Re: [LegacyUG] Tidying Up Addresses

2009-10-31 Thread Bruce Jones
Make your change in the Master Location List. If one location is used by 10 people, one change in the Master Location List will change the location for all 10 individuals. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:52 PM, June Chan mai_l...@aapt.net.au wrote: I am trying to tidy up the addresses in my database

Re: [LegacyUG] Tidying Up Addresses

2009-10-30 Thread Bruce Jones
Make your change in the Master Location List. If one location is used by 10 people, one change in the Master Location List will change the location On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:52 PM, June Chan mai_l...@aapt.net.au wrote: I am trying to tidy up the addresses in my database as I want to

Re: [LegacyUG] how to print Event Address Coordinates

2009-10-07 Thread Bruce Jones
This is what I do. - I put the cemetery name in the Location field instead of the Event Addresses - Since most of my ancestors are buried in one very large cemetery, I have created multiple Locations, one for each section of the cemetery (guess I am a location splitter) - So my locations look like

Re: [LegacyUG] Census information

2009-10-06 Thread Bruce Jones
authority. g Janis On 10/5/09 4:21 PM, Bruce Jones juicebo...@gmail.com wrote: It seems to me that it is easier for a Splitter to move toward being a Lumper (by combining Master Sources)  than it is for a Lumper to move towards being a Splitter.  Do you agree? On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:25

Re: [LegacyUG] Census information

2009-10-05 Thread Bruce Jones
It seems to me that it is easier for a Splitter to move toward being a Lumper (by combining Master Sources) than it is for a Lumper to move towards being a Splitter. Do you agree? On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:25 AM, Janis L Gilmore rajan...@earthlink.net wrote: Kristen, I split at the county

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Source Citation Images to Events

2009-09-28 Thread Bruce Jones
The Picture Center lets you attach pictures to an Individual, Marriage, and to Events (including Birth, Christening, Death, Burrial) BUT I don't think it can be used to attach pictures to Sources. Am I wrong? On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:07 PM, William H. Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: Some of

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center - Undo Set Preferred

2009-09-12 Thread Bruce Jones
What you could do is create a blank or dummy image and attach it in the first position. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:12 PM, William H. Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: I looked through the manual, but did not find a way to reset an image to not be Preferred.  In other words, I have images of

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing events in descendant report

2009-08-10 Thread Bruce Jones
Remember you can mark all uses of an event as private in the event definition *or* you can mark just one person's use of that event as private from the Individual's Information screen *or* both. Have you checked both places? On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 2:44 PM, 1familytree1familytree@gmail.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Master Source List Names

2009-08-07 Thread Bruce Jones
Try this: - View, Master Lists, Source - Options, Print - On the Include Tab . Sources to print: All . What to print: Master Sources counts OR Only the Master Sources - On the Options Tab . List-style format For some reason the Printed-style format List-style format give different

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Master Source List Names

2009-08-07 Thread Bruce Jones
Sheetsclshee...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce.  That's will work for what I want...and about the only click box I didn't try.  I guess it never dawned on me that a style format would contain different content! Bruce Jones juicebo...@gmail.com wrote: Try this: - View, Master Lists, Source

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2009-08-03 Thread Bruce Jones
Let me see if I can help. When you select to show 1/2 children, the Family View will show all children who are *linked* to at least one of the two main persons (usually husband wife). The 1/2 indicator means that child is only linked to one of the two main persons, not both. It doesn't mean

Re: [LegacyUG] Two Report functions do not work

2009-07-29 Thread Bruce Jones
I had a similar problem; however, I got an error message. What I did is to copy the mscmctl.ocx file from my laptop (same O/S, XP) and that solved my problem. Sherry said that must have given me a newer version of mscmctl.ocx. Don't know if that will help you. On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:33 AM,

Re: RE: [LegacyUG] Installing (2nd) Legacy on laptop for travel - Dropbox

2009-07-25 Thread Bruce Jones
I do the same as Laurence and have for several years and it works great. On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Laurence E Stephensonlaurencestephen...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone any experience using Dropbox so that each computer is automatically updated with the new data?  If yes, can you please

Re: [LegacyUG] New LDS Ordinance Fields

2009-07-23 Thread Bruce Jones
I can confirm that for both the Descendants and Descendants Narrative reports. On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Pam O'Dellpamodel...@hotmail.com wrote: The new fields are great, however, after putting info into the confirmation field when I print a descendant book it no longer shows the

