Re: [LegacyUG] Research notes disappeared

2009-05-02 Thread Jennifer Trahan
of it, and then restore your newer one. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Jennifer Trahan wrote: I have a very strange problem. Somehow, my research and medical notes on a particular individual disappeared. I know they were there about 2 hours ago when I

[LegacyUG] Research notes disappeared

2009-05-01 Thread Jennifer Trahan
I have a very strange problem. Somehow, my research and medical notes on a particular individual disappeared. I know they were there about 2 hours ago when I ran an individual report for this person b/c her cause of death from the medical notes showed up on that report. I did backup my file

Re: [LegacyUG] Research notes disappeared

2009-05-01 Thread Jennifer Trahan
for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Jennifer Trahan wrote: I have a very strange problem. Somehow, my research and medical notes on a particular individual disappeared. I know they were there about 2 hours ago when I ran an individual report for this person b/c her cause of death from

Re: [LegacyUG] Reason to Print An Individual Report

2009-01-31 Thread Jennifer Trahan
I mainly print individual reports b/c it seems to be the only report where relationships to mother and father show up properly sourced. There is a bug causing them to show up incorrectly in some instances on the family group sheet. It looks better than a family group sheet does for a person who

[LegacyUG] Source options on chronology report

2009-01-10 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Can someone from Legacy please tell me why they keep taking away options every time an update is completed? First, we heard about not being able to combine basic sources into sourcewriter sources (or something to that affect). Now it appears that on the sources tab on the options for the

[LegacyUG] Sources not printing on To-Do Lists

2009-01-10 Thread Jennifer Trahan
I'm about to explode. If I find that one other thing has been taken away since upgrading to the latest 7.0 version I tried to print a To-Do list for an individual, and numerical references to the footnotes appear in the text of the report, but at the end of the report, there are no source

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources not printing on To-Do Lists

2009-01-10 Thread Jennifer Trahan
- Original Message - From: Jennifer Trahan jtrahan2...@yahoo.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:07 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources not printing on To-Do Lists I'm about to explode. If I find that one other thing has been taken away since upgrading

[LegacyUG] Turn off screen that pops up when pasting source from clipboard

2008-12-01 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Is there any way to turn off the screen that pops up when you paste a source from the source clipboard? I have only noticed this since downloading 7.0.0.76, but I used to notice it when I used v. 6 It is the source details screen that pops up. I hardly ever want to change the details as I am

Re: [LegacyUG] problem with Data format screen

2008-11-30 Thread Jennifer Trahan
John, I also have just downloaded the newest update, but I do not have the problem you are having. All my headings are in blue. I can change them without the screen freezing. I wonder if you should run a check/repair. Jennifer - Original Message From: Gen Searcher [EMAIL

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source List

2008-11-30 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Elizabeth, I am not having this problem. I just downloaded 7.0.0.76. I cited the 1851 Canadian Census for an individual. Closed his individual information screen. Then I went to his wife, and when the master source list came up, the 1851 Canadian Census was highlighted. I selected it, closed

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source List

2008-11-30 Thread Jennifer Trahan
your 1851 census appear near the top of the list? Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:22 AM Subject: Re

[LegacyUG] Problem with sources on Chronology Report

2008-11-30 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Version: 7.0.0.76 I'm not sure if this problem existed before 7.0.0.76. I personally don't remember ever having a problem with it, but my experience with chronology reports thus far has been somewhat limited anyhow. I've only recently started using them. I just created a Chronology Report for

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with sources on Chronology Report

2008-11-30 Thread Jennifer Trahan
to save the options to print sources, it does not stick - the next time I go into it, I have to recheck the box to print sources. There is something going on here that is not correct. Chap On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Version: 7.0.0.76 I'm not sure

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with sources on Chronology Report

2008-11-30 Thread Jennifer Trahan
report, unreferenced to any event. The reason I had no problem with Peter Jr. is that all of his children and his spouse are still living and therefore have no death sources. Can someone confirm this for me before I report it as a bug? Thanks! Jennifer From: Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [LegacyUG] Back up with Version 7.0.0.76

2008-11-30 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Elizabeth, I just went to FileBackup Family File and had no problem. It backed up fine and did not close on me. There was no error message. Jennifer - Original Message From: Elizabeth Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, November 30,

[LegacyUG] FYI about family group sheet on 7.0.0.76

2008-11-28 Thread Jennifer Trahan
I just downloaded the newest update 7.0.0.76, and almost went crazy b/c Legacy was combining all my sources for a single event into a single footnote on a family group sheet. However, when I went to the Sources tab on the Report Options screen, I noticed there was a new option called If an

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-27 Thread Jennifer Trahan
I'm not sure what you mean about ultra detailed sourcing, but if you are the slightest bit serious about your family history, you should give enough details to find the source again. That way, if you later find conflicting information, you'll know the source of the information you already have.

