Re: [LegacyUG] Tree pruning question

2016-12-05 Thread Ian Thomas
Ok, I have completed this now. Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Tuesday, 6 December 2016 11:15 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tree pruning question Ian, I

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree pruning question

2016-12-05 Thread Cathy Pinner
Ian, I don't quite follow. But just follow the principle of working from the known to unknown. Work up the branches and then unlink from parents when the link isn't confirmed to your liking. That unlinks everyone above that point from the main tree unless they are linked through someone else.

[LegacyUG] Tree pruning question

2016-12-05 Thread Ian Thomas
This question arises because of a wrong choice of an individual at the top, quite indefinite part of a tree - from which the problems cascade. I hope I can describe it clearly. Using a descendants view, there are just 3 individuals (+ one "unknown" partner) in Levels 1 and 2, then of the Level 3

RE: [LegacyUG] "Tree Share" Certified

2013-09-02 Thread Paul Gray
Doug, Have you looked at the Families app from TelGen? See http://www.telgen.co.uk/families/ Works on Apple or Android, phone or tablet. Paul Gray From: Doug Tracy [mailto:doug...@gmail.com] Sent: September-02-13 6:09 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG

Re: [LegacyUG] "Tree Share" Certified

2013-09-02 Thread Doug Tracy
Hi Ken, I have a large Legacy database of Pioneer names on my hometown area with 32,000+ families. I would like to have this database on a hand held device so when travelling around and someone asks me who married who or for some dates - I can show them. This might be a good topic for the cruise.

[LegacyUG] "Tree Share" Certified

2013-06-21 Thread KenMcGinnis
Hi, We are excited to let everyone know that we just received "Tree Share" Certification for FamilySearch Family Tree. We will have a new Legacy update available soon. Before the end of the month http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/paf.asp Thanks, Ken McGinnis Millennia Corporation kenmcgin...@

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree finder - maximum ?

2012-03-03 Thread Paula Ryburn
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sat, March 3, 2012 2:46:00 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tree finder - maximum ? I have 25 trees in my file at the moment. Don't forget that the Tree Finder lists the individual in each tree with the SMALLEST RIN.  That might not be the person you're expe

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree finder - maximum ?

2012-03-03 Thread Wendy Howard
I have 25 trees in my file at the moment. Don't forget that the Tree Finder lists the individual in each tree with the SMALLEST RIN. That might not be the person you're expecting to see, so take a closer look. Who is your "candidate" linked to - is one of them the person with the smallest RIN an

[LegacyUG] Tree finder - maximum ?

2012-03-03 Thread Paula Ryburn
Having just learned about View > Tree Finder, I am of course taking a look at my results. Many are a surprise, but I was expecting a few of them. Specifically, there are two possible candidates for my husband's "jump across the pond" that I expected to be there. (I've gone against convention and

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree Finder

2011-10-25 Thread Sherry/Support
For a moment, ignore Tree Finder. Each individual or group in Tree Finder shows the individual with the lowest RIN for that group. The "count" shows the number of individuals in each tree. Go to the Name List. Clickon the # field to sort by RINs. Look at the number at the top border in the titl

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree Finder

2011-10-25 Thread Mike Fry
On 2011/10/25 06:39, ceaste...@aol.com wrote: > Is this a bug? My tree's highest number today is 20760. I have set to > reuse abandoned RINS. In another place I have 20694 individuals in my > tree and have not deleted or merged anyone in at least two days while I > have added at least 50 people

[LegacyUG] Tree Finder

2011-10-24 Thread ceaster99
Hi listers, Is this a bug? My tree's highest number today is 20760. I have set to reuse abandoned RINS. In another place I have 20694 individuals in my tree and have not deleted or merged anyone in at least two days while I have added at least 50 people. There are 19291 listed in Tree Finder. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-23 Thread Wendy Howard
Which is why I said in my post, to which you've replied with the pertinent quote left attached, "tag the unwanted branches and delete them". Actually, I did say I wasn't being particularly eloquent at the time, and I should have said "tag the unwanted TREES". Wendy Joan Kemp said the following o

