Brenda,
I take a different approach to this and
list the cemetery as a *location*, but in a
different order from what you have done in the past. Here are two examples:
1. Chicago, Cook, IL, USA, Graceland Cemetery
2. Chicago, Cook, IL, USA, Graceland Cemetery,
find most helpful.
Arnold Sprague
At 03:25 PM 10/19/2009, you wrote:
Mary's Lost post reminded me of how many great tips and shortcuts I picked
up from the LUG when I first started using Legacy. Unfortunately new users
sometimes don't even know the question to ask in order to find some
Chick,
One way is to go to the children, if this is what you are writing
about, right-click on them, left-click on Children's Settings...,
and move the kids up/down with the up/down arrows found in the lower
right-hand corner.
All features are there in Legacy.
Arnold Sprague
At 02:21 PM
, and add the Census Event to each
of them using the Clipboard. (I use a census, please *no* hisses or
boos, as an event and thus can quickly add the Census Event, via the
Clipboard, to all siblings who are in the same census.)
Arnold Sprague
At 03:25 PM 10/19/2009, you wrote:
Mary's Lost post
Richard,
GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR ATTACHMENT WAS 9.8MB
LOTTA FOLKS HERE ARE ON DIAL-UP.
Arnold
At 07:52 PM 9/29/2009, you wrote:
I haven't sent too many but hope
it works. These are (obviously) Swedish church records. Using the Events,
I can see that I have copies of
I need to source a book which is clearly NOT done by an author or an
editor, per Evidence Explained (EE), by Elizabeth Shown Mills. (See
12.8, Author's Role: Compiler or Author, page 668.)
Legacy's SourceWriter, however, ONLY allows me to enter an author or
editor, if I choose to use
.
michele
- Original Message - From: Arnold Sprague
aspra...@chicagobooth.edu
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:51 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Book done by compiler, NOT author or editor
I need to source a book which is clearly NOT done by an author
Richard et al.,
I do not believe that any of us ought to be in the business
of telling other *Legacy users* what to call themselves. Especially
when the person, in this case, is Just Starting Out.
Besides, Sherry and Brian, of Legacy, identify themselves as
Support in their
Judy,
To add onto what Robert wrote, here is link describing Evidence Explained
http://www.genealogical.com/products/Tracing%20Your%20Irish%20Ancestors/3843.html.
It is my understanding that there is also a CD version.
I own the book and am a happy camper,
Arnold
At 06:27 PM 9/14/2009, you
I found the death date and place of my 4th great-grandfather in the
almanac described at the bottom of this message. To see the almanac,
go to the link immediately below:
http://books.google.com/books?id=_ZQVYAAJprintsec=frontcoversource=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepageq=f=false.
The issue for me
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#1-#2 above did not work for me.
#3 did work for me.
I am running Legacy 7.0.0.107. It had the error problem as well as
the previous version.
Windows XP/SP3
Arnold Sprague
At 12:58 PM 8/30/2009
...@mail.millenniacorp.com/msg13249.html
===
#1-#2 above did not work for me.
#3 did work for me.
I am running Legacy 7.0.0.107. It had the error problem as well as
the previous version.
Windows XP/SP3
Arnold Sprague
At 12:58 PM 8/30/2009, you wrote:
I am frustrated beyond measure
.html
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#1-#2 above did not work for me.
#3 did work for me.
I am running Legacy 7.0.0.107. It had the error problem as well as
the previous version.
Windows XP/SP3
Arnold Sprague
At 12:58 PM 8/30/2009, you wrote:
I am frustrated beyond measure and ready to switch
I do not know what I did, but Legacy is now so large on my monitor
that, in Family view, I can see only one row of children listed
and the words buried and DthCau are truncated. In Legacy Home
view, Birthdays, Death Dates, and Adversaries barely show up.
Only Legacy does this. It does this
Thank you. That did it!!
Odd.
At 10:43 AM 8/25/2009, you wrote:
Mine does this now and again, I just close it and reopen and it is
back in good order G
Eliz
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Arnold
Spragueaspra...@chicagobooth.edu wrote:
I do not know what I did, but Legacy is now so
I have five censuses for an individual for 1880, two for 1900, 1920,
and 1930. In the Individual's Information window, I manually sorted
them so that they are in chronological order.
