Re: [LegacyUG] Stories in Stone: Cemetery Research - free webinar by Gail Blankenau now online for limited time

2015-12-07 Thread Howlanddavisii
Geoff: Is there a way to got to the *after-webinar* part quickly? I watched the webinar yesterday and had trouble on my tablet going back or forward in time. I enjoyed the webinar very much. Howland Davis Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -Original Message- From: Geoff Rasmussen To: l

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Census event vs source

2015-10-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
And I have found my grandfather enumerated as a child living with his parents in New York City and enumerated with his fellow students at a boarding school in northern Connecticut. Boy he moved fast. I realize that the likely happening is that his parents named him when they should not h

Re: [LegacyUG] Allowing family members to update tree

2015-10-08 Thread Howlanddavisii
David: Perhaps you heard it from people who saw Dick Eastman's blog of 30 September on "Online Genealogy Programs For Invited Family Members." I suggest that you go to http://blog.eogn.com/2015/09/30/online-genealogy-programs-for-invited-family-members/ Howland Davis -Original Messa

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting Events

2015-09-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Lloyd: Don't leave us lurkers hanging. How did you solve the problem? Others have the same concern. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Lloyd Hite To: legacyusergroup Sent: Sat, Sep 12, 2015 1:56 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting Events Thanks to all who responded. I have

Re: [LegacyUG] install Legacy

2015-08-15 Thread Howlanddavisii
outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == From: Howlanddavisii [mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 10:39 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] install Legacy I have just purchased a new computer with Windows 10. What is the best

[LegacyUG] install Legacy

2015-08-15 Thread Howlanddavisii
I have just purchased a new computer with Windows 10. What is the best way to download Legacy; using the legacy 8 cd or online? Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.c

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems

2015-08-04 Thread Howlanddavisii
Anne: You have seen the responses about stopping the potential problem for individuals. But I would also have a reburial event for those that are affected. As far as the frozen ground, do you mean that graves had not been pre-dug (see Northern Exposure episode where the mayor is estimati

Re: [LegacyUG] "Preparation for upgrading to Legacy 8" ?

2015-06-28 Thread Howlanddavisii
t To: legacyusergroup Sent: Sun, Jun 28, 2015 6:32 pm Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Preparation for upgrading to Legacy 8 I didn’t realize I hijacked anything. I simply answered the question. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com From: Howlandda

Re: [LegacyUG] Preparation for upgrading to Legacy 8

2015-06-28 Thread Howlanddavisii
Gene & Michele: Why are you continuing the hijacking of the subject line? Where is there something on upgrading to Legacy 8? Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Gene Young To: legacyusergroup Sent: Sun, Jun 28, 2015 4:42 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preparation for upgrading t

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing Picture Location In The Picture Gallery

2015-06-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
takes an inordinate amount of time to organise. Is there any way that this could be changed or worth putting in a suggestion - I don't want to bother them if it is not possible. Mario n On Jun 18, 2015 3:06 AM, "Howlanddavisii" mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com>>

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing Picture Location In The Picture Gallery

2015-06-17 Thread Howlanddavisii
picture a couple of times from row 4 to row 1 with an intermediate stop on row 2 since row 2 will be the top row when row 4 is displayed. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 17/06/2015 9:04 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote

Re: [LegacyUG] Teaching people how to use Legacy

2015-06-17 Thread Howlanddavisii
Michele: Thank you for the link. Although it was for Legacy 4.0, it made a nice review (i.e., do I know how to perform that operation in 8.0?). Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Michele/Support To: legacyusergroup Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2015 7:55 am Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Teac

[LegacyUG] Changing Picture Location In The Picture Gallery

2015-06-17 Thread Howlanddavisii
LUGgers: Is there a way to move pictures in the picture gallery from one place to another when there are a lot of pictures (more than nine, let's say)? When I add a picture to the gallery, it is placed at the bottom. If it is a new picture (i.e., up to date, showing what the person loo

Re: [LegacyUG] Todays webinar

2015-06-10 Thread Howlanddavisii
Geoff: Unfortunately, for me that means a new operating system; Vista cannot be upgraded! Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Geoff Rasmussen To: legacyusergroup Sent: Wed, Jun 10, 2015 12:50 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Todays webinar We've learned what the issue is. In May,

