Hi Paula
There was an eventually fruitless discussion about this problem last
December
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40legacyusers.com/msg33263.html
I have to confess I did not report this as a bug because I dont' think
it is a bug. In my opinion this is a result of faulty logic
I believe that the statistics are not calculated correctly.
For example in my database the average lifespans by century never exceed
20 years whereas the averages by gender are male: 57 yrs 2Mon, female 56
Years 4 month. These numbers are clearly inconsistent and point to a
difference in the
which is close enough to Legacy's
calculation of 15 years 8 months and 23 days to suggest that this is the
method being used to calculate the average lifespan by century.
David
On 21/04/2014 09:14, David Newton wrote:
I believe that the statistics are not calculated correctly.
For example in my
Forgetting all the issues of accuracy with the GRO Index it is worth
noting that an individual has 42 days in which to register a birth so a
13 week quarter on the birth index covers up to 18 weeks of possible
dates of birth. Deaths on the other hand are required to be registered
within 5 days,
There is a way to tag all the locations containing Sumter but what you
can do with the list after that I do not know.
It involves changing the sort order step-by-step and the number of steps
depends on how many elements you need to check. I'll do it for generic
terms but if you are in the USA and
The elephant in the room here is the GEDCOM standard which is 18 years
old (5.5) and doesn't support charing. GEDCOM 5.5.1 is used extensively
but apparently has not been approved and in any case it is 15 years
old. More recent efforts to change or extend the standard seem to have
foundered and I
I think the advent of event sharing is making us think more carefully
about what we are sourcing. I think a halfway house here would be to
move the registration index to the marriage notes once it's detail has
been superseded, and of course it can still be sourced if necessary.
On 30/03/2014
,
Glad I could help. :-)
Perhaps you have a bug, or some other issue that the programmers don't
know about yet. You may be able to help them to help you by reporting
the problem via the 'Report a problem' link in the Legacy Home tab.
Wendy
David Newton said
A way round this is to use a utility like PureText which removes the
formatting from text before pasting.
It does of course give you the option of posting the originl clipboard
Ctrl-V of just the text WinKey-V.
This is Windows only and the website is http://stevemiller.net/puretext/
David
On
' in the Legacy Home tab? It's not
just a heading, it is a link as well, and should look for a new update.
Otherwise, go to the Legacy web site and download a fresh copy of
Legacy, then install it. That should give you the most up-to-date
version available.
Hope this helps. :-)
Wendy
David
To be pedantic the containing a space search would not pick up single
word death notes whereas, if it were available, not equal to blank would.
David
On 21/03/2014 09:08, Jenny M Benson wrote:
On 20/03/2014 23:38, Tessa Keough wrote:
Hmmm I would not have thought of equal to for that search -
Interestingly if you replace the - by to then some of these
numeric ranges are recognized. For example 1 to 3 1850 becomes Jan to
Mar 1850. However, if you accidentally tab before putting in the year 1
to 3 becomes (on my system) 1 Mar. The logic defeats me.
David
On 18/03/2014 18:16, Bob
There is a (not terribly active) forum for Families at
http://www.telgen.co.uk/families/forum/
but it is fairly up-to-date
David
On 19/03/2014 00:10, Jane Sarles wrote:
I am looking for a way to get my genealogy data on my Ipad air. I see
that there is an app called families that will do
Michelle
Your statement that you in order to share events with a person is to add
them to your database is not correct. For example, my grandmother was a
servant in 1901 and I have shared her 1901 census with the head of
household by name only without adding her to the database. Her name
shows up
event I
would add them to the database in case I needed to find them again.
Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
-Original Message-
From: David Newton [mailto:lugda...@drdavid.plus.com]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 6:04 AM
The Source clipboard has slightly odd behaviour, For example select a
citation and copy it to the clipboard, overwriting if necessary. Open
the source clipboard (set up for 5 sources) and the first tab, Source 1,
contains your citation. At the bottom of the clipboard there is a right
facing arrow.
Kathy
Using the Source Clipboard is not the way. Use the Save and Name option
and that will allow selective pasting from up to 10 sources.
David
On 12/01/2014 11:26, Kathy Thompson wrote:
Thanks David, Wendy Jenny.
If all 5 are pasted at once, I'm not in favour of it afterall.