However, *after* I go to File/File Maintenance/Check-Repair and put a
check mark in Sort All Events by Date,
want to mix myself up.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Arnold Sprague aspra...@chicagobooth.edu wrote:
From: Arnold Sprague aspra...@chicagobooth.edu
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] converting old sources to new format
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 4:12 PM
, you wrote:
I disagree. I have been waiting since day one, it never was
available, it didn't worked. It may have been in the Beta Version,
but since I was teaching the class, I didn't want to mix myself up.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Arnold Sprague wrote:
From: Arnold Sprague
Subject
, Arnold Sprague wrote:
From: Arnold Sprague
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] converting old sources to new format
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 4:12 PM
Paula and Ron,
Initially one could make the conversion. Then a few vocal
folks had difficulty and the option
Paula and Ron,
Initially one could make the conversion. Then a few vocal folks had
difficulty and the option to convert was taken away.
I have suggested that we be allowed to make the conversion with a
message/warning to us that the conversation might work badly.
Perhaps if enough of us
Below is one of the messages Bruce Jones mentions in his post.
The thread had the subject line of Various Sources within a single
Note and ran in late January 2009.
Sherry, of Sherry/Support, provided the reply between the equal signs.
Arnold Sprague
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16
Vicki,
I added a new Event to the Master Event Definition List and
named it In the News.
Please advise if you come up with something better.
Arnold
At 01:08 PM 3/6/2009, you wrote:
I recently came across several interesting newspaper clippings
including items like
the
old with the new, I wish that Legacy would let us merge SOURCES at
our own risk.
Arnold Sprague
At 12:02 PM 2/28/2009, you wrote:
Remenber when Legacy was improved from vers. 7.0.0.55 to whatever
came next, (The version that converted your db so that earlier
versions could not read
Carolyn,
I do not mean to be rude, but the correct name is IrfanView. The
developer is Irfan Skiljan. While the program is free, he asks for
financial support if you like the program for further development of
IrfanView.
You can download it at http://www.irfanview.net/
Arnold Sprague
At 09
In the early years of my gathering genealogical information, it would
come by mail with hand written notes, FGSs, census information, and
on. Today, the same type info comes in, but mostly by e-mail. Either
way, I have no real idea as to the validity of the information; all I
have is the
michele,
When you cannot find, for example, deed in the box with
the heading OR choose the type of source from this list:, enter the
item you are interested in in the box with the heading, What kind of
source do you want to cite?:.
Arnold
At 07:01 AM 2/11/2009, you wrote:
Mine is at D:\genealogy\legacy.
(XP and Legacy 7)
At 03:17 PM 1/28/2009, you wrote:
Elizabeth,
Not entirely accurate. One can direct it to install where one
wishes, I have mine on the E:\ drive.
Ron Ferguson
From: erich...@worldnet.att.net
To:
What do I do when I want to enter information into Notes for an
individual when this information is based on *various* Sources? It
seems to me that Notes allows for *only* one Source. That is, the
whole Note must be linked to a single Source. I need a work-around.
I have read the manual and
Brian,
If I read your reply correctly, the merge problem does not
happen all the time. Perhaps, it only happens in isolated instances.
If this is so, is it possible for us to BE ALLOWED to do
merges WITH LEGACY FIRST INFORMING us that bad, very bad, things may
happen *and* that
We have Dell laptop, a couple of years old, happily running
Legacy on M$ XP.
Arnold
At 10:49 AM 1/25/2009, you wrote:
I am thinking of buying a new computer, but have been reading in the
archives about problems with Vista and there has been mention of
problems with Dell.
I have come across a goodly number of books which are Compiled By,
not Authored By nor Edited by as are the current options.
I end up using Authored or Edited by, but then have to click on
Click here to go to the overrides tab to change the text from
editor or author to compiler.
Does
, or compiled by. I have yet
to use the sentence override for anything.
