Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinking Spouses

2016-01-18 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
he help. Dick Felts ---------- From: "Dick and Leslie Felts" Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 4:06 PM To: Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinking Spouses > Brian: > > I chose the family view with no marriage info, then selected one of the > chil

Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinking Spouses

2016-01-18 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
> single marriage, both children and the marriage info intact. > > Make a backup before you start so if something goes wrong you can > restore the file. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree

[LegacyUG] Unlinking Spouses

2016-01-18 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
I have somehow managed to create a double linkage between two married people and I'd like to eliminate it. I'll call the husband John Doe and the wife Jane Smith. Each person appears only once in my family file; there are NOT two John Does and two Jane Smiths. But when I look at the Family Pa

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations

2015-12-19 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
Eureka! Definitely works. I did not notice the two special symbols in the lower left corner. Their purpose is obvious once you pointed them out. Yes, clicking CR as you suggested will add another item on the next line using the Search and Replace function as you noted in your example. Thanks!

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations

2015-12-19 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
ons > On 18/12/2015 21:46, Dick and Leslie Felts wrote: >> I see where altering a master source changes it for everyone but that's >> working at the Source level, not the Detail level. For example, if I >> inadvertently typed "Cenuss" instead of "Census&qu

[LegacyUG] Source for Cause of Death - Transfer from FTM

2015-12-19 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
After importing my data into Legacy via GEDCOM from FTM 2010, I have found that "Cause of Death" correctly appears in the Medical tab of the Notes for each individual. However, the Source for the Cause of Death has not transferred. I would expect to find it when I go to the Assigned Sources sc

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations

2015-12-19 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
s issue. I > suspect that most Legacy users have never used any other software and > have simply got used to the way Legacy works and have found ways > (fudges, tricks) to get around the citation issue. Maybe the demise of > FTM will encourage Legacy to fix the problem. > > Che

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations

2015-12-19 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
y for correcting census citation details. It seems if it can be done for the source itself it could be done with the citation detail. Bill From: Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:rjfe...@msn.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 4:51 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Li

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations

2015-12-18 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
laces it has been used or do you want to save it to a new source. When you're comfortable with this process and you can apply to your main database. Bobby From: Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:rjfe...@msn.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 2:15 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations

2015-12-18 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
it will ask you if you wanted to apply to all places it has been used or do you want to save it to a new source. When you're comfortable with this process and you can apply to your main database. Bobby From: Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:rjfe...@msn.com] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 2

[LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations

2015-12-18 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
As a refugee from FTM, I'm working hard to understand the Source/Citation methods of Legacy. So far, so good with one exception. I like to generate a single citation (such as detailed information from a census) and use that citation many times for different people and events. Is there, or is

Re: [LegacyUG] FTM User - Hidden Field in Baptism Event

2015-12-17 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
gt; GEDCOM again. This time read the option screen carefully and make your > choice on how to handle the PLAC data. > > Specifically your CHR/Baptism Event may have the PLAC data stored in the > Baptism Notes. Look for a dark blue plus sign to the right of the > Chr/Bapt line on the in

Re: [LegacyUG] FTM User - Hidden Field in Baptism Event

2015-12-17 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
will have your description > field. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Dick and Leslie Felts [mailto:rjfe...@msn.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 5:00 PM > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] FTM User - Hidden Field in Baptism Even

Re: [LegacyUG] FTM User - Hidden Field in Baptism Event

2015-12-16 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
> choice on how to handle the PLAC data. > > Specifically your CHR/Baptism Event may have the PLAC data stored in the > Baptism Notes. Look for a dark blue plus sign to the right of the > Chr/Bapt line on the individual information screen. > > Brian > Customer Support >

Re: [LegacyUG] FTM User - Hidden Field in Baptism Event

2015-12-16 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
on" Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 6:23 PM To: Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] FTM User - Hidden Field in Baptism Event > On 16/12/2015 21:34, Dick and Leslie Felts wrote: >> This may be the tip of the iceberg for me. Looking at other Events, >> such as Residence, all of my l

[LegacyUG] FTM User - Hidden Field in Baptism Event

2015-12-16 Thread Dick and Leslie Felts
I recently switched from FTM 2010 by creating a GEDCOM and opening it in Legacy 8.0. All data seem to have been transferred OK but I'll be working through various issues for a long time. Specifically, my Baptism events appear correctly in the Individual View with a date in the "Date" column an