Re: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel Report

Find a copy of Guide to Genealogical Writing by Penelope Stratton and Henry Hoff, published by NEHGS in 2014. On p 20 at the bottom of the page you will see a perfect example of what a true ahnentafel report should look like. The Ancestor Report in Legacy is just a reverse Descendant Report,

Re: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel Report

numbering standards now so this will simply add to those. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 19/05/2015 8:52 AM, mbstx wrote: Find a copy of Guide to Genealogical Writing by Penelope Stratton and Henry Hoff, published

RE: [LegacyUG] Setting Font Size

Try holding down the CTRL key and hitting the +/- key - that usually works on webpages - I haven't yet tried it on Legacy.-Original Message- From: Bobby Johnson Sent: Dec 27, 2013 10:10 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Setting Font Size

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

Hi, John - great explanation! I have a related question. Rather than use custom event sentences in 7.5, when creating an Event, I use the Sentence Overide tab option putting [Notes][Sources] in the text box there. Then I write my own sentence(s) in the text box for the Notes tab - that way the

Re: [LegacyUG] SSDI Source doesn't appear in Output Tab or Reports

Thanks, Jenny - the box was checked to exclude on the Master Source List - have no idea how that happened as I've never even seen that box before. The box to include was already checked on the Details screen, which is why I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Marianne -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 revealed - Shared Events and Automatic Sorting

When I enter information into the Notes section for a census (using the default Census choice from Legacy, not a custom event), I use the Sentence Override tab and put [Notes][Sources] there. Then I just enter the data as I wish. Will those notes and sources transfer with the Share option?

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

This cuts to the heart of the matter, and I agree with the request. -Original Message- From: Boyd Miller bo...@vodafone.net.nz Sent: Jun 21, 2013 5:05 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marriages This highlights the need to be able to source these two parts

Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8

AND in Germany as well in certain areas because only the oldest son inherited, the younger sons couldn't "set up a household" for many years because of financial constraints - having a child out of wedlock in those cases was not condemned, and one can find notes in baptismal records of

Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8

I agree - why force calling it a marriage - unless this is something that will never be allowed because of theology, not genealogy on the part of Legacy.-Original Message- From: Pat Hickin Sent: Jun 18, 2013 10:14 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re:

Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8

This has been requested many times before in the LUG. Apparently Legacy isn't listening. Why do you think they'd listen for a later version? -Original Message- From: Ronald Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.org Sent: Jun 18, 2013 8:44 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re:

RE: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8

I disagree - in many cases for men there is evidence of no marriage (census records, death certs, etc.), but rarely can you confirm no children. For women, church records can record births, sometimes the father, even if common law, pre-marriage, or illegitimate (I have an ancestor who in mid-1800s

Re: [LegacyUG] XP on netbook, WIN 7 on PC - can I transfer dg between them?

My files are also saved to Dropbox, but I don't work in Dropbox on either of them, for fear of messing things up. M-Original Message- From: Malcolm Williams Sent: May 27, 2013 3:26 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] XP on netbook, WIN 7 on

Re: [LegacyUG] one Question

If you mean gender on the Individual's Information page there are buttons to the right of the box "Title Suf." for M, F, or ? - select the appropriate button. Marianne-Original Message- From: Paul Schwarz Sent: May 11, 2013 4:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Tombstones

I found the answer below as well. However, I also turned up women who had MJM on their gravestones through a Google search. Marianne-Original Message- From: David Abernathy Sent: Apr 19, 2013 1:20 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Sentence definition-editing

I do something I think is much simpler. On the Edit Event for dialog box, in the lower half I click on the Sentence Overide tab. In that box I put {Notes][Sources]. Then when I go back to the Notes tab I can enter a sentence or several paragraphs in any way I wish. Another LUGer suggested

Re: [LegacyUG] Sentence definition-editing

- From: Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk Sent: Apr 10, 2013 9:33 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sentence definition-editing On 10/04/2013 15:04, mbstx wrote: I do something I think is much simpler. On the Edit Event for dialog box, in the lower half I click

RE: [LegacyUG] Families 1.7.1 still not available on Amazon?