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Notes in Family Group Record Report

2009-07-21 Thread Bruce Jones
I also use the MRIN filing system and agree it would be nice to have the *option* to only print MRINs and not RINs on some reports. The Pedigree report is definitely one I would like to be able to print with only MRINs showing. On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Graham Portergasp...@ntlworld.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Notes in Family Group Record Report

2009-07-21 Thread Bruce Jones
I forgot to add that you *can* print the MRIN in the title of the Family Group Sheet even if you have selected to not print MRINs and RINs. On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Bruce Jonesjuicebo...@gmail.com wrote: I also use the MRIN filing system and agree it would be nice to have the *option*

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Notes in Family Group Record Report

2009-07-18 Thread Bruce Jones
You could also put the information in *both* places and not print the one you don't want. I got this idea from Geoff Rasmussen. On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Connie Sheetsclshee...@yahoo.com wrote: Jerri Grimley jerri.grim...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi: I am still a newbie at this.  Is there a

Re: [LegacyUG] Exchange between two computers

2009-07-01 Thread Bruce Jones
I am late responding to this. What I do is keep my primary data and multimedia on a 40GB USB drive. When I use my laptop, I remove the USB drive from my desktop and attach it to my laptop. I always backup when I leave Legacy and backup to the hard drive of whichever computer I am currently using.

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate Record who only appears once in name list

2009-05-23 Thread Bruce Jones
There is only one John Smith. The 1/2 designation just means that he is the child of *one* of the two parents in that marriage. It only shows on the family view and it is just for your help. You can stop it from appearing by right clicking on one of the children, highlight view and *unselecting*

Re: [LegacyUG] Browse for lost picture file

2009-05-07 Thread Bruce Jones
Maybe I'm missing something but if you rename a file *within* Legacy (in the Picture Center), you will not have that problem and Legacy will continue to find the file. That will not, however, solve the problem of Legacy not finding a file that has been renamed *outside* of Legacy. On Thu, May 7,

Re: [LegacyUG] Reusing Source Detail

2009-04-29 Thread Bruce Jones
Alan, just to add to what others have said. Although Legacy does NOT support shared citations, if you follow the procedure to copy and paste one citation pair (master detail) to another event, you will only have ONE footnote and it will be the same footnote number for every event that uses the

Re: [LegacyUG] Attn: Brian Beddor Laurence E. Stephenson

2009-04-20 Thread Bruce Jones
If you do the rename in the Picture Center within Legacy, all links to that file should be updated. If you do the rename outside of Legacy, you would need to relink every occurrence. Hope this helps. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Brian Beddor bbed...@japsolson.com wrote: Welcome back!!! I

Re: [LegacyUG] General Notes VS. Events

2009-04-01 Thread Bruce Jones
I have also wondered about putting information into Events/Facts Notes vs General Notes (or, as Jenny mentioned, in Source Detail comments). As others have said various times, it depends on the purpose or goal. Who is the target? You? Others? Legacy is so flexible! One option is to put the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy web site

2009-03-26 Thread Bruce Jones
Yes. I just now tried and my Home Tab does not have the Legacy News, or does it tell me I have the most current version (I have 7.0.0.90) I have had this several times and wondered if it was just my internet connection, but maybe not as I still get email and others also have this problem. Bruce

Re: [LegacyUG] Source not included in Legacy web page

2009-03-19 Thread Bruce Jones
Just a thought. If you want other sources but not the events they are sources for, could you attach those sources to Unspecified as well as the event? I don't do web pages so I don't know if that would work for you. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Branko and Chris bcola...@bigpond.net.au

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-15 Thread Bruce Jones
Yes, all day. On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Dave Johnson davel...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone else having trouble updating or even getting into the Legacy Web Site? Dave -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Gene

Re: [LegacyUG] Obituaries

2009-03-09 Thread Bruce Jones
I keep all my originals in files by subject (census, death-obituaries, death-gravestones, birth-certificates, etc) and then keep my smaller versions for Legacy in family files. If I want to know what census records I have, I can look in the original (census) file. If I want to know what I have

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions from a new user

2009-03-09 Thread Bruce Jones
Better be more careful! :) On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 5:38 PM, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote: Charlotte, Good Heavens!! For once I'm doing something by the book. Ron Ferguson _ *New Tutorial* Using the GIMP Mask

