Re: [LegacyUG] unknown surnames

2009-11-11 Thread Michele Lewis
It depends If you have a unknown child of a known couple the program will default the last name in and then you can just leave the first name blank If you have an unknown spouse but known children, when you add the children the spouse will automatically default to unknown If you know

Re: [LegacyUG] Former generations users

2009-10-28 Thread Michele Lewis
I too loved the CDs. michele - Original Message - From: Jim Walton jimwalt...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:13 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Former generations users You've probably already heard this, and you'll probably hear it

Re: [LegacyUG] More than 2 authors

2009-10-25 Thread Michele Lewis
Yes, in the block for the 2nd authors LAST name do this... Anderson, Margaret Davis (Anderson being the last name of the 2nd author and Margaret Davis being the name of the 3rd author). It will print like this... Entrekin, Marybeth, Catherine Anderson, Margaret Davis (the first author is

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features - #2

2009-10-24 Thread Michele Lewis
Dawn, what works bettter than that is hooking up a 2nd monitor to your computer. You can have a census record on one monitor and Legacy on the other. It is VERY VERY VERY nice :) michele - Original Message - From: Dawn Crowley sc...@relatively-speaking.org To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features

2009-10-22 Thread Michele Lewis
What is the advantage of being able to sort the name list by birthdate? michele - Original Message - From: Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:35 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features Chick: I'm with

Re: [LegacyUG] Most have switched?

2009-10-22 Thread Michele Lewis
I switched from FTM about 4 years ago. Yes, there was A LOT of cleanup but it was a GOOD thing! It forced me to look at everything again and I found a lot of errors. Also, the county verifier and the potential problems feature of Legacy found a ton more errors that FTM never caught. I was

Re: [LegacyUG] Spell Checker

2009-10-21 Thread Michele Lewis
I don't like the spellchecker because you have to spellcheck every part of your file individually. There is no global checker. michele - Original Message - From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES fourpa...@verizon.net To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:00

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features

2009-10-20 Thread Michele Lewis
My fav are the searches and tags. My 2nd fav are the event clipboard and the source clipboards. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost and needing help

2009-10-19 Thread Michele Lewis
Mary, Is this the first genealogy program you have used? I can see how it could be VERY overwhelming to someone who has never used a computer genealogy program before. Most of us have switched from other programs (and it still can be a little daunting). Please do not hesitate to ask

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations in England

2009-10-18 Thread Michele Lewis
At first I was real OCD about trying to make every location have 4 parts. I got over it. All of my Germany locations have 3 :) :) michele - Original Message - From: Brian Beddor bbed...@japsolson.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 5:26 PM

[LegacyUG] slave and mortality

2009-10-17 Thread Michele Lewis
Is Legacy planning on doing a template for the slave and mortality schedules? It is such a pain to have to override everything to get it to come out right. You have to override on the source and on the detail to make all three parts come out right. michele Legacy User Group guidelines:

[LegacyUG] search and replace help

2009-10-17 Thread Michele Lewis
When I was entering census records... for those times when the census taker did not record the dwelling number or the family number I had been putting the words not given in the blank. I just read in Evidence Explained that the proper way is to put [blank] in that spot. So, I would

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I get the numbers to show up

2009-10-16 Thread Michele Lewis
something else? Evert van Dijken 2009/10/16 Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net: On the Master Source List screen I want to have the numbers of the sources I used to show up. The only way I can get them to show up is if I combine one source with another source that is in a different

Re: [LegacyUG] Here is a good example

2009-10-13 Thread Michele Lewis
AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Here is a good example Michele Lewis wrote: I have a married couple that are both marked as living. Their son was born in 1847. I think that Legacy should be able to say that his parents are dead. michele Michele, Dennis has now written an LTool which will do

Re: [LegacyUG] sources

2009-10-13 Thread Michele Lewis
Go to SEARCH Then click on the MISSING SOURCES tab check the top box that says EVERYTHING hit the CREAT LIST at the bottom If you want to tag everything on this list then at the bottom of this screen hit OPTIONS then ADVANCED TAGGING Then chose which tag you want to use where it says

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging people question

2009-10-11 Thread Michele Lewis
were talking apples and oranges. Sorry for my part in the confusion. Rich in LA CA - Original Message From: Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.ne To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 3:20:38 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging people question I think I

