Hi Gary,
Contact Legacy, at one time many years ago, Legacy would provide it's program
free of charge to a library, not sure if it still does this, I'm talking about
the deluxe edition.
If this is still available than all you will need to do is buy a thum drive and
download your program informa
Thanks Chris and Cathy, I now have a clearer understanding of the settings, I
have reset my settings.
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Sent: March 14, 2021 7:53 AM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships
I think that I ha
When setting up the Set Relationships for a person under the Blood
Relationships section, a number from 1-999 can be entered, I was wondering how
many most researchers enter, I have mine set at 6, I'm not sure if I'm too low.
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Hi, before deleting the "Alt Marriage" event you should first go to View-Master
Lists-Event Definitions-Alt Marriage-Show List and if there is more than one
couple sharing this event than print the names. Go to each couple that has the
Alt Marriage event attached and change the event to "Marriag
To do a screenshot press the keyboard key with the picture of 4 windows on it
than press to button on your keyboard with print screen on it. this will take
the screenshot and display it in your folder called Screenshots.
The best way that I use is to produce a descendant file including as many
Just a thought, have you checked in your computer's recycle bin, just in case
you hit the delete button instead of save, may be worth a look. If so you can
restore it.
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Susan Osborne
Sent: May 23, 2018 3:03 PM
To: Legacy User
Hi Ian, I have finally figured it out and fixed it myself. I went into the
Options Tab> Customize>General Settings>Tagging Options>Tags to show on name
list>default>save>save. There are just too many ways to change the settings for
Tagging and they all need to be set correctly. Thanks for your h
Hi Ian, I have finally figured it out and fixed it myself. I went into the
Options Tab> Customize>General Settings>Tagging Options>Tags to show on name
list>default>save>save. There are just too many ways to change the settings for
Tagging and they all need to be set correctly. Thanks for your h
I do not use the AFN field
From: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of
Michele/Support
Sent: February 20, 2018 2:21 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: [LegacyUG] AFN Numbers
POLL TIME! (Legacy Staff) - The AFN field
I would like to know what you are using the AFN fie
I agree with everyone else on this mapping problem, I have spent a lot of time
entering the coordinates to my locations and since the mapping program broke
down I've added over a hundred new locations. The mapping feature is one of the
major selling points for this program, the programmers need
Master List > surname > options > Print
From: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of
Valerie Garton
Sent: January 10, 2018 12:27 AM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: [LegacyUG] List of surnames for DNA research
How can I print a list of surnames as I think this might be
Hi Cathy,
Yes maybe I do need to learn more about DNA and DNA tests but when they do not
send you any results of the test it is very hard to document the results. They
only let you know possible matches that you may be related to. That is what I
was disappointed about. I took an Ancestry's Adva
Hi Cathy,
Yes maybe I do need to learn more about DNA and DNA tests but when they do not
send you any results of the test it is very hard to document the results. They
only let you know possible matches that you may be related to. That is what I
was disappointed about. I took an Ancestry's Adv
Hi Cathy,
Yes maybe I do need to learn more about DNA and DNA tests but when they do not
send you any results of the test it is very hard to document the results. They
only let you know possible matches that you may be related to. That is what I
was disappointed about. I took an Ancestry's Adv
are numerous webinars on DNA.
Here is the link to an article Michele Simmons Lewis wrote on using Legacy to
track your DNA match research.
<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/how-i-use-hashtags-to-track-my-dna-matches.html>
DNA research is complicated. Autosomal tests are p
Hi Kevin,
I was expecting to be able to add my DNA results to my Legacy program, I was
quite disappointed to learn that what I had expected to receive will not
happen, this is the reply that I received when I inquired about my DNA results.
There are three major types of genealogical DNA tes
Hi Kevin,
I was expecting to be able to add my DNA results to my Legacy program, I was
quite disappointed to learn that what I had expected to receive will not
happen, this is the reply that I received when I inquired about my DNA results.
There are three major types of genealogical DNA test
Hi Roxanne, since no has offered any help to your problem here is what I'd try
doing.
If your old computer is still working and providing that you have been backing
up your media files on your old computer then just copy your old media files to
a USB stick or burn them to a disk or copy them t
Hi Roxanne, since no has addressed your problem to help you out I will add my
two cents.