Re: [LegacyUG] Obituaries

2009-03-09 Thread Bruce Jones
Message - From: Bruce Jones juicebo...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Obituaries I keep all my originals in files by subject (census, death-obituaries, death-gravestones, birth-certificates, etc

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted child

2009-03-06 Thread Bruce Jones
If I'm understanding right, you have 3 marriages: Dumas1 (with deceased wife), Dumas2 (with Fraizer wife), and Fraizer (with unknown husband). I think you should have the child linked to the Dumas2 marriage (husband as step, wife as biological) and Fraizer marriage (husband and wife both as

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions from a new user

2009-03-05 Thread Bruce Jones
Regarding your 3rd question. This happens because you already have an O'brien in you database. You can fix this as follows: Click on View, move the curser to Master Lists click on Surname Locate and select O'brien and then click on edit. Change O'brien to O'Brien and save. All O'brien in your

Re: [LegacyUG] Report of just one line?

2009-03-05 Thread Bruce Jones
Click on Tools then Relationship Calculator Select yourself for one side and the specific ancestor on the other side, then click on Print Does that give you what you want? On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Kathy Cardoza kmacard...@mac.com wrote: I want to create a report to send to a cousin that

Re: [LegacyUG] PICTURE coding

2009-03-03 Thread Bruce Jones
My understanding (and it seems to work for me) is that I need to link just ONE of the pictures in the new subfolder. Legacy then knows that this subfolder holds at least one linked picture. It adds this path to the search order and it will then be able to find all the other pictures in that

[LegacyUG] How many pictures is it reasonable to attach to Legacy?

2009-03-02 Thread Bruce Jones
I am scanning a large number of pictures of my immediate family. My plan is to then print them out from the scrapbook, with a selected number of pictures per page. I am wondering if it would be wise to NOT attach a large number of pictures to my children in Legacy. Any suggestions on what works

Re: [LegacyUG] Anc and Des interest?

2009-02-26 Thread Bruce Jones
It's at the bottom of the screen, just to the right of the Exclude from Potential Problems... box and to the left of the Privacy Settings... box on the Individual's Information screen. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:26 PM, momalo...@aol.com wrote: On the Lower Right Corner of the Individual  

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding over 10 Children

2009-02-23 Thread Bruce Jones
If you have entered 10 children and need to ENTER an additional child, just right click on any child and click on Add a brother or Add a sister. If you want to DISPLAY more than 10 children, right click on one of the existing children, move your cursor over View and click on Best fit columns With

Re: [LegacyUG] * in front of a child's name

2009-02-19 Thread Bruce Jones
It means Preferred Child On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:35 PM, momalo...@aol.com wrote: What does the * mean? I couldn't find it in the help pages??? **Need a job? Find an employment agency near you.

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Gallery question and suggested improvements

2009-02-17 Thread Bruce Jones
Try this. Go to the individual in Family view. Click on the picture icon Move the pictures putting them in the desired order (drag with the mouse pointer) Go to the Picture Center and see if they are in that same order. On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:35 PM, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: Often I'll find a

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Picture

2009-02-16 Thread Bruce Jones
Click on Print Photo Album On the first line of the Options (Title) enter a single blank. I think that will take care of it On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Kris gen.mailing.li...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, John. I know that. It would just be a lot simpler to just print it from the program I'm

Re: [LegacyUG] Naming photos

2009-02-13 Thread Bruce Jones
...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Jones Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:43 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming photos Here is what I am doing. Since I use the MRIN filing method, I label all pictures as follows: mrin-xPIC-name(s)-description Where x

Re: [LegacyUG] Naming photos

2009-02-13 Thread Bruce Jones
For a lesson on using the MRIN filing system, check here http://www.fileyourpapers.com/lessons.html This shows how to file papers using the MRIN system, which I do, but the system can apply to digital images as well. Bruce On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Bruce Jones juicebo...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [LegacyUG] Naming photos

2009-02-12 Thread Bruce Jones
Here is what I am doing. Since I use the MRIN filing method, I label all pictures as follows: mrin-xPIC-name(s)-description Where x is H (Husband), W (Wife), C (Couple), or n (for unmarried children where 1 is the first child, 2 the second, etc.) If I have a group photo, I use the MRIN of either

Re: [LegacyUG] Naming photos

2009-02-12 Thread Bruce Jones
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:32 AM, keith ke...@payrollnw.com wrote: How about using the subject first then the individual? just a quick though, It would work file for groups but you would have to use the individuals name twice,I.E or a group record Group Name,Individual name,etc..for

Re: [LegacyUG] KEEP ASKING!