Thanks for the update, Judith. I haven't had time to check for the Families app since my original message. When I checked my Fire today, it had automatically updated. Marianne-Original Message- From: Judith Sent: Jan 19, 2013 11:48 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Direct Line in bold

Exactly where should the BOLD show up? I've just done what you described below. The relationships show up properly, I've gone to Options/Customize where there are further instructions about setting direct line in bold, but the only report that shows my line in bold is the Ancestor report. The

Re: [LegacyUG] Direct Line in bold

AHA! found it. M -Original Message- From: bgsu1...@gmail.com Sent: Dec 14, 2012 2:37 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Direct Line in bold mbstx msz...@mindspring.com proclaimed: Exactly where should the BOLD show up? Look at the children on the Family tab

Re: [LegacyUG] Kindle Fire 7

I have the original Kindle Fire (rec'd as Xmas gift last year) and it works great with Families App. I find that synching via WiFi is easier than connecting to my PC. TelGen has instructions on their website. Note that the $159 price below includes Special Offers that display on the device.

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows 8 and Legacy

Some of us will be forced into Windows 8 - my computer is dying and I believe all new PCs have Windows 8 on them -Original Message- From: Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Oct 24, 2012 11:16 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Windows 8 and Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] No Death notes sources

I agree with Paula. I want the sources I attach to Death Notes to apply there, not elsewhere. Why should I have to create an Alt. Death Event for a piece of information that already has a defined place in the fields? Does this also happen when I attach a source to notes in the Medical tab (eg

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question --

Gmail is notorious not only for putting things in your spam folder, but also for blocking messages entirely without telling you it has done so. Marianne -Original Message- From: Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com Sent: Aug 26, 2012 4:46 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re:

Re: [LegacyUG] FT Worth Legacy group

The Tarrant County group meets in Arlington. That's midway between Ft Worth and Dallas. Ft Worth is in Tarrant Cty. -Original Message- From: Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Aug 19, 2012 5:29 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] FT Worth Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Elizabeth City (a county), VA error message

d to Northampton in 1642. Accawmack was renamed "Northampton" in 1642.Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM, mbstx msz...@mindspring.com wrote: Today I was entering information for a family member who was at Langley AFB in Virginia in

RE: [LegacyUG] Elizabeth City (a county), VA error message

Langley AFB in in Hampton now. I entered exactly what was on the 1940 census page: Wythe Magisterial District, Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States I got the error message that Elizabeth City was not a county in 1940 in Virginia, please check County Verifier. When I opened the County

Re: [LegacyUG] Ambiguous/Unisex Names

Re Jordan Marinus - if Marinus is not a family surname, the us ending on Marinus might indicate this person is male, as in Latin gender is distinguished by nouns (including names) that end in us (male), or a (female), e.g. Julius (male) vs Julia (female), or alumnus (male) vs alumna (female).

Re: [LegacyUG] County List

How did you get the County list? I haven't been able to access it since I upgraded to Legacy 7.5.0.191. I know it's not the latest version. I didn't like all the message about problems with the latest version. marianne -Original Message- From: SHIRLEY ANDERSON yor...@prodigy.net

Re: [LegacyUG] Families 1.5.0 upgrade - can't find in Amazon App store

Thanks, Sherry - I was able to confirm the auto update of the app to V1.6.0, to download V1.4.5.0 of Families Sync, and to successfully sync my Legacy file to my Kindle Fire. I just needed to be pointed in the right direction, after I lost my notes (map g) as to how to do these things. Last

RE: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel - slightly off topic

Not sure if I'm off topic or not, as this references Rootsweb pages on Ancestry, but Sherry has suggested Richard submit this as an enhancement to Legacy. This table sounds as though it would be useful, but I can't find it on the Rootsweb pages. Would you be able to point me at it?

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Chart of All Individuals

I agree on the need for this type of chart. I have individuals who in their second marriage wed an individual who in their first marriage wed someone else from the same tree.Example: Regina Booms marries first Christian Hafenskeidt, marries second Henry Bruening. Henry's first wife was Christina

Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions

This was discussed in a previous thread "1940 Census NARA Roll #".-Original Message- From: Paula Ryburn Sent: Apr 29, 2012 1:17 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions My question might be slightly off-topic,

Re: [LegacyUG] Does the size of screen annoy you while using Families for Legacy app?

I rarely enter data in the field on my Kindle Fire, but it is absolutely great to have with me at my local libraries/archives and when I travel. I find the size of the Fire screen more than adequate for reading. Marianne -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support

RE: [LegacyUG] 1940 template

mso="" 9]=""> <zzz![endif]--><zzz!--[if gte="" mso="" 9]=""> <zzz![endif]-->It has already been fixed. I uploaded the new build earlier today.micheleFrom: mbstx [mailto:msz...@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, April 09

Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 template

Will it be announced when it's fixed? I don't want to start entering data and then have to go back and find all those entries to fix with the proper information. Marianne-Original Message- From: Geoff Rasmussen Sent: Apr 6, 2012 12:44 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Families for Android 1.5.0.