Re: [LegacyUG] Death location

2009-10-10 Thread Michele Lewis
If the cremains are later interred, you can do a cemetery event which is what I do for buried people to. died 04 Jun 1925 buried (or cremated) 06 Jun 1925 then event... Cemetery Belluvue Cemetery 25 Jun 1025 , Columbia Co, GA and in the notes I can write something like... The family had a

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging people question

2009-10-10 Thread Michele Lewis
I think I am misunderstanding you, Rich. I can't add any arrow at the top other than the regular forward and backward arrows which do not work to scroll through tagged people. michele - Original Message - From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES fourpa...@verizon.net To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Here is a good example

2009-10-09 Thread Michele Lewis
, Legacy will leave that one record alone, but mark everyone else dead at age 100. It is important that you hit the Apply button to change your database. Jim On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net wrote: I have a married couple that are both marked

Re: [LegacyUG] Here is a good example

2009-10-09 Thread Michele Lewis
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net wrote: I have a married couple that are both marked as living. Their son was born in 1847. I think that Legacy should be able to say that his parents are dead. michele Legacy User Group guidelines

Re: [LegacyUG] living again

2009-10-09 Thread Michele Lewis
, Renninger and Staudt-Stoudt-Stout families On Oct 8, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Michele Lewis wrote: I did everything y'all to do but the program is still killing people that are long dead. If someone married in 1821 there is no way they could be alive but Legacy is marking them as living unless I

[LegacyUG] I lost my tags AGAIN

2009-10-09 Thread Michele Lewis
I had tagged everyone in my file on #1 that was set as living. I spent two hours going through there killing off people that are long since dead. I still had 2000 people left to do. This morning I crank up Legacy and my tags had been cleared. I can promise you that I didn't clear them. I

Re: [LegacyUG] I lost my tags AGAIN

2009-10-09 Thread Michele Lewis
. You wouldn't happen to have 2 Legacy files in separate locations on your computer? That might account for the tags going missing, as you may have tagged them on another copy of your database. Regards, Dermot. -- 2009/10/9 Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net I had tagged everyone in my

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging people question

2009-10-09 Thread Michele Lewis
Let me see if this makes sense... I tagged a set of people (everyone in my file marked as living) I started with the first person If I didn't do anything to that person I could arrow forward to the next person If I did something to the person (set them as dead) and then click on the

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging people question

2009-10-09 Thread Michele Lewis
I already have the back and forward buttons on my top icon row. It isn't working for me to use them to scroll back and forth between tagged people. It only goes forward and backward through people I have had on my screen... Or am I understanding you wrong? michele - Original Message

Re: [LegacyUG] no name people

2009-10-08 Thread Michele Lewis
Step one Add father with just last name of Mayo. Step two... Add (or link) all of his children to him. Step three... Legacy will automatically add unknown in the wife's name michele - Original Message - From: Jane Sarles To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

[LegacyUG] How would you add this event?

2009-10-08 Thread Michele Lewis
My ggg grandfather appeared in court on 08 Nov 1851. He was there to prove that he was the Silas Simmons that fought in the War of 1812 and was at the Battle of New Orleans so that he would be entitled to bounty land (there was another Silas Simmons in the area so he went to court to prove he

[LegacyUG] How would you add this event? Part II

2009-10-08 Thread Michele Lewis
Actually, I am not even sure how to add this as a source. I guess just as a generic court document? michele My ggg grandfather appeared in court on 08 Nov 1851. He was there to prove that he was the Silas Simmons that fought in the War of 1812 and was at the Battle of New Orleans so that

Re: [LegacyUG] How would you add this event?

2009-10-08 Thread Michele Lewis
and prove who he was before they would release the land. michele - Original Message - From: Ron Ferguson rnldfe...@tiscali.co.uk To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How would you add this event? Michele Lewis wrote

[LegacyUG] Tagging people question

2009-10-08 Thread Michele Lewis
If I tag a group of people that I need to check or fix something on If I use the arrows at the bottom of screen to go through the list... As long as I don't change anything on the person it will go to the next person. If I make a change to the person then when I hit the arrow it will say

[LegacyUG] Here is a good example

2009-10-08 Thread Michele Lewis
I have a married couple that are both marked as living. Their son was born in 1847. I think that Legacy should be able to say that his parents are dead. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

[LegacyUG] living again

2009-10-08 Thread Michele Lewis
I did everything y'all to do but the program is still killing people that are long dead. If someone married in 1821 there is no way they could be alive but Legacy is marking them as living unless I manually kill them off. I have tagged everyone in my file that is marked as living that doesn't

Re: [LegacyUG] living again

2009-10-08 Thread Michele Lewis
Entry. In the section Presumed Dead, Set as dead if over, enter the age at which you want Legacy to mark people as dead CE -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:08 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] uploading woes part II

2009-10-03 Thread Michele Lewis
cable - Original Message - From: Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] uploading woes part II Michele Lewis wrote: I am uploading my files via FileZilla instead of Ipswitch and it is just

Re: [LegacyUG] Transcribing census errors?