2009-01-30 Thread Bruce Jones
If I understand your problem, you just needed to click on the BROWSE button and select the folder (or subfolder) lyou want to look in. If you have multiple folders, you need to change the BROWSE each time you want to look in a different folder. On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:57 PM, momalo...@aol.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Need overall help

2009-01-30 Thread Bruce Jones
Thanks, Cathy, for your excellent implementation. It is just the compromise I wanted between entering locations for mapping and entering them for the smallest Master Location list. And I found that the format you suggest (city - street address) seems to allow the mapping feature to always find

Re: [LegacyUG] Use of Picture Center to rename picture files

2009-01-29 Thread Bruce Jones
Center do you access this feature? Perhaps others would welcome the advice also. Thanks Gary -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Jones Sent: Tuesday, 27 January, 2009 10:22 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Use of Picture Center to rename picture files

2009-01-29 Thread Bruce Jones
I just submitted it. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:24 PM, JLB j...@telus.net wrote: No, I haven't. Or might have a long time ago. I'm swimming in another project today. Please be my guest. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Bruce Jones

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Limits in a BOOK fixed now organize ideas and HTML

2009-01-27 Thread Bruce Jones
When you rename a picture, do it in the Picture Center within Legacy and you don't need to reattach it. If you rename outside of Legacy (in Windows) you will have to reattach the picture. A naming standard is very helpful in organizing your pictures. How do you file your papers? I recommend

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Limits in a BOOK

2009-01-26 Thread Bruce Jones
If I understand what you want, all you need to do is add another picture (don't worry that there doesn't seem to be room). Then a scroll bar should appear. You can also display more than 6 pictures at a time if you wish. Locate the + (plus sign) on the right side and click it to display as many

Re: [LegacyUG] ? Current Person, Currest Couple

2009-01-22 Thread Bruce Jones
Well said, Jenny. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: Bruce Jones wrote I agree, Ron, you did seem to address the issue she is having. I agree too! But I think it important to remember than any answers we give on LUG will be read by many other

Re: [LegacyUG] ? Current Person, Currest Couple

2009-01-21 Thread Bruce Jones
I agree, Ron, you did seem to address the issue she is having. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:25 PM, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote: Thanks, Jenny. Although,as I have said previously, I am only familiar with the basics of the Publication Centre I have played around with it enough to know

[LegacyUG] Sourcing Wedding Announcements

2008-12-15 Thread Bruce Jones
Which template would you use to source a wedding announcement card? *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

[LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative problem

2008-12-15 Thread Bruce Jones
When I preview a Descendant Narrative report with pictures (no events or notes) some of the pictures are overlayed by the following picture. This happens when the narrative text is shorter than the picture. I have tried multiple options but cannot find what causes it. I have noticed that this is

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't use certain reports

2008-12-14 Thread Bruce Jones
I had a similar problem; however, I got an error message. What I did is to copy the mscmctl.ocx file from my laptop (same O/S) and that solved my problem. Sherry said that must have given me a newer version of mscmctl.ocx. Don't know if that will help you. On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:08 AM,

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcewriter Template

2008-12-10 Thread Bruce Jones
, I've used group by correspondant and if I'm looking at this correctly displays 5 times with different details and so does group by e-mails. So, I don't know why they are broken down like that. They seem to display exactly the same. --- On Tue, 12/9/08, Bruce Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From

Re: [LegacyUG] Report Problems

2008-12-09 Thread Bruce Jones
Both Individual Report and Family Group Record work fine for me (7.0.0.76Deluxe, XP, 2 Gb RAM) On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:01 PM, John S. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been playing around with Individual Reports and Family Reports in preparation for sending some info to a group of new

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcewriter Template

2008-12-09 Thread Bruce Jones
If you have 5 e-mails from the same person, group by corresponded provides you one Master Source to be used 5 times (with different Detail Source). Group by e-mail provides 5 Master Sources. Hope that heps. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Melanie Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Can anyone

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy v7.0.0.76 Family Group Sheet source output problem