Re: [LegacyUG] Todays webinar

2015-06-03 Thread Howlanddavisii
Dick I am too opn AOL. I get an problem message. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Dick Nixon To: legacyusergroup Sent: Wed, Jun 3, 2015 1:27 pm Subject: [LegacyUG] Todays webinar Is anyone else having trouble logging in? None of my messages from customercare will load. d

Re: [LegacyUG] Problems With Surnames

2015-05-31 Thread Howlanddavisii
Di: Welcome to Legacy. If you click on the Options tab at the top, then click on Customize (far right) and then click on Data Format. You will see the third item deals with the surname. Click on Capitalize and then click on apply. Follow the instructions after that and all should be

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Exporting Legacy Chart to PDF Format

2015-05-25 Thread Howlanddavisii
Not sure if this is the problem but it is my understanding that there is a limit to the number of pages a conversion to PDF can be. I had to break my chart into smaller groups (i.e., from 13 gen to a 5 gen, 4 gen, 2 gen and 3 gen charts (overlapping), or something like that). Howland Dav

Re: [LegacyUG] Add Event/Fact

2015-04-30 Thread Howlanddavisii
"Event Sentences to their default wording." Original Message ---- > From: "Howlanddavisii" > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 1:46 PM > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Add Event/Fact > > Jim: > > 5. Click the

Re: [LegacyUG] Add Event/Fact

2015-04-30 Thread Howlanddavisii
Jim: 5. Click the Proceed button and confirm with Yes that you want to reset the Event Sentences you their default wording. What should that last part say? Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Jim Terry/Support To: legacyusergroup Sent: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 4:26 pm Subject: Re:

[LegacyUG] Re: [LUG] Legacy8.lng File - Offlist

2015-04-29 Thread Howlanddavisii
Gene: "On some positions, Cowardice asks the question ‘Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question ‘is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question ‘Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question ‘Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither

Re: [LegacyUG] Research Guidance Tab Not Displaying on Home Page

2015-02-15 Thread Howlanddavisii
Mark: When I tried to print how to add the button to the toolbar, the last line would not print. I don't know if that is a problem at my end or yours; just thought I would let you know. I used the snipping tool to print what I wanted. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Mark

Re: [LegacyUG] First Birth After Marriage

2015-02-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
To all who wrote: Thanks for your comments. But I understand why there is a potential problem and I understand, and have, excluded problems where I have checked. My concern, and comment. is why my grand aunt has the symbol but her parents do not when, if you would look for an additional

Re: [LegacyUG] First Birth After Marriage

2015-02-11 Thread Howlanddavisii
r the marriage of her parents. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 11/02/2015 5:28 PM, Howlanddavisii wrote: > > I am using Legacy 8, download 8.0.0.454 (I know, I should update). > I have a grand aunt

[LegacyUG] First Birth After Marriage

2015-02-11 Thread Howlanddavisii
I am using Legacy 8, download 8.0.0.454 (I know, I should update). I have a grand aunt who has a red exclamation symbol. When I click for the details, it says 'Birth of first child tool ate after after marriage date.' She had no children and it is marked as such. Her parents married s

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for 2 genealogy webinars this week - Family History for Kids AND Voice Recognition Software for Genealogists

2014-12-02 Thread Howlanddavisii
/loqr3r6 Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote: What does Voice Recognition Software have to do with destroyed or missing records? Howland Davis -Original Message- From

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for 2 genealogy webinars this week - Family History for Kids AND Voice Recognition Software for Genealogists

2014-12-02 Thread Howlanddavisii
What does Voice Recognition Software have to do with destroyed or missing records? Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Geoff Rasmussen To: legacyusergroup Sent: Mon, Dec 1, 2014 4:54 pm Subject: [LegacyUG] Register for 2 genealogy webinars this week - Family History for Kids AND V

Re: [LegacyUG] Citation Suggestion Request

2014-11-19 Thread Howlanddavisii
. So how do you cite an email? There are templates for emails. Cathy > Howlanddavisii <mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com> > Wednesday, 19 November 2014 5:31 AM > Does anyone have a suggestion for citing a message through > Ancestry that provides leads to an ancestor's

