There are probably a lot of people who would disagree with me for a lot of
reasons, but -
I find the creation of event types for a single use very cumbersome and
unnecessary. I have a miscellaneous event for which the event sentence is
merely notes. I can include all the necessary information
Are you sure you're in the regular notes section and not the sentence
override?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jane Sarles
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 3:12 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Formatting
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html
Claire Spinelli wrote:
I don't have thousands of MRIN's so this may not work for you, but I
thought
I would chime in anyway.
I recently renamed all my files using the MRIN system because digitally
it
sorted all documents relating to a particular
I don't have thousands of MRIN's so this may not work for you, but I thought
I would chime in anyway.
I recently renamed all my files using the MRIN system because digitally it
sorted all documents relating to a particular family together. This was an
enormous undertaking, but well worth the
When I open the forms center it is absolutely blank. What should be there
and why don't I have it?
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Carneal USA
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:33 AM
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Subject:
Sorry! The forms center was mentioned in a post about Mills inconsistency.
I had never looked at the center before and was so surprised to see it empty
I just reacted.
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ferguson
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When in Pedigree view, right-click in the background area. Select show
spouse/child and sibling list.
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CROSBY
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:20 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup
Subject:
hey you
I've only entered two new sources using the sourcewriter. In neither case
was the source used more than once for the individual and/or family. When I
create a family group report on my laptop, it shows the sources correctly.
When I create it on my laptop, using the same settings, it only shows the
Oops! I meant it prints correctly on my laptop and not on my DESLTOP.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claire
Spinelli
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:08 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Printing Sources
I show all caps on the individual's information screen and I, too, enter
them lowercase with leading capital.
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Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:41 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re:
In the grand scheme of things I guess it doesn't really matter, but I also
get a ghost image on the multimedia tab of the source detail. The image
that should show the attached document actually shows one I had entered
several citations ago.
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I live in Marlboro Twp, Monmouth County, New Jersey. We have a Topanemus
Road, Lake Topanemus and a Topanemus Cemetery that I know of, but – even
though I work in an elementary school library with lots of historical data
on Monmouth County – I never heard of a town called Topanemus. Since
Marlboro
is someone
born in New York City in 1550. Not even New Nederland.
Rich in LA CA
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From: Claire Spinelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 12:55:00 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] German Locations
The Evangelisch
The Evangelisch-Reformierta, Kirche part means Protestant Church. The town
name is Edenkoben. According to several places I checked, though, Edenkoben
is in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate but the Family Search website says
Bayern (Bavaria).
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I actually use 6 in this way. Four for my grandparents' lines and two for my
husband's mother and father lines. (I have very little information on them
at the moment.) I've still never needed to use more than the 3 tags
remaining since they're used for very temporary purposes.
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I'm not generally considered to be computer illiterate. However, you are
apparently way ahead of me! Is there anyway you could explain in simple
terms how the autorun program checks for new multimedia files?
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I've been trying to format the occupation event sentence. I thought it
would be great to use the living/dead formatting since I was having trouble
with my living entries showing worked when they were actually still
working. As usual, I ran into a snag. Now it reads that people who are still
I agree with you. I've been trying to organize Legacy so that it's of
interest to my children - not a genealogist. I'm sure that at some point
they might look at the sources, but they would be far more likely to read
the events of their ancestors' lives. Therefore, I include as events
everything I
Loved your story! Makes me wonder how I could ever expect to understand my
German and Italian speaking ancestors when we even have trouble with
English. :-)
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Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:03 AM
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I read your question a little differently than everyone else. I thought you
were talking about the location list, and NOT the master source list.
When entering an actual event, such as an obituary, the location is entered
from smallest to largest (town, county, state, country). In the actual
Just reread your question - probably should have done that first :) Yes, you
were referring to the master source, so please ignore my reply!
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Thanks! Now I get it!
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Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:39 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Living flag changes
It means that with Advanced Set Living, if someone is
Maybe I'm just tired, but what does this mean? If there are any ancestors
of a person set to deceased because of age they also will be set to Not
Living
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To:
computer technology for genealogists
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html
Claire Spinelli wrote:
JL wrote:
There's a difference between Source Detail and Master Source Detail.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Could you explain, please?
Claire
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Claire Spinelli wrote:
I get it. You meant that you could transcribe the entire text into the
Master Source Text and then select a small section of that into the Source
Detail Text. Good idea! Copy/paste makes it a simple process. In reports
JL wrote:
There's a difference between Source Detail and Master Source Detail.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Could you explain, please?