2008-12-07 Thread Bruce Jones
There is a new option on Report Options Sources tab with the default to combine multiple sources for a single event. Just unclick it. On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Christine Pearce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some, but not all, of the source citations in Family Group Record Reports bunch up

Re: [LegacyUG] [LegacyUserGroup] List Posting Error Notification

2008-12-05 Thread Bruce Jones
I used a suggestion on this list and filter out MailEnable. Works! On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gene, Four more just came in Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Hutson Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes VS Events

2008-12-04 Thread Bruce Jones
Let me share an idea I got from Geoff Rasmussen. With the flexibility Legacy offers, we can consider entering data in more than one place, then use various options to only include what we want. For example, the biography data could be entered both as an event AND in the General Notes. - One time

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes VS Events

2008-12-04 Thread Bruce Jones
with the crude TMG graphics. They drove me crazy. Call me superficial. g) Janis On 12/4/08 2:33 PM, Bruce Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me share an idea I got from Geoff Rasmussen. With the flexibility Legacy offers, we can consider entering data in more than one place, then use various

Re: [LegacyUG] My wife's parents have become unlinked

2008-11-25 Thread Bruce Jones
It sounds like your wife might be linked twice, once to her real parents and once to a phantom marriage. Look on the Family View at the first icon for your wife. How many are there? If more than 1 I think you have an extra marriage with two unknowns. If so, click on the parents icon and delete

Re: [LegacyUG] My wife's parents have become unlinked

2008-11-25 Thread Bruce Jones
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Jones Sent: 25 November 2008 08:04 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] My wife's parents have become unlinked It sounds like your wife might be linked twice, once to her real parents and once to a phantom

Re: [LegacyUG] User IDs

2008-11-25 Thread Bruce Jones
I would like to put the MRIN in the Marriage ID. On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:28:14 -0500, Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just curious... What kind of things do people use User IDs for? Let me

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing emails

2008-11-22 Thread Bruce Jones
I create a new Master Source for each sender and put the receiver and date in the Source Detail. Just my thoughts. Bruce On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Wynthner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't the easiest way be to just create another Master Source Correspondence, Joe Bloggs-Fanny Adams

Re: [LegacyUG] How to list step parents status and sealing

2008-11-21 Thread Bruce Jones
It also applies in this situation: my wife was recently sealed in the temple to her stepfather and mother. obviously, the stepfather is not her biological fatherI have her listed underneath her biological father (first marriage) with her other siblings. Then for sealing purposes, I

Re: [LegacyUG] entering LDS sources

2008-11-10 Thread Bruce Jones
I add the person performing the ordination in the Description; for example, by Paul W. Jones, his father The first time you do this, that is, type Deacon, you will be creating a new event, so you may want to check the sentence for that new event to make sure it appears as you want it to. On Mon,

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting children and 1/2 siblings by birth order?

2008-10-29 Thread Bruce Jones
When I have similar situations, and I want all the children to show on the Family Group Sheet, I link all the children to the current marriage IN ADDITION TO their birth parent marriage. Then in Children Settings I add the Relationship to Father and/or Relationship to Mother as Step or Biological

Re: [LegacyUG] Childrens settings - step, adopted, twin etc

2008-10-18 Thread Bruce Jones
Have you indicated that the child is a twin? I had to do some figuring to see how to do it. Display the parents in family view. Right click on a parent and select View then Children List... Then highlight the desired child and enter Twin Stillborn, Adopted etc. as appropriate in the Child Status

Re: [LegacyUG] entering first-person

2008-10-18 Thread Bruce Jones
Connie's last statement should put your mind to rest. If you decide you do have a use for the RINs, you can always change them later if you don't like how they are automatically assigned. So, if you do decide you want your people's RIN in some particular order (say for filing purposes, not

Re: [LegacyUG] One couple, two divorces

2008-10-18 Thread Bruce Jones
You could create a Remarried and a Redivorced event. Then if you used a Marriage and a Divorced event all 4 events would show in chronology and FGS reports and in the proper date order. On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My husband's parents married, had no children,

Re: [LegacyUG] entering first-person

2008-10-18 Thread Bruce Jones
Ron, Thanks for your clarification on the importance of RINs in web pages. Since I do not (yet) create web pages, that importance was lost on me. Would I be correct in saying that it doesn't matter what RIN is assigned to a person as long as you don't change them AFTER you create web pages? On