[LegacyUG] Citation Suggestion Request

2014-11-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
Does anyone have a suggestion for citing a message through Ancestry that provides leads to an ancestor's spouse? Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup

[LegacyUG] "Families" And AARP's RealPad

2014-11-14 Thread Howlanddavisii
Speaking Of "Families" as Jenny did recently, does anyone know if AARp's RealPad will accept "Families" as an app. Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyuse

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Pictures and Legacy Family Tree by Geoff Rasmussen

2014-11-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Geoff: No real confusion; you would never remind us about a webinar only hours before it starts! I can understand the Japan time comment completely. In April 1968 I flew from Saigon to Hawaii for R&R. We arrived in Honolulu two hours before we left Vietnam; talk about a confused body.

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Pictures and Legacy Family Tree by Geoff Rasmussen

2014-11-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Geoff: Is the webinar today (per subject line) or Friday (per description)? Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Geoff Rasmussen To: legacyusergroup Sent: Wed, Nov 12, 2014 12:10 pm Subject: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Pictures and Legacy Family Tree by Geoff Ra

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Last Edited in Legacy 8.0.0.454

2014-11-09 Thread Howlanddavisii
Michele: You said to the right of the M:1 box. I have the W:1 box to the immediate right; I did find the information to the right of that. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Michele/Support To: legacyusergroup Sent: Sun, Nov 9, 2014 1:58 pm Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Date Last

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing Half Children

2014-09-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
state of that link, adopted, step etc. so reports can include that relationship where that is allowed. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 23 Sep 2014 1:11 PM, Howlanddavisii wrote: > > Brian: > Thank you for e

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing Half Children

2014-09-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
arent. The 5 children show with the third spouse because three children are linked to the third spouse and two are linked to him. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 23 Sep 2014 9:45 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote: > LUGgers: >

[LegacyUG] Showing Half Children

2014-09-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
LUGgers: I am doing something wrong but I cannot figure out what. I have added two additional wives to a collateral ancestor. He had two children by his first wife and his third wife had three children by her first marriage. If I have the father and his first wife, only their two childr

Re: [LegacyUG] Source a phone call

2014-09-03 Thread Howlanddavisii
Because I attached a thread from Apr 2009 on the subject, I emailed the OP offlist. That thread was titled "Source Citation For A Telephone Call." Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.m

[LegacyUG] Test Message

2014-05-10 Thread Howlanddavisii
Test - my last three replies to the group have not been sent, having timed out. Can someone tell me why this would happen? Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyus

Re: [LegacyUG] Charting

2014-05-05 Thread Howlanddavisii
Cheryl: The OP, Lynn, wanted an hourglass with the ancestors in one direction and the descendants in the other. I thought that the Legacy Charting hourglass would do that too but what it does is the ancestors of one parent to one side and the ancestors of the other parent to the other si

Re: [LegacyUG] Child settings/status vs potential problems problem.

2014-04-24 Thread Howlanddavisii
Paula: I tried to respond to this earlier but it was not sent for some reason. Anyway, click on Reports, then click on Other Reports and the Potential problems. Now click on the Gaps tab and change the number of months as desired. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Paul

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Media Files

2014-04-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
ubject: Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Media Files On 23/04/2014 15:55, Howlanddavisii wrote: > I recently printed a list of missing media files and corrected them. > However apparently for five of them I must have given different file > names because I still get a list showing those five. Is there a w

[LegacyUG] Missing Media Files

2014-04-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
I recently printed a list of missing media files and corrected them. However apparently for five of them I must have given different file names because I still get a list showing those five. Is there a way to tell Legacy 8.0 Family Tree that those old file names are no longer good and sh

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-21 Thread Howlanddavisii
date field. Innotes, you can say things like ‘she started in 1980 and was still in thatposition as of Apr 2014’. Ward From: Howlanddavisii Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 3:40 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized EventDate In

[LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-21 Thread Howlanddavisii
In trying to clean up my Potential Problems, my sister has an unrecognized event date. I am trying to say that she worked at her present position from "1980 - present." If I want to say that, how do I do so? Should I not have spaces around the dash (similar to actual dates), do I leave

