Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 - date change after latest update

Do you know that for most NSW BDM's, you can now zero in on the precise date by trial and error by testing with half years, then months, then days etc. Graham On 29/09/2017 8:28 AM, Susie Zada wrote: Hi Folks, As many of my BDM references are in New South Wales or Victoria in Australia,

Re: [LegacyUG] Hello from MyHeritage + 2 unique offers

raham from down under. On 14/09/2017 10:52 AM, marion wimsett wrote: Thanks Graham - no mention of GST on the site that I saw - getting more expensive over here!!! On 14 September 2017 at 08:28, Graham Lambert <gra...@bigpond.net.au <mailto:gra...@bigpond.net.au>> wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Hello from MyHeritage + 2 unique offers

Mine here in New South Wales ended up costing me $171.07, after VAT/GST, exchange rates, etc. Graham from down under On 14/09/2017 10:14 AM, marion wimsett wrote: Assume it is Washington as in Western Australia it is $148 On 14 September 2017 at 08:08, Michael Feldman

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying Sources from FamilySearch.org to Legacy and Ancestry.com

The other thing is that the 'notes' uploaded via gedcom to Ancestry are not viewable by ordinary Ancestry members. I assume this is correct because, Quoted from my tree - "Notes can only be viewed by the owner and by those invited to the tree as an 'Editor' " Graham On 28/12/2016 11:35 AM,

Re: [LegacyUG] [Legacy] FTM file to Legacy -can SKS act asintermediary, please

Once again we may need to say, "You can't please all the people all the time". I for one don't mind the side issues involved with our family history programs and the operating systems we use to run them. Life is a big learning curve. Graham On 02/09/2016 11:12 AM, Mary Young wrote: Are we

Re: [LegacyUG] Birthday reminders

Thanks Dale, another one to look at. Graham On 07/07/2016 11:13 PM, Dale McIntyre wrote: I use Rainlender. It shows scheduled activities with an optional audible alarm. You choose haw far in advance the alarm goes off. Dale McIntyre On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:36 AM, Graham Lambert <

Re: [LegacyUG] Birthday reminders

Thanks Mary, I'll look into Google calendar. Wish I could transfer all the dates directly from Legacy. Graham On 07/07/2016 6:58 PM, Mary Young wrote: I use Google calendar, you can have early reminders by email. On 7 Jul 2016 08:38, "Graham Lambert" <gra...@bigpond.net.au

[LegacyUG] Birthday reminders

Hi All, Has anyone found a way in the Legacy program to have their 'Birthday reminders' automatically display, without having to manually open the program and look on the Legacy Home page? Probably not possible ...but maybe someone knows of a good, easy to use program for birthday reminders

Re: [LegacyUG] Toolbar problems, et al

Well said Jenny, and I agree wholeheartedly. The response from both users and the Legacy staff is fantastic. I guess if you only follow the replies when you have your own personal problems, then you would miss the amazing amount of help on this list. ...and as you say, you can also contact

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing Gedcom

Hopefully one day we will find a way to keep Legacy, Ancestry's online tree and Family Tree Maker all synced. Because like you Elizabeth, I think that the sources that Ancestry find are fantastic, and so easy to add to the tree. Maybe one day, their (Ancestry) people will talk to our Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Linux

Hi Carl, Sorry to hear about your daughter's computer being infected. I was just wondering though, did she have an anti-virus program installed? If so, which one? Graham On 20/02/2014 3:36 AM, Carl Cox wrote: Does Legacy run on Linux? Do you need Wine or some other interface? I would like to

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't uninstall 7.5

/01/2014 7:03 PM, MikeFry wrote: On 20 Jan 2014 09:07, Graham Lambert wrote: I had to do all above myself to finally delete L7.5. Unfortunately though, all my very precious media was deletedpermanently...how I am not sure? All I remember is being frustrated that 7.5 was not being deleted

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't uninstall 7.5

I must admit, I am becoming very confused here, because when looking at where, Default locations of (6.1) family files and (6.2) media files is saying it is located in, C:\Users\Graham\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Media\but when I look thereI can't even find \Documents\...I can see My

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't uninstall 7.5

Ah yes, okay, so that's where they were I suppose, thanks Mike. Graham On 20/01/2014 10:40 PM, MikeFry wrote: On 20 Jan 2014 11:00, Graham Lambert wrote: I must admit, I am becoming very confused here, because when looking at where, Default locations of (6.1) family files and (6.2) media

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't uninstall 7.5

because sometimes they fail. I finally uninstalled Legacy 7.5 last night using the unwise method with no problems. I didn't check any of the Windows files and only selected to delete files associated with Legacy. Bill Boswell -Original Message- From: Graham Lambert [mailto:gra

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't uninstall 7.5

On 20/01/2014 8:26 AM, Paul Gray wrote: Bob, That did the trick, except that I had to use the custom uninstall. Executing unwise.exe gave me three options, Automatic, Custom, or Repair. I first did Automatic and got the same old behaviour it just deleted the install.log file. Copied

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates

It would probably seem as trivial detail for me when I consider that for most ancestors, if I can find out their occupations every ten years, then I think I'm doing well. Occasionally with directories etc, we can get down to yearly for awhile, but that is rarer information. Graham On 12/01/2014

Re: [LegacyUG] When to use AKAs

Hi Leo, I think this a is a very individual thing. I record an AKA when my ancestors sometimes use their second name; other instances are when they are known for example, as Jack or Jock for John. Any of the very many spelling mistakes, I only record in the Notes. But that's just me. Graham

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes Problem in V8

Hi All, I can see a few people having 'notes' problems, but am I the only one that has lost all my 'General notes' in the Family view. I have L7.5 Deluxe and downloaded L8 standard...the installer wanted to put it in Program files, so I agreed, even though 7.5 is in 'C' drive. I then went for the

Re: [LegacyUG] ~Anne Outterson~

Hi Sherry, Am I right in assuming that it is mainly 'web' based email programs, like Hotmail, Yahoo and Google that are being hacked. I can't remember 'private' type email programs, like Thunderbird, Seamonkey, Pegasus, etc being a problem. 'Web' and 'Private' may be the wrong terminology, so I

Re: [LegacyUG] Computer crashed - how do I move legacy to new computer?

