Not sure if this should be a new topic, but does anyone know if the new
Legacy programme will have a field for a person's age of death to put into
sentence definitions? That would be great!
Christine
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Not sure if this should be a new topic, but does anyone know if the new
Legacy version will have a sentence definition field for age at the time of
the event? That would be a wonderful thing!
Thanks,
Christine
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Karl Plenge wrote
With reading all the problems people have had when they download new
revisions of Legacy, I just wondered if that might not be a prudent
approach to take toward this as well, but I am new to this board and
realize there may be reasons not to follow this logic that I am not
Hi Christine,
Where would you want to put it?
Currently you can choose to have it appear in the basic information sentence.
eg:
Mary Ann was born on 22 Sep 1809 in Harwich, Essex, England, was
baptised on 8 Nov 1811 in St Nicholas', Harwich,
Essex, England, died in 1883 in Melbourn,
Valeris Garton wrote
I am being driven mad by having to go to edit, edit message every time
before I can print anything, so as to delete all the Legacy stuff at
the bottom. I am trying to save another tree !!
I have to say that it would save a lot more trees if you did not print
the
Jenny Benson wrote: I can print any part of a message just by
highlighting the section I want before clicking the print button, which I
don't think works in Outlook. (It certainly doesn't in Outlook Express.)
I use Outlook Express. I just highlighted text from your message, then
Valeris Garton wrote:
I am being driven mad by having to go to edit, edit message every time
before I can print anything, so as to delete all the Legacy stuff at the
bottom. I am trying to save another tree !!
Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney.
Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and
Maureen Chambers wrote
I use Outlook Express. I just highlighted text from your message, then
FilePrintSelection and Print and it worked for me.
Thanks for correcting me Maureen. It was that extra step of selecting
Selection that I missed because I don't have to do that in Turnpike, it
Yvonne Murgatroyd wrote: I did the highlight bit, I do not
have File-Print-Selection!! Where would one find this??
After you've highlighted the part/s of the message you want to print, click
on File, click on Print, click on Selection (shown as an option at the left
in the body of the
Yvonne Murgatroyd wrote
I also use Outlook Express, and although I did the highlight bit, I do
not have File-Print-Selection!! Where would one find this??
You select Print from the File menu and get a dialog box where you
select how many copies to print, which pages, etc. In the area headed
Well I’ll be blowed! What a great tip. I have often wondered if there was
a quicker way to locate a particular person in the surnames with hundreds of
names! Thank you!
Cheers,
Jan
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Same here, Maureen!!! I've taught many a younger person how to use a
computer. My hearing may be a bit weak, but my brain isn't!! I purposely
didn't trim the entire message, Mike Fry, just so you'd know I'm responding
to your poorly worded e-mail.
Ruth A. (Sconza Testa) Nerud
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I second Maureen. I am also over 70, was programming computers in
1955, and have also been involved in personal computers since 1980, and
have installed a couple of systems in places I worked I am not set in
my ways either, but I also prefer to watch how things go and the
problems that
Well, you live and learn!! I never knew that. Thanks, Jim.
On 16/08/07, Jimquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When you open the Name List, type the surname in the surname box, then a
comma, and then start to type the first name that you desire. That should
go quickly...
Have you unlocked the
Hi Cathy. I guess I don't understand how to add the ...at age n... in the
Event Sentence Override screen. I know how to modify the sentences but don't
see an option for inserting the age like you can with, for example,
[CoupleFirstNames].
By the way, it's funny the example you used...I happen to
Thank you Jenny Maureen, I have learned something new, let's face it you
are NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN!!
Yvonne
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in the apple of your eye
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Hello All,
I have been following the discussion on sourcing citations with great
interest. It seems that E.S. Mills' new book has inspired people to think
about updating their Legacy citations to match her style guide. Some people
want to wait, some are revising sources, some are using their own
Excellent, practical comments. Thanks, Denise! Mitch
On 8/17/07, Denise Levenick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All,
I have been following the discussion on sourcing citations with great
interest. It seems that E.S. Mills' new book has inspired people to think
about updating their Legacy
Oops. I meant to say check the tick box where it says age at death under
things to include.
--
Paul
What a glorious world God Almighty has given us. How thankless and
ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar His gifts. ~ Gen. Robert E. Lee,
CSA
Hi Cathy. I guess I don't understand how
Thanks for the quick response, Sherry. There wasn't a PPL file in the data
folder, but I deleted the RptProbs.usr and the ProbsList.usr files, and that
did the trick.