I had hoped
If I select to make a new file by importing from another program (a
GEDCOM) and go through the selecting a .GED naming my new file etc then
I get to an import GEDCOM screen with almost all the options missing, in
particular there is no Customize button. If I cancel the import so
leaving me with an
://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
On 12-Jan-2014 9:25 AM, David Newton wrote:
If I select to make a new file by importing from another program (a
GEDCOM) and go through the selecting a .GED naming my new file etc then
I get to an import GEDCOM screen with almost all the options missing, in
particular there is no Customize
I think every alternate name that you come across should be recorded
together with the source where you came across it. These names do not
have to appear in Individual and Family Group reports but for anyone
following on from your research they could be very useful.
David
On 09/01/2014 11:57,
As an alternative to notes I have a Master Source called Inference
based on Other Data (call it anything you want) and within that source
I give the methods and data by which I arrive at an entry (dates
places usually). So for an estimated birth year I might quote any record
which mentions an age
Agreed but it can be difficult when you don't know the maiden name. I
started by leaving it blank and then ended up with a collection of
forenames at the front of my index. So I now go with the married surname
and a title suffix of spouse. These have the advantage of showing in the
index in a more
I don't think this is specific to Legacy 8 as I am getting exactly the
same in Legacy 7.5 DeLuxe in the Namelist and the Events window.
However, in the main edit screens for notes or events the formatting
shows as it should.
On 04/01/2014 08:04, Diane Sye wrote:
I wonder if this occurs in other
wrote:
Yes. This is a carryover issue from 7.5.
-Original Message-
From: David Newton [mailto:lugda...@drdavid.plus.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 3:59 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Embedded codes displayed
I don't think this is specific
-important.
Don Hanson
-Original Message-
From: David Newton [mailto:lugda...@drdavid.plus.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 6:14 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Not Receiving Mailing List Messages - Suggested
Workaround
You're right about
Both fields can be added to the Index tab and you can choose where in
the list they appear.
David
On 03/01/2014 04:55, Syble Glasscock wrote:
This is cool, I've wished for a flag or something by the individuals
name to remind me of certain things at a glance, so this will be
helpful. I
If you are using 7.5 or 8 you need to go to the Options Customise
Data Entry and check the box Ancester/Descendant Interest - Show on
info Screen. Save and then when you edit a person you will see two
number entry boxes slightly right of centre near the bottom of the screen.
David
On
I just thought I would stick my foot in here as someone who has suffered
this problem a few times. I have yet to get a gmail address working
properly so I changed to my ISP supplied email which was fine until I
unsubscribed for the Christmas break. Subscribing again fed me no
messages although I
Bernier
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 2, 2014, at 8:37 AM, David Newton lugda...@drdavid.plus.com wrote:
I just thought I would stick my foot in here as someone who has suffered
this problem a few times. I have yet to get a gmail address working
properly so I changed to my ISP supplied email which
You're right about the unsubscribing but since the final LUG rule of
etiquette requests that you temporarily unsubscribe when going away and
using an autoresponder I assumed that temporarily unsubscribing would
not be a problem. Had I realized the problem that it was going to cause
I would not
I think the default path is the first place that Legacy looks for your
file as opposed to the place that it saves your data (possibly new files
will go there). If you want your data file in the default location then
I guess you will need to save a copy of the file into that location
using the Save
I think that one advantage of shared events comes from the fact that you
only have one copy of each piece of citation data. As far as I can tell
the Legacy database is not normalized in the sense that it is easily
possible to take, for example, a citation and copy rather than link it
into several
Thank you for stepping in. Most forums have guidelines regarding double
and cross posting but as far as I can see this list does not. Perhaps a
modification to the LUG rules might be in order to try to ensure this
doesn't happen again.
David
On 20/12/2013 14:53, Sherry/Support wrote:
I've
of the people sharing or selecting names from the list of
individuals in the Legacy file.
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston ON
-Original Message-
From: David Newton [mailto:davidnew...@drdavid.plus.com]
Sent: December 17, 2013 02:02 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] A problem
Oddly I don't have this problem. A single click on any name in the
family view puts them into focus (husband or wife, or whatever words you
are using) and then a click on the Pedigree Tab gets them into the root
of the pedigree view. Ditto right-click always brings up the pop-up menu.
However, I
on a highlighted person in the Husband/Wife section of FV
causes the Individual Information form to open, anywhere else it moves
that person to the Husband/Wife section with focus (highlighted).
Larry Lee
ldlee...@gmail.com mailto:a...@gmail.com
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:19 PM, David Newton
As I understand it when sharing an event the whole of the original
event, description, date, location, notes is shared. In order to add
details specific to the individuals sharing the event you assign them a
role and then you can add notes which apply only to them when you edit
their role.
events?
