...or you could also put identifying information within privacy
brackets[[]].This is VERY handy in preventing the accidental merging
of the 35,000 unknowns in your database. . By putting(for
example)[[wife of Joe Blow]] into your database as a first or last
name for an unknown female, the
Deborah:
First of all, calm yourself down and reassure yourself that you have
not lost all your data.Search your hard drive for any files with
the.fdb extenson. Short of a complete hard drive collapse( which
means that often if you can spend some money, tech's can still most
likely revive it
Jane: For some people for whom I have no name I have put their
relationship to known people within privacy brackets[[]]. That way
they print as a blank on any reports but I can still tell who they are.
i wind up with a record that says(for example) Joe Blow m [[mother of
Mary Blow]]. Once I
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William:
Have you tried opening that picture file in an imaging program such
as Gimp or Irfanview? If Legacy craps out on that file and FTM did on
the same file I would be tempted to think that the error may actually
be in that picture file and not with Legacy at allespecially
since
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St. Augustine (A.D. 354 - 430)
From: Kathy Shiell-Stokes shearerfamilyt...@3web.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 10:17:59 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Report Sizing
Michael:
I would suggest
Michael:
I would suggest that you contact the outlet you have selected to do
the printing and find out from them what printer drivers they
use(assuming that they are using a plotter type printer)
Once you know which printer/plotter they are using, download the
driver and then, using that
Ellen:
The best and easiest way is to export your entire database to a
gedcom and then import it into a new file making sure that,when
importing, you have ticked the box entitledrenumber RINs. You can
select your starting point so rather than starting at number 1, all
records from this
Tom:
Just to clarify...is it just a few specific people that you would
like to block dates of birth from appearing ...or wanting to block
the dates of birth of the living...? If the latter, using the privacy
features might be what is needed. Ron was referring to using[[]]
since all
Howland:I do something similar except I enclose the relationship in
privacy brackets[[]]...that no one ever needs to see it but
me...providing I choose to keep them private on reports.
KathyAt 01:27 PM 20/07/2009, you wrote:
Sherry wrote why she felt that using LNU, etc., was a bad idea
The password required is not one that you select but the password
that is supplied and required by Legacy itself. in the case of the
current version of legacy the password is legacy7...all lower case(as
have been all legacy passwords.). The passwords are case sensitive so
any capitalization
I seem to recall a discussion a while back regarding photo handling
in legacy but cannot recall the right terminology in order to do a
search in the archives. I hope that if I explain what I am looking
for, some knowledgable people here will be able to direct me.
I have in my possession some
Gene:
Looks like you're still on the list! It would appear as though the
entire LUG took a humungous deep breath in response to Ken McGinnis's
announcement and is waiting for the world to end.but since no one
sent another email I guess I can assume that everything is still ok.!
Either
All:
Just curious how other users track communication links amongst their
family members. In my case, tracking those linkages could lead to new
sources of information. Some links could potentially be between
completely separate families. Let me give you an example:
I am related to both the
At 07:42 PM 1/19/2009, you wrote:
I think I figured it out using Tree Finder.
Momalot66;
I am enjoying watching and hearing about your AHA! moments as you
learn about Legacy and its features both obvious( and often much more obscure)
At the rate you're going, you may even be able to give Ron
Jean:
I live in a small rural area where , in many case the same funeral
home issues memorial cards for many different people.
I guess you could call me anintermediate lumper since I tend to
have a master source for each funeral home. Each person is listed
under the funeral home that
Barbara:
Can I suggest that you install version 6 from the latest version
available for download from the website? Frequently, cd versions are
not the most recent releases.
When it comes to installing version 7( and assuming that Sherry's
last post was accurate) I would suggest that you do
Dear Jlb:
I just tried a very quick and dirty search and came up with a list of
all people I have indicated as being buried in my home countythat
IS what you wanted to do...right?
To accomplish this... on the search page I simply entered (for
field) Burial place Contains ...and the county
further...It showed that I have people buried in three or four
cemeteries in Perth Countywhich it exactly what you were trying
to obtain..n'est ce pas?