Christine
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If I'm not mistaken... the de, von, van are part of the surname and
should be treated as such (despite the fact that the translation is as simple
as
of.
If a person is named Wilhelm Von Friesburg - his surname is Von Friesburg...
Friesburg (supposition) is the name of the place his
Paul,
I just tried this and the Age at Death option is always greyed out for me.
How do I make it come alive?
Cheers, Mitch
On 8/17/07, Paul A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oops. I meant to say check the tick box where it says age at death
under
things to include.
--
Paul
What a glorious
I am testing if e-mail gets to this list.
Jim
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Well said, Denise.
Elizabeth Shown Mills' new book, is available as a pdf download, for $29. I
have the book on my shelf already, but immediately downloaded it when I
heard it was available in that form. It makes it really easy to enter a
search term (land entry or whatever) and go directly to
Just got started today (it has been a crazy week) - I'm still running
the search wizard to find my databases. I know it says it will take several
minutes (and believe me, it is) - just wondering - it is currently
searching all my temporary internet files. Couldn't it skip those
It came though here so working OK.
Glenrose
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And as a software developer (not of Legacy) I have another point.
I used to work on manufacturing software. One day, while working on a new
feature in one of our software packages, I discovered a gigantic bug in
another programmer's work. I realized immediately, that the bug could,
under the
At 18:53 17/08/2007, Bert van Kootwijk wrote:
Its not all Personal
Look in the Dutch phonebook. Sorting is without
de , van de, van aso. Thats just the
reason why the translation teams strongly
request this type of sorting. Look for instance
at Brothers Keeper which has this feature for
Thanks Paul. I just did that and will see what happens. Mitch
On 8/17/07, Paul A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mitch,
There was discussion a couple days ago about gmail suddenly spamming the
LUG messages. When I checked, I had 109 LUG messages in the spam folder. I
would read a reply and
Myrna:
Just a note:
The list standard is for everyone to use plain text and not HTML email
like you have submitted to the list.
Answer to you question:
Add the following text in from on the USA Geo State information in the
file called GeoStateCodes.txt and then save the file with a new name
of:
FYI: I have never found a setting for that, it is just something we
GMAIL users have to get used to. When we get a reply, or we reply to
another message and don't change the subject, our sent email shows up
in the thread.
Susan
On 8/17/07, Sherry/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim,
I just
Messages sent from gmail to Lists go into Sent mail. They don't show
up until someone replies. Then the new thread appears in your Inbox.
If you want the Sent message to show straight away, you can cc to
yourself. But you end up with the duplicated message at the start of
the thread.
Relax - 99%
Myrna:
Here are the code names that appear in file:
GeoExtraCodes.txt
* APPLY TO SELECTED LOCATION
* ==
* When a user selects a location in a specific country, Legacy can
* perform the following commands when assembling the parts
*110 = (not functional at this
I'm sorry, but we are all llisted under D, not under B. Bruyne, de looks just
wrong, and so does a listing:
Bruyne
Debruyne
Buysse
All I meant was that how people spell them and how people _regard_ their
surnames is personal. And I firmly believe that your correct name and spelling
is what you
updating their Legacy citations to match her style guide. Some people
want to wait, some are revising sources, some are using their own personal
systems.
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This group is already in my list of contacts and I'm still getting a
lot of LUG mail going to my SPAM folder. I'm just checking it two or
three times a day and dealing with it that way.
Elaine in the Beautiful Missouri Ozarks
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Mitch,
There
are using their own personal
systems.
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ps, sorry bout the HTML. My address for the list is set to
send plain text. I told you my 'senior moments' were at work
today.
Thanks for the info on changing the geo codes. I will do that.
Guess I better wait until tomorrow - maybe a good nights sleep
will help. And the change is to be
Hi Leon,
ps, sorry bout the HTML. My address for the list is set to
send plain text. I told you my 'senior moments' were at work
today. Sometimes I cheat and do a reply to someone else's
message and then change the subject. Guess I better stop doing
that or pay more attention to the message I
Jim and Sherry,
I too use gmail and for the most part like it. I have found that it has a
pretty effective spam filter so every once in a while I have to go rescue
some responses from commercial companies that gmail thinks might be spam. I
just tell it it's not spam and thereafter they get
Note that you need both the regular LUG address, plus the LegacyChart
address. I've made sure I have both and things are looking better for
me now.
Mitch
On 8/17/07, Elaine O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This group is already in my list of contacts and I'm still getting a
lot of LUG mail
To Mike FRY.
I find a hard copy is much better for me as I find it hard to see the
screen and I can not sit up for very long so the hard copy allows me to
read the message in a much more comfortable position.