If your old computer is still working and providing that you have been backing
up your media files on your old computer then just copy your old media files to
a USB stick or burn them to a disk or copy the
Hi Roxanne, since no has addressed your problem to help you out I will add my
two cents.
If your old computer is still working and providing that you have been backing
up your media files on your old computer then just copy your old media files to
a USB stick or burn them to a disk or copy the
test
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Terry have you tried using the picture centre, in the "u picture filename"
select the current misspelled name, it should appear in the "attached Pics"
window, click rename and change the filename. I'd try one first and see if it
works for your documents.
Leo
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Hi Cheryl,
Go to the folder where the wrong attached photo is located, click on the wrong
photo, then select to move the photo into another folder on your computer.
Go to the person or event that the wrong photo was attached to and you will
noticed that the photo is now missing, click on th
ing that should have been included in Legacy 8.
Leo
> From: ge...@cedarbank.me.uk
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Scan a Picture
> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:16:09 +0000
>
> On 15/12/2013 18:25, Leo MacDonald wrote:
> > I have downloaded and
I have downloaded and installed Legacy 8 Deluxe with all the latest updates, I
also have the Legacy 7 Deluxe with the latest updates.
In the Legacy 8 program I noticed that when I wish to add a new photo to a
person that has to be scanned, there is no button to press to link to my
scanner. In
Hi Colette,
I have been away from my computer for a few days and when I view all the
replies to your letter I had to spend quite a while going through all 44
replies.
Everyone who replied has brought up good points as to how you should enter your
cemetery locations, each method used satisfi
Hi Brian,
I have been following this tread and trying a few things to see if there may be
a work around since there is no way, at present, within Legacy to create the
document page or pages relating to the research into a family file.
I would suggest starting a word document, list everything yo
Hi Chuck, the missing picture may have been attached to one of the sources that
is attached to the person.
Leo
From: cgs1...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 22:39:30 -0500
Subject: [LegacyUG] Test Multimedia Paths
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
I run the "Test Multomedia Paths" option and g
Ron and Carl,
Could it be possible that "supp" might be short for "supported by", I have an
old Indenture which binds an apprentice and a weaver. Part of the Indenture
requires the weaver to provide bed, board, lodging, clothing and washing of
linens in house ...
Leo
> Subject: Re: [LegacyU
Hi Betty,
When you click on the picture icon and it opens up select edit, at the bottom
of the next screen under the buttons "Crop" and "Trim" it will display where
this file is located. Example: C:\Legacy\Pictures\hdstn folder\Fred and Margret
Workman hdstn.docx
If this is where the correcte
become ‘lost’, or moved at some time, in which case finding
the location of one will apply the new path to all.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: leo macdonald
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:23 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Missing multimedia files
Ron and James,
When a picture that was attached to a source has been altered, (name changed -
John Smith to John Adam Smith) (File type - BMP to JPEG) or (Location -
c/leg/pic to c/mydoc/pic), by any means other then in the Legacy Picture
Center, then clicking on the question mark indicating t
Hi Charles,
I never tried closing Legacy and opening it up again.
There is only one other thing that I can suggest for you to try, I have tried
it and it will work, however it may not appeal to you.
When entering your event name use the following:
A) Marriage License
B) Marriage Ceremony
C) M
Hi Charles,
When you are on the marriage screen have you tried using the "set order"
buttons to move the events up or down to the order in which you want them to
appear. In my program I entered the events in the order that you gave first,
tried the Chronological view. I then used the "set ord
When you are producing your report (Descendant) do you have the third husband
highlighted, if so then his wife's previous marriages will not show with their
biological children listed.
Try highlighting the wife, then run the report (Descendant), this should show
her first marriage and their bi
Hi Howland,
I have noticed that all the responces to your post addressed the problems with
the archives although I think that you also wanted to learn more about the
renaming of Pictures/Files attached to sources.
The only way that I have found to change the name of a Photo or File and have
i
This may have already been answered and if so I do apologize.
I have a few women in my database who have chosen later in life to become a
Sister in the church (Roman Catholic), one person whose name at birth was Mary
Ann Smith (made up). She was given by the church the title, Rev. Mother St.
M
Hi Wendy,
I have had the same thing happening with my program. You are not alone. I have
the latest update.
