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2012-08-26 Thread Bruce Jones
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 4:05 PM, mbstx wrote: > Gmail is notorious ... also for blocking messages entirely without telling > you it has done so. Marianne > > I've never had this problem...but then, how would I know? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp A

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2012-08-26 Thread mbstx
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 >Sent: Aug 26, 2012 4:46 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [Le

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2012-08-26 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/08/26 20:28, Virginia Dunham wrote: > Mike...this may be why you find yourself being "Un-registered" every > once in awhile...have you had any problems with your gmail account? Nope! I've only been using the gmail account with this group since 23rd August. In any event, to be unregistered

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2012-08-26 Thread Ron Ferguson
when a person posts 2 or 3 times in succession; checking the "not spam" button makes no difference. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Virginia Dunham Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 7:28 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG

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2012-08-26 Thread Virginia Dunham
I am also finding Mike Fry's messages going to my gmail spam folder with a warning attached...even after I have clicked on the "this is not spam" selection... Mike...this may be why you find yourself being "Un-registered" every once in awhile...have you had any problems with your gmail account?

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2012-08-26 Thread Jacob Psutka
Richard, Go to your spam folder in Gmail. Open up the Legacy email considered by Gmail as spam. Push the "not spam" button near the top of page. Jacob On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Richard Van Wasshnova wrote: > This message and one other from Mike (both sent 5 hours ago) went to > my Gmai

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2012-08-26 Thread Larry Lee
I found this msg there as well. Don't know why this one in particular. Others always go in my regular inbox. Using Gmail. Larry Lee On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Richard Van Wasshnova < rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com> wrote: > This message and one other from Mike (both sent 5 hours ago) went to > m

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2012-08-26 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
This message and one other from Mike (both sent 5 hours ago) went to my Gmail s+p+a+m folder. With "Be careful with this message. Many people marked similar messages as phishing scams, so this might contain unsafe content" Anyone else with gmail see it there? Know how to tell gmail they're wrong.

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2012-08-25 Thread Runolfson
sage- From: Mike Fry Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 9:13 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date question -- On 2012/08/25 03:05, Ron Ferguson wrote: > As you may know, the English BMD Government Record Office (GRO) indexes > are > grouped into quarters,

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2012-08-25 Thread Ron Ferguson
www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Mike Fry Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 9:13 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date question -- On 2012/08/25 03:05, Ron Ferguson wrote: > As you may know, the English BMD Government Record Office (GRO) indexe

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2012-08-25 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/08/25 03:05, Ron Ferguson wrote: > As you may know, the English BMD Government Record Office (GRO) indexes are > grouped into quarters, and Legacy does allow these to be recorded as Q1, Q2 > etc.. I do not like this method, and prefer to use the GRO practice of using > the last month of th

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2012-08-25 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/08/25 02:01, runolf...@aol.com wrote: > Legacy accommodates different date formats and I am not sure when to > use About and Circa. What is the difference and when do I use which one. My usage:- Abt - when there is some, perhaps circumstantial evidence supporting the date Circa

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2012-08-24 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I use abt when it is my guess and circa when a third party guesses (IGI, Familysearch etc.). No real rule, but my idea. From: "runolf...@aol.com" To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 5:01 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Date question -- Hi

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2012-08-24 Thread RHS Consulting
other than at the beginning of a sentence. Richard - Original Message - From: "Michele Lewis" To: Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 5:44 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Date question -- Circa is an older term that most genealogists don't use anymore. Abt. is much more common b

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2012-08-24 Thread Ron Ferguson
Bill, They mean exactly the same thing, just different languages. However, I find it quite useful to have two abbreviations meaning exactly the same thing. As you may know, the English BMD Government Record Office (GRO) indexes are grouped into quarters, and Legacy does allow these to be recorded

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2012-08-24 Thread Michele Lewis
Circa is an older term that most genealogists don't use anymore. Abt. is much more common but whatever you like better is just fine. Michele -Original Message- From: runolf...@aol.com [mailto:runolf...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 8:02 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Su

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
ubject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date question To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 1:33 PM that is helpful, thank you. On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: More about Dates.. I thought that the only permissible word in a Legacy date field wa

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread Kathy Meyer
that is helpful, thank you. On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot < br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote: > More about Dates.. > > I thought that the only permissible word in a Legacy date field was the > word "unknown". Until I found this little gem in the Legacy Help File: > >

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2010-08-17 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
More about Dates.. I thought that the only permissible word in a Legacy date field was the word "unknown". Until I found this little gem in the Legacy Help File: "You can also enter the following words into any date field: dead, deceased, child, infant, stillborn and young." Huh?

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread Eliz Hanebury
I have tons of those, and Legacy lets me do after (date) and before (date) when all the dates are from a Will, being written and dated and being probated. Eliz On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:53 AM, BMcL Robinson wrote: > HI Ron > > What about "after 21 Feb 1942" if you can't commit to an end date?

RE: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
7;present', go ahead. Using it can make reports look good, and family members should understand it. Rich in LA CA On Tue, 8/17/10, Ronald E Howell wrote: > From: Ronald E Howell > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Date question > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Date: Tuesday, August

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2010-08-17 Thread Ronald E Howell
] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:59 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Date question Maybe a little more explanation would be in order of why I said that "02/21/1942" has nothing wrong with it. Taken in context, the OP stated Legacy was marking "02/21/1942 - P

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2010-08-17 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
it is the acceptable and standard method of entering dates. Brian in CA --- (Post converted from HTML to Plain Text) From: Richard and Evita Piepho [mailto:erpie...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 11:40 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@Legac

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread BMcL Robinson
HI Ron What about "after 21 Feb 1942" if you can't commit to an end date? Cheers, Brett BMcL Robinson, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand - Original Message - From: "Ronald E Howell" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:34 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Date question I have several events (i.e. Occu

RE: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-16 Thread Richard and Evita Piepho
gt; To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Date question > Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:48:54 -0700 > > The problem is that Legacy does not recognize the word "Present" as a valid > date. I believe that the only word the Legacy recognizes (accepts) is t

RE: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-16 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
The problem is that Legacy does not recognize the word "Present" as a valid date. I believe that the only word the Legacy recognizes (accepts) is the word "unknown" (excluding all prefixes). When you stop and think about, you'll realize why the word PRESENT is not valid. What if you create the r

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-16 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 16/08/2010 14:34, Ronald E Howell wrote: > I have several events (i.e. Occupation and Residence) in which I use the > date as follows: '02/21/1942 - Present'. The Potential Problems Report > shows that the date is 'bad'. Is there a way to change the date (not 'Mark > as Not problem' on the rep