RE: [LegacyUG] Need advise writing sources

2010-01-18 Thread Robert Mann
Evidence explained looks like a truly useful reference book, but it is pretty pricey in hard copy, about $60-80. However, I found it as an ebook (pdf) for only $24.95 at www.footnote.com/evidenceexplained/. Cheers. -Original Message- From: Marvin Angelique Welch

[LegacyUG] Customizing Location Format

2010-01-17 Thread Robert Mann
I would like to record all county names as X county and use two-letter state abbreviations in all my USA locations. But, I can't find any way to control the location format to that extent. Does anyone know how to modify Legacy's default terminology for locations? Robert Mann Sandy Springs, GA

RE: [LegacyUG] Customizing Location Format

2010-01-17 Thread Robert Mann
15:15:20 -0500, Robert Mann roem...@bellsouth.net wrote: I would like to record all county names as X county and use two-letter state abbreviations in all my USA locations. But, I can't find any way to control the location format to that extent. What about parishes in LA? What do you have now

RE: [LegacyUG] Customizing Location Format

2010-01-17 Thread Robert Mann
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Customizing Location Format On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:27:10 -0500, Robert Mann roem...@bellsouth.net wrote: Well, I have a mixed bag in my file and I am trying to clean things up. Legacy's standard format is: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA But I want

[LegacyUG] Sorting Children

2010-01-15 Thread Robert Mann
Does anyone know of a way to sort all the children in all marriages in one go, without having to call up each family individually? Thanks. Robert Mann Sandy Springs, GA Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009

RE: [LegacyUG] Exchange with Ancestry.com Round 2

2010-01-12 Thread Robert Mann
survivor field, and much helped by the provision of all individual views and family structure on the far right.) kb - Original Message - From: Robert Mann roem...@bellsouth.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:03:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject

RE: [LegacyUG] Exchange with Ancestry.com Round 2

2010-01-12 Thread Robert Mann
I can't a 100% sure about anything until I have tried the whole cycle again, something I am trying now. But I did a detailed comparison line by line between the GEDCOM made by Legacy and the one made by Ancestry after I made a number of known changes in Ancestry. The differences seem to be

RE: [LegacyUG] Event Description

2010-01-11 Thread Robert Mann
I'm with you, Helen. I name master sources at the highest level possible, e.g. 1870 US Federal Census, then I use the source detail fields to differentiate subcategories, like state, district, etc. That way the same master source captures any number of entries. -Original Message- From:

RE: [LegacyUG] Event Description

2010-01-11 Thread Robert Mann
I do it that way, too, John. _ From: John Roose [mailto:jbro...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:37 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Description Rick - I've been using Legacy since before training videos. Some of my old ways I've

RE: [LegacyUG] New

2010-01-11 Thread Robert Mann
Yes, there is. See the links at the bottom of each message for the mail archives that can be searched. -Original Message- From: Michele Soulli [mailto:msou...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:55 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] New I just bought

[LegacyUG] Exchange with Ancestry.com Round 2

2010-01-11 Thread Robert Mann
of the UID's of the records that changed. (The RIN's, as mentioned above, are unfortunately changed and are useless to find anything in the original Legacy file.) If I can figure out how to use the UID in Legacy, I may be able to focus on the records that changed, and nothing else. Robert Mann Sandy

RE: [LegacyUG] Event Description

2010-01-11 Thread Robert Mann
@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Description Liked John's idea for events, but interested in what John might do with a grantee deed. Thanks,Diane - Original Message - From: Robert Mann mailto:roem...@bellsouth.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Monday, January 11

[LegacyUG] Interchange Tree Data between Legacy and Ancestry.com

2010-01-10 Thread Robert Mann
. But, if I can't figure out how to make this process easier, it's going to severely limit how much I am going to be able to get out of it. Thanks for any help you can share. Robert Mann Sandy Springs, GA Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

RE: [LegacyUG] Interchange Tree Data between Legacy and Ancestry.com

2010-01-10 Thread Robert Mann
are actually .mdb databases ( with the m replaced by an f) Once you know this you can easily read the mdb data and use ordinairy database functions to systematically compare the two ged files. Bill On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Robert Mann roem...@bellsouth.net wrote: I have used Legacy for nine