2009-10-03 Thread Michele Lewis
I record it exactly has the censustaker wrote it. If I know it is wrong, then I put it as an AKA. I do not use what the transcriber wrote. I look at the census myself and write what I see. michele - Original Message - From: Mary Horner maryhor...@shaw.ca To:

Re: [LegacyUG] What to cite?

2009-10-03 Thread Michele Lewis
My answers are below... 1)-What are your opinions on what information to cite? I have some individuals in my family who appear in many records; for example, one of my 6th great-grandfathers appears no less than 17 times in church records. Is it appropriate for me to create citations for all

[LegacyUG] a different question about the web pages

2009-10-03 Thread Michele Lewis
After I generate the web pages and upload them, and then I go back and add some people and make changes, will the people I already had in the file keep their same web page number (1074.htm for example). The FTP client I have is able to upload any new pages along with any pages that have

[LegacyUG] Speaking of the surity level....

2009-10-03 Thread Michele Lewis
Speaking of the surety level... do y'all use this? I never have. I know in my head which sources are credible and which ones are more dubious. I appears these levels are only for the benefit of the compiler. When you print reports and such these surety levels don't print for others to see.

Re: [LegacyUG] a different question about the web pages

2009-10-03 Thread Michele Lewis
about the web pages Michele Lewis wrote: After I generate the web pages and upload them, and then I go back and add some people and make changes, will the people I already had in the file keep their same web page number (1074.htm for example). The FTP client I have is able to upload any new

[LegacyUG] uploading woes part II

2009-10-02 Thread Michele Lewis
I am uploading my files via FileZilla instead of Ipswitch and it is just as slow. My internet connection registers as fast (using the free utility that someone posted). I can't for the life of me figure out why it takes so long. I have approx 7500 pages (pedigree style) with no photos.

Re: [LegacyUG] uploading woes part II

2009-10-02 Thread Michele Lewis
Will say that FileZilla works better in the background than Ipswitch did so it isn't that much of an issue. I just go right on with what I am doing and it is fine. Ok, no more whining from me :) michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy negligent on PDFs

2009-09-30 Thread Michele Lewis
I don't understand. If y'all have so many complaints about Legacy why don't you stop using it and get off this list? michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] uploading web pages

2009-09-23 Thread Michele Lewis
on that and it will show you how you compare to others in your area. Jim On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net wrote: I did the speed test and these are the results... download 3.89 upload 1.00 so now tell me what that means. michele

Re: [LegacyUG] uploading web pages

2009-09-22 Thread Michele Lewis
. Finally (and really getting off topic now), if you are still having long delays uploading web pages, go here to test your ACTUAL speed as opposed to what you are paying for: http://www.speedtest.net/ Brian in CA -Original Message- From: Michele Lewis [mailto:cranberryf...@charter.net

Re: [LegacyUG] uploading web pages

2009-09-22 Thread Michele Lewis
My web pages = about 35.73. At an upload speed of 1.00, should it still be taking 2 hours? michele - Original Message - From: Brian L. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:09 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Does anyone know how to increase max number of children from 60 to 99

2009-09-21 Thread Michele Lewis
I keep possible relatives unlinked as well. I can always tgo in and expand on THEIR tree and then I will link them whenever I find the connection. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

[LegacyUG] uploading web pages

2009-09-21 Thread Michele Lewis
I have about 7000 people in my file. I am generating PEDIGREE style web pages. It takes about 15 minutes for the web pages to be generated and it takes about 2 hours to upload them to the server. Is that about right??? Or is my computer slow??? michele Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] uploading web pages

2009-09-21 Thread Michele Lewis
replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Michele Lewis wrote: I have about 7000 people in my file. I am generating PEDIGREE style web pages. It takes about 15 minutes for the web pages to be generated and it takes about 2 hours to upload them to the server

Re: [LegacyUG] Children Sort Order

2009-09-20 Thread Michele Lewis
To sort the children, right click over the list of children and you will see CHILDREN SETTINGS click that then click SORT. Michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Children Sort Order

