Re: [LegacyUG] Same event for many people - SOLVED

There are many easy to use features in Legacy (and other programs) it is too bad that help menus are rarely written in plain language that doesn't require learning a totally new tongue to find something. Most helps don't help unless you already know what to look for. One of my pet peeves. Bev M.

Re: [LegacyUG] Living or Dead - take 2

There are several areas you can choose to exclude. It will prevent the nagging but will still show up on error reports. Bev March Howland Davis wrote: Jim S: In the lower left corner of the Individual's Information screen, there is a place to check Exclude From Potential Problems.

Re: [LegacyUG] How to source change of gender

Tony I would suggest putting your findings in the Notes for the individual. You may also put in an Alt Birth using the same birth information but adding a note that the 1891 Census contains an error on gender and sourcing it with the 1901 and 1911 Censuses. If you also use new.FamilySearch verify

Re: [LegacyUG] No Death notes sources

I always use Alt Death (or birth etc) when I have conflicting info from different sources. I then enter in the event notes the reason I chose another date or place etc and my conclusion as to why this Alt event exists. I also cross reference each of the Alt Events. If there isn't enough room to

Re: [LegacyUG] proper format for Washington, DC

Canada has Provinces that use Counties and Provinces that use Jurisdictions or Regions, and some use a combination or Districts with a number (These are nearly impossible to find without a legal document most of which don't include it anyway). What I always try to do is use the most

Re: [LegacyUG] Quotation marks for nicknames and other punctuation matters in reports

I used to use (brackets) around nicknames but found that too hard to maintain and conflicted when sent in a GedCom or transferred to other programs. I now use the Also Known As (AKA) field and find it works much better and shows up highlighted on the screen and can be included in reports. I

[LegacyUG] Legacy UG and Legacy FS Groups

Since I signed up for the Legacy Users Group messages I don't seem to be recieving the Legacy Family Search messages any longer. Is this a clitch when trying to add the LegacyUG and not reclicking on LegacyFS as well? Can an administrator maybe answer this. Since I did not unsubscribe from