Leo
> From: wendy.how...@gmail.com
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Location lost when source clipboard added - bug?
> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:40:35 +1200
>
What I would suggest is to go to View > Master Lists > Location > Options > (I
untag all records) select the cemeteries you want to include and then tag them
> Print > Location Report > (there will be a pop up screen) on the Include Tab
select only tagged locations and Master Locations and who
Hi Sherry,
In one way I do agree with you that the Legacy techs and Legacy staff would not
want the competition to know what they are working on for new updates or a new
version of Legacy.
However, a status page for suggested enhancements and reported bugs could be
made available to Legacy ow
Hi Ron,
Go to File> Backup Family File> click on Select Name and Location for data
backup> click on the down arrow in the Save in window and choose the drive that
you want.
You can also go your C:\Legacy\Data select the data file that you have just
backed up, highlight it> select copy to> sel
Hi Gwen,
Have you tried highlighting the information then copy it and paste it into the
next family members screen.
Leo
> From: 7thw...@ihug.co.nz
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Repeating info and direct line
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:14:36 +1300
>
> Yeh I finally
Hi Ron and Kirsten,
I was having the same problems for the past few weeks, when using a source (a
book) and the souce clipboard to document the pages in the book. When I
attached the source to the person's name it would be attached, however if I
happened to attach it a second time to the same
Hi Scott,
You can go to View > Master Lists > Location > Options > Untag > All records >
not tag each cemetery address in your location screen that you want in your
report > Options > Print > Location Report > select only tagged locations and
whatever else you want to include > you can now vie
g
> each of the 25 incorrect sources"?
>
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:32 PM, leo macdonald
> wrote:
>
> You could also copy one of those 25 to your clipboard, edit the
> clipboard, then just highlight each of the 25 incorrect sources, click
> remove, than add the revi
You could also copy one of those 25 to your clipboard, edit the clipboard, then
just highlight each of the 25 incorrect sources, click remove, than add the
revised clipboard.
Leo
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:42:37 -0500
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Clipboard?
From: jean.supl...@gmail.com
To:
On the top of your screen click View> Master Lists> Source> scroll to the
source that you want to attach a photo to and highlight it(click on it), on the
bottom of this screen you will see 4 tabs, click on the pictures tab, you will
see a square button on the far right that has pictures on it,
Hi Roy,
As this subject may be considered by some as off topic, it (SkyDrive) has been
discussed before.
I use it as a way to save my data files as well as my Photos and documents.
This is a good backup way to store your research away from your computer or
home.
The last Data file that I uplo
I have checked this out using the Individual report for a deceased person and
you are correct, what happens is that if the location is longer than what can
be placed on one line then the date is placed on the first line followed by the
location on the second line.
I have also noticed that when
Hi Scott and Charles,
I agree with Charles, you need to backup frequently and not just to your
computer, use DVD's, USP's, external harddrives, unline websites, whatever you
have at hand because a power surge could destroy your computer's hard drive.
What I have done to help avoid the kind of
Hi Bobby,
I have noticed this happening to me before, it usually happens when you leave
the program open and left unused for quite a while. It will not recognize
everyday common words that are already in the spell check dictionary. It does
not happen if you close your program down and then r
Hi Ron and John,
I'm just thankful that it is now working and going through the process, I have
noticed and reported back to Jim at Technical Support that there is a
difference in the number of pathways which are now detected as compaired to the
number detected prior to the April 25th update.
Thanks Ken,
I have installed the newest update, I ran the set Relationships function, it is
now working properly.
My thanks to the Millennia staff for their quick response to correct the
problem.
Leo
> From: kenmcgin...@legacyusers.com
> To: LegacyUse
Hi Brian,
I sent in a bug report last evening but have not heard anything so far.
Prior to the latest update, when I ran the set relationships it worked fine.
I have nearly 69,000 people in my program, I have the set selationships set at
10 Closest relationships and 0 closest paths, this will
Thanks Ron,
That is probably what happened, when the Legacy program was hanging at 3500, I
waited for quite a while before trying to close, as the program was not
responding I had to use ctrl>alt>delete in order to close the program, then
when I reopened the Legacy program I had to resize the
Hi Richard,
My progra hangs at 3500, also since the upgrade the program open with a smaller
screen and each time I have to resize the screen.