Is this an upgrade that I can now download, or a whole new purchase?-Original Message- From: Malcolm Green Sent: Mar 23, 2012 5:44 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Families for Android 1.5.0.

RE: [LegacyUG] nFS treatment of Living persons

Yes, it's the left pane I'm talking about. There is a possible match in the right pane that has no children information. My concern is that if the person who entered the info in the right pane looks for a match he/she will see the living people in what's my left pane. Is that possible? M

Re: [LegacyUG] citing World War I draft registration cards

Am I missing something? When I type in "598" I get the choice of three templates, but none of them actually assist in the wording below, or even truly match the fields to what EE says to use. You still have to enter the citation information details on your own, which means you have to be very

Re: [LegacyUG] citing World War I draft registration cards

My understanding is that there are a limited number of citations that can be saved to the source clipboard. Therefore (a) the saved citation would eventually go away, and (b) I then have to find an ancestor with the "perfect" citation to copy. If I'm wrong, I'd love to hear it. M-Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with using Master Location List

Google Chrome, however, is a web browser. Marianne -Original Message- From: Gene Young n2...@cfl.rr.com Sent: Mar 18, 2012 7:29 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with using Master Location List On 3/18/2012 7:18 PM, David wrote: 1) I chose Google as

RE: [LegacyUG] UTF-8 Polish, Slovak, Ukranian, non-English characters

A better question is when/if Legacy will add these sets. Marianne-Original Message- From: Michele Lewis Sent: Mar 12, 2012 8:13 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] UTF-8 Polish, Slovak, Ukranian, non-English characters

RE: [LegacyUG] Location defaults changed

Being grateful to the LDS for their records is one thing. For Legacy to actually change a user's record without their consent is quite another. BTW, I actually do use the full United States in my records - that is a choice I made. If Legacy next decides it should be United States of America (to

Re: [LegacyUG] Ibid. in reports

Re Robert's comment on whether the Title should be omitted if identical to Source List Name, that's something that drives me crazy. It's one more little quirk of Legacy that's easy to forget when making source entries according to Evidence Explained. I also don't think omitting it solves the

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding children's birth places to family view

I have many families with 10+ children. Incorporating birthplaces on the family view would make it virtually impossible to view all the children at once (something I now do by splitting them into 2 or 3 columns). I vote for knowing who the children are, with simple options such as have been

RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair

RE your last sentence - if one has never used Check/Repair, wouldn't all back-ups be suspect, and none considered clean? Marianne -Original Message- From: Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com Sent: Jan 20, 2012 8:10 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair

RE: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair

I keep several backups on a flash drive (each day as I finish entering data I back up that day's work, which is day/time stamped; I then delete the earliest of the other back-ups). I'm also backing up everything on my computer to Mozy once a day. Perhaps I could do a check/repair on the 2nd

RE: [LegacyUG] Families for Kindle Fire

I haven't had my second cup of coffee. I can't find the Families App at Amazon.com - can you direct me? -Original Message- From: Ann Barry aba...@pipeline.com Sent: Dec 15, 2011 6:44 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Families for Kindle Fire I've bought it

Re: [LegacyUG] Families for Kindle Fire

TF8qid=1323963429sr=8-12 On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:06 AM, mbstx msz...@mindspring.com wrote: I haven't had my second cup of coffee. I can't find the Families App at Amazon.com - can you direct me? -Original Message- From: Ann Barry aba...@pipeline.com Sent: Dec 15, 2011 6:44 AM To: LegacyUse

Re: [LegacyUG] V8

I'm an indexer [have been for years], and using my indexer log on [which is is the same one I use to access ordering films, etc.], I still cannot get access. I get the same your account is not ready... message - I just tried it. Marianne -Original Message- From: Tim Rosenlof

Re: [LegacyUG] How to show parents and siblings of 'spouses' in a book?