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-23 Thread Jerry
>killed about 20 mainframes, but who paid? >Rich in LA CA > >--- On Mon, 8/22/11, Jerry wrote: > >> From: Jerry >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tree >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Date: Monday, August 22, 2011, 4:58 PM >> Thanks Joan for the explanat

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-23 Thread Joan Kemp
A while ago, someone suggested, copying a tree & deleting contacts you don't need. Could I warn anyone who tries this that if you do this then export as a gedcom to see what's actually there, you are left with lots of floating fragments of tree - just because you break a link, eg delete your mothe

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
e time. The one person's killed about 20 mainframes, but who paid? Rich in LA CA --- On Mon, 8/22/11, Jerry wrote: > From: Jerry > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tree > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Monday, August 22, 2011, 4:58 PM > Thanks Joan for the explanation and &g

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Wendy Howard
Carl said: > << Legacy's other big drawback is the difficulty of splitting off family > groups - > its somewhere between very cumbersome& impossible.>> > > I think that Legacy has great ease in splitting off family groups. I have to agree with you, Carl. It's very easy to extract a particular b

RE: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Carl Cox
<< Legacy's other big drawback is the difficulty of splitting off family groups - its somewhere between very cumbersome & impossible.>> I think that Legacy has great ease in splitting off family groups. I note that the obvious ones have not been mentioned in the current thread. 1) Advanced taggi

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Jerry
No problem, I understood that from your previous multiple posts on the same subject. Sherry/Support wrote: >The concept is the same... no "screen shots" or graphics, whether sent >as an attachment or inline - email programs can pull out inline >graphics and deliver them as attachments... > >Gra

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Sherry/Support
The concept is the same... no "screen shots" or graphics, whether sent as an attachment or inline - email programs can pull out inline graphics and deliver them as attachments... Graphics can seriously cause problems for those of our listers who on dial-up or on metered service. Those of us with

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Joan Kemp
Jerry, Many thanks for this. There's no way you can get a virus simply by copying & pasting a graphic into an email - you aren't running anything, simply reading a text file (I worked in IT!). Downloading larger files over a dial-up line is a better reason for not allowing inline graphics. I'm n

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Jerry
Understood. Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 8/22/2011 8:20 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:58:11 -0400, Jerry > wrote: > >> I did not know >> that you could get a virus by simply cutting and pasting either text or >> a graphic, but maybe it's possible? > > You probably can

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:58:11 -0400, Jerry wrote: >I did not know >that you could get a virus by simply cutting and pasting either text or >a graphic, but maybe it's possible? You probably can't, but as the recipient all I see is an HTML or multipart email coming at me. I have no idea what is ins

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Jerry
Thanks Joan for the explanation and the graphic. True, they don't want you to send any attachments to the list, but since you pasted the graphic into the email itself and it was not an attachment, I would not have known that was a violation of their rules either. I did not know that you could get

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread James Cook
Helpful? What? On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: > the few *very* helpful listers who have their email programs set to reject > HTML emails Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-arc

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Sherry/Support
No - they all got the message except for the few *very* helpful listers who have their email programs set to reject HTML emails because of the malware risk. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Joan Kemp wrote: > Sorry - just trying to be hel

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Mike Fry
On 2011/08/22 23:23, Joan Kemp wrote: > Sorry - just trying to be helpful! Joan > > PS Do you want me to resubmit without the graphics? Bit late now. Most people have seen your graphics :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquet

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Joan Kemp
Sorry - just trying to be helpful! Joan PS Do you want me to resubmit without the graphics? On 22/08/2011 22:18, Sherry/Support wrote: > Please NO ATTACHMENTS or in-line graphics to the LUG List! We have > listers from around the world who are on dial-up or limited access and > this causes them

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Joan Kemp
Sorry - just trying to be helpful! Joan On 22/08/2011 22:18, Sherry/Support wrote: > Please NO ATTACHMENTS or in-line graphics to the LUG List! We have > listers from around the world who are on dial-up or limited access and > this causes them a lot of problems. > > If you want to upload a file

