dividual special characters to use as column headings in the Index and
> Dependent views. So, if anyone has better suggestions, please chime in.
>
>
>
> Happy hunting,
>
> Andrew
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> *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On
> Behalf Of *Ian Thomas
> *Sent:*
, 2019 11:26 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] dates
Taking up Cathy’s last point, I find that unlinking wrongly-entered or attached
people is very useful; I often find that the unlinked person does fit in
somewhere.
(my use of dates is a bit crude: either a precise date
Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: Sunday, 12 May 2019 1:10 PM
To: Legacy User Group ; Marina via
LegacyUserGroup
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] dates
Marina
I don't know if you are trying to add
Marina
I don't know if you are trying to add a double date or a range.
If a range, enter 1665-1666 or better use either between 1665 and 1666
or from 1665 to 1666.
If it's a double date you need the day and month as well and you need to
set Options-Customise 5.4 and note it can only be set
My feeling is to continue to use "Abt., or at the very least, Circa. It
would appear that the programmers have attempted to "standardize" this
feature so everyone would be on the same page. In most case my "Abt"s are
within + or - 5 yrs. For the neophyte, or for others reading our
genealogies,
On 28-Sep-17 06:50 PM, Brian Kelly wrote:
Because there is no setting for that prefix but the programmers have
hardwired code in the program to allow it then decided themselves how it
would be used in reports and displayed on screens.
But there ARE settings for various other prefixes but that
Because there is no setting for that prefix but the programmers have
hardwired code in the program to allow it then decided themselves how it
would be used in reports and displayed on screens.
Brian Kelly
On 28-Sep-17 1:23 PM, Martha Graham wrote:
Hello,
I noticed the discussion of using the
Kay, I think the date you are talking about is the one under the image, right?
That's only printed if the image is printed in reports--part of the caption.
I don't think that field is even validated. --Paula
From: K Turner turnerhist...@gmail.com
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
I always look to see if the document has a date on it and that is the date I
use. If there isn't one, then I leave the date field blank. For obituaries, I
use the publication date. Death Certificates usually have a date somewhere at
the bottom or the death date could be used since it's
:03 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates and Media
Kay,
I put the date the event occurred.
I attach the photo in only one place. If it is a death certificate I attach it
to the death field. If it is a funeral card I attach it to the burial field
The date should be the date the event occurred. Then it will show you a
timeline of events so you can see any trends or missing information or even
contradictions.
Your images can and should be linked to every person and field they apply
to. Although everyone has their choice of methodology.
Kay,
I put the date the event occurred.
I attach the photo in only one place. If it is a death certificate I attach it
to the death field. If it is a funeral card I attach it to the burial field.
If it is a baptismal record I attach it to the baptismal field. If it is a
compiled service
@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 6:39 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
Elise,
This is a known issue. It has been entered into our bug tracking system and
assigned to a programmer to be fixed. The fix will appear in a future update
but I can't tell you exactly when
From: Paula Ryburn [mailto:paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:19 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
Michele, This is a little disheartening, to have the event dates suddenly not
be printing, after a minor update
Paula,
As usual, you just need to go to the Legacy site and see the fixed items.
Ron Bernier
Woonsocket, RI
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 29, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Michele, This is a little disheartening, to have the event dates suddenly
not be
: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:26 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
Paula,
You can see a list of the fixes here
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/RevisionHistory8.asp A new list comes out with
each update.
Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
From: Michele/Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:26 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
Paula,
You can see a list of the fixes here
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com
The date problem is restricted to custom sentences using the override
tab, dates are not included using the [date] or [ondate] fields there.
It does not affect the vast majority who use only the standard sentences
nor does it affect the saving of the dates in the database.
Brian
Customer Support
: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
The date problem is restricted to custom sentences using the override
tab, dates are not included using the [date] or [ondate] fields there.
It does not affect the vast majority who use only the standard sentences
nor does it affect the saving of the dates
In the event sentences located in the Edit Event dialog box, at the bottom
under Refresh Sentence.
From: karenhappuch
Sent: October 24, 2014 5:53 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
I have the latest update (Oct. 20) and am not seeing a problem
, October 26, 2014 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
In the event sentences located in the Edit Event dialog box, at the bottom
under Refresh Sentence.
