[LegacyUG] Occupations and residences

2014-09-18 Thread Susan Anderson
My father moved, with us his family, almost yearly from farm to farm working as a labourer. I don't want to make too long a list under facts. So do I add a residence or occupation event or maybe make a combined event which would make rather a long title. I am thinking about the chronology list

Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: Media Documents

2014-09-18 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 18/09/2014 02:26, William Hoff wrote: How does one identify the file name when looking at an individual's event media? Personally I'm from the school that the fewer folders there are the easier it is to locate a file. You can look for Joe Blogg's Birth Certificate in a folder containing

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing Sources

2014-09-18 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 18/09/2014 03:11, Barry Godbeer wrote: Version 8.0.0.439 Deluxe Edition OS Vista Home Edition I have been creating Events using Source Writer based on England and Wales Census records from 1841 to 1911 and have the following issues with the sharing of Sources. Many families are spread over

Re: [LegacyUG] Occupations and residences

2014-09-18 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 18/09/2014 09:37, Susan Anderson wrote: My father moved, with us his family, almost yearly from farm to farm working as a labourer. I don't want to make too long a list under facts. So do I add a residence or occupation event or maybe make a combined event which would make rather a long

Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: Media Documents

2014-09-18 Thread MikeFry
On 18 Sep 2014 11:14, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 18/09/2014 02:26, William Hoff wrote: How does one identify the file name when looking at an individual's event media? Personally I'm from the school that the fewer folders there are the easier it is to locate a file. You can look for Joe

Re: [LegacyUG] Occupations and residences

2014-09-18 Thread Tessa Keough
yes the beauty of the chronology is that everything is in date order and you (or anyone else) can easily see the changes - whether that is children, occupation, residence, etc. Whether you review your report in list or report view, it is very helpful. Give it a go with a few entries and see which

Re: [LegacyUG] Shifting Sources

2014-09-18 Thread Paula Ryburn
I usually have the collection as the source and then use the internet source template (I think) to show the website, but I never use a link to the page or image (even when familysearch or ancestry includes it in their suggested citation). The only exception I have right now is Find-A-Grave -

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing Sources

2014-09-18 Thread Brian/Support
We have two problem reports entered for shared events. As you have found, people using a location for shared events are not shown in the list of people in the Master Location list. The second problem is that show list from a Master source will not include those who have that source assigned to a

[LegacyUG] Master Source Pictures Repeating on Reports

2014-09-18 Thread gregandlaurel
I just recently upgraded to Legacy 8 and I use the Basic System for sources. I have a 2 part issue: firstly, does ibid not work? Under Customize Legacy - Sources, Section 7.8 it says Use ibid for repeating Master Sources (this only applies to Basic-Style sources). I have this ticked, but so

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing Sources

2014-09-18 Thread Cathy Pinner
Hi Barry, Re census over two pages - convention some places seems to be to only use the reference for the head of household, but like Paula I add both. Re the Source Detail order for the English censuses. In her examples Elizabeth Shown Mills doesn't follow her principles to keep reference