Re: [LegacyUG] Charting / Reports 1/2 children

2008-10-15 Thread Bruce Jones
Regarding the 4 children showing on the Family View, I don't worry about it. Legacy shows that as an aid, it does not show on any report that I know of. You could, of course turn off the 1/2 children setting and it would only show 3 children. On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Mark K [EMAIL

Re: [LegacyUG] Name List Tabs Font size

2008-10-13 Thread Bruce Jones
Have you maximized the window to full size? If not, this would help. On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:36 PM, SHIRLEY ANDERSON [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I finally made up my mind to upgrade from Version 5 Standard to Version 6 Standard. I made it through most of the customizing, but I can't figure out

Re: [LegacyUG] Input of Cemetery Names

2008-08-31 Thread Bruce Jones
I do my cemetery locations similar but add the Plot-Block-Lot in parentheses Salt Lake City Cemetery (E-8-1) I have multiple ancestors buried in 7 different plot/block/lots in this cemetery. I tag all locations in that (or all) cemetery(ies) then create a location report using just tagged

Re: [LegacyUG] Can any one help please?

2008-08-29 Thread Bruce Jones
Regarding renaming pictures, I just did that. Make sure you use the Rename in the Picture Center in Legacy and you will not have any problems. Legacy will not loose any of them. On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Steve Giles [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi 2 questions, Any suggestions on how

Re: [LegacyUG] pictures and scanned documents

2008-08-25 Thread Bruce Jones
of PaulMildredJones For a picture of my greatgrandparents 5 children with their spouses (but not my greatgrandparents) I would use the MRIN of my greatgrandparents. On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Jenny M Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Bruce Jones wrote I think the best advice I got about naming multimedia

Re: [LegacyUG] pictures and scanned documents

2008-08-24 Thread Bruce Jones
I think the best advice I got about naming multimedia files is to make it the same as the system you use for your paper files. Since I use the MRIN system for my paper files, I decided to use it for my pictures and document as well. I eventually settled on the following: f-pttt-dd where f

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Report Just Submitted to Legacy

2008-08-20 Thread Bruce Jones
Tom, Following your steps I see the same results; i.e., a. Last page has source numbers but no footnotes b. Bibliography does not appear in the TOC or at the end. c. 4 extraneous footnotes on a separate Source Citations page (numbered 1,2,3,4) (Note: I have both SourceWriter and non SourceWriter

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Report Just Submitted to Legacy

2008-08-20 Thread Bruce Jones
and the Millenia tech people? Tom Herson Ithaca, NY - Original Message - From: Bruce Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Report Just Submitted to Legacy Tom, Following your steps I see

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem: Noted events in Descendant reports

2008-08-20 Thread Bruce Jones
I see the problem in the Descendant Narrative report but not in the Descendant Book report. Report it to Legacy (Report a Bug on the Home Page if you have the Deluxe version of Legacy) and I'm sure they will get it fixed in a future update. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Marie Connelly [EMAIL

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem: Noted events in Descendant reports

2008-08-20 Thread Bruce Jones
Wierd, now I can't reproduce the problem. Maybe I was confused as to who's events were listed and I saw the husbands when I thought it was the wife's. Sorry. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Thomas Herson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Marie, Not much help, but I couldn't duplicate your situation.

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report output - Marriage Info Space missing between date and location

2008-08-15 Thread Bruce Jones
Yes, I see it on multiple marriages I entered with a previous version of Legacy as well as a test marriage I just now entered. So I agree it is a bug. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Jessica Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone reproduce this? I just added a line of my tree with new

Re: [LegacyUG] Privacy statement

2008-08-12 Thread Bruce Jones
I think the OP wants details suppressed for living persons, but the name displayed WITHOUT the phrase details suppressed for this person. I don't see how this can be done. On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Leon Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the window for Family Group Reports, seleect the

Re: [LegacyUG] Adoption challenges

2008-08-11 Thread Bruce Jones
I'm not sure I'm understanding about your cousin's husband issue. It sounds like you have linked him to the couple (cousin/counsin's husband) but he does not show up as a child on the screen? Or he does show up there but not when you right click and select Children's settings Neither make sense to

Re: [LegacyUG] Show 1/2 kids?