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report

2014-04-21 Thread Howlanddavisii
Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote: > I went to print out the Potential Problem report and wanted to print on both > sides of the paper. But there did not appear to a way to do that. Did I miss > something or is that not possible? > >

[LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report

2014-04-21 Thread Howlanddavisii
I went to print out the Potential Problem report and wanted to print on both sides of the paper. But there did not appear to a way to do that. Did I miss something or is that not possible? Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived m

Re: [LegacyUG] "Right" way to add essays or excerpts from others to Family File

2014-04-07 Thread Howlanddavisii
This is an interesting situation that I had not thought of before. I have an essay of sorts, written by a great-aunt, titled (name deleted to protect the guilty), "I. F. L's. Story Of Her Father And His Family" which also includes some information on the paternal grandfather and his famil

Re: [LegacyUG] where to store images

2014-04-03 Thread Howlanddavisii
Brian: You say that the 'Gather Media' copies the files them but does not move them. If I have my pictures in C: drive under Family Genealogy in a file 'Fabyan Pictures,' will those stay there? And, if they do and I add pictures to that file, should I run the Tools > Gather Media monthly

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging

2014-03-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
Bob: Did you forget it? I would like to view it too. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Genealogy Bob To: legacyusergroup Sent: Tue, Mar 18, 2014 2:34 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging And here is one more video that is a bit more involved, about 45 minutes long. On 3/18/

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering info in location field

2014-02-27 Thread Howlanddavisii
Jay: I would hope, for CE's sake, that the first ten words of your first sentence was also tongue in cheek . Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Jay 1FamilyTree <1familytree@gmail.com> To: legacyusergroup Sent: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 1:39 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering info

Re: [LegacyUG] Search for people above a certain age

2013-11-28 Thread Howlanddavisii
Jenny: This may have been a slip of the keys but shouldn't the first search be for individual with a birth date before 1913 (i.e., over 100 per the OP? Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Thu, Nov 28, 2013 12:14 pm Subject: Re: [Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Children with 'double 's's????

2013-11-27 Thread Howlanddavisii
Elizabeth: If I am not mistaken (which is a big if), it means that they have no children. I have two children and three step children. Only one of those has the symbol you mention and he and his wife have no children. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: elizabeth To: Legac

Re: OFF LIST Re: [LegacyUG] Shared events

2013-11-27 Thread Howlanddavisii
Sherry: What offlist ? Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Wed, Nov 27, 2013 1:11 pm Subject: OFF LIST Re: [LegacyUG] Shared events John, Can I add your comments about shared events and TNG to our new Knowledge Base? It would be ano

Re: [LegacyUG] You Use WHAT For Genealogy? Wonderful Uses For Unusual Tools

2013-09-17 Thread Howlanddavisii
Geoff: I just watched the subject webinar (afternoon of 17 September 2013) and the poll questions were not shown although Thomas referenced one of them. Did you also sneeze early in the webinar and deleted that part? May I ask what the questions were and the percentages/numbers for each

Re: [LegacyUG] search String for Ancestry

2013-08-30 Thread Howlanddavisii
tc. Then create you own search strings. I have a fairly comprehensive list of search strings. You can go to my DropBox folder and download the Word Document at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rt9j4o2aecd1hym/YzFcYLGtcC ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com - On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:19 AM, How

Re: [LegacyUG] search String for Ancestry

2013-08-30 Thread Howlanddavisii
Jay & Leon: For those of us who are not as technically proficient as you, could you explain what the search strings do and do you fill in some spaces such as given name and surname and, if so, what goes in the ROOT_CATEGORY if anything? And what about the items in black such as [ ]=[%20]

Re: [LegacyUG] Two questions

2013-08-28 Thread Howlanddavisii
Cheryl: 1. Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland is the location I've given for an 1787 event. When I attempted to insert the Geo-location data, the program correctly complains that Allegany county wasn't formed until 1789. So, I then select when I know to be the name of the county from which Alle

Re: [LegacyUG] How many individuals are in each generation?

