Re: [LegacyUG] Descendency Report - Not printing [[private]] in NOTES leaves big white space in report.

2011-05-03 Thread T Bredin
7, and the update is free. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www,fergys.co.uk/ > > > From: T Bredin > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:06 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendency Report - Not printing [[private]] in > NOTES leaves big white s

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendency Report - Not printing [[private]] in NOTES leaves big white space in report.

2011-05-03 Thread T Bredin
genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > On 03/05/2011 1:36 PM, T Bredin wrote: > > Hello, > > I have [[private] material scattered through out my General Notes and > > Research Notes. When I print a Descendanc

[LegacyUG] Descendency Report - Not printing [[private]] in NOTES leaves big white space in report.

2011-05-03 Thread T Bredin
Hello, I have [[private] material scattered through out my General Notes and Research Notes. When I print a Descendancy Narrative Book report not wanting the private material it leaves big white spaces-lines where the private material would have been. Any way to avoid this white space? i.e. clo

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

2010-09-23 Thread T Bredin
dian and British Genealogical societies and > written papers themselves on how to use the internet as source material. > Look up what they have decided is standard and go from there. > cheers > Vivien > > On 19 September 2010 20:44, T Bredin wrote: > >> My guide to id

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.0 Any master note area that applys to whole database file

2010-09-23 Thread T Bredin
Thank you, both of you. So there is no single NOTE area that applys, then your ideas seem workable, I'll have to look into them. Thanks, Todd. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Rick Bowden wrote: > I certainly started in much the way Bruce describes. I had a number of > short pieces of informat

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

2010-09-19 Thread T Bredin
My guide to identifying sources is "how would someone else find it'. In that reguard the internet is a real problem, as the URL today may not exist in 5 years. So, I would include the URL but also identify where a more stable repository is, e.g. a library with microfilm, a paper copy of the news

[LegacyUG] Legacy 7.0 Any master note area that applys to whole database file

2010-09-19 Thread T Bredin
Looking for a master note, or other technque to save comments in my Legacy DB about how I use Legacy, or comments that apply to the whole database - all the people in the database. e.g. I use the old Source technique, I track 4 different families in 4 separate databases. I type in surnames in al

Re: [LegacyUG] How should I record stories?

2010-08-28 Thread T Bredin
Why not just put it into Notes for the person. i.e. cut and paste from Word. NoOtes will hold pages and pages of text. On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:40 PM, wrote: > Hi Ron,My stories are little paragraphs of memories I was told,not really > biographies,stories of Thanksgiving 1935,personal descript

Re: [LegacyUG] Two Citation Questions...

2010-05-24 Thread T Bredin
ay 24, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > T Bredin wrote > >I have the same problem, for now I add to the persons' general notes > >something like > >BIRTH- the day of month is from K90B002 [my document coding scheme] > >when this is from a different

Re: [LegacyUG] [ LEGACY UG] Simple Sourcing in Legacy 7 Which Data Fields Go Where on Reports.

2010-05-24 Thread T Bredin
I want to thank you both for the explanations and ideas. I will explore this more tomorrow. Todd, On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > T Bredin wrote > >Please point me to the educational material for how to use Legacy 7 > >Sources, and why to use which fiel

Re: [LegacyUG] How do Source storage fields relate to where used on reports etc.

2010-05-24 Thread T Bredin
SORRY, Please look at my second email on this topic, a few minutes later.I'm still learning how to use GMAIL and did not realize I sent this first draft. Todd. On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:36 AM, T Bredin wrote: > I am pulling my hair at Sourcing. I can't seem to understa

[LegacyUG] [ LEGACY UG] Simple Sourcing in Legacy 7 Which Data Fields Go Where on Reports.

2010-05-24 Thread T Bredin
I'm pulling my hair out using LEgacy 7 sourcing.Not the concept, Not the need for, Not the different types of sources, but a little bit of what is does, e.g. if xxx goes into the Master Source List name, vs the TITLE, vs the Long Title, what will end up where on which reports. I think I only

[LegacyUG] How do Source storage fields relate to where used on reports etc.

2010-05-24 Thread T Bredin
I am pulling my hair at Sourcing. I can't seem to understand, in Legacy, which informatoin in which source fields ends up in which report locations. There are so many different boxes to enter data into. Q - Is there a chart, diagram, document, that shows if 'xxx' is put into, for example, the

Re: [LegacyUG] Two Citation Questions...

2010-05-24 Thread T Bredin
I have the same problem, for now I add to the persons' general notes something like BIRTH- the day of month is from K90B002 [my document coding scheme] when this is from a different source than what I have in teh SOURCE information. I'm thinking of moving this kind of note to the Research Notes,

Re: [LegacyUG] When a married couple have the same grandparents, how highlight this?

2010-05-24 Thread T Bredin
have the same grandparents, > how highlight this? > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 3:29 PM > > > I don’t know the answer to your question, but this couple are first > cousins. > > > > Jennifer > > > > *From:* T Bred

[LegacyUG] When a married couple have the same grandparents, how highlight this?

2010-05-19 Thread T Bredin
I have a married couple that share/have the same grandparents but different parents. I guess this makes them second cousins.I did not notice this when I input the data for this couple as each's data came from different sources. Later I connected them by deleting one copy of the grandparents an