From: karenhappuch
Sent: October 24, 2014 5:53 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates
Elise,
This is a known issue. It has been entered into our bug tracking system and
assigned to a programmer to be fixed. The fix will appear in a future update
but I can't tell you exactly when that will be.
Michele
Technical Support
mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
repeatedly and even deleted
the entire event and source. Is this an issue related to the one referenced in
Elsie’s note?
Thanks,
Diana
From: Michele/Support [Masked] [mailto:fwd_dulqm...@opayq.com]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 7:40 AM
To: 933e9...@opayq.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates
Thanks, Michele, I thought I was going crazy. Never had it happen before. I’ll
just keep entering and someday it will read correctly.
Elsie
From: Michele/Support
Sent: October 24, 2014 7:39 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
Elise
Thanks for trying, Jay, guess it is a programming glitch.
Elsie
From: Jay Wilpolt
Sent: October 24, 2014 12:41 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences
You need to make sure you have the correct event sentence set up for the
correct fields
I have the latest update (Oct. 20) and am not seeing a problem with dates. I
looked at entries made since updating and also added a couple of test' events
and the dates showed fine both on the entry page and in running a trial report.
Where should this bug show up? Confused.
Barbara
Legacy
It shows up only if you use a custom sentence using the sentence override.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
On 24/10/2014 5:53 PM, karenhappuch wrote:
I have the latest update (Oct. 20) and am not seeing a problem with
You need to make sure you have the correct event sentence set up for the
correct fields that exist.
Check the Master Event definition list and make sure that the [date] is
properly formatted and included in the variable options.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 7:30 PM, sa...@attglobal.net wrote:
The problem you reported below has been fixed and will be available in
the next update to Legacy 8.0. I do not know when that update will be
issued. You can check for updates by selecting the Legacy Home tab. The
updates section will tell you when a new update is available and, if you
have the
How about going to Options, then Customize, then Dates and pick the closest
thing which will look like “1933 Sep 8”, “1933 Sep” or “1933”, depending on how
much detail you have …
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston ON
From: elizabeth [mailto:newi...@gmail.com]
Sent: May 15, 2014 03:33 PM
To:
Dates will be displayed consistently everywhere. They won’t show one way here
and another way there. You need to pick …
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston ON
From: elizabeth [mailto:newi...@gmail.com]
Sent: May 15, 2014 04:18 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] dates
Hi Elizabeth,
What you are wanting with dates is an option in the Chronology View and Report.
However these aren't part of the free version of Legacy.
However in the Standard Free version, you can change the display for all dates
in Options Customise - Date Tab and this choice carries
Is the potential problem the event or an invalid date error?
2002-Present will not be recognized as a valid date.
To avoid the invalid date warning you could enter the date as From 2002.
That will be recognized as valid.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
: Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates
Hi Sherry and Michele:
Leo's question about dates has me thinking, and I'm curious about your answers.
For the example below:
Name: Bob Smith
Born: December 1, 2013
Father: John Smith
Occupation
on minutia?
Thanks very much,
Rob Miller
Toronto, ON
From: mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:49:41 -0500
I agree with Sherry. I do the same thing with obituaries. I add residence
events for the listed
: robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca]
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates
Hi Sherry and Michele:
Leo's question about dates has me thinking, and I'm curious about your answers.
For the example below:
Name: Bob
It would probably seem as trivial detail for me when I consider that for
most ancestors, if I can find out their occupations every ten years,
then I think I'm doing well. Occasionally with directories etc, we can
get down to yearly for awhile, but that is rarer information.
Graham
On 12/01/2014
Fool's Day.
Bill Boswell
From: robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca]
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates
Hi Sherry and Michele:
Leo's question about dates has me thinking, and I'm curious about your answers
to
be wrong.
It's ironic that he was a big practical joker then died on April Fool's
Day.
Bill Boswell
*From:* robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca]
*Sent:* Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:41 PM
*To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
*Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Dates
Hi
/ 1 month
He was alive on 1 April 1930, albeit, for only 10 hours, but he was alive, so
the census is correct.