2013-08-20 Thread Howlanddavisii
Joey & Paula: Want to get this in before Legacy tells to talk only about Legacy features. Another idea is to have each branch, i.e., 15, have a different color (ribbon or baseball hat). That is what my family has done. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Paula Ryburn To: Leg

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
screen, then go to your bookmark and right click on it. It saves you in this marriage On 8/18/2013 11:16 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote: > Ward (and Laura): > How do I set the bookmark to a couple? When I hover over my name > (and the other bookmarks), it says, "Jump to This Person or

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
. You just need to reset yourbookmark from the correct couple. Ward From: Howlanddavisii Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:18 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse Jay: I am not sure that I understand what you were saying but itmakes me wa

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
*To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse > > Howland: > > Logically, yes - so why it's not working, I'm not sure. > > Hopefully someone more techy and Legacy knowledgable will have or find > the answer for you > > Ka

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-17 Thread Howlanddavisii
it is showing the direct line of the designated person. Hope that makes sense. Kathy On 18 August 2013 00:00, Howlanddavisii wrote: Kathy: It may be doing that; I don't know. Would you explain further and in more detail? Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelin

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-17 Thread Howlanddavisii
f the preferred child according to the line of decent you may have set? On 17 August 2013 10:15, Howlanddavisii wrote: Ward: There is an asterisk. That is why I don't understand what is happening. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Ward Walker To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: F

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-16 Thread Howlanddavisii
erisk next to her in the‘P’ column. Ward From: Howlanddavisii Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 4:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse LUGgers: I have my third wife marked as preferred (I haveselected her, saved and closed). But when I come

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-16 Thread Howlanddavisii
LUGgers: I have my third wife marked as preferred (I have selected her, saved and closed). But when I come back to my family screen, my first wife's information is displayed. What am I not doing to change it. I had two children with my first wife and the children with the second and

Re: [LegacyUG] How to deal with group photos within Legacy

2013-07-19 Thread Howlanddavisii
My son recently was married and many family members attended. I copied the appropriate pictures to each person's picture gallery. I did not think of adding it under the Marriage Gallery. I have to go back and look at that; thanks for the thought. Howland Davis Legacy User Gro

Re: [LegacyUG]

2013-07-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
And veteran LUGGERS, Legacy Family Tree employees, etc., should look at the original post and add to the subject line or say [was . . . .] rather than let it go on and on as it was. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Duane Baker To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2013 3:42 pm

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way To Use Legacy To Generate File Labels For Couples?

2013-06-07 Thread Howlanddavisii
Russ: "Go to the Reports and go to the Books and Other tab. Choose Name Tags. Under the Label Type and Label products = Avery USA standard scroll down to 8366 - File Folder." Do you know if Avery 8366 is for 1/3 divided or 1/5 divided folders? Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelin

Re: [LegacyUG] Numbering Systems?

2013-06-04 Thread Howlanddavisii
Cheryl: Is your database a pedigree or a descendancy one? Mine is a descendancy and I use the Register System devised by the New England Historic Genealogical Register as the User ID number. I would like the idea of a generation number; the lack of one results in the generational User ID

Re: [LegacyUG] sourcing social media (FB)

2013-05-09 Thread Howlanddavisii
Brian: A message broad? Could not resist; I first typed *nessage" so we all do it. Using SourceWriter I used the Message broads/forums template to record Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: ht

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Sorting Events

2013-04-30 Thread Howlanddavisii
CE, Amen! I agree; start slowly and tell me what I am looking for and where and then what I should see. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: CE WOOD To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Tue, Apr 30, 2013 2:51 pm Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Re: Sorting Events Everything in your posting is

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Multimedia Files

2013-04-24 Thread Howlanddavisii
multimedia errors that I couldn’t resolve. From: Howlanddavisii [mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 2:50 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Missing Multimedia Files I have printed a list of the missing multimedia files and worked on it until I am

[LegacyUG] Missing Multimedia Files

2013-04-21 Thread Howlanddavisii
I have printed a list of the missing multimedia files and worked on it until I am down to a single full page. Is there a way to delete the remainder so that they don't appear again (unless I change the address in the future)? The pictures appear to be there and the blank space indicating