Leo
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:57:10 -0700
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.38 - New General Release Build - 25 April 2010
From: rfvanwasshn...@gmail.co
Hi Laura,
Have you tried going to Customize>Colors, in the colors screen about half way
down on the right side you will see three buttons labeled Male, Female and
Unknown, have you tried changing the colors until you find a color that will
show up clearer when the bold type is used.
I'm using
Hi Dee,
Go to Options>Customize>View>Edit Default Marriage Wording.
Leo
From: deema...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] wording problem for marriage in Ancestor book
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:48:20 -0700
It seems that for the men only, I have this proble
Hi Charles,
I followed your directions below and my report included the research notes, I
then went back and clicked the include research notes in the
Chonology section, then I ran the report again, the research notes showed up in
both the Family Group and Chronology sections of the report.
Leo
You can keep your photos in any folder, sub-folder on your computer's C drive
or any other internal hard drive as long as Legacy knows the pathway to locate
them.
You can also save them on a disk, external hard drive or USB, the only drawback
with this method might be that the device would hav
Hi Herman,
I do not have any experience with Vmware, Parallel or Bootcamp and I have never
used Iphoto.
I think that your problem is with Iphoto. On my computer I have a photo program
called Kodak EasyShare. When I tried to attach a photo to Legacy that was
stored in the Kodak EasyShare f
Hi Herman,
I'm assuming that that you have Legacy installed on the C Drive on your
computer.
I would suggest that you go to your Iphotos directory, select the photo that
you want to attach to your Legacy program and copy the photo to your C
Drive>Legacy>pictures folder. If you have more than
Hi Stan,
You will likely get lots of different replies to this problem, when I have
unknow parents I use a ? for the given name and also for the surname, a lot of
researchers do not like this, but its what I choose to use.
As there is no immediate fix in the works, you will have to try to come
Hi Judy,
The most likely place where your saved backup files are stored is in your
C/Legacy/Data.
In order to confirm if this is where you are saving them you can do the
following, with legacy open go to the top left corner of the page and click
File>backup family file>on the popup screen cli
I have a suggestion, attach the questionable children to the family that they
grew up living with, using the family surname if that is what they used. They
may have been adopted, a grandchild raised as their own child, who knows.
At the end of the surname use privacy brackets with a brief note
Hi,
Welcome to the list.
First I would enter the name of the cemetery as it was called when the person
was buried.
Second I would click on the show master location list, highlight the name of
the cemetery, click on the Edit button, in the next screen under the short
location there is a secti
co.uk/Grimshaw/
> For The Fergusons of N.W. England
> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
>
>
>
> leo macdonald wrote:
>> Marilyn,
>>
>> The picture of your mother and father, I would place in their
>> marriage events.
>>
>>
Marilyn,
The picture of your mother and father, I would place in their marriage events.
If the seven sisters are your sisters then I would also place them in the
marriage events of your mother and father.
As for naming the file, everyone will probably use a different style.
For the first pict
Hi Wendy,
Go to View in the popup windiw scroll to the bottom of the list and click on
"Tips Window"
Leo
> From: wendy.how...@gmail.com
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Suggestion to Legacy programmers
> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:26:34 +1300
>
> I asked "How did yo
en my post I get the following
message:
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Sent: December 24, 2009 5:48:11 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
With no
Once again I do apologize for the extra two posts (Christmas Wishes), this was
the first post that I have sent to the list since the site went down for a
couple of weeks.
Prior to that when I sent a reply or a new post, I would receive my reply, I
could then click on my reply and it would ope
I'm sorry about the last two posts, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I copied
and paste a poem, maybe that is where I went wrong. I hope that by typing the
whole letter it will work better.
I found this wonderful poem a while back and thought I'd share it with everyone
on this list. This ma
I'm not sure what I did on my last post but it was blocked from opening, I hope
that this works better.
I found this wonderful poem a while back and thought I'd share it with everyone
on the list, this is a bit off Legacy topic, but I wanted to send my wishes to
everyone for a merry Christmas
I found this wonderful poem a while back and thought I'd share it with everyone
on the list, this is a bit off Legacy topic, but I wanted to send my wishes to
everyone for a merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season.
Leo
Genealogist's Christmas Eve
'Twas the night before Christmas
When all
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