2009-09-20 Thread Michele Lewis
, 2009 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Children Sort Order Yes, we know but this thread is about Global sorting of children and that cannot be done by right clicking on a list of children in one family. Evert 2009/9/20 Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net: To sort the children, right click

Re: [LegacyUG] Children Sort Order

2009-09-20 Thread Michele Lewis
this. The next question from a different poster was if Ltools was part of the Tools menu in Legacy and I answered that question again by pointing to the Ltools website. Evert 2009/9/20 Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net: Yes but the original question came from someone that has only been using

[LegacyUG] Charting question

2009-09-19 Thread Michele Lewis
When you order a chart does it come in one piece? Is it laminated? michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support:

[LegacyUG] Charting - more info

2009-09-19 Thread Michele Lewis
This time I tried downloading the update from the website and the same thing happened. At first it showed I had the latest version but when I restart it it reverts back to the older version. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

[LegacyUG] Charting again

2009-09-19 Thread Michele Lewis
I have updated Charting repeatedly this morning but the update isn't taking. After I update it will tell me that I have the latest version 7.0.120 but when I shut it down and restart it it tells me I have version 7.0.097 and that I need to update. Also, when I click on PUBLISH then ORDER

[LegacyUG] Charting - one more time

2009-09-19 Thread Michele Lewis
Good news - I manually unistalled the program but going into the folder and doubleing clicking the uninstall. I renstalled it off of the website and now I have the current version. Bad new - It WAS installed in c:/legacy/legacycharting7. When I reinstalled it it installed in

[LegacyUG] Charting - even more info

2009-09-19 Thread Michele Lewis
Okay, I tried uninstalling Charting using the control panel as suggested on the web site. It disappeared from the list. However, when I click on the charting button within Legacy itself it still works! I went back to the control panel and the program is not even listed as being unistallable.

Re: [LegacyUG] Charting - one more time

2009-09-19 Thread Michele Lewis
time Run attached program and reinstall Legacy7. Bert - Original Message - From: Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net To: Legacy E-Mail List LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday 19 September 2009 18:11 Subject: [LegacyUG] Charting - one more time Good news - I

Re: [LegacyUG] Children Sort Order

2009-09-19 Thread Michele Lewis
It does not sort the children. I suggested that as an future feature of Legacy about a year or so ago. I was told they don't want to do it because many people do not want to sort the children (they know the birth order but don't necessarily have dates, sorting would mess up the order) but I

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information

2009-09-18 Thread Michele Lewis
Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census InformationAh so true! It isn't all about facts and figures. I write extensive under the General tab (stories, interesting info etc) and the Research tab (all my efforts to find certain bits of information, negative searches etc). michele - Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing parent - child relationship

2009-09-17 Thread Michele Lewis
There is a place to record your source for knowing how you know who the parents are. On the individual screen, hit the source button, scroll down and your will see Father Rel: Mother Rel: That is where you can record a source for knowing how you know these are the right parents. michele

Re: [LegacyUG] Book done by compiler, NOT author or editor

2009-09-17 Thread Michele Lewis
Is this a book authored by an agency? There is an option for that. Or, is it anonymous? You could chose the author not known option. michele - Original Message - From: Arnold Sprague aspra...@chicagobooth.edu To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, September 17,

Re: [LegacyUG] Book done by compiler, NOT author or editor

2009-09-17 Thread Michele Lewis
What I do is this... I put in the compiler's name as the author but I put a comma after his last name and put compiler so when it shows up it looks like this... Peter Anderson, compiler It works like a charm! michele - Original Message - From: Arnold Sprague

Re: [LegacyUG] Book done by compiler, NOT author or editor

2009-09-17 Thread Michele Lewis
actually, you have to put it after the first name It will print like this... Anderson, Peter, compiler Or, you could put compiled by in front of Anderson... compiled by Anderson, Peter Either way it will work michele - Original Message - From: Arnold Sprague

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth certificate as a master source

2009-09-16 Thread Michele Lewis
I have my birth certificates (as well as marriage and death) set up by juridisdiction. DEATH RECORDS - GA - Columbia Co - certificates DEATH RECORDS - MS - Lamar Co - certificates DEATH RECORDS - MS - Perry Co - certificates MARRIAGE RECORDS - FL - Hillsborough Co - certificates MARRIAGE

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy8

2009-09-13 Thread Michele Lewis
You can look at the link and see that it is bogus. The Legacy download page isn't at legacydownload.com If you go to the REAL download page you will see there isn't any Legacy 8 on it. michele - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com To:

[LegacyUG] Speaking of Version 8...