Re: [LegacyUG] GenDexNetwork.org Supports Legacy Gendex Files

2013-04-14 Thread Howlanddavisii
I personally have no problem with commercials for products that can be used with Legacy Family Tree as long as they are *labeled* as such, preferably the first word after *[LegacyUG].* I get emails from other genealogy sites that I click on before remembering that they are selling the *bo

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-04 Thread Howlanddavisii
Michelle & Marie: Thank you for your responses. To summarize, ChasH said that the instructions to the enumerators in 1880 were that, in this case, the jailer (i.e., superintendent) was the head of household. Jennie suggested using the Event description to show that the person was the S

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-04 Thread Howlanddavisii
, Howlanddavisii wrote: > > Luggers: > > I have an ancestor who was a supervisor in an asylum for the insane per the 1880 census. The first person listed for the dwelling is the superintendent of the facility. When I write a citation for the census, is he the head of the household or would I s

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-03 Thread Howlanddavisii
family." ChasH On 3/3/2013 3:09 PM, Howlanddavisii wrote: Luggers: I have an ancestor who was a supervisor in an asylum for the insane per the 1880 census. The first person listed for the dwelling is the superintendent of the facility. When

[LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-03 Thread Howlanddavisii
Luggers: I have an ancestor who was a supervisor in an asylum for the insane per the 1880 census. The first person listed for the dwelling is the superintendent of the facility. When I write a citation for the census, is he the head of the household or would I show the name of the facili

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about adding info

2013-03-03 Thread Howlanddavisii
Rich: Click on the notes section for that person, one of which will be medical. And one of those will be cause of death. Howland in Akron -Original Message- From: Richard Falzini To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 11:07 am Subject: [LegacyUG] Question about adding info

Re: [LegacyUG] Emails & Legacy

2013-01-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Syble: You have gotten other responses to your inquiry to which I agree. In addition, I wanted to show one way (that I use) as my citation for all emails received that have information included on family members. I am sure that there are many variations; if I was starting out, I would u

Re: [LegacyUG] Saving a female from the individual screen

2012-11-10 Thread Howlanddavisii
Marnie: I had a similar problem when I wanted to add a husband, father or wife. I would click to add a new person, would get an error message and would have to click to add three times before the correct screen appeared. I contacted technical, I think, and had to copy to a new file, as I

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Eliz: Thank you for your comment. I wondered because I have found passenger lists for my (and relatives') return from Bermuda and Europe but nothing the other way when obviously we did go the other way first. As for my military travel, I flew so there would be no lists, just orders.

Re: [LegacyUG] Immigration/Emigration Event, what's the difference?

2012-10-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Lavern: I have traveled out of the U.S. several times. I would use an Event titled Travel and use the passenger list as my source. Then there was my trip to Vietnam in 1967; I do not list this as travel! This comes under Military and uses my orders as the source. You say that you ha

Re: [LegacyUG] webinar

2012-09-24 Thread Howlanddavisii
Geoff: I am not happy about waiting either. You just have to plan your time better . Will we need to sign up again or will our original sign-up keep us in the queue? Howland Davis -Original Message- From: unique64 Riley To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Mon, Sep 24, 2012 4:41 pm Subj

Re: [LegacyUG] Living or Dead - take 2

2012-09-12 Thread Howlanddavisii
Jim S: In the lower left corner of the "Individual's Information" screen, there is a place to check "Exclude From Potential Problems." This will take care of the nagging; do this for each person that you don't know whether they are dead. Or raise the number of years as previously mentio

Re: [LegacyUG] Trellis Chart

2012-09-10 Thread Howlanddavisii
Paula: You might want to look at Dick Eastman's newsletter at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2012/09/progeny-software-introduces-trellis-charts-the-chart-with-everyone-on-it.html Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Paula Ryburn To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Mon, S

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources For Pictures #1, #2 Or #3

2012-07-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
There are now three threads going, all of which use the subject line of Sources For Pictures. Please change the subject a little even if it might fit your question. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: MVMcgrs To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 3:07 pm Subject: Re: [Legac

Re: [LegacyUG] List Activity

2012-06-27 Thread Howlanddavisii
Mike: I am glad that I am not the only one who gets some messages after the original, etc. I did, however, get Michelle's message before the two replies. I guess the hammer along the side of the computer woreked . Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTre