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Sherry/Support
Please NO ATTACHMENTS or in-line graphics to the LUG List! We have listers from around the world who are on dial-up or limited access and this causes them a lot of problems. If you want to upload a file to your website and send a link to the file, that would be fine and dandy, but no attachments,

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Joan Kemp
ll, I am afraid, no. Tree Draw has been suggested as a possibility, but it would take an awful lot of messing around to get what you want ( if at all) Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Joan Kemp Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:31 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUs

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Ron Taylor
eek after working on the database but without any change to the focus group criteria. Ron Taylor --- On Mon, 8/22/11, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tree To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Monday, August 22, 2011, 2:28 AM The best way is to

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
The best way is to create a focus group, then make that group a temporary database. The focus group has tagging options. Rich in LA CA --- On Sun, 8/21/11, Lucy McDonald Shore wrote: From: Lucy McDonald Shore Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tree To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Sunday

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Jerry
Hi again. I'm sure there is someone on the list that can tell you specifically how to tag the ones you want in an "automated" fashion by using the FIND features or by viewing the trees. I'm thinking that you might have to make more than one pass through the database to do want you want, but it ju

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Lucy McDonald Shore
That's a very logical way to do it -- except that my database has 43,000 people! It would take quite a while to tag each and every individual I want :-) You would think that, in this day and age, there would be an easier way! On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Jerry wrote: > There are many Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Jerry
There are many Legacy users on this list with more experience than I have, but could you TAG the persons you want in your cousin's genealogy file and then transfer only the TAGGED persons into a new file, so you will only be working with and displaying those persons? Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Jerry
Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Joan Kemp >> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:31 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Tree >> >> Is there any way in Legacy of contruc

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Lucy McDonald Shore
I, too, am attempting something along the same line as Joan. I am trying to create a gedcom that will include only my paternal line (other than my mother and her parents). I've even tried unlinking my mother's grandparents from her, together with unlinking my husband from his great grandparents, to

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Joan Kemp
sibility, but > it would take an awful lot of messing around to get what you want ( if at > all) > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -Original Message- > From: Joan Kemp > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:31 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Ron Ferguson
- From: Joan Kemp Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:31 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Tree Is there any way in Legacy of contructing a chart which shows all relatives from a given line rather than just ancestors. I can do this trivially by exporting data to GenoPro

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Tim Rosenlof
Legacy cannot do what I think your after. Tree Draw ! Works great for all in one charts or any other type chart. I have had it a long time and enjoy the output. There is a large learning curve. Tim On 8/21/2011 2:31 PM, Joan Kemp wrote: > Is there any way in Legacy of contructing a chart which sh

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Ron Ferguson
PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Tree Is there any way in Legacy of contructing a chart which shows all relatives from a given line rather than just ancestors. I can do this trivially by exporting data to GenoPro, but have never managed in Legacy. Joan Legacy User

[LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-21 Thread Joan Kemp
Is there any way in Legacy of contructing a chart which shows all relatives from a given line rather than just ancestors. I can do this trivially by exporting data to GenoPro, but have never managed in Legacy. Joan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Arch

Re: [LegacyUG] tree size

2010-04-28 Thread SalUDevil
I have direct ancestors, Zacharia Rice (1731-1811) and Abigail Hartman (1742-1789), who had 21 children, all well documented. Guestimating at only two children each, every twenty years would produce 21,504 people today. That's all from only ONE family. It's very easy to have a huge database.

Re: [LegacyUG] tree size

2010-04-28 Thread D MG
Same thing could be said for many Irish Catholic families also, and I'm not just talking about 100 yearrs ago. 2 people I was in school with in the 1970s/1980s came from large families, one of 16 siblings, the other of 14 siblings. In fact, the guy from the larger family was an uncle of the guy f

[LegacyUG] tree size

2010-04-27 Thread Gene Hutson
and let us not forget Amish and Mennonite genealogies. Some families had 16 or more living children. Gene Hutson norfolk, Nebraska From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:35 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.38 - New General Rele