I add spouses as individuals because you never know what might pop up. Like the man who married two women, each of whom are my first cousins twice removed, and who both track back to my 2nd great-grandfather as a common ancestor. Marianne -Original Message- From: Ward Walker

Re: [LegacyUG] Artifact vs Recorded Legal Certificates

From whom did you obtain the privately held marriage record, and is it an exact copy of say, a marriage license or a church marriage for the couple? Marianne -Original Message- From: Charles Apple apple1...@centurylink.net Sent: Oct 27, 2011 1:51 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Which template

To me it's a military record, with the death and cemetery info just incidental to the main data. M -Original Message- From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv Sent: Sep 15, 2011 10:59 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Which template Family Search has released some new

Re: [LegacyUG] Text/Comments versus Scanned Image

I add the actual text into the "text/comments" field because it's a fast way to see the details of the source. I've scanned quite a few documents, but haven't yet attached them to anything in Legacy so I have to either open them from my C drive or go to the 3-ring binders where I have the

Re: [LegacyUG] More thoughts invited on Event Sentences

I don't design event sentences if I don't like the standard options. In the Sentence Overide tab I put [Notes][Sources], then write whatever I like in the Notes tab. RE the date, it depends. If say, the actual date of the event is stated, I use that, then make a note as to where I found it

re: [LegacyUG] Events Listing Confusion

However, how do you source a negative, that is a non-event? I handle didn't marry and had no children with an explanation in the General Notes as to why I think that is so. Marianne -Original Message- From: Jim Terry/Support jimte...@legacyusers.com Sent: Aug 12, 2011 4:25 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] What about the future of my genealogy data

I agree with Monica re her question as to "which Legacy Report/Chart captures most, if not all the data...collected." I think it's probably one of the descendants reports, but which one is really best? My nephew is the only person who will survive me, and he is definitely not interested in

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Source Clipboard

I'm sorry, but having that button apply to ALL events still makes no sense to me, and it didn't the last time this subject came up. I just decided to never use that 3-bar icon as it can completely mess up how sources are assigned. M -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support

Re: [LegacyUG] Dallas, Texas Legacy User Group ?????

I would welcome a group in Dallas itself [this location is quite far north for those of us who live closer to central Dallas]. Marianne -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Jul 25, 2011 1:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Help files that are nt very helpful!

Having it up near the top makes much more sense than at the bottom. I, for one, would probably not have paged all the way through the instructions looking for it. -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Jul 6, 2011 10:34 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] This is downright STRANGE!

I agree. Even if you use the "Add Clipboard Source to all Used Fields and Events" button, it shouldn't add a clipboard source to empty fields.-Original Message- From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv Sent: Jun 14, 2011 1:50 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] This is

Re: [LegacyUG] National characters in names

For SOME of my Slovak surnames I have been able to use the letters with accent marks that appear to the left of Events box in the Individual's Information window. However, that doesn't cover all of the diacritical marks needed. -Original Message- From: andersons...@comcast.net Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] Mushed Pedigree Chart - Preview

I would like to see the Landscape Option returned. -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Apr 19, 2011 11:29 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Mushed Pedigree Chart - Preview Which build do you have? Landscape orientation

Re: [LegacyUG] saving files from FamilySearch.org

I have had the same problem - extremely annoying. -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk Sent: Apr 2, 2011 5:57 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] saving files from FamilySearch.org On 02/04/2011 10:30, Mike Bridgeford wrote: Recently

Re: [LegacyUG] Agriculture template in Legacy - thanks

Thanks to all for the suggestions. I think I'll try making my own template as Robert suggests. I might not remember about using override with the normal census template. I'm assuming that once the template is created it will appear somewhere in the list in Source Writer? -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and iPad?

But if you want to type with the iPad, it's difficult unless you use a separate keyboard accessory [I've tried the keyboard on screen on my brother's and it's awkward]. I'll stick to my netbook. -Original Message- From: Cheryl Rothwell historysle...@gmail.com Sent: Dec 30, 2010 2:55 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] LUG off line?

I checked the archives before I sent my message. Interestingly, the only message in the archives for Aug 3 is yours. Was the LUG really that quiet yesterday? -Original Message- From: TH Sent: Aug 4, 2010 9:50 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] reports/books

I'm very impressed with your book. You say you "did a report from Legacy," but don't indicate if you used a Descendant Narrative, the Publishing Center, or something else. Your flow of events is very smooth andwell written - this is something I have struggled with when entering events in the

Re: [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone'

mbstx wrote: The data were entered over time so I don't recall what I did for each instance, but this is how I generally do it. Enter couple: John Jones and Mary Smith Add children: James, Sally, etc. If any info [generally a surname] about spouses of children is known [from

Re: [LegacyUG] Married 'Someone'

I have the same problem in a report I just generated. What I don't understand is when there is a blank for the given name or surname, but I know the other, and later I add the new information into the same person's data fields, why would there still be an unknown? Marianne -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Multiple marriages

I have the bigger problem of folks who have more than one previous spouse (info I can confirm as to the marriage taking place, but not the names). I use 1st wife (or husband of , 2nd wife (or husbnd) of xxx, for the same reason as Lionel notes below - easier identification in various lists