I talked to Flip-Pal yesterday to see if I could use an Ultra SDHC 8GB card
that was on sale. The answer was yes. She said I probably wouldn't notice any
difference. Off. Depot said the computer limits the speed, and maybe speed is
not an issue with a scanner, but having 8 instead of 2GB soun
Paul, don’t know where you’re located. I paid $600 for about 6 of the large
reels
and 10-20 of the small ones (about 4", I don't rem the footage). He put a
copy on an external hard drive to edit (which I haven’t begun), and on two DVDs
with music so we can view them until I get to the big edit.
Sorry LUG, thought I was sending to Paul.
Betty
FL
From: BF
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Home Movie Transfer
Paul, don’t know where you’re located. I paid $600 for about 6 of the large
What is this about 'the new standard United States' - has the name changed?...I
haven't heard anything and don't find anything about it. Maybe just in context
with Legacy, that they have changed from USA to US??
Betty
FL
From: "jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com"
Sorry I missed the webinar today, I started to leave about 1:30 and remembered
the webinar but didn't find your e-m in a search. My yahoo calendar had
notified me of the webinar so I thought I had added it to the calendar but
forgot to register! Now, going through 126 e-m's I find it!
Betty
F
Woops, guess I thought I was writing just to Geoff!
From: BF
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reminder - Webinar Wednesday
Sorry I missed the webinar today, I started to leave about 1:30 and
I wouldn't think of using my Android phone - can't see that well. I got a
laptop for away from home, and the Flip-pal. Is there a word processor or an
app for taking notes and saving for tablets? Friend says she can't save on her
Motorola Xoom; might be that she doesn't know how. Think I aske
I answered Jenny personally.
Betty
FL
From: Mike Fry
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Does the size of screen annoy you while using Families
for Legacy app?
On 2012/04/12 21:35, Jenny M Benson
Works really
well.
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM, BF wrote:
I wouldn't think of using my Android phone - can't see that well. I got a
laptop for away from home, and the Flip-pal. Is there a word processor or an
app for taking notes and saving for tablets? Friend says she can
Yes, it was after seeing the Family App webinar that I was wondering about note
taking on tablets. Maybe mentioning Family App would have made my inquiry 'on
topic'.
Thanks,
Betty
FL
From: Evert van Dijken
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Monday,
See: http://www.babynamer.com/jeptha
Betty
FL
From: Nina K. Johnson
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Cc: Nina K. Johnson
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Family Group Display - What Happened?
My guess is female, but chck spouse
No Tim, I just changed the subject.
Betty
FL
From: Tim Rosenlöf
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] SPAM
Spam
Tim Rosenlöf
Utah, USA
On 5/13/2012 7:31 AM, BF wrote:
Legacy User Group
I'm a relatively new Legacy user: I entered a Word 'file' of a headstone. It
was too big and needed cropping, which I did. Also changed the name. But every
time I attempt to add the new file it loads the old file, even tho I'm clicking
on the new file name! I deleted the old file. I tried add
have Word, then your file
associations got a little mixed up and you would have to change that in Windows.
Some versions of Windows Clipboard will allow you to save up to 24 [I think]
different things in the clipboard, but when you paste it will ask you which of
the 24 you want to paste?
bo
Thanks Jenny and Bob,
They’re .docx
Re Tools, Customize Launch – not there in Legacy or Admin Tools for Windows.
Is there another step between the two?
I’ve use this same procedure to link a census page and a typed obit, no problem
– difference is that I didn’t make any changes to them. Als
n Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:04 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to Clear the Clipboard
Thanks Bob, under Pictures, I'm trying to link a Word file in 'Files.' I
save a lot of things in Word because it'
, as in the meantime I will have a look to see if there is a usr
file which you can delete!
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 11:29 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to Clear the Clipboard
Thanks Jenny and B
Thanks Leo, I don't put the Word files in Pics but in that same group is File -
(Pic, Sound, Video, File). In Legacy Pics - the only files there are samples.
I have added nearly a dz pics - wonder where they are?? Unless there's another
sub heading under one of the other titles.
Do any of y
Ladies and Gentlemen, I appreciate your help, but I need to do some genealogy
instead of playing with Legacy. I started using Legacy for a man who is 87 in
KS and said his family was all on notes and pcs of paper and that he is running
out of time. So I agreed to type it for him... thinking th
This isn't exactly true, I thought this thread would be zapped.
