Re: [LegacyUG] Event formatting

2024-01-31 Thread Tom Weiss
rting blanks for > missing information is a report option. > > When preparing the report look in the upper left of the report options. > Do you see the settings for insert underlines for Missing? Make sure > none of those options have a check mark. > > Brian Kelly > > O

[LegacyUG] Event formatting

2024-01-30 Thread Tom Weiss
Items I have found on the internet (especially in Ancestry.com) which do not have a full date (like a census event) have a format like the following when I import them into Legacy: Noted events in his life were: • He had a residence in _-_-1910 in 896 Thomas Ave., Memphis Ward 27, Shelby,

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Files Not showing Up in Windows Explorer

2020-04-24 Thread Tom Weiss
down the User path to identify the attachment. Does this sound correct? Tom Weiss On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:47 PM Cathy Pinner wrote: > Tom, > > You can save things wherever you like, but never in a Programs Files > folder. > > I think if you mistakenly open your database from w

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Files Not showing Up in Windows Explorer

2020-04-23 Thread Tom Weiss
Never mind - figured it out. On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:53 AM Tom Weiss wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I created a folder C:\Legacydata and copied all > data files there. So far so good. > > I then opened a file, created a descendant report and attempted to save it >

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Files Not showing Up in Windows Explorer

2020-04-23 Thread Tom Weiss
l > and related families\Family Tree\ and > E:\Users\Chris\Documents\Chris\Genealogy\Hill > and related families\Family Tree\Media. > > Regards > > Chris > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Tom Weiss" > To: "Legacy User Group" > Sent: 23

[LegacyUG] Legacy Files Not showing Up in Windows Explorer

2020-04-23 Thread Tom Weiss
one of the files to the proper location and it said I needed administrator privileges to do so. What the heck is going on? How do I fix this and stop it from recurring? Tom Weiss -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate Citations for Same Source

2020-04-17 Thread Tom Weiss
I also have version 9. I did the check Repair, but the duplicate citations remain. Tom Weiss On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 9:22 PM Brian Kelly wrote: > File > File Maintenance > Check Repair > If duplicate citations are found the duplicates will be removed. I have > a version

[LegacyUG] Duplicate Citations for Same Source

2020-04-16 Thread Tom Weiss
times for the same person. Same thing for other censuses. When I import the gedcom, I try to weed these out, but I still have a lot of duplication. Is there a way to clean this up easily? Tom Weiss -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription

[LegacyUG] Import Media from Family Tree maker

2019-05-01 Thread Tom Weiss
I have a gedcom my cousin sent me made on family tree Maker of the Mac, which contains over 1300 media files. When I import it into Legacy, the media files don't show up. What can I do to see them? Tom -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription

Re: [LegacyUG] Charting Companion Question

2015-04-30 Thread Tom Weiss
Thanks! On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tom, Export to a New Legacy File (File - Export) and use the Privacy Options in the export to suppress details for the living and use that file to make your charts. Cathy Tom Weiss wrote: I recently

[LegacyUG] Charting Companion Question

2015-04-29 Thread Tom Weiss
I recently sprung for the Charting Companion for 435 or so to take advantage of charts not available on Legacy charting. I am trying to print a descendant report which has dates for the non-living and suppresses dates for living people. The only options on dates are all or none. I know if I do

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem With Descendant Book Report

2015-02-18 Thread Tom Weiss
...@comcast.net wrote: Tom, Have you tried resetting to the default settings for this particular report and see if this clears up your problem? On the Descendant Book Report Options page, see in the lower right hand corner the box ‘Reset’ MEL *From:* Tom Weiss [mailto:tomgwe

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem With Descendant Book Report

2015-02-18 Thread Tom Weiss
Susie Z From: Tom Weiss [mailto:tomgwe...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 3:02 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Problem With Descendant Book Report I tried to find an answer to this online, but couldn't. So... I entered some new data on a relative

[LegacyUG] Problem With Descendant Book Report

2015-02-17 Thread Tom Weiss
I tried to find an answer to this online, but couldn't. So... I entered some new data on a relative, George Wilkes Beckett, Jr. I then ran a descendant book report starting with his father, Georges Wilkes Beckett. The new data didn't show up in the report. Furthermore, I had checked the box

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem With Descendant Book Report

2015-02-17 Thread Tom Weiss
:* Tom Weiss [mailto:tomgwe...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 3:02 PM *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Problem With Descendant Book Report I tried to find an answer to this online, but couldn't. So... I entered some new data on a relative, George

[LegacyUG] Descendant Report Issue

2015-02-16 Thread Tom Weiss
I created a descendant report for George X Sr.. I sent a pdf of the report to a cousin to help fill in the blanks. I entered the information she sent back, and reran the report, only to find that the previously missing info was still missing, even though it is in the database. I ran a descendant

Re: [LegacyUG] File Maintenance Check/Repair

2012-06-10 Thread Tom Weiss
of the same couple. On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote: Tom, The log shows the corrections made, as far as I know. I trust that you have repeated the check/repair until you get a clean sheet. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ *From:* Tom Weiss

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

2010-01-11 Thread Tom Weiss
I use Roger's approach. The other key is to only export reasonably small extracts from the Legacy database. By doing it in small chunks, the merge process is more manageable. Tom On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Roger Jarrett rhjarr...@ihug.co.nzwrote: I also upload GEDCOMs to Ancestry and

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy won't open in Windows 7

2010-01-04 Thread Tom Weiss
I also have been running Legacy on Windows 7 since early November with no problems. Tom On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:10 PM, John Clare adrianjohncl...@googlemail.comwrote: I have been running on 7 for over a month and haven't encountered a problem yet, which of course doesn't mean there aren't