2009-09-13 Thread Michele Lewis
Here is a quote off of the web site... One of the highlights came in the afternoon when Dave decided to spill the beans on one of our upcoming version 8 features. I couldn't believe it. We decided before the cruise that we weren't going to say anything about version 8. The moment we do, the

Re: [LegacyUG] An apparent bug?

2009-09-13 Thread Michele Lewis
Off topic but I have an Edward Grantham in my file :) Can you email me at cranberryf...@charter.net so we can compare notes? michele - Original Message - From: jraymond...@aol.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Why are my pictures disappearing!

2009-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
to me also, however, I had my pics on CD and not stored on my computer. Therefore, Legacy had an invalid path. The pics need to be located on your computer. Are they? AMYA Michele Lewis wrote: I added about 30 pictures this evening. They all showed up just like they were supposed

Re: [LegacyUG] Surnames with Mc standard?

2009-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
I disagree with Mary Slawson on this one (I have her book and I like it). People who have a Mc last name do not put a space when they write it. michele - Original Message - From: Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Friday, September 11,

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information

2009-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
Alan, I have answered all of your questions below Interesting so you don't use the default Census event but instead use an event for each Census? I had not thought about that. I guess that works better with the sentence structure and wording? I have a separate event for every federal

Re: [LegacyUG] I just updated the Legacy Charting program and

2009-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
, but I don't know if that is the problem? Rich in LA CA - Original Message From: Michele Lewis cranberryf...@charter.net To: Legacy E-Mail List LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:41:21 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] I just updated the Legacy Charting program

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information

2009-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
number changes with each individual in the family.) I then double space and enter the information for the entire family similarly to the way Michele Lewis does it, as in her example below. I use bold font on the individual with whom I'm documenting so that he/she stands out from other family

[LegacyUG] question about charting

2009-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
I thought you could order charts from right within the charting program but when I tried it it says not available, future update. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] pros/cons source conversion

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
What is L tools? michele - Original Message - From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:45 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] pros/cons source conversion Not yet. Thanks. Rich in lA CA

Re: [LegacyUG] PDF Manual Available?

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
:) :) :) It was a very good investment. Michele Lewis, Staff Genealogist McDuffie Mirror Thomson, McDuffie Co, GA - Original Message - From: Doris doris...@sbcglobal.net To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:04 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] PDF

Re: [LegacyUG] Grave Transcriptions and Photo--Where?

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
I too use Cemetery as an event. It makes searches easy. michele - Original Message - From: GeoSci geosc...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Grave Transcriptions and Photo--Where? Bill, I use an

Re: [LegacyUG] Capitalized Surnames

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
Go to MASTER, then to SURNAMES, then scroll down and your will find all of your surnames that are in caps. If your fix them on this screen you don't heave any more problems :) michele - Original Message - From: SgtBob s...@cox.net To: Legacy LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] pros/cons source conversion

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
Oh my goodness! I didn't know that existed! michele - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:48 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] pros/cons source conversion See:

[LegacyUG] pictures questions

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
I am just now scanning photos to add to my file. When I upload my web page, will these photos show up? Also, will ALL of the photos show up or only the primary one? michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

[LegacyUG] Why are my pictures disappearing!

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
I added about 30 pictures this evening. They all showed up just like they were supposed to. I DID NOT CHANGE ANY FILE NAMES AFTER ADDING THE PICTURES. However, some of the pictures are no longer showing up! I am having to reattach them to the person. Michele Legacy User Group

[LegacyUG] I just updated the Legacy Charting program and

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
Every time I try to generate a chart I get the following error message... Cannot create file C:\Program Files\Millennia\Legcy\Charting7\data\AncStand\_Default.theme. The system cannont find the path specified. How do I fix this? michele Legacy User Group guidelines:

[LegacyUG] Nevermind about the charting problem

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
Nevermind about the charting program problem after updating... I closed the program and restarted my computer and it is working normally now. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering US Census Information

2009-09-10 Thread Michele Lewis
Here is what I do... Event: 1870 United Stated Federal Census Description: population schedule Date: 31 Jul 1870 Place: , Marion County, Mississippi, USA B.F. Graham, age 35, male, white, farmer, value of real state $50, born in MS, unable to read or write Sarah Ann Graham, age 30, female,