I just reproduced this with an event regardless of how it's shared - typing
in the names of the people sharing or selecting names from the list of
individuals in the Legacy file.
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston ON
-Original Message-
From: David Newton [mailto:davidnew
I use the UserID as a two letter alphabetic code which identified the
root of the particular subtree followed by a modified Dollarhide number
within the subtree. The sorting seems to be standard alphanumeric
ignoring the fact that part of it is a number, so for example DN1024.0
will come before
.
They are accessible, of course, through the Sources icon, by then selecting
the detail connected to an event, but it is logical to also have them
accessible through the media icon.
-Original Message-
From: David Newton [mailto:davidnew...@drdavid.plus.com]
Sent: Monday, December 16
We have to use what we are comfortable using. I am a retired
mathematician and I find the Dollarhide numbering very natural and easy
to interpret.
David
On 17/12/2013 16:40, singhals wrote:
Gene Young wrote:
On 12/17/2013 10:56 AM, singhals wrote:
Dollarhide number
You probably need to change the How to look to Contains
David
On 17/12/2013 17:26, Mike Forryan wrote:
Hi Kurt
Thanks for the info. I have tried but still get no results.
I have a term I want to search for “G4OKD†It is in the Notes General.
But using the criteria on the picture
I have raised a ticket about this with Legacy but that was 9 days ago
and I have had no response. Does anybody else have the same problem?
The problem is this: I share a census event where the owner - head of
household - and one of his sons have the same name. When I do an
individual or family
Could one of you explain to me how the statistics are calculated?
In my family file the average lifespan by century never exceeds 17 years
whereas the average male and female lifespans are around 53 and 48
respectively. These figures seem to be inconsistent with each other but
in the absence of
, thanks.
For all that will be, yes.
(Dag Hammarskjold)
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:04 AM, David Newton
davidnew...@drdavid.plus.comwrote:
Could one of you explain to me how the statistics are calculated?
In my family file the average lifespan by century never exceeds 17 years
whereas
Am I right in thinking that media linking is, for want of a better word,
not transitive. An image linked to a source citation then the source
cited for an event does not result in the image being linked to the event.
A typical situation: I have a census image sheet which I transcribe and
cite as
because she was
born in 1873.
It would be interesting to know - as David requested - how the statistics
are calculated.
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:42 AM, singhals singh...@erols.com wrote:
David Newton wrote:
Could one of you explain to me how
in
place of a missing death date.
-Original Message-
From: David Newton [mailto:davidnew...@drdavid.plus.com]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 6:05 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Lifespan, and other, statistics
Could one of you explain to me how the statistics
-lifespans are now about 50% of the gender lifespans.
On this rather thin basis of two files I think that the century-lifespan
statistics have been averaged over the wrong population.
David
On 16/12/2013 19:32, David Newton wrote:
Some good points here. As it happens I have no individuals
A Query by Example would allow finding individuals satisfying the first
4 criteria. Then a detailed search within the results for spouse with
given name Mary would take care of criterium 5 but I cannot see how to
pick out the spouse birth place.
David
On 15/12/2013 22:18, Jenny M Benson wrote:
The link goes to a page on the British Origins website which,
presumably, no longer exists. I have checked out their collections list
and Boyd's Marriage Index does not seem to be on it.
David Newton
On 13/12/2013 12:07, Kim Jones wrote:
Hi,
Hope this is where I come to find out if the links
-pointed cross, release the wheel and
move the mouse around to scroll, in any direction. and a second click of
the mouse wheel takes it out of that mode.
David Newton
On 11/12/2013 17:19, Mary Moyer wrote:
I still can't get the scrolll function to work, whether I click first
on the mother
Hi Anne
The backup locations are stored in the file Backup.usr in the folder
[YourUserDocuments]\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr. It is a text file
so you can open it with Notepad.
I suggest that you examine the file before backing up, when the default
C:\ is being offered, and then again after
Kathy
I followed the exact same steps of Testing all media folders and checked
the Make a list of all missing media files box and the Proceed button.
L8 then gave me a list, in text form, of 27 missing media files. Each
item consisting of a one line description of where the media was
attached
occur if you simply split onto the file you are currently
working? Another question does it matter which order you load the files
when splitting?
David Newton
On 24/12/2012 21:40, Rita Lynn McKale wrote:
Yes, I have. After it happened I ran file maint. and restarted my
computer. I worked
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