Re: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel Report

2012-05-27 Thread Howlanddavisii
> Books is the Ancestor report which will place all ancestors in numerical order beginning with the current generation that you have chosen, and going back as far as you specify. The first "missing sequencial" number is the one for your unknown ancestor. Gene A From: Howla

[LegacyUG] Ahnentafel Report

2012-05-27 Thread Howlanddavisii
First, I wish to create a short Ahnentafel report in order to find my first unknown ancestor (see Genea-Musings Saturday Night Fun). I have gone to Legacy Help and printed out the information on "To Create An Ahnentafel (or Ancestor) Report." But I am having trouble finding the "Ahnentaf

Re: [LegacyUG] Frozen Icons, Etc.

2012-05-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Wed, May 23, 2012 5:12 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Frozen Icons, Etc. Try running FIle > File Maintenance > Check/Repair and see if that helps. incerely, herry echnical Support egacy Family Tree n Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Howlanddavisii wrote: When I click on the &quo

[LegacyUG] Frozen Icons, Etc.

2012-05-23 Thread Howlanddavisii
When I click on the "Name LIst," or "Marriage List," icon nothing happens. The list does not appear to start typing a surname, etc. What should I do? I have closed the program and restarted. Should I turn off the computer and start up again? Any other thoughts? Howland Davis

Re: [LegacyUG] List problem?

2012-05-22 Thread Howlanddavisii
Ron: Thanks for your explanation. For the posts that disappear, I will try to find a soothsayer. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Ron Ferguson To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Tue, May 22, 2012 6:17 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] List problem? Howland, There are times when posts do

Re: [LegacyUG] List problem?

2012-05-22 Thread Howlanddavisii
I have seen reponses to questions that I did not see the question. I have also seen responses to threads that are completely out of order. Is Jane said, "Is it the list or is it my provider [AOL]." Howland Davis On 5/22/2012 4:12 PM, Jane Sarles wrote: > I put a post on the list 1 and 1/3 ho

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar By Megan Smolenyak(2)

2012-05-04 Thread Howlanddavisii
I shut the computer down and reastarted and all seems to be well; at least I am past the fiorst stopping point. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Howlanddavisii To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Fri, May 4, 2012 3:24 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar By Megan Smolenyak(2) Are

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar By Megan Smolenyak(2)

2012-05-04 Thread Howlanddavisii
Are there problems with Megan Smolenyak's webinar? I have tried twice to watch it. The first time, just before the second question, the screen turned green and 'static' was heard. Also the clock showing the program time jumped ahead. The second time just as Geoff started to speak an ex

Re: [LegacyUG] War casualty

2012-04-26 Thread Howlanddavisii
Tony: I would use the cemetery but note that what you have is a Cenotaph, which is a monument to a deceased person, but not a place where that person is buried. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Tony Rolfe To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 1:56 am Subject: [Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Do you add everyone with surname or just confirmed links?

2012-03-24 Thread Howlanddavisii
I have been researching my maternal father's line [Fabyan] in New England. I have come across a number of other Fabyans that are not, to the best of my knowledge, related even thoiugh that family claimed a hotel that my trunk was involved with. I have, as someone else said, kept therm as a sep

Re: [LegacyUG] Options>Customise>General>Integrate with Family Search

2012-03-13 Thread Howlanddavisii
y program if one so desires. Paul Gray From: Howlanddavisii [mailto:howlanddavi...@aol.com] Sent: March-13-12 2:49 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Options>Customise>General>Integrate with Family Search Brian: You said "While in LFS click on t

Re: [LegacyUG] Options>Customise>General>Integrate with Family Search

2012-03-13 Thread Howlanddavisii
Brian: You said "While in LFS click on the Legend tab below the left column of names to see what the colour coded arrows indicate." What is LFS or should it have been nFS? Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Brian/Support To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Tue, Mar 13, 2012 2:52 pm S

Re: [LegacyUG] HeritageQuest

2012-02-14 Thread Howlanddavisii
Paula I do too. Howland Davis PS. Let's not hijack subject lines in order to aid future archive searching. -Original Message- From: Paula Ryburn To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 2:03 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sharpen Your Pencils Does anyone else on this list use Her

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