Elizabeth
- Original Message - From: Arnold Sprague aspra...@chicagogsb.edu
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:46 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter / Book COMPILED BY
I have come
I would like to be able to do a search within Legacy of all the
surnames my ancestors have. At a certain point, it becomes impossible
to remember them all.
There are times when I look at an index of surnames in a large book
and can no longer recall which ones I want to pursue further. I would
Wynthner,
The anger in your post(s) alerts us to either (1)
totally ignore all your posts or (2) eagerly look
forward to them to add a bit of excitement into our otherwise drab lives.
Arnold Sprague
At 09:20 AM 1/14/2009, you wrote:
My appologies to the list. I meant to send that private
-mail program where all the posts, in and out,
are stored on my hard drive.
Of course, when one can buy a huge hard drive (1000GB) for $109,
having plenty of room for old, old, old messages is no big deal.
Arnold Sprague
At 11:05 AM 1/10/2009, you wrote:
I am of the old school; print it. If I
As noted in the subject line, I just received information from my
sister-in-law's sister. I want to source it using the SourceWriter
template. The best template I can find is Personal Knowledge.
However, it asks for the old fashioned
Researcher Mailing Address
Researcher City
Researcher State
People,
Has anyone read this? There have been five posts in this thread,
*hours* later, each ignoring the supposition that Legacy contains
16-bit code which Vista cannot handle.
Arnold
At 09:39 AM 1/9/2009, you wrote:
It may have something to do with those two items having some 16 bit
code
#1. Let's not respond to this silly thread. LUG is busy enough enough as
it is.
#2. I apologize for responding as it violates #1 above, but
At 09:23 AM 1/7/2009, you wrote:
Funny. Ive worked
with most of the gen softwares Legacy and TMG are my favorites, with
Legacy edging TMG out
I gathered some new information on my Strong ancestors from the
website of The Strong Family Association of America, Inc.
http://www.strongfamilyofamerica.org/ejstrongne.html.
I scrolled through Legacy's Source Template Index and am not sure
that any of the entries will work for the
, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Arnold Sprague wrote:
I gathered some new information on my Strong ancestors from the
website of The Strong Family Association of America, Inc.
.
I scrolled through Legacy's Source Template Index and am not
sure that any of the entries will work for the association.
I would
The New England Historical Genealogical Society (NEHGS) publishes a
quarterly mailing for its membership called the Register
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/publications/register.asp.
I have looked and looked at the SourceWriter and cannot find an
appropriate category for this type
I am extracting information from the 1909 issue of The New England
Historical and Genealogical Register. The title of the article is
The Floyd Family of Rumney Marsh*. Part of the asterisk is below:
Rumney Marsh, which was then the northernmost district of Boston,
became a part of Chelsea in
I have no problem with a pop-up window. If Fred were to say why he is
not in favor of a pop-up window, I might reconsider my response.
At 04:58 PM 6/17/2008, you wrote:
Geoff:
I like the idea of notification but I'm not in favor of a Pop-up window.
How about making the scroll bar RED and
Keith,
It is not as great a deal as you think. Distances in the
States are on the large side. Going from New York City to San
Francisco (east to west) is a 43 hour drive and covers 2,909 miles.
Going from New Orleans to Minneapolis (south to north) is an 18 hour
drive and covers 1,200
YES, a possible bug. My old version of 6.0.0.179 does the same thing
on LaSalle/La Salle (not sure which) County in Illinois. I too had to
force it.
At 11:54 AM 3/22/2008, you wrote:
I've been using Legacy for about four months now. I am constantly
being amazed at how packed full of
.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnold
Sprague
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:27 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo database bug??
YES, a possible bug. My old version of 6.0.0.179 does the same thing
And me.
I'll add my two-bits that putting Legacy, or anything else, on
CD/DVDs is a great *temporary* way to make backups. Then quickly run
the CD/DVD to a safe deposit box or some safe place *away* from your
computer. Of course, occasionally check to see if you can read your
CD/DVD right
I have relatives of yore who are from Perth, Lanark County, Ontario
Province, Canada. At this URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~onlanark/
for Lanark County, you will see Perth in the left-hand map, in Lanark
County, with Ontario mentioned in the top two corners.