[LegacyUG] marking people as not living

2009-09-09 Thread Michele Lewis
I just figured something out the hard way. If you don't put a death date for someone it defaults to living even though their parents and children died in the 1700s! The significance to his is when you upload your file with all living persons blocked out a lot of your file is blocked out that

Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living

2009-09-09 Thread Michele Lewis
:27 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living Michele Lewis wrote: I just figured something out the hard way. If you don't put a death date for someone it defaults to living even though their parents and children died in the 1700s! The significance to his is when you upload your

Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living

2009-09-09 Thread Michele Lewis
the same age cut off and it works. michele - Original Message - From: Gene Young n2...@cfl.rr.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living Michele Lewis wrote: I have the advanced set living

Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living

2009-09-09 Thread Michele Lewis
the advanced set living thing set. It automatically marks those over 110 dead but that only works if you have birth and death dates! michele - Original Message - From: Gene Young To: Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living Michele Lewis

Re: [LegacyUG] pros/cons source conversion

2009-09-09 Thread Michele Lewis
I am an everything has to match sort of person so I like the uniformity of the new source writer. It has been timeconsuming to convert everything over BUT tthe plus side is that I found some errors in my file I was able to fix and new info that I didn't see before. I still have about 15 more

Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living

2009-09-09 Thread Michele Lewis
Young To: Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living Michele Lewis wrote: I have the advanced set living thing set. It automatically marks those over 110 dead but that only works if you have birth and death dates! michele To use the Advanced

Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living

2009-09-09 Thread Michele Lewis
but that only works if you have birth and death dates! michele - Original Message - From: Gene Young To: Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] marking people as not living Michele Lewis wrote: I just figured something out the hard way. If you don't put

[LegacyUG] How would you list these military events?

2009-09-08 Thread Michele Lewis
I am looking at one of the most complete CSA records I have ever seen. 03 Sep 1861 - enlisted in the CSA at Camp McDonald, GA. 03 Sep 1861 to 03 Nov 1861 - listed as present on the company muster roll Nov 1861 - listed as absent on Regimental Return, Left at home in Ga. on [?] furlough 03

Re: [LegacyUG] The marriage tag - What is is good for?

2009-09-07 Thread Michele Lewis
I too use the individual tags (several of them) all the time but I have never used the marriage tags. michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online

[LegacyUG] How would you source this?

2009-09-05 Thread Michele Lewis
The Pascagoula MS Library copied a genealogy file they had on the Lyons family (everything that was contained in the file folder). It is a collection of a hodge podge of things that has been gathered over the last 50 years. Many of the pages are just misc information with no additional

[LegacyUG] Family Search

2009-09-03 Thread Michele Lewis
Regarding the news that Legacy will be synchronized with Family Search... A worker at the Family History Center was showing me Family Search and how she was entering data. I forgot to ask her something and I hope you will know. When you enter data/update the Family Search family tree, is

[LegacyUG] Web page again

2009-09-02 Thread Michele Lewis
I have my web page up and running on a new server (thanks Ron for all of your advice). I am on Rootsweb which has unlimited space so I have my entire file up there in pedigree format. It took about 2 hours to upload. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cranberryfrog/ One

[LegacyUG] US County Verifier

2009-09-01 Thread Michele Lewis
I haven't used the US County Verifier in quite a while but I went to use it today and it is different! Am I going crazy? I used to be able to hit the US County Verifier under Tools and it would do a search through my database and find any bad county names or counties that weren't formed yet.

Re: [LegacyUG] US County Verifier

2009-09-01 Thread Michele Lewis
to be there was actually a report, the U.S. County Verifier report has actually moved to the Books/Other tab of the Reports. Geoff -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 10:04 AM

[LegacyUG] Another web page question

2009-08-31 Thread Michele Lewis
Okay, now I have a new Rootsweb web site and I want to upload my web page files. However, I have 4429 files! (It is 20.5MB). When I use WS_FTP looks like the upload will take many hours. Am I missing something here? Is there a quicker way to upload? michele Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] as web site question

2009-08-29 Thread Michele Lewis
I figured out how to make my file smaller... I just cut out my husband's sie of the family! Actually, I do most of my research on my side anyway since he has no interest in family history. I have the page up and running but it is far from finished. I am editing the index page now to jazz

Re: [LegacyUG] as web site question

2009-08-29 Thread Michele Lewis
Which format produces the more organized/navigatable page... Ancestor, Predigree, Family Group or Individual? michele - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:36 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]

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