Kathy
At 07:42 PM 10/28/2008, you wrote:
Dear Jlb:
I just tried a very quick and dirty search and came up with a list
of all people I
Dave:
Use the intellimerge feature...after you have decided which of you
will be thekeeper of the file.If were to be you, you would need to
keep a master file that you merged your changes to prior to
emailing it to your brother for him to work on. Periodically, he
would email the file back to
Anyone interested in a Users group for Midwestern Ontario?(that's
south and west of Barrie by about 3 hours...give or take)
KathyAt 07:11 PM 9/28/2008, you wrote:
I was thinking Barrie
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It is nearly impossible to anticipate all the possible permutations
of hardware and software conflicts that can result. Perhaps we should
all take comfort in the idea that, at the end of the day, everyone
who has spotted a bug or imperfection has contributed significantly
to the improvement
Ruth:
If producing that book is necessary before Millennia resolves its
issues with the .rtf format, I would suggest you produce the book as
a.pdf document and then download a free pdf writing program that you
can use to do the editing and sprucing up..very similar to what
you would do
Ok ...have done my playing around with assorted pdf writers and have
come to the conclusion that what is needed, after legacy creates the
file... are two pieces of software...one is a pdf writer and the
other is a conversion tool that removes the nasty little protection
on the file that makes
Elizabeth:
The .rf1 files are those created by legacy to show report formats.
These can be saved and then loaded up later.Great time saver!
Kathy
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I would find this to be a really handy addition since I KNOW there
are multiple family connections all over my tree. I suspect that the
best way would be to go through the tree and, and,after deciding
which tag number you want to use, tag the people involved in the
relationship. When finished,
I have been having an offline discussion with another member that is
sort of an offshoot of Robert Carneal's post re:intermarriage. In one
my rare moments of inspiration I came up with an enhancement idea
that might be able to be implemented fairly easily(ie without
breaking anything else)
I suspect that the problem with gedcoms lies not with their creation
so much ...more than likely the way the gedcoms are imported into the
intended application. That said, exporting from one legacy
application to the other should not pose a problem.. If I recall
correctly, the problem was that
should have 2
marriages...check both her and both of her partners to see if there
are duplicates...and keep us posted...
Kathy Shiell-Stokes
...SNIP...I re-added my cousin's husband that I somehow
managed to delete. I'm not sure how that happened really as there are
usually enough warnings
Donna:
That's not just an Oklahoma customIt happens in Ontario Canada too...
My dad kept the old dinner bell from the home farm for just such a
purposeMind you the thing was so heavy it took three people to lift it
I remember Mom telling me that when she and Dad got married the
Donna:
I had a similar problem and contacted sales at Legacy. It seems the
first number I received was in error. Sales very quickly sent me a
bone Fide number and I have been happily playing in my new sandbox
ever since then. Contact Sales...I am sure they will get you sorted in no time.
Jeff:
When devising your gedcom, you have the option of including or
excluding private datain essence, the information included in
privacy brackets is for your eyes only and can be excluded from any
gedcoms you create if desired. However, if you wish to have it
INcluded simply check that
I usually put information in privacy brackets so the name of a woman
with an unknown maiden name would look like this...Jane[[wife of John
Brown]]. This helps me by reminding me that I still need to find her
maiden name and indicate the relationship to known people while at
the same time
Just an updateAfter emailing this group for help and contacting
Tech support, I also emailed Sales asking them to confirm the
number...which they did. It seems the number I received the first
time was not the right number.
Have received the correct customer id number, have unlocked Legacy 7
Received the number via email late last night. I entered it using
the Unlock Deluxe feature...but receive no notifiacation that the
deluxe features have been unlocked. When I check it using the About
legacy menu item, it still shows that I am using the standard
version...and even has Standard
doesn't hit the nail on the head, could you have
manually entered the number and entered an l (el) for the 1 (one)?
Let us know- we will help you to get it going.
Thank you.