When I use Geo Location Database in
I *really do* hate to sound unsophisticated in this crowd, but I see
less and less reason all the time to source in detail a US census.
Yes, in the old days, it was nice, maybe even necessary, to include
the page number, the roll number, enumeration district, and on, and
on, but with such
Ron,
Over the years, I have just plopped all my individuals into a single
.fbd file.
If I had a change of heart and wanted to separate all the unconnected
individuals into a new .fbd file, is there a way I can find them? I
do not know enough about Legacy to assemble such a search.
Thanks,
Now that 24,000,000 U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards are
available on-line from ancestry.com, will the new version of Legacy
contain this event?
If yes, is it possible that we can be told in advance how the event
is defined and what it is named?
I have many World War I Draft
Elizabeth,
BEFORE you do what Susan is suggesting, make sure that you do a
BACKUP! Especially if you are new to Legacy. This is an area where
you can get yourself into lots and lots of trouble.
Arnold
At 09:59 AM 1/12/2008, you wrote:
Hi Elizabeth,
In the family view, select the spouses
John
While you will gets lots of good help here, the best thing for you to
do is to find a good friend in Manchester who will sit next to you
and walk you through it. While it is not terribly difficult, it is
the kind of thing you will *need* an assist on in the beginning. Take
good notes and
I have an old 15 Generation Pedigree Chart (25 x 27)
http://www.thefamilyhistorystore.com/product_info.php?products_id=157
which I filled out manually back in the days of my old DOS
genealogical program. Now I am wondering if one can print a 15
Generation Pedigree Chart via a modern
who have been there.
Arnold
At 11:58 AM 12/28/2007, you wrote:
Legacy Charting Companion will do this for you.
Sharon Perdue
- Original Message - From: Arnold Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:24 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG
I have many, many individuals who are marked as living but have no
birth date. As a result, they will not appear on my website, even
though they were born hundreds of years ago. My website does not show
individuals who are still alive.
I hoped that there was an option in Tools/Potential
Hi Jack,
I like your At Sea example.
I have someone in my database who died at the very end of a
cruise in New York City harbor. (She did not drown.) I'm having
difficulty with place, so would At Sea work here?
Thanks.
Arnold
At 06:43 AM 11/25/2007, you wrote:
Legacy will soon be version 7. I believe that if you buy now (version
6), you will get a free upgrade to version 7. I do not recall where I
saw that, so I cannot give a quote, a URL, or anything else.
Sorry that I am not answering the rest of your concerns.
At 10:18 AM 11/7/2007, you wrote:
michele,
Try these:
http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/2007/07/sneak-peek-of-legacy-7.html
and
http://rzamor1.blogspot.com/2007/08/sneak-peek-of-legacy-7-part-two.html
Arnold
At 10:32 AM 11/5/2007, you wrote:
Is there a list of what will be different in Version 7?
michele
Legacy User
to date information on the
features and release date of Version 7 than was contained in the
blogs during July and August.
Tom
- Original Message - From: Arnold Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG
The only thing that I would add to this, especially if you
have not done it before, is to FIRST make a backup copy of your
database. Then, if things do not work out as you expected, you can
recover easily.
At 05:44 PM 10/27/2007, you wrote:
Valerie - if both Patrick's have the same
much clearer we think first thing in the morning.
Congrats.
Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney.
Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Dublin, Wicklow
Wexford
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnold
Sprague
Sent: Sunday
Go to the Individual's Information window and in the lower left-hand
corner you will see a box to check if This individual never married
and had not children.
At 04:48 PM 10/26/2007, you wrote:
Can I have some suggestions as to how/where to enter this information
please.
I hope I have asked
Hi Virginia,
Please go to the link below
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
and fill out the form. It only takes minutes and you will begin to
receive mail
Arnold
At 12:18 PM 10/24/2007, you wrote:
Hi: I'm blind this morning because I've checked Legacy, Goggle
John,
Yes. Go to View/Master Lists/Source and highlight the source
you are interested in. Then click on Show List to the right. Bingo.