CE
From: whbosw...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 22:48:26 -0500
snip My great grandfather died on April 1, 1930
On 10/01/2014 17:29, lio . wrote:
Re-doing my database, has shown me many areas that I may have done
improperly the first time.
If if a birth occurred December 1, but was registered December 3,
which date do you use when recording occupations, residences, and
other side information found on
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates
I would use the date of the event, not the date it was registered. You can
enter the date it was registered in the Source Detail, depending on the format
you're using. It could be entered in the Text filed under the Text/Comments tab.
The only time you would use
-
From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 12:40 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates
I would use the date of the event, not the date it was registered. You can
enter the date it was registered in the Source Detail
I would use the date of the birth, as that is what the event is, not the
registration of the birth. Some registrations may not be done for days, weeks
or even months.
Even in modern times, when there is no birth certificate and one applies for a
Delayed one, it may be 30-70 years later. Think
On 10/01/2014 23:47, David Abernathy wrote:
I would use the date of the birth, as that is what the event is, not
the registration of the birth. Some registrations may not be done for
days, weeks or even months.
But the OP was asking about Sourcing information such as the Occupation
of someone
to see how an After
date is displayed on the Timeline.
From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 10:28 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates and potential problems
After 2002 (in date)
and to present date, as at December
04, 2013 10:28 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates and potential problems
After 2002 (in date)
and to present date, as at December 2013 (in Notes)
is how I am doing this kind of thing
On 5 December 2013 13:39, Bryan Pratt
brya...@slingshot.co.nz
wrote:
Legacy
If you have created your Death Event as an event that will always occur
after the date of death, And you use Deluxe, click on Sentence Definition
and then select Exclude this event from Potential Problems (or words to
that effect)
On 6 December 2013 13:53, Bryan Pratt brya...@slingshot.co.nz
Did you 'rebuild' the list or just reopen the existing list.
You have to rebulid the list in order to see any changes made since when
the current listing was created,
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Bryan Pratt brya...@slingshot.co.nz wrote:
I have a Death event dated Sunday, 17 April 1927.
Curious. When I do it, the marker disappears immediately. Although another
marker on a child of the saying that the parent’s birth date is bad still
remains.
From: Bryan Pratt [mailto:brya...@slingshot.co.nz]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 9:54 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
After 2002 (in date)
and to present date, as at December 2013 (in Notes)
is how I am doing this kind of thing
On 5 December 2013 13:39, Bryan Pratt brya...@slingshot.co.nz wrote:
Legacy 8.0.0.357
Windows 8.1
I have myself recorded as a Residence Event living in a certain city from
quote
Mary, the dates are not wrong they are just different formats. Excel applies
an intelligent automatic formatting of dates which depends on the input
formatting and the century part of the date. Hal Antonson has already replied
on how to overcome this.
The intelligence is laughable if you
On 2012/02/28 13:49, M. Brenzel wrote:
I have Excel 2007. Re-formatting the entire column is not an option, as
dates that are year only (for example, 1965) get messed up.
Legacy dates are not always 'true' dates. It would be better if your
spreadsheets treated Legacy dates as simple, plain
I'm hoping that someone can tell me why some of the dates in Legacy are coming
into the CSV file in format dd-mmm-yy (1-Sep-13) while others are dd mmm
(1 Sep 1913). It is from there that they are displayed incorrectly in
Excel.
All of the dates in Legacy look to be formatted the same.
On 28/02/2012 17:28, brenze...@roadrunner.com wrote:
I'm hoping that someone can tell me why some of the dates in Legacy
are coming into the CSV file in format dd-mmm-yy (1-Sep-13) while
others are dd mmm (1 Sep 1913). It is from there that they
are displayed incorrectly in Excel.
All
I won't be able to try it until later tonight. But I can tell you that it
appears to only affect full dates after 1 Dec 1900. Dates in the 20th and 21st
centuries seem to be affected if the full date has been entered. Any dates
prior to that are captured correctly in the CSV file and
Excel doesn't recognize dates prior to 1900 so it will leave those
alone. Dates starting with 1900 are converted to a number so you can do
'arithmetic' on them. Thus full dates are converted and partial dates
are not. You must have the date formatting in excel set up to show
m/d/. Those
What version of Excel are you using? The newest versions will alow you to
format dates with 4 digits for the year. Highlight or select the entire
column, go to Format cells, select the number tab, select Date and then select
the specific format you want. I hope this helps. Jerry
M. Brenzel
Mary,
Highlight the Excel column then format as custom 'd mmm ' (without the
quotes). From the Home menu, click right adjust so they line up on right.