Robert
Kathy Shiell-Stokes wrote:
Received the number via email late last night. I entered it using the
Unlock Deluxe
...and there is nothing more frustrating than an obituary that refers
to MRS JOE BLOW but make no mention of her given name!
Kathy
At 11:43 AM 6/17/2008, you wrote:
... If Mary Smith marries John Doe then upon marriage she becomes
Mrs. John Doe and not Mary Doe. ...
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Keith:
Try VIEW-MasterLists-Surname and then check your spellings for the
problematic spellings. I am willing to bet that that's where the problem is...
I have found that, especially if I have done major data entry,
sometimes mis spellings of Surnames creep in and this is the best way
to
Mark:
Some members establish a policy that, when importing a new gedcom,
they specify numbering that denotes the order they were imported. In
some cases, people assign a specific starting number to each of their
family lines...an idea I am seriously considering. That way,
especially if I have
Could some kind soul devise a search string for Automated
Genealogy?Contact me off list and I will supply the URL.
For the uninitiated Americans and Brits in our midst, Automated
Genealogy is a lovely little website that gives free access to the
1901 and 1911 Canadian Census as well as the 1906
What I've noticed is that lineages and relationships are calculated
primarily through the male line.any maternal lines are not really
reported accurately. Let me give you an example...I am my own fifth cousin.
When calculating the relationship between my parents, the
relationship
Georgia:
If the move was within the same country, I would likely make a
Migration event and then use the letter as a source. If the move
was INTERnational then I would use an Emigration(or Immigration
depending on the side of the fence I was sitting on).I would still
use the letter as a
Erik:
One idea might be to write your reports in both languages for each
individual and then use privacy brackets around the language not
desired, making sure that that selection is maintained when the
report is generated. It also means that both languages could be
available if you wanted to
paragraphs, but the other language will always be printed, or have
I missed something?
Regards
Erik
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/2008, you wrote:
Not to mention where you'd hang something 1,921 feet wide. Do you
live on serious acreage?
JL
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Kathy Shiell-Stokes wrote:
Walter:
I just checked mine and it is 1921.00 feet by 22inches
Ron : Certainly not. Will send you my email address so that you can
send it off list..
Thanks
KathyAt 02:49 PM 3/13/2008, you wrote:
Kathy,
Well, I've had a think :-) and will include it on my fergys.co
website at the end of the month. I will not be putting a fancy GUI
on it so users will
, you wrote:
Not to mention where you'd hang something 1,921 feet wide. Do you
live on serious acreage?
JL
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html
Kathy Shiell-Stokes wrote:
Walter:
I just checked mine and it is 1921.00 feet by 22inches...that's
Walter:
I just checked mine and it is 1921.00 feet by 22inches...that's about
a ream of paper per tree .Am seriously going to rethink printing it
out all in one chunkI don't think that there are enough forests left
in Canada and the USA for me to print more than one copyand
that's just
Ron:
Would you consider sharing/distributing your email database? I have
lost so many contacts through computer crashes etc that I would be
very interested in an nice neat database to act as an archive.
Kathy
At 05:28 AM 3/11/2008, you wrote:
I have written my own database for this
Alfred:
In order for Legacy search to find the file...especially when the
destination is a location where the program would not expect to find
it is to navigate to that destination and link the file there the
first time...after that Legacy will check that location all the
time...but basically
... I have placed it as a source in Legacy for
his date of death, with a note in my research tab
about the situation.
It was oral family history that prompted me to go looking to see
if the boy WAS actually buried there. Now that I have confirmed that
he indeed COULD still be roaming
Mike:
Not necessarily...
I have an ancestor listed on a stone complete with dates. The only
problem is that the actual burial records say the he wasn't buried
there...and all the spots are full!
For all I know this guy is still roaming Alaska looking for gold!The
inscription is nice but can be
Russ:
If I recall correctly and assuming that Rootsweb was using a flavour
of FTW, the likelihood is that FTW stored some of its non location
stuff like occupation in the location field which means that your
only choice is to start over and do the import in two different
stages using
At 01:05 PM 1/1/2008, you wrote:
You might want to try FotoTagger for labeling pictures. The URL is:
http://www.cogitum.com/http://www.cogitum.com/...