Betty
FL
From: "kramer...@comcast.net"
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] IBM turned down by Obama
I was surprised to see something so off topic here, but I had n
Wow, then you just buy the books - as usual, from Amazon? I don't want a
Kindle or other; too small, but reading on the PC would be good, and keeping
places, great. Thanks.
Betty
FL
From: Bob Rowe
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:33 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG
I had a strange thing happen a couple times. One example is in a descendant's
report, farther down than the beginning, I read
'William M Workman married someone Margaret Gargus.' Say what? Where did
'someone' come from, especially with a name there!
Betty
FL
Legacy User Group guidelines:
ht
Tab.
BTW What Legacy version are you using, as I thought this problem had been
eradicated – certainly not seen it crop up for ages?
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:59 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Wording in reports
I
sband and
wife before adding the marriage date in order to clear the “someone.”
It’s been quite a while since this happened so my memory is fuzzy, but there
was a long thread about it before the cause was discovered.
Kirsten
From: BF
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:08 PM
To: LegacyUser
That's the feeling that I'm getting - that there flaws that go unresolved. The
new book sounds good but I expect a lot of things that I'm not interested in
and what I am interested in may not be there, the same problem I have in Help
(which disappeared for a while)! Those pdf's don't answer
My mailbox is being filled and overflowing with msgs. If I unsubscribe
to clear the mailbox, can I reach the archived msgs when I'm ready to take some
time to read them, or search a subject?
Betty
FL
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived me
Is there a way to search for a cemetery name? I changed a few 'Hillside
Cemetery, Toledo, KS' to Topeka! It really is Toledo... Just wondered how many
I entered incorrectly.
Betty
FL
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2
Monday, October 24, 2011 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search Cemetery Name
Betty,
It would help if we knew where in Legacy you have entered it!
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:09 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] S
ally. Using Search> Search>Replace and
opting to confirm each one is probably the best way of doing this.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:59 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search Cemetery Name
Thanks Ron & M
d and click ‘Combine With’. All
changed Job done'. However if you have Topeka correctly in some locations, you
will have to change each record individually. Using Search> Search>Replace and
opting to confirm each one is probably the best way of doing this.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys
1. The electricity went off yesterday while I was working. I opened Legacy
again and didn't notice any oddities. Most of today I’ve been comparing 20 pgs
of names submitted to me. At one point it hung on marriages – after clicking
on the marriage icon I got a blank marriage screen and coul
n it, but
when asked to save use a new file name. Check that to see if it is as it should
be. You will then have to repeat the work since the last back-up.
If not I would reinstall Legacy, and repeat.
Ron Ferguson
From: BF
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:07 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@Legacy
ccept posts in HTML (and rightly in my opinion!). He
may also be able to come up with an alternative scenario. So please adjust
your email client settings so that any reply is in plain text.
Hope you see this, Dennis, what do you think?
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: M
I wonder what the plain text comments are all about?? What are you getting?
This is Arial 14, is that it? I noticed that it came through in replies
larger. Seems like other sites I send to return it smaller when replying.
Tired tonight, will start again tomorrow. (Not my very last problem Den
Ron and Dennis,
I got hung up on marriages with a blank screen again this a.m. Used Task Mgr
close again.
Now I have done the Uncheck and recheck procedure. I'll see what
happens next! Thanks.
Betty
FL
Thanks, Dennis sounds like it's worth having a go at.
Are you OK with doing th
Dennis, by the time I go through the frustration of trials, errors, Task Mgr,
restart, etc. I don't rem which marriage it was hung on. However, when I
attempt to look at any marriage icon, they come up when I open Legacy again.
If it hangs again I'll make a note of where I was. Maybe your su
No. Tried that Mike. Couldn't do ANYTHING except minimize, maximize the blank
marriage screen. Couldn't close Legacy - nothing, just beeps when I attempted
anything but min/max.
> I got hung up on marriages with a blank screen again this a.m. Used Task Mgr
> close again.
Before cancelling
Message-
From: Mike Fry
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 5:58 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not Responding and Backups
On 2011/10/25 18:32, BF wrote:
> No. Tried that Mike. Couldn't do ANYTHING except minimize, maximize the
> blank marriage screen.
ise making a note of the Delux number (you will find it in the General
Information Icon - customer number) before you uninstall.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:00 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not Responding an
oment it won’t run anything properly. Did you also try Restoring the back-up under a new name, and did that run OK, or were there problems?
