Re: [LegacyUG] FindaGrave.com?

2017-11-13 Thread John Groome
oup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of John Groome <johnjgro...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 2:00 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] FindaGrave.com?   Although it took a little getting used to I find it relatively easy to use; however... I have many Ir

Re: [LegacyUG] FindaGrave.com?

2017-11-13 Thread John Groome
Although it took a little getting used to I find it relatively easy to use; however... I have many Irish surnames that begin with O' which FAG does not recognise via the FAG search button in Legacy and consequently I have to edit the search to get any results. This I find frustrating and

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3049 when running file maintenance/check repair

2017-10-28 Thread John Groome
, etc. that will run. > > Then check/repair. Sometimes things take a lot of computer time to > work/respond. > > I hate some of the "Legacy Fixes". Have cost me weeks of work to recover > in the past. Gedcom files lose or mess up some things. > > Jay Ingalls > >

[LegacyUG] Error 3049 when running file maintenance/check repair

2017-10-25 Thread John Groome
ile dao360.dll is in the corrected directories Regards John Groome Upper Hutt, New Zealand -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http:

Re: [LegacyUG] Print Report Formats

2017-10-02 Thread John Groome
Bill This looks suspiciously like html code : \i - open italic and \i0 close italic. I am not a programmer so I could well be wrong. Regards John NZ On 29 June 2017 at 16:29, Cathy Pinner wrote: > Bill, > you seem to be showing old style codes Legacy used to use. > Is the

[LegacyUG] Add event

2017-03-16 Thread John Groome
I am trying to add an event to an individual. I opened the individual's record and clicked on "add record" whicpened the event window. On the event line, I selected "electoral roll" from the drop-down and tabbed to the next field "Description" where I tried to enter "Foreman". As soon as I

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding newspaper articles about a murder trial - Getting Event Date out of Range warnings

2016-10-29 Thread John Groome
Thomas If you open the individual's window you should see the indicator for potential problem (red circle with exclamation mark) Hover cursor over the indicator and and you will see instructions for the options. John Upper Hutt, New Zealand On 28 October 2016 at 12:52, Trevor Carlson

Re: [LegacyUG] Statistics Report

2016-08-10 Thread John Groome
tree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 10-Aug-16 12:51 PM, John Groome wrote: > >> I find the statistic report especially helpful to find individuals with >> missing birth dates. >> >> When I run the report I can see immediately the count of “indivi

Re: [LegacyUG] Statistics Report

2016-08-10 Thread John Groome
try clicking on the Reset on the right hand side > of the screen and try the report again. > Russ > > *From:* John Groome <johnjgro...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 10, 2016 12:51 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG]

[LegacyUG] Statistics Report

2016-08-10 Thread John Groome
got a solution Thanks and Regards John Groome Upper Hutt, NZ Sent from Mail for Windows 10 -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Family vs non-Family

2016-07-24 Thread John Groome
Hi Ian I use tags for recording my relationships. Having been married twice I use tag 1 for all the relations of the children of my second marriage and tag 3 for those of my first. When I open the family view for an individual I can immediately see, in the tag fields, to which side of the family

Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair Family File

2015-10-10 Thread John Groome
tice it when it was running or were they > reported in the log? > Ken occasionally changes the routine to fix obscure issues. > However, it's probably better to send this type of technical question > directly to technical support. > Cathy > > John Groome wrote: > > > H

[LegacyUG] Check/Repair Family File

2015-10-10 Thread John Groome
Hi users I routinely run the check/repair operation to keep my files "clean". However today I noticed that there was an operation "fixing nulls" being carried out on some 7000 records. What does this mean? What impact does it have on my database? Is it a sign of a bigger problem? Comments

Re: [LegacyUG] England BMD Registration quarter dates - Version 8.0.0.497

2015-05-29 Thread John Groome
Thanks Cathy, will heed your advice. On 29 May 2015 at 18:14, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote: Hi John, This has already been noted as a bug. Don't waste your time trying to fix it with Search and Replace. Cathy John Groome wrote: I have recently updated to the latest version

[LegacyUG] England BMD Registration quarter dates - Version 8.0.0.497

2015-05-29 Thread John Groome
I have recently updated to the latest version of Legacy 8 and have noticed that the dates I used, based on the English quarter days, have changed from mmm/Q/ to mmm/q/. Although a relatively simple fix to almost 5,000 records, using search and replace, I fail to understand this change to