Arnold
At 01:50 PM 10/23/2007, you wrote:
If I assign a common source to multiple individuals can I then do a
search to find out all those
To update, merely click on the Legacy Home tab and look to
the right. Under Updates, you will see what version you are using
and *if* you have the latest version. If not, update from there. You
do not have to remove old or free versions. It is my understanding
that it is best to have a
When I go to Marriage Information for someone and enter that I have
a source for the *Marriage Date*, a marriage certificate in this
case, I find that the following are highlighted in red:
Marr Date
Status
In
Status Date (optional)
The red means, I believe, that I have a source for each
Ted and Sherry,
I object to this thread being kidnapped.
Here is the pertinent matter which was lost during the abduction:
Arnold
===
Geoff,
Thank you for mentioning the Legacy Home/Options/Check the
Internet Now option to force one's browser to go to Legacy.
/7/2006, you wrote:
Arnold Sprague wrote:
Ted and Sherry,
I object to this thread being kidnapped.
Arnold,
The thread wasn't being kidnapped or hijacked as you state. Check
the subject line. It's very general - exactly as YOU left it. YOU
should have started a new thread with a proper subject
Geoff,
I had to close out Legacy and restart it in order to see that the new
version is available. I do not recall having to do that in the past.
Before closing out Legacy, I (1) clicked on the icon with two green
arrows and (2) clicked on Legacy Home, Family, Legacy Home, etc.
Arnold
At
I think that once we open the *genealogical* door to
non-blood line children, the difference between adopted, foster, and
anything else is merely a word game.
IMPHO*, there should be two categories for children: blood
line (DNA) and other.
IMHHO*, we should only list
My hard drive crashed yesterday so am spending my time reinstalling
my software.
1. I installed Legacy 6.0 and entered my deluxe Customer Number.
2. When I click on Download and Install Now, I receive this
message: Update Process Failed - Could not update Legacy. If this
problem
and, therefore, should not need
to be updated, indeed it will not be possible
to update it. The questions I have are: Is
everything working as you would expect? And,
have you checked the version number of your installation?
Ron Ferguson
From: Arnold Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply
When I do a GEDCOM Export and (1) enter a change in the Customize
option to Exclude Regular Notes From Export and *then* (2) change the
Produce File For option from Legacy to GEDCOM 5.5 Only, it turns
out that my choice to EXCLUDE REGULAR NOTES is blown away. This is
repeatable. Regular Notes,
Yes.
Arnold Sprague
At 09:24 AM 11/5/2006, you wrote:
Have you tried changing the order of 1) and 2)?
Ron Ferguson
From: Arnold Sprague [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM Export - A serious
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We are changing the world of genealogy!
When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence.
Thanks.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnold
Sprague
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 6:11 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup
I think that Ron is telling you that your post is off-topic and does
not belong here.
Ron is very well informed on Legacy, has strong feelings, and is not
always subtle. As you admit to not being very computer literate, he
should not have flamed you and, IMHO, owes you an apology.
At 10:42
Options/Select Language
Once there, there are five choices. Once there, know what
you want because you must choose one of the five. There is no way to
back out of a choice at this point. (Yes, I know that this is not a
*real* biggie, but a way to escape would be nice.)
At
In Legacy itself, if you click on Legacy Home and then on
Organizing Your Paper Files - a Third Approach in the Legacy News
box, you receive a 404/The page cannot be found error. You are taken
to a non-existent webpage:
http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2006/08/organizing_your.html.
I would suggest that you consider using The Next Generation of
Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG)
http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php. It provides an amazing
capability for displaying your genealogical information. We use it on
our website, The Sprague Project
Millennia,
I would
like to ask if you would *please* go back to the old days and
give us the *option* to receive one e-mail per day which includes all the
e-mails for that day.
During the
period June 22 through June 28, I received 252 separate messages from
LUG. If they were consolidated, I
Legacy does have something which comes, maybe, close to what you want. It
claims to have an Ahnentafel report. Here is what is found on the help page:
===
Ancestor Book Reports
An Ahnentafel report is a book-style report that begins with a
Gail,
You address an interesting point I have been pondering. There is
not much chance that I will publish anything in my lifetime. There is 100%
chance that I will put my family genealogy on a website via TNG (The Next
Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding)
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