2008-08-11 Thread Bruce Jones
, Bruce Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right clicking on any child and selecting View, and make sure Show 1/2 kids is selected (check mark in front). In V6 that was the universal way. The setting should stick. -- Dennis Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. Emails not of Content-Type: text

Re: [LegacyUG] Sentence Override

2008-08-11 Thread Bruce Jones
If it helps, you can just type in the code, like [notes] rather than doing the insert. You do need to know what the names are, of course. On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes Elizabeth. Not having used it till just now I had not realized just how

Re: [LegacyUG] Adoption challenges

2008-08-10 Thread Bruce Jones
Note that there is a difference between what is on the screen and what is printed. The screen will show ALL children that are linked to EITHER (or both) parents. Make sure you have the Show 1/2 kids setting selected. You do this by Right clicking on any child and selecting View, and make sure

Re: [LegacyUG] Searching for FHL film numbers in to-do list

2008-08-07 Thread Bruce Jones
If you are willing to modify your ToDo items, you could put the FHL film number in any one of three places and then select just that film number. These places are the Category, Locality, Repository. Using any one of these you can get a (customized) ToDo report for either just the selected

Re: [LegacyUG] less steps to make a back up?

2008-08-06 Thread Bruce Jones
I also liked V6 better. I have one backup for each day of the week labeled with the day (Mon, Tue,...) and overwrite them. On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I preferred the backup of v.6, I too add the date to my backup, and usually keep at least two

Re: [LegacyUG] File names format

2008-08-05 Thread Bruce Jones
Is there any problem with using periods instead of underscores? i.e., Sam.Smith.letter.jpg Or dashes? i.e., Sam-Smith-letter.jpg On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Dave Mellors [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Cathy, It is technically valid to use a space in a file name that will be accessed on the

Re: [LegacyUG] mass To-Do

2008-08-04 Thread Bruce Jones
Would the Copy and Paste icons in the ToDo help any? On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:57 PM, JLB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope. I'm trying to batch To-Do to save myself hundreds of hours of mind-numbing tedious data entry. I tried working by specific task but find online databases better suited to

Re: [LegacyUG] GPS for Individual Graves locations

2008-08-02 Thread Bruce Jones
Sheri, Interesting you should ask. I am in the middle of something similar. I have several dozen ancestors spread out in one large cemetery (largest city cemetery in the US!). I visited the cemetery, took pictures of the gravestones, and recorded the Latitude Longitude of each grave and I wanted

Re: [LegacyUG] GPS for Individual Graves locations

2008-08-02 Thread Bruce Jones
Another option for the plot address is in the Source Details. On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Jenny M Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Sheri Harris wrote Being a beginner genealogist and learning Legacy (v7), I'm wondering how to enter GPS coordinates for individual graves in a cemetery? I'm

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

2008-08-01 Thread Bruce Jones
Very interesting thread. It appears to me that the new mapping feature has changed things. Before that, Legacy encouraged us to use just 4 fields for location even though they made 9 fields available. Following this encouragement meant that Legacy could implement the Geo Location and USA County

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - Family Picture Tree - Ver 6 Deluxe

2008-07-29 Thread Bruce Jones
I also get a missing/blank picture in the 4th generation (6th position). On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Trippsibs5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I noticed a problem in the Family Picture Tree Report (Books/Other) in that the tree looks fine for 3 or fewer generations, but when 4 generations are

Re: [LegacyUG] consistancy in sources

2008-07-29 Thread Bruce Jones
Janis, Both postings look fine to me. On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Janis Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Sorry. I changed that posting to plain text just before sending. It appeared to retain the list formatting when I sent it, but when posted to the list it had lost it. For clarity:

Re: [LegacyUG] consistancy in sources

2008-07-29 Thread Bruce Jones
Just to elaborate, when you go to View, Master Lists, Source you will see a screen titled Master Source List These are the names YOU use (it will not NORMALLY print on any report). It is sorted alphabetically, so you can name the sources how you want to make them easy to find. When you Edit one

Re: [LegacyUG] Use of the marriage information

2008-07-28 Thread Bruce Jones
Interesting questions. My current approach on census is to put the full composition of the household in the source detail text and use the clipboard to copy the source to each census event. Then, as long as I specify both events and source to print, I get just one full copy of the household for

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address?

2008-07-27 Thread Bruce Jones
Cathy, Thanks for the details of how your are entering address information. Following your method does seem to avoid the problem of the Geo Location List not functioning if you put in the address, which I thought was the ONLY problem with entering the address in the location field. What problems

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