I have a couple of comments and a question
Legacy handles labelling does it not?Is there a good reason to
utilise a standalone product rather
Gail
Rick Roberts is the owner of a fairly successful genealogy geared
book store in the Milton Ontario area. He is most likely fairly
computer literate and is able to get up to speed fairly quickly and
,I wiould imagine, likely has contacts to access talented legacy
trainers if the workshop
At 12:45 PM 12/12/2007, you wrote:
Ron:
32 k...???
Gee you were a latecomer...I still remember my ex composing his own
programs and storing them on a tape drivethat was way before
floppy disks. Back then a 4 k TRS-80 machine was highpowered and top
end and only computer geeks had
I am trying to do a photo family tree for my parents depicting all of
their children and grandchildren. Is this possible.?
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John:
...And the only change I would make to Heather's solution is to
include the relationship in [[]]as part of the name so you will be
able to see the connection to your tree even though nothing will
print or be visible on any reports. Legacy treats [[anything
between]] as private info
John:
As a Canadian, I am glad to know that you consider that a compliment!
Am still wondering about what a Canadian with a Georgian drawl would
sound likeLOL
Kathy
At 02:54 PM 11/22/2007, you wrote:
Snip...
I did receive a compliment at one of the tourist info areas; when I asked
about
Rich:
You haven't lived until you hear a Glaswegian accent flavoured with a
touch of Torrence California or Houston Texas twangtoo bad we
can't find a way to incorporate all this into legacy..Oh wait we
can.LOL...Sound files coming right up...now where did I put
my tape
Valerie.
Assuming that your laptop is not equipped to go onto the internet
perhaps having it handy while you are on the net would be helpful.
One of the nice things about laptops is that they are so portable and
some of them even have batteries and can run with always being
plugged
John:
I must be doing something wrong or my rellies are not reproducing at
a very fast rate...I have about 8500 people total in my family file
and I'm researching all four lines. Thank you for the info on
laptopsunfortunately I live in Canada and even with the strong
Canadian dollar,
Valerie:
RTF( which stands for Rich Text Format) is a document format that
almost all wordprocessors can open.
It is very useful for emailing since, unlike other wordprocessor file
formats, RTF documents cannot harbour viruses. You might find that
email programs will strip any .doc attachments
Valerie:
My guess is that Works will open an.rtf filesince the format was
developed by MSoft as a cross application format but I am curious why
you would go from a specially designed database application like
Legacy to one that is definitely more mickey mouse like Works. What
are you
IAt 11:11 AM 10/30/2007, you wrote:
...My suggestion for unknowns is to just leave them blank. ...
snip
...This is a great feature if you're sending the report to someone who may be
able to help you fill in the blanks. ...
While I agree with those thoughts in principle, the reality that you
At 05:57 PM 10/30/2007, you wrote:
I agree Kathy...snip...
...Keep in mind if you do the automatic internet searching utility that
anyone with something like that will not match records where the name
is blank. So that is the downside, but only if you use that Legacy
utility.
Susan
Susan:
Valerie:
Have you imported these folks recently? It appears as though they
somehow got duplicated during a recent import. The solution is to do
a merge and merge them all togetherthen your linkages should be
correct. You can verify this by looking on family view and seeing
how many
Harold:
Make sure you restore ALL .usr fileslegacy creates more than
just legacy.usrCheck their website for a complete listing of usr files.
Kathy
At 09:17 AM 10/16/2007, you wrote:
i am using acronis and i did restore after exiting legacy. used
acronis to create a complete backup of
Dan:
Choosing a landscape orientation does affect the whole book but, if
you use publishing Centre you can specifyplaceholder pages that
mean that you can publish your book using normal orientation using
these placeholder pages and then go back and print your charts using
landscape
Richard :The answer to your question is yes...Legacy is a wonderful
little playpen for all us kiddies...keeps us playing contentedly for
daysmake that weeks..Hey...what month is this any way...?