Claire
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: Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do List as Research Log
Do you mind sharing that direct link with us? It sounds interesting! :)
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Claire Spinelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I should have checked the ever-powerful internet first! I downloaded a
research log form from
I should have checked the ever-powerful internet first! I downloaded a
research log form from the Family Tree Genealogy Book Store - found via
about.com. I don't know why I never thought of this, but the forms are
really just tables inserted in a Word document. That allows you use it as a
I would like to better utilize the To-Do list as a Research Log, but can't
quite figure out how. Example: I'm trying to prove that ancestor Basil is
actually the ancestor Paul I was searching for. My To-Do entries include
several types of searches for a marriage record, his son's Social Security
I have a totally different reason for transcribing. It forces me to read
and understand every word of a document. It's amazing the information I
glean when I'm transcribing that I would have skimmed over otherwise.
Claire
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As long as you have the census date in the date field, couldn't you do a
search for all who DON'T have a census event with a date that includes 1860
(to use your example)? Obviously, you could narrow it down further using
the location and/or description field.
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From:
According to the help file, there should be an advanced marriage tagging
window. I can't, however, find it anywhere. Any hints?
Claire
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Thanks! I thought it odd that in the marriage list window I have the option
to untag all, but not to tag. I was doing some housecleaning and hoped
this might be a way to keep track of my progress.
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If, while in family view, you click on the source icon, the output tab gives
you two options - show entire source or show print options. If entire
source is selected, the file id # is included as part of the citation - even
when looking at the source through the name list.
Hope that makes sense.
not what's making the problem.
Even when Show Entire Source is chosen, the File ID #'s in the Name
List may or may not show up and it all seems to be quite random.
JL
Claire Spinelli wrote:
If, while in family view, you click on the source icon, the output tab
gives
you two options - show entire
What do you mean by a JPG comment?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:19 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Photos
Correction.
Legacy in the Picture Galleries
I just read with interest your digital filing system. I like the idea of
using an MRIN “prefix” to the file number. I, too, have just about
everything scanned and, since I never print documents from Legacy, having
them automatically fall together by MRIN would be very helpful. There’s
something
.
A small database is ok based on your own
preferences.
Keep on digging,
George in Arizona
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On
Behalf Of Claire Spinelli
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:49 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
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I often read of people who have thousands and thousands of people in their
database. Today I read of one over 100,000. I have trouble envisioning
where all these people come from :-) I feel like a slouch - my best branch
(paternal grandfather) only has about 400 people in it and I thought I was
I appreciate everyone's input. I think my problem is that I get hooked on
someone and want to know everything I can about them. Obviously, it's not
really a problem - I just enjoy it. For instance, my great-grandmother's
brother left Germany in 1876 to attend NYU Medical School. First of all,
This discussion has made me rethink a little. My original research was for
families that immigrated to New York City. When looking at a census, I
would check a page or two before or after to see if anyone else lived
nearby, but in New York even that wouldn't work. Because of the population,
I'm not sure whether this was mentioned or not - I only get colors boxes on
a pedigree report if I select 5 generations or less. I assume it has
something to do with spacing?
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. This way I was able to get Anna's baby pic into the
report, and also let people have something to imagine when they read
about this infant who died.
Susan
On 11/30/07, Claire Spinelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I realize this is a matter of choice, but I would be interested in hearing
your thoughts
I realize this is a matter of choice, but I would be interested in hearing
your thoughts on which photos you choose to link to Legacy. Obviously, if I
only have 1 or 2 photos of a given ancestor, I attach them all. But what
about a closer relative - parents for instance? Would you select a
Jennifer -
I particularly liked the ancestor box charts on your website and found, when
checking the website source information, that you used a program called
TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilders). How easy is it to use
TNG with Legacy?
Claire
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I use cemetery as an event and the name of the cemetery in the
description. I can easily search for everyone buried in that cemetery.
Claire
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Lewis
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:04 PM
To: legacy E-Mail
I've always attached my document scans to source detail. A census, for
example, is a source, and even though I create a census event to record it,
the document image was part of the source - not the event. From various
things mentioned on this list, I get the impression that most people attach
I'm not exactly sure what your problem might be. Page numbers are inserted
into a footer (or header) either by section or from this point forward or
whatever it says. If you have your book divided into sections - meaning
Microsoft sections, not chapters - the page numbers have to be reinserted.
After reading several postings on this list regarding sentence structure,
I've spent the last few evenings trying to perfect mine. Now I'm not so
sure I like all the he did such and suches in my reports. What are the
pros and cons of using a list format? I'm mainly concerned that non-family
Thank you, Cathy, this is exactly what I needed to know. It works
especially well for me since - at this time anyway - I either want the
transcriptions to show or not show. I don't even need to make the change on
a copy!
Richard replied as well, and mentioned that he also keeps all the
I found the discussion of census data entry interesting since I've never
found a completely satisfying method. The idea of entering the complete
family in the source detail text was appealing, but I can't seem to figure
out a way to globally print or non-print the data field. Once I check-mark
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