Re: [LegacyUG] Rules for Entering Place Names in England and Canada

2014-11-04 Thread John Groome
been providing this service for about 150 years so earlier addresses will no mention the RD number!!! John Groome On 5 November 2014 07:07, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Jenny, I also think that it is better not to use the abbreviated RD in the full name to avoid confusion with Rural

Re: [LegacyUG] CORRECTION: Legacy 8 User Manual

2014-01-19 Thread John Groome
Charlie What a cheap deal!! I too purchased the shipped version of Legacy 8. The cost of shipping and handling to NZ was USD25 John On 6 January 2014 11:12, Charles W Aubin cwaub...@telus.net wrote: Ron, I am in agreement with you that the already updated PDF manual should be available

Re: [LegacyUG] New location

2014-01-08 Thread John Groome
All Thanks for the help. I am in agreement with Kurt. I enter all my locations in lower case. A two- part location (eg dimville, usa) is recorded as expected (Dimville, USA). When I go to a three part location (eg dimville, new york, usa) the output gets screwed up (Dimville, USAYork, Usa). I

[LegacyUG] New location

2014-01-07 Thread John Groome
I am using version 8.0.0.367 on Windows 7 I am having difficulty adding a new location one of my family files. For example I type in orange, virginia, usa and when I press enter the field is displayed as Orange, ViUSAia, Usa. I am expecting the result of Orange, Virginia, USA. I have two family

Re: [LegacyUG] New location

2014-01-07 Thread John Groome
01:50, John Groome wrote: I am using version 8.0.0.367 on Windows 7 I am having difficulty adding a new location one of my family files. For example I type in orange, virginia, usa and when I press enter the field is displayed as Orange, ViUSAia, Usa. I am expecting the result

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report - Column Width

2013-11-11 Thread John Groome
Thanks Jenny and Mike, Mike - your suggestion re on all names lists cracked the problem! Regards On 11 November 2013 23:58, Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com wrote: On 2013/11/11 05:13, John Groome wrote: In column two, which reports on the individual full name together

[LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report - Column Width

2013-11-10 Thread John Groome
is greater than the column width the wrap continues to the next line but is then overwritten by the following record. Is there any way that the user can adjust the widths to suit or is this a bug? Regards John Groome Upper Hutt, NZ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate search

2013-04-24 Thread John Groome
An interesting question/scenario. For what it's worth, I have two or three persons on my database called Johanna who were originally from Germany and after settlement in NZ were called Anna. I have found many such examples where immigrants have anglicised their names eg Carl became

[LegacyUG] Master Location List - Geo-code issue

2013-04-12 Thread John Groome
Hi Users I am running Legacy 7.5.0.219 (15 Feb 2013) on Windows 7. I have added a new location to the database and as is my normal practice I run the geo-code function. However I am getting a scrip error VELat/Long is undefined. I checked the geo directory to find it was empty (can't understand

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location List - Geo-code issue

2013-04-12 Thread John Groome
running scripts? If so you can ignore that script error message. You did not say whether the location is properly geocoded despite that error. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 12-Apr-13 12:36, John Groome wrote

[LegacyUG] Error 3049 Cannot open database

2013-01-22 Thread John Groome
. I have checked the website for this error to no avail. The last addition to the database was made on the desktop. It is only in the last couple of days I had decided to use a cloud drive. My suspicion there may be some conflict between W7 and XP. Any Suggestions? Regards John Groome New

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3049 Cannot open database

2013-01-22 Thread John Groome
not tried it, nor will I ever rely on DB in the cloud as my main one. --- Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 John Groome johnjgro...@gmail.com wrote: I am running Legacy (7.5.0.208) on a laptop (Windows 7) and a desktop (windows XP) The fdb file is stored on google drive When

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3049 Cannot open database

2013-01-22 Thread John Groome
John Groome johnjgro...@gmail.com wrote: I am running Legacy (7.5.0.208) on a laptop (Windows 7) and a desktop (windows XP) The fdb file is stored on google drive When attempting to run file maintenance:check/repair from the laptop I get a 3049 error It may not be a database

[LegacyUG] Error 3024

2011-05-10 Thread John Groome
All I am running Legacy 7.5.0.77 on a Windows 7 laptop with my data files sitting on an external hard drive. When trying to attach a source to a record I get the message Error saving Source.Error 3024: Could not find file ''.Would you like to TRY IT AGAIN? On answering yes (and it may take two

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Chart

2010-07-22 Thread John Groome
Ward Thanks very much for the help. I will forward on to the help desk. John On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Ward Walker wnkwal...@rogers.com wrote: Yes. While I haven't tried to follow exactly your relationships, there are at least two bugs. The mess results from a fairly recent