Please reply to this email and not to the List – Ta!
Best wishes,
Ron
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original Message-
From: BF
Sent: Wednesday, Oc
Is there a list of Ctrl + whatever letter - to show what else is available
using Ctrl and a letter?
Betty
FL
From: my genealogy email
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people
Cheryl,
Open the Tag Records scre
enter "Keyboard Shortcuts".
I think they are also listed on the back cover of the Legacy manual if you have
one.
--- On Thu, 11/3/11, BF wrote:
>From: BF
>Subject: [LegacyUG] Ctrl + whatever
>To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
>Date: Thursday, November 3, 2011, 2:36 PM
&
How do I get my Shoeck's to appear in the index. There are 8 of them. If I go
to Index and type Shoeck, there is nothing. I have to remember a wife then
after I can see the name in a family file, THEN go to Index, they're there.
(New redownload is working better than ever.)
Betty
FL
Legac
t: Re: [LegacyUG] Shoeck's not in index
On 30/11/2011 12:45, BF wrote:
> How do I get my Shoeck's to appear in the index. There are 8 of them.
> If I go to Index and type Shoeck, there is nothing. I have to remember
> a wife then after I can see the name in a family file, THEN go t
For the family of the man who doesn’t use a computer, I
would like to print an index that would include every individual in the tree
(about 1600). Is there a report that would include all with their info?
For desc. of John & Sylvia to ‘Leland,’ (about 100 pgs in
Narrative, the main and largest s
the entire file?
Betty,
View>Name List>Print and select the fields
which you wish to include.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 12:17 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Way to print the entire file?
For the family
Thanks, Alan, I had tried Ron's advice before I read yours but will check it
out too before I print
Betty
FL
- Forwarded Message -
From: Alan Pereira
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 7:42 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Way to print the entire file?
Best w
Kathy, I uninstalled/reinstalled Legacy and the new install is better than the
old before a problem surfaced. It may have cleared up other problems that
weren't apparent yet, or maybe an upgrade didn't install properly for me.
Betty
FL
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.
Nanette, call them. I called a few mos ago because I had trouble signing on
and got on as an indexer - with help.
Betty
FL
From: Nannette Fretwell
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V8
I've tr
Is there a way to search for a middle name in the index? Some folks go by
their middle name and when I don't rem their 'unused' first name I have to
search through the surname. Just a nuisance with the relatively small tree I'm
working on now, but will be a bigger problem when I start working
com
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2012 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to search middle name in index?
On 02/01/2012 10:10, BF wrote:
> Is there a way to search for a middle name in the index? Some folks go
> by their middle name and when I don't rem their 'unused' first name
OK, thanks. More complicated but I'll try it.
From: Jenny M Benson
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2012 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to search middle name in index?
On 02/01/2012 11:21, BF wrote:
> Thanks Jenny
Why is Help so unhelpful! I'm always frustrated by trying to find a n y t h i
n g in Help. When I do find an answer it starts somewhere after the
beginning, so I don't know where to find it.
I just spent 15 mins looking for 'no children.' A report said 'one daughter,
no given name' because
Oh, do I have to search with ' ' enclosing? I'll try that. Thanks.
From: Mike Fry
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help files
On 2012/01/07 16:20, BF wrote:
> To illustrat
ure what to do, just
click on the Help button in that window and you'll be taken to the
appropriate topic.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 6:20 AM, BF wrote:
> Why is Help so unhelpful! I'm always frustrated by trying to find a n
Thanks Gene, 'marriage info' would not have occurred to me to find no children.
From: Gene Young
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help files
On 1/7/2012 9:20 AM, BF wrote:
> W
enson
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help files
On 07/01/2012 14:20, BF wrote:
> Why is Help so unhelpful! I'm always frustrated by trying to find a n
> y t h i n g in Help. When I do find an answer it starts s
Ron, your answers are always THE best. I look forward to the Ferguson Genealogy Software!BettyFL From: Ron Ferguson To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help files
Gene,
I think that you are, perhaps, being a little
u
leave the heavy lifting to somebody else – it’s my arthritis that
does it!
Ron Ferguson,
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: BF
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 11:02 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help files
Ron, your answer
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