I hope you are feeling better after your lack of compassion - obviously
NO BREEDING
I find a hard copy is much better for me as I can not sit up for very
long so the hard copy allows me to read the message in a much more
comfortable position.
Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney.
Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Dublin, Wicklow
Wexford - please ???
The problem is that the email doesn't come in from LUG, it comes in
from each person's personal email address. I am guessing that is why
when new people send an email, it goes right into the spam folder.
GMAIL hasn't read their email addresses before.
Susan
On 8/17/07, Cricket Hackmann [EMAIL
Hi Again Leon,
I took a chance and did it. So, the change was made to
GeoExtraCodes-Alt
and not to the County or State file. It is done. AND yes - I did
make an Alt file for each one so if/when I mess it up I can fix
it again. Now I just have to try it out.
Thanks,
Myrna
Have you
Just use my text on my 1st email - it will add Co to the end of county
and USA to the end which you may not want to do.
Chap
On 8/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Leon,
ps, sorry bout the HTML. My address for the list is set to
send plain text. I told you my 'senior
Like Mitch, Age at Death is greyed out. But at any rate, this is not exactly
what I was thinking of. I would like to include an individual's age for a
variety of events: age at marriage, immigration, and other important
milestones/achievements in a person's life. I figured sentence definition
Ok, but I think the code should be at the beginning of the file called:
GeoStateCodes-Alt.txt
The 1st 20 or so lines will then look like this:
* ===
* Legacy GeoDB State/Province List.
*
* Comment lines can be added to this file by placing
I was surprised when I read that people didn't know about typing the surname,
given name in the index to go quickly to that name. It gave me the idea to
send everyone in the group my favorite legacy tip.
In the family view
If you have the husband or wife highlighted and then click in the
On 17 Aug 2007 Renee Zamora wrote:
If you have the husband or wife highlighted and then click in the
middle between them on the background it will rotate through the
highlighted person's siblings. If you click on the background to
left of the husband or right of the wife, depending on who
Wow. I didn't know that Dave. Guess I've got some new materials for Legacy
News. :)
Thanks,
Geoff Rasmussen
Millennia Corporation
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That was definitely news to me, Renee.
My tip isn't even mine - I am thrilled with Linda Altman's idea about source
templates, and have created a number of them. In addition to census, I have
the online Missouri Death certif's, Civil War Pension files, Land Entry
files and a number of others.
Sorry to say but libraries using AACR2 (now revised) rules when
cataloguing have two treatments - Dutch names get alphabetised by
first capital letter while English names using van Helsing etc get
alphabetised by van. When I did cataloguing I had to check with the
author on which treatment to
I would dearly like to have ages at events showing alongside each event (as
they do in RootsMagic). I have put in a request for this a couple of times but
have been told by Sherry that as I am the only one who has asked for it there
is no likelihood of it coming.
I know the ages are there in
Well, June - you are not the only one. I also miss this from
RootsMagic. I was a long time Legacy user who jumped ship a year
or so ago and tried RootsMagic. I had to return to Legacy mainly
because in RootsMagic there was no way of excluding parts of the
Source detail from export, and I need that
You can have the age at each event on the Chronology Report - have
you explored that?
Cathy
At 09:40 AM 18/08/2007, you wrote:
Well, June - you are not the only one. I also miss this from
RootsMagic. I was a long time Legacy user who jumped ship a year
or so ago and tried RootsMagic. I had
Cathy, as you will see, I said that I was very thankful for the Chronology
report. I have explored it fully for getting various views of reports from
it, but at this point it is not a report that I am after. It certainly is
better than nothing at all but it is not as helpful as having them
Since it is often more convenient to follow a thread if the prior messages
are left on a reply and it seams to be the multiple stuff that Legacy adds
to the bottom of every e:mail that bothers people why don't Legacy add the
'dash dash space' ahead of their footer?
I know that to reduce
June,
That's *not* what I said. My response was:
I would not expect the option you're looking for to be in v7. I haven't
had any other requests for this and it's not on the enhancement request list
so it doesn't appear to be something that others have looked for. The
programmers aren't looking
Hi everyone,
Today I installed Legacy 6 using my purchased cd on
a second computer. I then went to the Legacy website
and downloaded the updates. When I make a copy of my
fdb. file and try to open it on second computer, it
says, cannot open family file, you are trying to open
a file that
To the group:
I am new to this group and am wondering why so many people on this list are
so cranky.
It makes me hesitate to ask questions for fear of getting a rude reply.
For instance, I was interested in the posts about trimming emails and the
difference about top and
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