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for Book Question

2008-11-26 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Kay, You can just use the basic format template and override the citation that Legacy spits out in the source detail section. I find that I have to override a lot of different templates. Jennifer - Original Message From: Kay Fordham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I print tagged individuals

2008-11-26 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Mark, Go to SearchFind. On the box that pops up, go to the second tab at the top called Detailed Search. Then select Individual, Tag1 (or whatever your tag number is for those 20 people), Equal To, Tagged. At the bottom, select Create List. A list then comes up with those 20 people. On the

Re: [LegacyUG] Ghost spouse

2008-11-23 Thread Jennifer Trahan
John, Is Catherine supposed to be married? Who is her husband supposed to be? I had the exact same problem with the preferred marriage references. I had a ghost spouse called Unknown by Legacy (Unknown actually showed up in family view in the space where his name should have been). However,

Re: [LegacyUG] User IDs

2008-11-22 Thread Jennifer Trahan
: [LegacyUG] User IDs On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:54:01 -0800 (PST), Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For instance, I am no. 1. My father is no. 2 and my mother is no. 3. My brother and sister are 1.2 and 1.3. My paternal grandparents are no. 4 and 5 and my maternal grandparents are no. 6 and 7

Re: [LegacyUG] Question on sourcing

2008-11-11 Thread Jennifer Trahan
In the detail source for census, we are given a field to type the name of the person to whom the 'detail' refers to - this differs every time you cite the same detail source for another person. I don't change the name for each person in a particular household.  In the source detail, I just use

Re: [LegacyUG] A different twist on invisible and privacy

2008-10-27 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Andy, I have 2 distant cousins that committed suicide, and I regularly submit my tree to Rootsweb's WorldConnect database, so I put this cause of death as private. I want to know it for my own personal files, but out of respect for their children who are still living, I do not want to announce

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Writer Question

2008-10-24 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Richard: I have to disagree somewhat. The Nevada Marriage Index at Ancestry.com is strictly an index and does not contain images. Therefore, it is not *exactly* like the US census records. When you cite digital images, it is different than citing an index or transcription. But I do cite

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Writer Question

2008-10-24 Thread Jennifer Trahan
in the bibliography entry; i.e., database, Ancestry.com (http://www - - -). Which Source Writer template did you use? Thanks, Kay - Original Message - From: Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 - Source Template Question

2008-10-07 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Debbie, I have tons of Michigan marriage records I found at the LDS FamilySearch Labs site. I used the Marriage recordsFound in governmental recordsMarriage registersCreated at state/provincial levelOnline images template. I named the master source Michigan Marriage Registers - Online images -

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Changing RINs

2008-09-26 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Carol, I had a similar problem when changing MRIN's. For whatever reason, Legacy assigned me a husband named Unknown. I am not married, nor have I ever been married. I deleted the marriage, which made the MRIN empty. I then set the MRIN's to reassign the empty numbers with those marriages from

[LegacyUG] Customer ID Number

2008-09-03 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Is the v. 7 customer ID number the same as the v. 6 customer ID number? I need to report a problem to Legacy for v. 7, and the form requires this ID number. I will not be home for at least another day, and my v. 7 CD-ROM with the customer number on it is at home. The v.7 customer number was

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Writer for Canadian Census

2008-09-01 Thread Jennifer Trahan
I had some problems too with the population schedule for the 1851 Census. I used the template for Census records All countries except those below... Online, database and images. I had no problem with the master source template. But the detail source template does not give a field for the

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template Conversion Tool?

2008-08-29 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Mike, I've spoken with the support desk and other Legacy users, and it will not be ready until a future update. In the meantime, I am converting my sources without it. I think if you are a splitter vs. a lumper, the SourceWriter Conversion Tool will not help much anyhow. I was a major

Re: [LegacyUG] Locating Source Template Conversion Tool

2008-08-23 Thread Jennifer Trahan
I talked to Sherry from Support back in May about this. She said it would be in a later update. It still has not come out as far as I know. I think it's kinda silly to advertise it in the manual and then not have it ready for the first version. But I guess there is a reason. Jennifer --- On

Re: [LegacyUG] Access date in detail screen

2008-08-22 Thread Jennifer Trahan
of the internet. When I go back to the screen that lists sources that have been assigned, the access date is showing in the detail field for the detail. Donna Roach North Carolina - Original Message - From: Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-22 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Message - From: Jennifer Trahan To: Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem Elizabeth, Yes, you are correct in understanding what I am saying. Do you have an extra line on your family group sheet

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Dennis: I have done a file maintenance/check repair. The same thing keeps occuring. I ran some other family group sheets on other families, and the same kinds of things also occurred. I have a second database. I will try it with that one tonight. Ron: Thanks in advance for taking a look at it

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jennifer Trahan
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 1:23 PM On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:59:48 -0700 (PDT), Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis: I have done a file maintenance/check

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jennifer Trahan
and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:50 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem I recently began sourcing father

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-21 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Message - From: Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem Elizabeth, Yes, you are correct in understanding what I am saying. Do you have

[LegacyUG] Sourcing Father/Mother Relationship Problem

2008-08-20 Thread Jennifer Trahan
. and mother rel. citations, the wrong name shows up for a particular file ID. I think I will quit sourcing father/mother relationships for now and not include them in my family group record. However, I would like to be able to do so in the future. Jennifer Trahan Legacy User Group

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

2008-08-07 Thread Jennifer Trahan
Does anyone know if there is a way to search for FHL film numbers in the description section of an individual To-Do task? I would like to create a list of all the individual to-do items for each microfilm number. That way, I can tag all the indiviudal to-do tasks and create a to-do report with

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

2008-08-07 Thread Jennifer Trahan
, but could be useful for all new ToDo items. On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Jennifer Trahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to search for FHL film numbers in the description section of an individual To-Do task? I would like to create a list of all the individual