Things should look good. If you need to do arithmetic on the dates, remember
that dates before 1900 are really just text instead of numbers.
Mary,
Those picture dates are stored in tblBR.PicDate.
Thanks to your Heads Up I noticed when it happened to me yesterday.
I had recently read your original post and was attaching some
gravestone pictures to burial events. I found one in Picture Gallery
attached to an Individual. I cut (from
On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:10:49 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova
rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't have Access on this computer (just ltools). Access may be able
to reformat that field to date format to make them all standard dates.
No. I believe the field is designed as Text(30). It is not a Date
Mary,
Have you checked your date settings in OptionsCustomiseDates?
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: M. Brenzel
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 1:50 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Dates in Picture Center
I have been adding dates to pictures and
Ron,
I checked my settings:
Dates Displayed As = 21 Nov 1953
Month Format = Abbr. month name
I would think that this would indicate that all of my dates would be DD MMM
but they are not. Some of them actually have the month spelled out
completely. But that's only in the Picture Center.
Randy,
which field ?
Tim
On 8/21/2011 8:57 AM, Randy Clark wrote:
17 October 1923 is returning an unrecognized format error. I'd like to
know why. Thanks.
Randy
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
Do some house keeping. Use File File Maintenance Check/Repair. See
if that will help.
Tim
On 8/21/2011 10:29 AM, Randy Clark wrote:
In the birthdate field. See attachment.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com
mailto:jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote:
It gave me Error opening database. I don't like that.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Tim Rosenlof spa...@xmission.com wrote:
Do some house keeping. Use File File Maintenance Check/Repair. See
if that will help.
Tim
On 8/21/2011 10:29 AM, Randy Clark wrote:
In the birthdate field. See
Randy,
I know what I would do, yet I don't wish to be criticized, so maybe
someone else would answer this.
Regrets,
Tim
On 8/21/2011 12:03 PM, Randy Clark wrote:
It gave me Error opening database. I don't like that.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Tim Rosenlof spa...@xmission.com
Brian L. Lightfoot wrote
One notable exception might be for a US census event. While it would be
correct to use the actual date of the census enumeration, one must be
careful about the timeliness of any information derived from within
that event. For example, while the data may have been given on
Thanks Ron! It's something that's always wondered about.
Rob
From: ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates for Events
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:32:20 +0100
Rob Miller wrote:
While I
an example of. In
my own work, I have found that most 'takers' got it right.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Brian L. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote:
From: Brian L. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates for Events
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Date
in CA
-Original Message-
From: John S. Adams [mailto:oldbr...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:09 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates for Events
And I have many instances of data which was correct on the enumeration
date
Rob Miller wrote:
While I clean up my Sources, I am also going back and creating Events
(something fairly new for me).
If my Source is the birth record below, would the date of Thomas'
Occupation and Residence be 28 June 1868 (the date Flora was
born), or 17 Jul 1868 (the date he
Ron
my event or any event LOL
but in any event take your pick!
Toni Sano, Dundas, Canada
- Original Message -
From: Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates for Events
Rob
Rob Miller wrote
If my Source is the birth record below, would the date of Thomas'
Occupation and Residence be 28 June 1868 (the date Flora was born),
or 17 Jul 1868 (the date he registered)?
Which date do people enter into Events?
I always take it that the information is correct for the day on
:
Ron
my event or any event LOL
but in any event take your pick!
Toni Sano, Dundas, Canada
- Original Message -
From: Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates
: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:40 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates for Events
Rob Miller wrote
If my Source is the birth record below, would the date of Thomas'
Occupation and Residence be 28 June 1868 (the date Flora was
born),
or 17 Jul 1868 (the date he
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates for Events
One notable exception might be for a US census event. While it would be
correct to use the actual date of the census enumeration, one must be
careful about the timeliness of any information derived from within that
event
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