Re: [LegacyUG] Census event vs source

On 17 Oct 2015 at 9:30, Cathy Pinner wrote: > I do both. I guess you can argue that a census isn't an event but it's > something that our ancestors and we are involved in at a particular > place. It most definitely is a source. > One reason it's handy to enter census as an event is that it's so mu

Re: [LegacyUG] Census event vs source

Kathy, I do both. I guess you can argue that a census isn't an event but it's something that our ancestors and we are involved in at a particular place. It most definitely is a source. One reason it's handy to enter census as an event is that it's so much easier to check that you have found the pe

Re: [LegacyUG] Census event vs source

Kathy, not sure what are you asking!  So, I will offer some hopefully words of wisdom gained from 20+ year of ancestry research. Cleaning up data is always a good idea.  Legacy offers several different reports and it depends on your personal preference as to

Re: [LegacyUG] Census event vs source

On 16/10/2015 21:07, Kathy Meyer wrote: > I haven't worked on my family history much over the last couple of years, > at least not enough to remember the most useful way to record some things, > so I apologize up front if this is too basic - but there are always new > users out there right? :-) > >

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[LegacyUG] Census event vs source

I haven't worked on my family history much over the last couple of years, at least not enough to remember the most useful way to record some things, so I apologize up front if this is too basic - but there are always new users out there right? :-) I'm finding things I sourced very poorly 'back whe

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report and Error 380

Hmmm... if an Access database issue, shouldn't we all be having that problem? Seems good that you can pinpoint the exact issue. Hoping there's a solution and the new computer is all you hope it to be. On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Forefathers Research < resea...@forefathers.co.uk> wrote: > Is

Re: [LegacyUG] Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

Charlene, That is what I thought. So the best way would be to clean up the one he sent you back as far as how he entered data and such to your standards of how you want your data formatted, ie places and names and such. If he did not enter any sources then you could create a new source for his r

RE: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report and Error 380

Support services has the file now. Yes I do use the calendar often. Diane From: Forefathers Research [mailto:resea...@forefathers.co.uk] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 4:19 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report and Error 380 Is there a calendar d

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report and Error 380

Is there a calendar database in Legacy or some such? The reason I ask is that the error is an Access database issue and always occurs just after i have keyed a date into (or tabbed away from) the date field in the Add/Edit Event dialog. That suggests to me that some date lookup is being performed a

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:58 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot < br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote: > Allow me to make one final suggestion to everything that Cathy has already > mentioned. BEFORE you install Legacy v8 on your computer, make a backup of > your v7.5 family file. You might even want to become p

RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Seeking suggestions for sorting through a database mess

Allow me to make one final suggestion to everything that Cathy has already mentioned. BEFORE you install Legacy v8 on your computer, make a backup of your v7.5 family file. You might even want to become paranoid and save that backup to a flash drive or some other place off of your computer. In

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Combining two family lines

Hi James, You import one file into the other. File - Import - Legacy file Make sure you have current backups of both before you start so if you do go wrong you can start again with more experience. It's after the import that you merge the people who are the same. This shouldn't be hard in a small

[LegacyUG] Re: Combining two family lines

I started out with two family lines, one for my father and one for my mothers, now I want to merge them. what is the easiest way to approach this. the files have some people in common but most are unique, and the file sizes are small 300 or less in each line.   I never used the merge feature, but h