When I installed V7 (on Monday!), it prompted for whether to
automatically created the married names for women (can't remember the
exact wording). So, that would be a global setting. However, this
option appears to be for NEW marriages created. You can apply to all
existing marriage from the
Not Belinda, but thanks Cathy. I part I was missing was on the
Marriage Information Screen.
2008/6/4 Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi Belinda,
You can set the default setting on install or by going to Options
Customise - Data Entry tab.
However, on the Marriage Information Screen, you can
I don't if this is the only case, but I have names italicized when the
gender is not specified. This could be a data entry error or an
actual case of unknown gender - e.g. an unnamed stillborn child or a
record with an ambiguous name and no additional information.
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Thanks, Cathy and everyone who responded. I checked out Virtual Earth
and it does provide excellent aerial images of the regions that
interest me.
Looking forward to trying this in V7.
2008/5/25 Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi Kimberly,
I have very few USA locations.
How well Virtual Earth is
All the talk about V7 mapping has me wondering. How well will it work
for non-USA locations? How *does* it work? Will it use the coordinates
I have entered? How will it handle coordinates that seem to map to the
middle of the ocean? (Land masses that show up on satellite maps but
are missing from
I know that there are different methods of recording variant surname
spellings. Generally, my pattern is to use the earliest spelling
(typical in baptism record), unless it's an obvious
spelling/transcription error as opposed to spelling variant, and
record the others as alternate names. However,
I set up my Index view to display the 1st Alternate Name in order to
more quickly identify the married names of women (particularly in
cases like the 4 Anne unknowns, 7 Elizabeth unknowns, 10 Sarah
unknowns, 11 Mary unknowns...).
My only problem is that in a few cases, the married alternate name
to get
what I want out of it.
So, anyway, instead of using the 1st Alternate Name, I'll use the
preferred spouse name. That's probably a more effective use of the
Index columns.
2008/5/19 Kimberly Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I set up my Index view to display the 1st Alternate Name in order to
more
I'm using V6. In the Index view, click on the Options button, select
Customize Columns... and you get a window which always you to add,
delete and rearrange columns. Alternate names (1st, 2nd) is one of the
columns available.
2008/5/19 Wendy Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi Kimberly,
You've got
I do both. I can search and otherwise work with the typed text, while
the scanned copy is there to verify the typed copy is correct. Same
with birth, marriage and death certificates and any other documents.
2008/5/17 Jennie Goodwin [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
A question for the group:
Is it better to
Maybe no one else would do this, but just in case.
I did a manual merge of two individuals, then realized that they might
not be the same person after all. So, I did an undo merge.
Unfortunately, not reading very carefully (distracted by barking
puppies) when I did the merge, I *thought* I had
view, except on the Information tab, but that is good enough
for me.
I'm not worried about the brackets being stripped on export because
they are only intended as temporary markers for my personal research.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.
2008/5/8 Kimberly Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED
In a few situations I have identified a highly probable death or
burial record for an individual, but the record isn't strong enough to
stand on its own. I still want to record and display this
information, yet clearly see that it is probable, still needing
further investigation and support.
So,
OH! I completely missed that in the Master Location List. So, it is
being interpreted as a location, which is a big relief. Thanks!
Still the problem of the display in the Pedigree view. I need to
easily see that a date or location is *probable* - yet in a way that
works in Legacy. I could just
I want to make use of the Geo Locations List (for the geographic
coordinates), but don't want to lose the historically accurate place
names in the Master Location List.
None of the locations are in the United States, but still use a four
position naming convention (1st = town or equivalent; 4th =
I'm not looking for a database of every possible combination - only to
be able to use the existing database to link physically identical
locations in my Master Location List, which are uniquely named for the
very practical research purposes.
2008/5/3 Wynthner [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
That is about the
Much of my initial data comes from transcriptions of church and civil
documents. Eventually, I will check against the originals. (I've done
some volunteer transcribing, so I know the value of seeing the
original hand-written document for verification.) How should I handle
the transcription
On the Legacy Home tab, to the right side Statistics gives the
number of individuals and other data.
2008/4/27 Christina [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I am trying to locate a counter that tells me how many total number of
people in the specific family file.
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I'm new to Legacy (using v6.0 Deluxe) and am trying to understand how
best to use it's capabilities for basic project management. In my
mind, I see the project as a high-level goal, which can broken in
mid-level goals that can be grouped by individual. Each of these lower
level goals, may be
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