson
I've been away from Legacy for quite some time; I have Legacy 7.5. I now want to get the latest version; which is version 8. If I install ver 8 on my computer, will it update the ver 7 to ver. 8? If not, how do I get my ver 7 data into ver 8.

Re: [LegacyUG] Just getting back to Legacy

2014-02-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 21/02/2014 16:58, John Gregson wrote: I've been away from Legacy for quite some time; I have Legacy 7.5. I now want to get the latest version; which is version 8. If I install ver 8 on my computer, will it update the ver 7 to ver. 8? If not, how do I get my ver 7 data into ver 8. Will

[LegacyUG] Chronology Report 8-397

2014-02-21 Thread R T
Greetings, When in the chronology view for only one person (female), the events for birth, death, and census events are listed. The events that do not show up are marriage, birth of children, death of spouse. I have all items checked in the display options. As I noted, this is only occurring

RE: [LegacyUG] Chronology Report 8-397

2014-02-21 Thread R T
I should also note that I did read this was a noted problem in January and that a fix had been submitted. Just wondering if it had been fixed and if there was something I missed in the archives. I am not sure if .397 is the latest update, but my program says I have the latest build. Thanks

[LegacyUG] Problem viewing .pdf files

2014-02-21 Thread Ed Ladendorf
When I try to view a .pdf file I have in the media center, I get the message There is currently no default media player set up for your computer. If I double click on a .pdf file anywhere else but Legacy, it opens in Adobe Reader. I went to Options, Customize, Launch, and set the .pdf file to

[LegacyUG] Cruising with Legacy Family Tree in 2014! Free webinar about our Asia Genealogy Cruise now online

2014-02-21 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
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Re: [LegacyUG] Edit in family tab

2014-02-21 Thread J.M. Jay Ingalls
Also use the option for adding alternate names, add the full given and nickname. Then you can find him by either name in the name list index. Jay On 2/21/2014 11:28 AM, Gene Young wrote: On 2/21/2014 8:16 AM, Richard Falzini wrote: Hello Group, I have my legacy opened

Re: [LegacyUG] Just getting back to Legacy

2014-02-21 Thread J.M. Jay Ingalls
Before you install version 8, make a backup file of your database on another hard drive or on a CD, just in case something goes wrong! I did not follow the steps in the install procedure, but have it workingG. Version 8 installs in a different area if you follow the standard install steps. Quite

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Gathering media files in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread J.M. Jay Ingalls
Michele, The Re-link and Gather Media options are not working for me. Re-link says all ok, Gather says it is not, so it can not be used. Anything I can do to fix this? I have done file repair many times. Jay === On 2/21/2014 9:24 AM, Michele/Support wrote: Jenny, If you

RE: [LegacyUG] Photo Printing in Reports

2014-02-21 Thread June Chan
Thank you Sherry for the prompt response. June From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Saturday, 22 February 2014 1:15 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photo Printing in Reports No, the picture location is hard-coded in and can't be

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Gathering media files in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread JMB
I used to have them in a series of sub folders so not sure why some were 'lost'. I perhaps will now try and move some into sub folders then let the program find them again with another run of Media Relinker. MB From: Michele/Support

RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Gathering media files in Legacy 8

2014-02-21 Thread Michele/Support
Jay, Send this in to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com. You can put it attention Michele if you want. It will be easier for us to figure out what's going on over there because we have the capability of sending screenshots back and forth if needed and if we end up going back and forth a few times

[LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread Kathy Thompson
I like the show ½ kids feature, I think it's good, but I'm puzzled as to why they do not show up in date order. I understand and agree that any children of the current marriage should show first, but why do the ½ kids have to be separated quite so starkly with all of his kids shown first, then

[LegacyUG] Re: Charting - Show Duplicates

2014-02-21 Thread Kathy Thompson
Anyone got an answer to charting putting the child with the wrong parent? On 26 January 2014 19:21, Kathy Thompson kmthoms...@gmail.com wrote: I have a person named John who was raised by Janet, an older sibling of his mother Elizabeth, thus I have duplicate lines for charting. I have Show

RE: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread CE WOOD
Well, the Family View which you are using, is a view of one man and one woman. Their children are listed first. If you switch to the other set of parents in the Family View, their children are shown first. This is how it should be. Cheers, Carolyn Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:43:47 +1000

Re: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread Kathy Thompson
yes - and that part is fine - but why should the half kids of each former / subsequent marriage be separated? Basically, I'd like to be able to see easily what kids of each marriage are a similar age to each other, and therefore who is likely to still be at home at any one time.. Having the 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread Ron Ferguson
In my view not half as messy as having their parentages mixed up. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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

[LegacyUG] How to add children?