On 27/03/2013 10:27 AM, Ron Walter wrote: Ron If the internet isn't available what makes you think that there will be electricity? I suggest backing up to goatskins as the only safe alternative. Ron What a great idea, blow the internet, external HD's, DVD's etc, I'm off to get a goat! :-)

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropbox

Why does it matter when you started or how many people in your file. You can start using Dropbox whenever you like..can't you? Graham On 4/01/2013 10:34 AM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: I don't use dropbox, mostly because I added my 25K names in the 1980s, before new tech. Rich in LA CA . ---

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing Family Tree with relatives that don't have legacy

On 6/12/2012 1:56 PM, MJ SA wrote: A few of my relatives would like to see the family tree as a nice chart, but these are elderly people, it is amazing they know how to use the computer as it is. There has to be another way. If they are almost computer illiterate...then what about you

Re: [spam] [LegacyUG] Legacy adding Notes problem

On 29/08/2012 4:59 AM, aud2...@aol.com wrote: * *I was adding notes to an individual I clicked something lost all my notes, how can I retrieve the notes? * * *Audrey GAY Conner St. Petersburg, Florida* Maybe you clicked on the Research Tab...if so...then just click on the General tab

Re: [LegacyUG] Dropbox problem

On 25/07/2012 6:41 AM, Tim Rosenlof wrote: On 7/24/2012 1:59 PM, bgsu1...@gmail.com wrote: Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk proclaimed: I have to be away from my computer for a couple of weeks, but have access to my sister's laptop, so I backed up my Legacy family file to Dropbox, along

Re: [LegacyUG] Do not open other emails from me. I've been hacked.

Just to clarify your subject line Do not open other emails from me. I've been hacked. We don't know beforehand which email is from you and which one is from the hacker, so I guess it is actually OK to open the email to read, as long as we don't click on the URL address supplied by the hacker.

Re: [LegacyUG] Any suggestions? Picture Gallery trouble in Master Source picture gallery - family bible TIF's

On 1/06/2012 10:37 AM, William (Bill) R. Linhart wrote: Dave, thanks for your thoughts. I use several different image processing programs with my TIFs (20+ MB) and I don't have any of the problems like I have with Legacy. The Picasa desktop viewer is lightening fast with even my largest

Re: [LegacyUG] Going from 6.0 to 7.5

The only problem I can see is one of consistency. Why *Rel@ively* and not also *P@rice* ? :-) Graham On 14/04/2012 3:18 AM, geneal...@cfl.rr.com wrote: I know I should have done this long ago, but I'm a professional procrastinator. Would someone be kind enough to advise the best way to

Re: [LegacyUG] webinars

I concur Myrna, lots of free webinars but not lots of free time to watch them :-) Graham On 22/11/2011 7:20 AM, Myrna Jorgensen wrote: Oh No! Just when I finally have time to sit down and watch some of these webinars I find the one I really want (Cemeteries by Geoff) is no longer free. That

[LegacyUG] Webinar internet usage

Hi all, I just watched the Google+ webinar, very interesting and helpful as usual. The reason for this post though, is that for personal reasons, I have had to reduce my monthly allowance of internet data down to 5 GB (5,000 MB) per month, or about 166 MB per day. (5,000 MB/30 days=166 MB). I

Re: [LegacyUG] New Update

I must have a different setup somewhere. In my Legacy version 7.5.0.98 the icons move about 2mm and the mouse doesn't need to be repositioned.** Is it a screen resolution thing? Graham On 21/07/2011 10:42 AM, Laura Johnson wrote: I have problems with my eyesight as well. I have work

Re: [LegacyUG] template for Scotland census 1911

Is this a mistake...or do you really want to be notified when each person reads your post? You are not the first to have this Notification request, so if the answer is yes, then I am just curious as to why. Graham On 7/04/2011 6:14 PM, Mike Bridgeford wrote: Good Morning, The 1911 Scotland

Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate names problem

://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Graham Lambert Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 10:28 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Alternate names problem Hi all, hope I explain this little problem adequately. When I add an 'alternate' name from the Family view screen

Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate names problem

Not too sure where the problem really lies, but yes, Legacy's gedcom exports Given name from 'main name area' and 'alternate name area', both as 'Givn'. So then GEDxlate uses the 'given name' from the 'alternate name' as the 'given name'. Then to make things even more confusing as Ron said, a

[LegacyUG] Alternate names problem

Hi all, hope I explain this little problem adequately. When I add an 'alternate' name from the Family view screen in Legacy, (via the AKA icon), a popup box appears, and that alternate name has to be added in the Given name area. Shouldn't that be Alternate or Nick name area. Because now, when I

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy capacity

Hi Sharon, I have just over 2,000 in my tree and quite a few of them are 'very' distant relations. I guess I only add those distant relations out of boredom because direct lines, going back in time, are becoming harder to find. Just wondering, how did you ever collect so many relations and do you