Kathy
At 07:54 PM 10/12/2007, you wrote:
I just accidentally right moused ..Split Screens. Wow.
Richard
I have a very similar situation. My great great grandmother's sister
crawled into a hole and took the hole with her...vanished into thin air.
In the course of trying to track her down, I located her death
certificate that hadher granddaughter listed as the reporter of
To all:
I did not intend to start any discussion but knew from reading this
list that that issue was a flashpoint one and one that would be
guaranteed to get a response. Unfortunately I was right. Lets get
back to Legacy and all the wonderful shipboard stories that our
members are going to
Kinda makes you want to start a rousing discussion on Legacy's
handling of same sex relationships just to stir up the pile and see
who's breathing
(am ducking and running for cover ...lol)
kathyAt 09:36 PM 10/4/2007, you wrote:
Richard Hallford wrote:
Perhaps the Aliens have finally
Roger:
I'm not exactly sure I understand your issue but will try to explain
a bit about Legacy and see if that won't clarify it for you.
As I understand it, you have entered your Mom's line back to the
1500's( congrats on that by the way..some of us who are stuck in the
1700's are jealous
Luis:
When choosing the type of delimited file choose
tab delimited since the fields get all screwed up
because Legacy using commas as placeholders in
locations..you might need to do this in a two
stage process. Create the csv file in legacy.
import it to excellsave as an excell
Mary:
If you enclosed their name in double square brackets. the legacy
program treats the information contained within them as private and
will not print it if you tell it not to. Does that help.? BTW the
double square brackets are located to the immediate right of the p
letter on your
Ron:
Not usually but please understand that what's between the brackets is
just for MY information..When printing a report the choices you make
for printing kick in so if you want to
see --?-- that would be the choice you make Conceivably you might
make different choices for different reports.
William:
The first problem is that I enter the information between TWO
brackets or braces...I use the lower case ones to the right of the
p...so data entry is [[...then the info I want followed by ]] when
Legacy sees the [[it treats everything until]]as being private
information and...unless
Dave: Interestingbut I have a different method.
In instances where I have SOME information but no surname or given
name I use [[ ]] enclosing say their relationship to known
individuals in my family file So for example I might have a marriage
that shows John Doe married to Mary [[Wife of
John:
You can download Version 6 from the net and after it's installed
input your Customer number. This will unlock version 6's deluxe
features. Since you are upgrading from version 5 deluxe I would
suggest that you watch the install fairly closely and make sure to
install Version 6 into a
Kirsten:
I suppose the correct answer for that question would be British
Empire but truthfully I wouldn't be too concerned about it. As I see
it, the main reason for documenting locations is so that anyone else
looking at your file will be able to follow your family's migration.
To that end,
Tish: Legacy.lng file is located in the same directory that your
legacy program is installed. Delete that file and then try updating
the Legacy program.
KathyAt 10:51 PM 8/2/2006, you wrote:
You were so right! I deleted all the usr files, but could not
find any Legacy Lingfile. It is still
I use eudora and am still recieving duplicates. Have looked at my
filters but still have not figured out the problem. Are there any
Eudora users out there?
KathyAt 01:49 PM 7/21/2006, you wrote:
I checked my filters. After tweaking them, the duplicates stopped. If
anyone is using Outlook,
It helps to confirm that you're only using one email address(OOPS!)
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Robert: I am also receiving duplicates although I have to admit that
I kinda like the deluge. It's been lonely
KathyAt 12:13 AM 7/20/2006, you wrote:
Some of the posts are arriving to me in duplicates. Anyone else? If anyone
else gets it also, I won't redo all my filters.
Robert
Legacy
Sorry I couldn't resist sending this. It was originally sent when the
list was down.but hasn't shown up yet
Haven't heard anything from the list in almost a week and have
checked the Archives. According to what I see, no one has posted
anything since the 6th of July..
So is everybody
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