2014-02-21 Thread Richard Falzini
Hello group,                       I have a cousin (now desceased) and she had a son and a daughter. I have all of the info on the mother and children, but nothing to tell me who the father of the children are? I can only say that the children use the mother's surname. Can anyone please

Re: [LegacyUG] How to add children?

2014-02-21 Thread R G Strong-genes
With the mother in the family view just click Add Child in the children area From: Richard Falzini Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 10:35 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] How to add children? Hello group, I have a cousin (now desceased) and she had

Re: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread Kathy Thompson
then there needs to be a way to print out a combined family group sheet or combined family timeline or something like that On 22 February 2014 13:28, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: In my view not half as messy as having their parentages mixed up. Ron Ferguson

Re: [LegacyUG] How to add children?

2014-02-21 Thread David Abernathy
Enter a Uknown father and live with it untill you find one. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust 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

RE: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread CE WOOD
Inferring from your post, your couple married about 1879. Many times children from separate marriages where not all living together in the new blended family. Some were on their own, many were with the family of the former spouse, et alia. A genealogical program needs to account for all these

Re: [LegacyUG] How to add children?

2014-02-21 Thread Richard Falzini
Yes I know I can add the children with the mother in family view. But since the father of the children is unknown, what would you put down for the father? On Friday, February 21, 2014 11:06 PM, R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com wrote: With the mother in the family view just click

[LegacyUG] Endless Loops and Ancestor Book

2014-02-21 Thread Diane Murach
Completed my research in Quebec and want to make an ancestor book. My lines go back to some of the first inhabitants of Quebec, hence I have numerous common ancestors for a variety of descendants. Ran the program and I have 40 endless loops. Question 1: Is it the common ancestors that are

RE: [LegacyUG] How to add children?

2014-02-21 Thread CE WOOD
You don't have to put anything. CE Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:23:38 -0800 From: rfalz...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to add children? To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Yes I know I can add the children with the mother in family view. But since the father of the children is unknown,

Re: [LegacyUG] How to add children?

2014-02-21 Thread Wendy Howard
You don't have to put anything down for the father, if you don't want to. You can have just the mother, and Legacy will put a 'placeholder' father in to deal to the necessities of the database, but you won't have an actual person to deal with. When/if the time comes that you find out who the

Re: [LegacyUG] Endless Loops and Ancestor Book

2014-02-21 Thread Wendy Howard
Yes, common ancestors will cause endless loops. You should be able to go into the report options and check a box to not repeat duplicate lines. Your second question makes no sense. Can you elaborate on what you mean, please? Kind Regards, Wendy Diane Murach said the following on 22/02/2014

Re: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread Wendy Howard
We all have different wishes, needs and desires. What works for one does not necessarily work for another. Why don't you make a suggestion to Legacy to provide that option? There's a link for that on the Legacy Home page. :-) Wendy Kathy Thompson said the following on 22/02/2014 4:19 p.m.:

Re: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread Kathy Thompson
If you want to create a report that accommodates your special circumstance, that is quite easily accomplished. How? please explain further? On 22 February 2014 14:44, CE WOOD wood...@msn.com wrote: Inferring from your post, your couple married about 1879. Many times children from

Re: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
Kathy, If you can explain how you would accomplish that logically in the programming side, it might be doable. But your are asking to see something that is technically almost impossible considering the real genealogical links (via biology) and the family group as a living unit. How is the

Re: [LegacyUG] Children View - Show ½ kids

2014-02-21 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
yes, create an event called Census and then use one of the parents as head of household then via shared events add all the others who were living in the house at that time But you cant expect the pc program to know who from the first or second family was still living with the third family. ,